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“The devil's work is never done.”
―Tagline
Daredevil: Born Again is a Disney+ original series, set within the Marvel Cinematic Universe centering on Daredevil. It serves as a sequel to Echo and a reboot of the NetflixDaredevil series. It is the fourteenth Disney+ MCU series and premiered on March 4, 2025 as a part of Phase Five. The second season is scheduled to premiere in March 2026 as a part of Phase Six.
Matt Murdock, a blind lawyer with heightened abilities is fighting for justice through his bustling law firm, while former mob boss Wilson Fisk pursues his own political endeavors in New York City. When their past identities begin to emerge, both men find themselves on an inevitable collision course.
Plot[]
Season One[]
Following the death of Foggy Nelson at the hands of Benjamin Poindexter, now going by Bullseye, Matt Murdock retires as the vigilante Daredevil. One year later, Poindexter is given life behind bars, but Matt has trouble moving on. Karen Page has moved to Los Angeles and Matt takes on Kirsten McDuffie as his new law partner. Kirsten later sets Matt up with Heather Glenn, a psychologist who believes that vigilantes are mentally unsound. Things change when Wilson Fisk reenters the life of his wife Vanessa who has had to take care of their crime empire. Fisk has decided to run for mayor of New York City, initially with the intent to run things fairly, but is quickly overwhelmed by the magnitude of what he wants to change that he cannot help but resort to his Kingpin ways. Fisk and Vanessa start seeing Heather for counseling.
Fisk ends up winning the election and takes a bold stance against vigilantes, trying to convince people that they are the root cause of the city's numerous problems. Matt takes on Hector Ayala as a client after he is accused of murdering a police officer (the officer's death was accidental). Matt manages to win in Hector's favor by outing him as the superhero crime fighter White Tiger, but shortly afterwards he is killed by a man wearing the Punisher's logo. This prompts Matt to visit Frank Castle who accuses Matt of not being able to let go of Foggy's death. Hector's death, has his niece Angela del Toro wanting to seek justice.
Fisk creates the Anti-Vigilante Task Force to go after all vigilante activity. Its members consist of former officers who have had marks against them, one of them being Hector's murderer. They are also sent out to find a serial killer by the name of Muse, who drains his victim's blood and uses them as art. When Muse kidnaps Angela, Matt dons his Daredevil costume and goes after Muse. While Muse escapes, he manages to rescue Angela and announces that he is back. Muse, whose real name is actually Bastian Cooper, goes after Heather, but Matt fights him. Heather ends up shooting and killing Muse and Fisk gives credit to his task force.
Matt soon figures out that Foggy's death was not random and was planned. He initially believes Fisk is to blame, but later finds out it was Vanessa who ordered the hit due to Foggy getting too close to her business practices. Poindexter escapes prison and attempts to kill Fisk, but Matt takes the bullet instead. Fisk decides to enact a city wide blackout to help push his agenda forward with rioting and looting in the streets, he contacts the task force to go after Matt. Matt manages to escape the hospital as he and Frank suit up to take out the task force, while also reuniting with Karen, who asked Frank to watch out for Matt.
Matt and Karen continue to dig into Vanessa's work, while Frank goes after the task force himself. He is captured, but berates the task force for looking up to him, despite not knowing his pain. Fisk completely embraces his criminal acts by killing the commissioner with his bare hands. After power is restored, Matt and Karen decide to start their own army of sorts to take on Fisk. Vigilantes and vigilante sympathizers are captured and imprisoned under watch by the task force, along with Frank. However, Frank manages to take out one of the guards despite being chained, implying that he manages to escape.
