The MCU has always been a bold undertaking, especially in the early days. But nowadays, the MCU is ripe for an explosion, with a variety of new movies, TV shows, and previously inaccessible characters to make an appearance.
It includes Daredevil: Born Againwho sees the fearless man back on a solo outing for the first time since he unceremoniously dumped her Netflix In 2018. The problem, like many MCU-adjacent shows from 2010, is that Daredevil’s canon theme is called into question.
but then D23 . GalleryIt looks like there might be some solution to the debate – and that Netflix’s Daredevil won’t play a big part in this. Upcoming Marvel series. In fact, it may not be legal.
And honestly, as much as I love those three seasons in Hell’s Kitchen, this is the best.
Wait, Daredevil isn’t canon? how do you know that?
Don’t jump the gun here. We have no official confirmation that Daredevil: Born Again is erasing Netflix’s Daredevil non-canon into this forgotten world where The Star Wars Legends world is expanding spirits. However, there is an interview with actor Matt Murdock Charlie Cox that seems to suggest that this might be the case.
Talking to additional (Opens in a new tab) After the D23 Expo, Cox confirmed that Marvel Studios president, Kevin Feige, told him Born Again was not Daredevil’s fourth season. I think this is the way to go. If you’re going to do it again, do it differently.”
Cox confirmed that he doesn’t actually know anything more than us, because he’s never seen a script or anything like that. But he sees it as a whole new beginning, not just doing the same thing on a different platform. That suggests, at least in Cox’s mind and based on what Marvel told him, that the old show would be a separate thing.
Currently Disney Plus It separates Daredevil, and other Marvel Netflix shows, from the MCU in general. it’s a Epic Defendersbut not bundled with the rest of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
There have been conflicting reports in the past
Of course we’ve had conflicting comments about this in the past, specifically from Kingpin actor Vincent Donofrio. After appearing on Hawkeye at the end of last year, D’Onofrio has been talking a lot about his return to the role and his place in the MCU. Which makes sense given how vocal he is about seeing Kingpin and Daredevil return to live action.
Talk to the sister site jimzradar (Opens in a new tab)D’Onofrio claimed that both versions of Kingpin are the same—suggesting that Daredevil could be canon, to an extent. “They are doing everything they can to keep Daredevil as part of the canon,” says D’Onofrio. “Hawk is part of the code of what we did in Daredevil.”
Having said that, D’Onofrio points out that not everything will blend together smoothly, saying that it “goes on,” not always 100 percent. There’s a lot of connecting the dots that Marvel is really good at. There are certain things that we can and cannot [do]Especially if we make changes to his power like we did. I approach it as if after Blip, everyone is back, and it’s the same emotionally and personally. I play him exactly the way he was in Daredevil.”
Nothing any of the cast has said puts an end to the controversy, and without a definitive answer from the producers at Marvel, it likely never will. MCU fans can argue that SHIELD Agents Still Canon In the main MCU, despite all the evidence to the contrary from season five onwards.
Anyway, it’s probably a good idea for Marvel Studios to leave the old stuff behind, and use Born Again to start over. Literally the show was born again, so to speak.
Why does Marvel’s Daredevil erase Netflix from the canon?
There have been countless live Marvel TV shows over the years, but Marvel Studios didn’t have a hand in any of them until the launch of Disney Plus. Every other show, including shows tangentially related to MCU films, was made by someone else.
In the case of everything that aired after The Avengers (2012), the work was done by Marvel Television. Despite the similarity in their names, the two were separate entities doing their own thing. This gap has widened over time, particularly when Marvel Studios split from the Marvel proper and fell under the jurisdiction of the Disney Film Division.
In short, despite rules that meant they couldn’t violate what the movies did, Marvel TV was doing its own thing with little or no oversight from the movie department. This is why TV shows constantly refer to the movie, but the movies never return the favor.
Marvel TV is now nonexistent, and all Marvel movies and shows fall under the purview of Marvel Studios — even those seemingly unrelated to the MCU itself, like X-Men ’97.
With this in mind, you can understand that Marvel Studios may not want to be indebted to someone else’s developed content, even if there are rules about what they can and can’t do.
