Daredevil has been a Fox reboot target since 2008, and according to Deadline Hollywood, they’re finally making real moves- David Scarpa (The Day The Earth Stood Still, The Last castle) has been hired to script the remake.
The superhero genre is moving into a strange age- we’ve clearly crested the peak of the superhero “renaissance” of the ’00s, but another wave is coming. It used to be the most oft-heard criticism of Hollywood that the blockbuster output was nothing but sequels and superheros, but now that the reboot has become the new sequel, we are seeing a strangely disturbing (or at least disappointing) mix of the two.
As Marvel’s slate of superhero films heats up and starts making its way to the screen (along with other strong, non-Marvel fresh faces like Green Lantern) studios (especially Fox and Sony) will be itching to reinvigorate their aging franchises. They’ll also be required to tap these properties before the rights start defaulting.
This is how you end up with a ground-floor restart of the fucking Spider-Man mega-franchise, and a new attempt at a blind, law-practicing superhero cinematically associated with Ben Affleck. At the same time.
Strange days ahead.
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Affleck's DD was really good, IMO (especially the D-Cut). Jeers to FOX and this news…
Come on! With all the great properties in the Marvel catalog, we have to reboot one that just started a few years ago?
What a joke. Nobody will care about a new Daredevil movie. He's a blind Batman with radar powers derived from some chemicals splashing into his eyes. Fox won't invest the creativity and vision needed to pull this crap off. And no recognizable characters will be present–no Spider-Boy, Hulk, nothing. Unless Fox decides to do crossovers with the various licenses they hold. Fantastic Four vs. X Men vs. Daredevil. I can't seem to muster any enthusiasm after the last several cruddy movies they've made from Marvel characters. This will be an Epic Fail.
Will Jon Favreau be back as Foggy?
I think Daredevil is as good as it is going to get. It made money. It opened big. I have no idea why they would attempt to do this over. I think it was made as interesting as it could be.
They need to do these on the cheap, maybe even DTV. I'd watch a series of DD movies that didn't feel the need to be block busting.
Dude, DD was one of the worst superhero movies ever made. Acting was terrible (of course it was with BA), action was terrible and Colin Ferrell was one of the all-time worst villians in movie history.
The Dairy Queen has spoken, thus it must be true.
What the hell. I must have missed the part where the first movie was a jumbled mess that completely missed the target because I really enjoyed the first daredevil movie. More than batman begins actually and they're basically the same damn thing. You know what, if we're rebooting movies that came out yesterday, reboot batman begins. Get rid of all that fear bullshit, better fight editing, better batvoice, which still needs work… and what else, oh and better batman theme music because I don't care what anyone online says elfman nailed it.
I wanna weigh in too. Daredevil get's some seriously undeserved stick. Ignoring the first two (maybe three) X-Men films it's the best Marvel film Fox have made. Better than both FF movies, better than Ghost Rider, better than Wolverine. Yeah I said it.
Will Kevin Smith be back as a loser?
DD had some moments – Colin Ferrell's Bullseye was perfect, and MCD as Kingpin worked. BA was even OK as Hornhead. The special effects – especially the radar vision and Hell's Kitchen's filth and despair – were spot on.
What DIDN'T work was Mark Steven Johnson's screenplay AND direction (really – the playground seduction scene? STUPID). I mean, this guy fucked up Ghost Rider. Yeah – he fucked up a movie about an avenging spirit with a flaming skull who rides a burning chopper. How can ANYONE screw that up?
Maybe this is sacrilege on a geek site, but I'm tired of superhero movies.
Nothing is fucked dudes, nothing is fucked. Daredevil's a great character, and he deserves another movie, and I bet you oodles this next one is an Incredible Hulk style recasting/non origin story. If only they'd hire Guy Peirce or someone of that caliber. Daredevil rocks, bring back Bullseye!!
you've got to enlighten us as to how reboots of comic book films arent often a good thing. I wouldnt call the 00's a renaissance so much as an inundation of comic films, throwing anything at the wall and seeing what sticks. They have finally started to get these things right and given Daredevil was a horrible movie that does zero justice to the character, why the fuck would you want them to do anything but reboot it? By slagging all comic remakes you remove all context from the situation and cheapen your argument. I'm sorry you guys love Sam Raimi so much but he killed the franchise creatively with SM3, that's just the general consensus among anyone who knows the first thing about the character of Spider Man. Not to say the reboot will be good, it will probably suck, but so would Raimi's 4.
they better hurry: I'd like to see a new DD soon..
Daredevil, as a comic book, has been consistently on top of the superhero world ever since Brian Michael Bendis took over, and eventually handed it to Brubaker. So I'm more than happy to hear that we might get a reboot.
Anyone who says Daredevil is a good film is quite obviously mental.
The fight with Elektra in the park is one of the worst pieces of film making I've ever seen. It's embarrasing.
Not as embarassing as the terrible (even for the time) CG, Ben Afflecks wig, the fucking awful music and the worst costume since Meteor Mans.
The only marvel movie that was worse than that was Ghost Rider…
But please, no fuckin reboot.
Just recast, get a good script, a talented director and give us a new Daredevil film. I don't need to see another fucking origin story.
Let's be clear about the law here for a second though. I've read from several sources that these optioning deals pertaining characters (such as Daredevil and Spider-Man) you don't have to actually "make" a movie to retain the rights. You have to be "working" on a title. Meaning you could spend almost no money staying in preproduction for forever and you'd never lose the rights. I may be wrong, but from what I understand, they're rushing these movies out not to secure the rights but… well, to make money off this superhero "fad" before the fad dies. That makes more sense to me.
What about IRON FIST?? Make the damn IRON FIST movie already!!!!
What year do the rights expire?
Since Daredevil took place after Murdock had been fighting crime for years, why don't they just do a prequel instead and have a young Daredevil. I mean they're going to do it anyway in the reboot, but why bother when they can do it in a prequel.
Paging Roger Corman, paging Roger Corman …
The special effects were 'Spot on'? Do you not remember the shitty CGI Darecevil stunt doubles? Painfully bad.
Moon Knight.
I love the first DD movie and if you don't your a cunt!
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