Daredevil (TV series)

Daredevil

Marvel's Daredevil, or simply Daredevil, is an American web television series that stars the superhero character of the same name. It is produced by Marvel Television and airs on Netflix. It's set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and occurs after the events of The Avengers.

On November 7, 2013, Marvel announced the 13-episode series as a joint project with Netflix. On December 6, 2013, Marvel announced that Drew Goddard would join the series as Showrunner and Executive Producer and write the first episode Into the Ring. On May 24, 2014, Drew Goddard left the project handing his position to Steven S. DeKnight. The whole first season premiered on April 10, 2015.

On April 21, 2015, the series was renewed for a second season. Douglas Petrie and Marco Ramirez will be the new showrunners.

Season One
"Marvel's Daredevil" is a live action series that follows the journey of attorney Matt Murdock, who in a tragic accident was blinded as a boy but imbued with extraordinary senses. Murdock sets up practice in his old neighborhood of Hell's Kitchen, New York where he now fights against injustice as a respected lawyer by day and masked vigilante at night.

Season Two
To be added

Starring Cast

 * Charlie Cox as Matt Murdock/Daredevil (Seasons 1-2)
 * Deborah Ann Woll as Karen Page (Seasons 1-2)
 * Elden Henson as Foggy Nelson (Seasons 1-2)
 * Toby Leonard Moore as James Wesley † (Season 1)
 * Vondie Curtis-Hall as Ben Urich † (Season 1)
 * Bob Gunton as Leland Owlsley † (Season 1)
 * Ayelet Zurer as Vanessa Marianna (Season 1)
 * Rosario Dawson as Claire Temple (Seasons 1-2)
 * Vincent D'Onofrio as Wilson Fisk (Season 1)
 * Stephen Rider as Blake Tower (Season 2)

Recurring Cast

 * Scott Glenn as Stick (Season 1 - Special Guest Star)
 * Peter Shinkoda as Nobu † (Season 1)
 * Peter McRobbie as Father Lantom (Season 1)
 * Skylar Gaertner as young Matt Murdock (Season 1)
 * John Patrick Hayden as Jack Murdock † (Season 1)
 * Wai Ching Ho as Madame Gao (Season 1)
 * Gideon Emery as Anatoly Ranskahov † (Season 1)
 * Nikolai Nikolaeff as Vladimir Ranskahov † (Season 1)
 * Matt Gerald as Melvin Potter (Seasons 1-2)
 * Rob Morgan as Turk Barrett (Season 1)
 * Tom Walker as Francis (Season 1)
 * Jon Bernthal as Frank Castle/Punisher (Season 2)
 * Elodie Yung as Elektra (Season 2)
 * Chris Keegan as a to-be revelead character. (Season 2)

Behind the Scenes

 * On October 10, 2012, the rights to the character Daredevil were reverted back to Marvel Studios.
 * On November 7, 2013, Marvel announced a joint project with Netflix to bring a 13-episode series featuring Daredevil to television. The series will be a part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, tie into series featuring Luke Cage, Iron Fist and Jessica Jones, and culminate in a Defenders series.
 * On March 24, 2014, Marvel Television head Jeph Loeb stated that Daredevil would begin filming in July 2014, with Jessica Jones being the series to follow. Iron Fist and Luke Cage would then follow Jessica Jones, before concluding with The Defenders series.
 * On May 27, 2014 Marvel Entertainment announced that the title role of Daredevil was going to be played by Charlie Cox.
 * Steven S. DeKnight confirmed that Bullseye and Elektra would not appear in the first season of the series.
 * The titles of the first three episodes were revealed to be Into the Ring, Cut Man, and Rabbit in a Snowstorm on February 18, 2015 respectively.
 * The series description on Netflix lists it as TV-MA and as Exciting, Gritty, Dark.