On March 16, 2022, Charlie Cox discussed a potential reboot for the character and series, believing it should not continue from where the third season of the Netflix series finished, but should be "re-imagined" and "slightly different", with a few years passing since the end of the previous series.[5] He also discussed a new series potentially not being rated TV-MA as the Netflix series was, stating that he believed Marvel Studios would be able to create a faithful portrayal of the character with those restrictions even though he personally found the comics "more exciting, readable, relatable when it lives in a darker space" such as Brian Michael Bendis and Alex Maleev's run in the comics. Additionally, he felt attributes of the character such as his age, Christian guilt, and history with women tended to cover more mature subjects.[6]
It was reported that on May 19, 2022 Marvel Studios has officially begun work on the series, with Matt Corman and Chris Ord serving as the showrunners and executive producers.[7]
The official title of the revival was revealed during the 2022 San Diego Comic-Con, as well as the episode count and the expected window for release.[8]
The Hollywood Reporter reported on March 9, 2023 that Michael Cuesta would direct the pilot episode, with other directors lining up to direct other episodes, Michael Gaston was cast in an undisclosed role, and that Sandrine Hold would portray Vanessa Marianna in the series.[9]
On June 12, 2023, production of the series was suspended for the day due to the writers strike.[10] Two days later, production of the series had been shut down and that the series would resume production after the strike was resolved.[11] By October 11, the series received a complete overhaul, with Matt Corman, Chris Ord and the directors being released from the project, as Marvel Studios was looking for a new set of writers and directors. Corman and Ord would remain as executive producers, with the series being retooled to have a traditional television working process.[12] Dario Scardapane was hired as the series new showrunner, and that Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead would direct the remaining episodes of the series. Marvel will keep some scenes and episodes that have already been shot, though other serialized elements will be injected. Scardapane will write the new episodes and new scenes, incorporating what was already shot. Benson and Moorhead would direct the new episodes to bring this first season to a close. It is unclear how many episodes it will encompass.[13]
In August 2024, actor Vincent D'Onofrio teased in an interview with Rotten Tomatoes that the violent scenes in Daredevil: Born Again could go further than portrayed in the original Netflix series.[14] Furthermore, Brad Winderbaum, the head of streaming, television, and animation at Marvel Studios, spoke with Entertainment Weekly that Daredevil: Born Again will have "some of the most brutal action we've ever brought to the screen,"[15] as the Punisher, portrayed by Jon Bernthal, was seen bloodied in the set.
Filming[]
Filming was originally going to begin in May 2023.[16] However, the filming scheduled was pushed forward to February 2023.[17] Filming for the first season was officially wrapped up on April 5, 2024.[18]
The second season began filming on February 28, 2025.[19]
Videos[]
Daredevil- Born Again, Ironheart, and more from Marvel Studios at D23! - Official Recap
Marvel Studios - Look Ahead - Disney+
Coming In 2025 - Disney+
Marvel Television's Daredevil- Born Again - Official Trailer - Disney+
Marvel Television's Daredevil- Born Again - Demons - Disney+
Daredevil- Born Again - Official Clip - Disney+
Marvel Television's Daredevil- Born Again - Vigilante - Disney+
Marvel Television's Daredevil- Born Again - Special Look - Disney+
Marvel Television's Daredevil- Born Again - Characters Reborn - Disney+
Marvel Television's Daredevil- Born Again - Daredevil in NYC - Disney+
Marvel Television's Daredevil- Born Again - Intense - Disney+
Marvel Television's Daredevil- Born Again - Threat - Disney+
Marvel Television's Daredevil- Born Again - Meet - Disney+
Daredevil- Born Again - Exclusive Daredevil vs. Bullseye Clip - IGN Fan Fest 2025
Marvel Television's Daredevil- Born Again - Tomorrow - Disney+
Marvel Television's Daredevil- Born Again - Tonight - Disney+
Marvel Television's Daredevil- Born Again - Lights Out - Disney+
Marvel Television's Daredevil- Born Again - Save - Disney+
Marvel Television's Daredevil- Born Again - Rebirth and Death - Disney+
Marvel Television's Daredevil- Born Again - Alive - Disney+
Marvel Television's Daredevil- Born Again - Born To Fight - Disney+
Marvel Television's Daredevil- Born Again - Darkness - Disney+
Marvel Television's Daredevil- Born Again - Mind-Blowing Ending - Disney+
Daredevil: Born Again on Wikipedia
