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  • Marvel TV Boss Reveals ‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Time Skip, Intriguing Location on MCU Timeline

    Marvel TV Boss Reveals ‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Time Skip, Intriguing Location on MCU Timeline

    The Season 2 finale of Daredevil: Born Again truly served as a definitive resolution to the conversation held between Matt Murdock and Wilson Fisk over coffee in a diner in the series opening episode, “Heaven’s Half Hour.” Though both men believed they were destined to become the savior of New York City, they both realized they had nearly destroyed it and they both accepted the consequences of their actions.

    The series key players all have agency to make choices without the constraints of external forces, though it’s the choices made by Murdock and Fisk that will reverberate the loudest.

    -Murphy’s Multiverse Review of Daredevil: Born Again Season 2

    Both Fisk and Murdock willingly accepted their punishments, with Fisk exiled to (apparently) Puerto Rico and Murdock–now revealed as Daredevil–imprisoned in Cell Block D. Though the next season will clearly take the co-leads in a different direction, there’s no doubt they’ll meet again. However, according to Brad Winderbaum, Head of Streaming, Television, and Animation at Marvel Studios, the characters will have had some time to sit with their decisions when they reappear in Season 3.

    “There will be a small time jump, but it’s not too significant. It’s not like we’re jumping ahead five years or anything,” said Marvel’s streaming skipper. “We’re probably jumping ahead a year or so, kind of like the real-life distance between seasons. And yeah, Fisk’s exile is its own story. So it’s fun watching these two characters be in their own places in season three.“

    Should that all hold, Daredevil: Born Again Season 3 will be set sometime in mid-to-late 2028. That should provide the opportunity for the new season to wrap up before the post-credit scene to Thunderbolts* which, of course, takes place during Avengers: Doomsday. Intriguingly, the placement on the time line should allow for an expected fourth season to take place in a post-Secret Wars universe and whatever world of possibilities come with that.

    Source: Screen Rant

  • ‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Showrunner Confirms the Complete Netflixification of Marvel Television

    ‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Showrunner Confirms the Complete Netflixification of Marvel Television

    Toward the end of Season 1 of Daredevil: Born Again, it seemed clear that Marvel Television was looking to revive more than just Netflix iteration of the Man Without Fear. Further assumptions about the direction of the studio’s streaming slate could be made with the returns of Jessica Jones and Luke Cage in Season 2 and Danny Rand now on board for Season 3. And now, there’s no need to assume anything at all.

    In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Daredevil: Born Again showrunner Dario Scardapane has confirmed plans for a renaissance of the entire Netflix Defenders-verse.

    “Along the way, particularly in [Daredevil: Born Again] season 2, we’re touching on the larger New York — the New York that is not quite near Avengers Tower but in the same city. And there are characters, storylines; we have the Punisher special coming out, which is part of that same world,” Scardapane explained. “So as it’s progressed, it just feels like you’re opening doors or going down streets to a neighborhood that existed 10 years ago.“

    “The establishment of the street-level characters in Netflix’s Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, Defenders, Punisher, that’s the world that this is all heading towards, in my opinion. That’s just the way I’m looking at it creatively,” revealed Scardapane.

    It’s certainly not surprising, as even Matt Murdock could see the direction in which things we’re headed and it will likely continue to please the same bloodthirsty fans who hold the Defenders-verse in such high regards. Let’s just hope there’s some better characterization for some of the characters this time around.

    Source: EW

  • ‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Showrunner Confirms Muse Will Return as “Supernatural” Season 3 Threat

    ‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Showrunner Confirms Muse Will Return as “Supernatural” Season 3 Threat

    If you felt like Muse was taken off the board too quickly in Daredevil: Born Again Season 1, you aren’t alone—the showrunner agrees with you. In an interview with EW following the Daredevil: Born Again finale, showrunner Dario Scardapane admitted that while Muse served his purpose for the Mayor Fisk arc, the character’s true potential hasn’t been tapped yet.

    As such, Muse is officially returning for Season 3, and this time, the “art” is going to get a lot more personal with Heather Glenn behind the mask. The move was foreshadowed in the Season 2 finale and recent photos from the Season 3 set–and a photo shared online by Margarita Levieva–have already confirmed the villainous turn but Scardapane had quite a bit to say about how it came to be.

