Charlie Cox has revealed that shooting starts for the new Disney+ Daredevil series very soon.
Cox, who previously played Matt Murdock/Daredevil for three seasons on Netflix, will reprise the role for a brand new series Daredevil: Born Again.
During a recent interview with the NME, the star said he would be spending most of next year shooting the new series.
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He said: “They said to me, ‘We’re going to be shooting in 2023’. I said, ‘Great, when?’ They said, ‘All 2023’. I start shooting in February and finish in December.”
The reboot is the biggest Marvel project Disney + has done so far, totalling 18 episodes.
Cox said: “I’m fascinated to discover why they’ve chosen to do 18. I’m imagining there’s going to be an element to it that is like the old-school procedural show. Not necessarily case-of-the-week, but something where we go really deep into Matt Murdock the lawyer and get to see what his life is like.
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"If that’s done right and he really gets his hands dirty with that world… I think there’s something quite interesting about that, to spend a lot of time in a superhero’s day-to-day life and you really earn the moments when he suits up.”
Fans of the original Netflix series may remember that it was pretty dark and gory - something Cox thinks may be toned slightly for Disney+.
“My opinion is this character works best when he’s geared towards a slightly more mature audience,” Cox explained.
“My instinct is that on Disney+ it will be dark but it probably won’t be as gory. I would say to [people hoping the Disney+ show copies the Netflix show], we’ve done that. Let’s take the things that really worked, but can we broaden? Can we appeal to a slightly younger audience without losing what we’ve learned about what works?”
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Cox had the chance to debut the new version of the character in She Hulk: Attorney At Law earlier this year, much to the delight of fans.
As yet there’s no release date for Daredevil: Born Again, but it's set to land at some point in 2024 - however, fans won’t have to wait that long to see the character as he’s set to appear in Disney+ series Echo, which comes out next year.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Cox will reprise the role alongside Daredevil co-star Vincent D’Onofrio who played super villain Wilson Fisk/Kingpin.
Topics: Disney Plus, Film and TV, Marvel
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