Yes, that’s a good thing
From what Cox said, Kevin Feige wants to be Daredevil: Born Again, a new beginning. “A fresh start,” he said when speaking to Extra. The way I see it, starting over has a lot of benefits compared to continuing with Daredevil Season 4.
The first is that Born Again could slip solidly into the current main MCU continuity. It may not be another origin story, but the idea that the masked guards actually existed and never came is easy to crack. Definitely compared to huge plot points that have far-reaching consequences – like the fact that Daredevil 3 saw Kingpin exposed as a gangster, rather than a rich and somewhat aloof businessman.
It’s hard to reconcile with the fact that Fisk was suddenly undercover by the time he appeared in Hawkeye, or that some of the characters either died or went through significant life-altering events. Ben Yurich, a prominent side character in the Marvel comics, is a good example, having been assassinated by Kingpin at the end of Daredevil’s first season.
Netflix Marvel shows also come with a lot of baggage. Iron Fist is a great example, given that her first season was terrible and her second was mediocre at best. Putting these shows once and for all as their own thing, in their own corner of the multiverse, removes all of that and gives Marvel Studios a chance to do just that.
Of course, as we’ve seen with the return of Cox and D’Onofrio, there’s always a chance to pick old shows and decide what’s worth keeping and what isn’t.
Everything is connected, except when it isn’t
As anyone who’s seen Daredevil lately can attest, the Netflix Marvel shows didn’t seem to want to refer to the MCU as a whole. In fact, they seem to have come up with increasingly creative ways to hint at the MCU without saying anything explicit.
The use of the phrase “The Incident” was particularly common, referring to Loki’s invasion of The Avengers without referring to any of the main characters or events from that movie. Beyond the alien invasion of heaven. The closest we get is Ben Yurich’s front-page story about “The Battle of New York” that features Chittori’s smashed Leviathan.
Luke Cage’s Tony Stark name has been dropped, with a man selling illicit footage of the invasion. Then he goes to point out, “The big blond man with the hammer. The old man with the shield. The green monster.” Other episodes refer to “The Big Green Man and His Crew”, “The Reluctant Flag” and “The Amazing Green Man”. And the list goes on.
It was all meant to be connected, but it felt as though Netflix shows didn’t want it to be. It’s almost as if they’re getting killed because Robert Downey Jr. won’t appear as a guest star, and he’s acting revenge.
Starting Over gives Daredevil more life than Netflix can give
Marvel is under fire for emphasizing that shows and movies are tied together just as much as they do. Netflix shows didn’t, and it made them feel like true stand-alone stories that didn’t require extensive homework every time a new batch arrived.
But as She-Hulk has made clear, embracing interconnectedness in the MCU doesn’t have to stop something from standing alone on its own two feet. You know She-Hulk is part of something bigger, but each episode works on its own. Much like comic book issues, actually.
Starting clean with Daredevil: Born Again means this is a brand new Daredevil that is an established part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. After all, we’ve already seen him in Spider-Man: No Way Home, and he’s set to appear again in an upcoming episode of She-Hulk. No more silly cute phrases going along with the actual attribution line, along with the possibility of other Marvel heroes popping up – not just those who have their show semi-attached to them.
The fact that both Charlie Cox and Vincent Donofrio are back, playing those characters the same way they’ve been playing before, doesn’t matter at all. Surely now that audiences have seen variants of the multiverse, in Loki and Dr Strange 2, they can look like actors they know and love (or don’t, in some cases).
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No matter what happens, and whether Netflix Marvel shows are erased from the canon or not, that doesn’t change the fact that they exist. More than that, it does not negate the fact that people liked Daredevil, myself included.
Of course the canon theme will come up when Born Again hits Disney Plus and progress through each subsequent season. The longer it takes, and the more episodes it has, the better the odds are that it will go against what came before in a meaningful way.
Marvel’s best bet is to wipe its hands with the previous show and start over. It’s not what some people might want, but it’s the best for show. Not only does it provide more freedom, but it also means making the darn thing less complicated. This will make it a better show.
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