    Scardapane was surprisingly open about the fan backlash regarding Muse’s apparent “exit” mid-way through Season 1.

    This was a weird one because it had to do with a plot line that we inherited, that I felt we didn’t do justice to: the original Muse storyline in season 1. Because of what was filmed and what wasn’t filmed and what we could use and not use, it didn’t have the heft that I thought Muse deserved. But, again, we were limited by what we could shoot and what we had time and money for.

    -Dario Scardapane

    The showrunner also addressed the bombshell finale reveal involving Heather Glenn. Scardapane teased that the version we see in Season 3 will be evolved, potentially leaning into the supernatural or hyper-resilient elements of the comics.

    Then I was really, really interested in the psychologist who’s dealing with trauma and is in this realm of Matt and Fisk. She has all these kinds of characters that are wearing masks. She’s been brutalized by a vigilante. In her mind, she started to confuse serial killers with vigilantes and became a press mouthpiece for Fisk. What happens if she literally puts on that trauma, and that trauma solves a lot of her conflict? We talked to Margarita about that. It seems supernatural if you watch the way it’s progressing, and now we have a Muse that isn’t just dropped in. Now you have the [character] development of, why would she become this thing? Why would she go to such a dark place? And I think you understand it. I don’t think anybody’s prepared exactly for where this is going, and that’s still fun.

    -Dario Scardapane

    Muse is arguably the most terrifying villain in Daredevil’s modern comic history. By admitting they “missed the mark” with the original character, the creative team is showing a rare level of accountability to the source material. Bringing Muse back as an antagonist for Season 3—especially with Matt Murdock’s identity now public—creates a terrifying dynamic where the hero is vulnerable and the villain is invisible.

    Source: Entertainment Weekly

  • “I Am Daredevil” — Matt Murdock’s Secret Identity is History

    “I Am Daredevil” — Matt Murdock’s Secret Identity is History

    In a move that mirrors Tony Stark’s iconic 2008 reveal, Matt Murdock has officially outed himself as Daredevil in the Season 2 finale of Daredevil: Born Again. During a climactic courtroom battle to take down Wilson Fisk once and for all, Matt realized that his secret was Fisk’s only remaining leverage. By admitting his vigilante activities on the record, he stripped the Kingpin of his power—but at a heavy cost. The season ends with Matt being led away in handcuffs.

    According to Marvel’s streaming skipper, Brad Winderbaum, the decision to have Murdock out himself didn’t come from the Daredevil: Born Again writers room.

    “Kevin [Feige] and Louis [D’Esposito] are amazing storytellers. You don’t build the MCU if you’re not some of the greatest of all time,” Winderbaum said.

    “Very quickly, they saw that it was where the story needed to go. And of course, like, we could point to the comics,” explained. “So, as soon as you can point to the source material and show how it plays out and all the stories that we’re able to tell after the reveal of the identity, it becomes an easier argument to make.”

    Unlike the comics’ Purple Children wipe, showrunner Dario Scardapane has confirmed this genie isn’t going back in the bottleanytime soon.

    We’re probably not going to do Purple Man doing mass brainwashing of an entire city to buy it back. We’re not doing buybacks. Like, if you’re taking that step, it’s like, “All right, now everybody knows Matt’s Daredevil.”

    -Dario Scardapane

    Matt is now a convicted vigilante, ending the season in handcuffs as he’s led away to prison. This sets up a “Devil in Cell Block D” arc for Season 3, where Matt will be locked up with the very criminals he put away, including Cole North and Connor Powell.

    Cameras are already rolling on Season 3 in New York and while Fisk is out, the showrunner has teased the arrival of multiple new villains, including Lady Muse.

  • A Glorious Twilight — Kenneth Branagh Pitches ‘Logan’-Style Finale for ‘Thor 5’

    A Glorious Twilight — Kenneth Branagh Pitches ‘Logan’-Style Finale for ‘Thor 5’

    The God of Thunder might finally be heading for his sunset. In a series of recent interviews, Kenneth Branagh, the man who originally brought Asgard to the big screen in 2011, officially threw his name into the ring for a return to the Thor franchise.

