After not being discussed at Marvel Studios’ SDCC ’24 Hall H panel, Daredevil: Born Again was heavily featured during Kevin Feige‘s portion of the Disney Entertainment Showcase at D23. To the delight of the crowd, cast members Charlie Cox, Vincent D’Onofrio, Jon Bernthal, Elden Henson and Deborah Ann Woll came on stage to tease the series, which will stream on Disney Plus in 2025. And if seeing the stars of the series assembled on stage wasn’t enough, fans in attendance were treated to what was supposed to be an exclusive first look at the series.https://x.com/MarvelStudios/status/1822124700035879042
Though Disney has not officially released the trailer for Daredevil: Born Again online, it quickly made its way onto different social media platforms in relatively high resolution. The video pulls no punches, providing a peek at the deranged serial killer Muse and also spends quite a bit of time up front on what’s believed to be a major plot point early in the season. The trailer opens with a bystander stepping in to stop an attack on the subway. Moments later, that bystander is seen suiting up as street-level vigilante Hector Ayala, aka White Tiger.
In January, videos and photos from the set of the series provided a first look at the character in costume but it was unclear who was under the mask. Shortly after the video made its way online, fans believed that they identified the actor portraying Ayala as Kamar de los Reyes.
Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico–just like the character he portrayed in the series–De los Reyes began his acting career in 1994. While he had a recurring role on the daytime soap One Life to Live, most of the fans who recognized the actor attributed it to the familiarity with his voice which he lent to Raul Menendez, a recurring villain in the Call of Duty video game franchise. Sadly, De los Reyes passed away in December 2023 following a battle with cancer.
While the character first appeared in 1975’s Deadly Hands of Kung Fu #19, Hector Ayala crossed paths with Daredevil in 1998 when writer Brian Michael Bendis put the vigilante on trial with Matt Murdock as his lawyer. That three-issue arc, “The Trial of the Century”, saw Ayala arrested and wrongfully convicted of murder and then killed while attempting to flee following the guilty verdict was leveled against him. Following his Hector’s death, his niece, Angela Del Toro, took up the mantle of White Tiger.
From what can be gleaned from the first look at the streaming series, it would appear that Daredevil: Born Again took inspiration from Bendis’ run in bringing Murdock and Ayala together.
Season 1 of Daredevil: Born Again is set to debut on Disney Plus in March 2025.
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