Daredevil: Born Again Producers On Multiple-Season Narrative

Summary

The reboot of the Daredevil series set for Disney Plus will have fewer episodes than initially announced.
Producers hint at sequels in the Season One conclusion of Daredevil: Born Again premiering on March 4, 2025.
Possibility of future seasons depends on fan demand for Daredevil's MCU return after Season Two.

Daredevil is back to continue the events from the original series, which originally streamed on Netflix. Season One of Daredevil: Born Again was initially set to have 18 episodes, and the executive producers explained the changes.

Marvel fans enjoyed the number of episodes of Daredevil when it streamed on Netflix for three seasons, as each aired 13 episodes. When Marvel Studios ended their deal with Netflix and moved the series to Disney Plus, there was an announcement that the reboot would have 18 episodes. Daredevil: Born Again is part of MCU's Phase Five lineup and during the San Diego Comic-Con (SDCC) 2022, it was announced that the show will have five more episodes than the original series did per season. However, it turned out that the first season of Born Again would only have nine episodes and the second would have eight.

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By Catherine Armecin Martin

The executive producers of Daredevil: Born Again, Dario Scardapane and Sana Amanat, spoke with Collider about the episode count of each season. They confirmed that the reboot would have fewer episodes and that Season Two would be a continuation of Season One. "Look at it as part one and part two for both seasons," Amanat explained. Scardapane, who also wrote the show, explained that when he worked on the first season, the second season was "implied." He said:

So when I came in and put together the overview of what the first season was going to be, the second season was implied. They are the absolute flip side to each other, which you'll see.

Scardapane was careful not to share too much about the show that will premiere this week. However, he teased that Season One's ending would leave clues for the next season. "Without giving too much away, at the very end of the last episode of this season, you essentially see a lot of cards being put out on a table, and Season Two is those cards going into play vigorously and perhaps viciously," he explained. As for the series' fate after Season Two, the writer and EP can't say for sure whether they will return. "I don't know if the story necessarily ends at the end of the second season. I think the future's unwritten," Scardapane added.

At this point, it is still too early to say if Daredevil: Born Again absolutely has to return after two seasons. However, one thing is certain: there's a lot of story to share, and they can extend the series if there's enough demand. More likely, if the first two seasons of Born Again are a hit, fans would want more seasons. Usually, it's great for a series to run for three to four seasons for full character development, but since the upcoming show is already a continuation of Netflix's series, this might not be necessary.

But Daredevil is too good to stop. He is among the fan-favorite characters from the MCU. When the Netflix series was canceled, many were sad because fans believed it deserved a long-term future in the MCU and are thrilled about its return. Whether more seasons are needed is something we can only say after Season Two.