    Speaking with Business Insider and Variety, the Oscar-winning filmmaker revealed that while he turned down The Dark World to “smell the roses,” he has never stopped thinking about where Thor’s journey should end. Branagh’s vision for a potential Thor 5 is a drastic tonal pivot, describing his pitch as being “more in the territory” of James Mangold’s Logan.

    …part of me would love to finish my relationship with that character. I’d always wanted to do more and indeed had a couple of ideas, more in the territory of James Mangold‘s brilliant Logan. I would love to see Chris Hemsworth and the others have their own individual final story that takes Thor into a glorious twilight.

    -Kenneth Branagh

    With Chris Hemsworth recently teasing life beyond the Multiverse Saga for the Odinson, perhaps the time has come for him to reunite with Branagh and send the God of Thunder out with a bang.

  • Inside the First 3 Pages of ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’

    Inside the First 3 Pages of ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’

    Marvel just pulled a move we haven’t seen from them before to promote their next summer blockbuster. Via Entertainment Weekly, the studio published the first three pages of the script for Spider-Man: Brand New Day, complete with handwritten annotations from director Destin Daniel Cretton, Tom Holland, and more.

    The film opens directly on the Marvel Studios title card, but with a twist. Cretton’s notes reveal that the usual fanfare will be replaced by footage of Peter’s adventures from the first trilogy—specifically the memories that Ned and MJ no longer share.

    Channeling Kevin Feige‘s favorite film, Back to the Future, Cretton writes in the margins that Peter has “vanished from existence like Marty,” emphasizing that for the first time in his life, Peter is “entirely alone.”

    Over the logos, Holland’s voiceover reads the letter he wrote to MJ at the end of No Way Home—the one he never actually gave her.

    While the bulk of the film takes place four years later, the opening scene picks up just nine months after Strange’s spell. Peter is still in the dingy apartment where we last saw him, but he’s already physically changing.

    The script describes Peter experiencing a “small, sharp headache,” which the writers note is our first inkling that “living completely in the shadows is taking its toll—something is changing, and maybe not for the better.”

    Without Stark Tech (that should please a large segment of fans), Peter has built his own AI assistant named E.V. The script notes call E.V. “sadly, the closest thing Peter has to a friend.“

    The script sets the stage for a massive montage, perhaps bridging the gap from Month 9 to Year 4. It also confirms that Peter’s new suit was inspired by his interaction with both Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield‘s respective Wall-Crawlers.

    The script pages truly signal a back to basics approach for Soidey. No multiversal cameos are mentioned in these opening pages; it’s a pure, character-driven study of isolation. If No Way Home was about the loss of a life, Brand New Day is about the struggle to build a new one while your own body—and the city you protect—tries to reject you.

    Source: EW

  • Scarcity and Surprise — Ryan Reynolds Isn’t Rushing for ‘Deadpool 4’

    Scarcity and Surprise — Ryan Reynolds Isn’t Rushing for ‘Deadpool 4’

    After the $1.3 billion carnage of Deadpool & Wolverine, fans have been checking their watches for a sequel announcement. But according to Ryan Reynolds, Wade Wilson is going into a bit of a self-imposed hibernation. In a new interview with Collider today, the actor revealed that while he is constantly writing, he is in “no huge rush” to center a movie around himself again.

    Reynolds confirmed a major shift in how the Merc with a Mouth will function in the MCU moving forward and cast doubt on a recent insider report that indicated another Deadpool film was set to kick off Phase 7.

    Scarcity is Key

    “Deadpool works best on both scarcity and surprise,” Reynolds told Collider. “Jumping right back into it full-on right now is probably something I’m not going to do.”

    This follows his comments earlier this month on Sunday Today, where he stated, “I don’t think I am ever going to center him again. He is a supporting character. He is a guy who is great in a group.”

    Despite the lack of a release date, Reynolds admitted he has “a few things written that I love.” These are rumored to be team-up scripts that position Deadpool as a chaotic foil to other major MCU players rather than the solo lead.

    I’ve talked to Marvel off and on, always. We have a really great relationship, you know? It’s always a conversation. I’m always just looking to be additive and help on anything, even if it’s not a movie I’m in. And I’m always writing. I mean, it’s how I kind of get it out of my system. I love writing. That character and that world is one in which anything is possible, and that in and of itself allows for so much freedom and storytelling.

