Daredevil: Born Again season 2 unveils a new image of the titular hero
The nine episode first season of the Marvel series Daredevil: Born Again came and went earlier this year (you can read our review HERE), but the good news is, season 2 started filming at the end of February and we already know when it’s going to premiere! Showrunner Dario Scardapane recently took to social media to confirm that Daredevil: Born Again season 2 will premiere in March 2026. While we wait for a specific release date, the folks at Empire have unveiled a new image of the titular hero, and you can check that out at the bottom of this article.
Although the initial plan was to rework some elements and make Daredevil: Born Again stand separate from the Netflix Daredevil series (despite sharing some cast members), the show underwent a creative overhaul when the writers and actors strikes shut down production in 2023. Now, this series is a direct follow-up to the Netflix series, picking up five years later. Scardapane, who previously worked on Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan and the Netflix series The Punisher, was brought in to serve as showrunner during the creative overhaul. The behind-the-scenes shake-up also led to Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead, the directing team who were at the helm of multiple episodes of Moon Knight and Loki season 2, being hired as the primary directors on the show. Matt Corman and Chris Ord were previously the head writers on the show, but they were let go.
Speaking with Empire, producer Sana Amanat said Daredevil: Born Again season 2 was a smoother ride, since the show’s issues were worked out during the season 1 overhaul. Daredevil is back in action and building a vigilante army to go up against the villainous Kingpin, a.k.a. Wilson Fisk, who is now the Mayor of New York City. “The landscape was open, and that was so liberating. We were like, “We can do whatever we want.’” As for the situation Wilson Fisk is in now, “What does it mean for Fisk when he’s gotten everything he wants? When you give a person whose thirst cannot be quenched his most valued treasure, is it enough? Or does he squeeze his treasure too hard?“
The cast of the series includes Charlie Cox, Vincent D’Onofrio, Elden Henson, Deborah Ann Woll, Jon Bernthal, Wilson Bethel, and Ayelet Zurer, reprising the roles of Matt Murdock / Daredevil, Wilson Fisk / Kingpin, Murdock’s associates Foggy Nelson and Karen Page, Frank Castle / The Punisher, Benjamin “Dex” Poindexter / Bullseye, and Vanessa Marianna Fisk. Also in the cast are Margarita Levieva as Matt Murdock’s love interest Heather Glenn, Michael Gandolfini as Daniel Blade, Genneya Walton as BB Urich, Jeremy Earl as Anti-Vigilante Task Force member Cole North, and Lou Taylor Pucci as Adam. Matthew Lillard (Scream) and Lili Taylor (The Conjuring) join the cast for season 2, along with Krysten Ritter, reprising the role of Jessica Jones (from the appropriately titled Marvel / Netflix series Jessica Jones).
Amanat had this to say about Jessica Jones’ return: “[Jones] isn’t necessarily a team-up kind of person. So the reason she’s back is because it feels like it’s very personal. She brings edginess and lightness — Daredevil can be very dark and dramatic, and she cuts through the BS in a really fun way.“
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