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The popular Marvel Studios’ Daredevil series has undergone some changes behind-the-scenes with its creative team including a showrunner as well as new directors. The hiring of a showrunner represents a new direction for the superhero studio, indicating that it will utilize more traditional television production models like pilots, series bibles, and showrunners. Previously, the studio had a more movie-like approach for creating its television series.
Who is included in the new team behind ‘Daredevil’?
Dario Scardapane, whose recent accomplishments include Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan and Netflix’s Marvel drama The Punisher, has been selected to serve as the series’ new showrunner, which is undergoing a creative revamp. Additionally, Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead, the co-directing pair behind indie genre thrillers who just directed episodes of Loki season two, are being hired to direct the final few episodes of the first season on Disney+.
Some previously shot scenes and episodes will be retained by Marvel, while other serialized components will be incorporated. Scardapane will write additional episodes and scenes based on what has already been shot. Benson and Moorhead will direct the final episodes of the first season. It is currently still unknown how many episodes will be included. Corman and Ord will take on the role of executive producers.
What is ‘Daredevil’ about?
Daredevil is among Marvel’s longest-running projects, formerly starring Charlie Cox as Matt Murdock, a blind lawyer turned superhero, in three seasons on Netflix in the mid-2010s. The series, as well as its spinoff Punisher, were recognized for their graphic violence and action. Marvel opted to return to the tone of the original series and viewed a creative overhaul as the best means to achieve their goal.
The synopsis for this TV series reads: “Matthew Murdock, blinded by chemicals, is an attorney at day and vigilante by night. He is trained in the martial arts and feuds with criminals in Hell’s Kitchen. As he fights convicts throughout the city, he meets new allies as well as old friends and becomes Daredevil, a symbol of justice for a corrupted city.”