In the wake of reports about Marvel Studios making production changes to Daredevil: Born Again, series star Vincent D’Onofrio has addressed the matter.
Following The Hollywood Reporter‘s story about Born Again showrunners Chris Ord and Matt Corman being “quietly let go”, an X user reposted D’Onofrio’s April tweet expressing excitement for the upcoming Disney+ series, adding the sarcastic quote, “Well now this aged poorly.” In response, D’Onofrio was quick to push back. “Unless you really know what’s going there’s a chance you could be wrong about this statement. We are going to bring forward the best series we can. One we can be proud of. Have some trust my friend, trust,” the actor replied.
“Every cool project I’ve been involved with has evolved constantly during pre-production, production and post,” D’Onofrio added. “It’s just reported on these days as if it’s big news. It’s not. It’s simple a bunch of creatives doing their best to get it right. It’s a constant in this business. I wouldn’t have it any other way. Frankly I’d be worried if we were settling for less.”
Daredevil and the Kingpin’s treatment in the MCU so far
Planned as a soft reboot of the Daredevil series that ran on Netflix from 2015 to 2018, Born Again reunites D’Onofrio’s Wilson Fisk/The Kingpin with star Charlie Cox as Matt Murdock/Daredevil. The actors made their entry into the larger Marvel Cinematic Universe in 2021 — D’Onofrio in the season finale of Hawkeye and Cox in Spider-Man: No Way Home. Cox later appeared as the Man Without Fear in She-Hulk: Attorney at Law.
Reports indicate that the creative overhaul Born Again is undergoing is to make the series closer in tone to Netflix’s Daredevil.
Cox and D’Onofrio will make their next MCU appearances in the Echo series coming to Disney+ in January 2024. Production on Daredevil: Born Again remains on pause due to the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike.