    -Ryan Reynolds

    With Avengers: Doomsday and Secret Wars on the horizon, the working theory is that Deadpool will be the legacy anchor who bridges the gap between the Fox universe and the new MCU X-Men roster…but there’s no doubt Marvel will have Deadpool back on the big screen before long.

  • ‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Season 3 Set Photos Reveal A New Threat to New York City

    ‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Season 3 Set Photos Reveal A New Threat to New York City

    Production on Season 3 of Daredevil: Born Again is well underway in New York and it’s becoming increasingly clear that the new batch of episodes will be taking a different direction than the first 17.

    On the heels of a leaked photo of Matt Murdock wearing prison orange and set photos of a grizzled-looking Wilson Fisk, a new series of photos from the set of Season 3 have revealed a new threat to the citizens of New York…and it’s a familiar face behind a familiar mask.

    Whole it’s been heavily telegraphed in Season 2, the new photos confirm that Margarita Levieva‘s Heather Glenn will become the second Muse.

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    In 2025, Marvel introduced the second Muse, Morgan Whittier, in 2025. Influenced by the ghost of the original masked killer.

    With Season 3 already confirmed to see the return of Mike Colter’s Luke Cage and Finn Jones’ Iron Fist, at least there will be some heroes, perhaps for hire, ready to step in and take on the new Muse.

  • New ‘Daredevil:Born Again’ Season 3 Set Photos Provide the First Look at a Shocking Change to Wilson Fisk

    New ‘Daredevil:Born Again’ Season 3 Set Photos Provide the First Look at a Shocking Change to Wilson Fisk

    Though Season 2 of Daredevil: Born Again has a pair of episodes to go before concluding its run, photos from the set of Season 3 and the Spider-Man: Brand New Day teaser have confirmed that Wilson Fisk will be Mayor no more. Now, new photos from the New York City set have provided the first look at Vincent D’Onofrio’s Kingpin and his shocking new look.

    While it’s likely from the first episode of the new season, it looks that Fisk, like his counterpart Matt Murdock, will be sporting a full beard in Season 3.

    Between the beard and the costume, it’s a wildly different look for the typically buttoned-down Kingpin of Crime. However, outside of the shaved head, it is the same look D’Onofrio has been sporting for quite some time, including his appearance on the Daredevil podcast.

    It remains to be seen what exactly befalls Fisk in the Season 2 finale but between losing the love of his life and his public office, it’s clear that the villain will have to rise from the ashes if he hopes to build his global empire.

  • ‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Season 3 Leak Teases Massive Return of Netflix Villains in Brutal Fight Scene

    ‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Season 3 Leak Teases Massive Return of Netflix Villains in Brutal Fight Scene

    The Out the Kitchen production cycle is living up to its name, and things are getting hot. According to an exclusive report from ComicBookMovie, the currently filming Daredevil: Born Again Season 3 is doubling down on its Netflix roots with a sequence that sounds like a love letter to the original series’ gritty stunt choreography.

    SPOILERS AHEAD

    Following an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Charlie Cox’s heavily-bearded look had fans belieing that ‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Season 3 would be at least partly inspired by Ed Brubaker‘s “Devil in Cell Block D” arc. In the story Matt Murdock is outed, arrested, and thrown into Ryker’s Island alongside the very criminals he put away…and it sounds as though Season 3 will indeed bring some of that to the screen.

    According to CBM, Cox recently filmed a scene in which he took on members of the Anti-Vigilante Task Force in a prison fight that may well have been inspired by Season 2 of the original Daredevil.

    Showrunner Dario Scardapane has done some impressive work weaving threads from the original series into the revival and it sounds as though the Season 3 of Daredevil: Born Again will not only pay homage to the epic prison fight from Daredevil Season 2 but also bring back the Kitchen Irish. The Irish mob was featured heavily in the season before being systemically offed by Frank Castle because of their involvement in the death of his family.

    While it’s not confirmed, a rebirth of the Kitchen Irish would almost certainly coincidence with a vacuum of power, leaving fans to wonder what might happen to Wilson Fisk.