Charlie Cox: A Lot is Riding on Daredevil: Born Again - IGN

According to Charlie Cox, a lot is riding on his return to the Daredevil cowl.

Daredevil: Born Again, which is set to hit Disney+ in 2024, will fully introduce Matt Murdock to the MCU after a few small appearances in Spider-Man: No Way Home and She-Hulk. The upcoming 18-episode series requires a lot from Cox, keeping him extremely busy. In a new interview with NME, the star explained how the future of his role and character is largely unknown to him at this point.

“You said earlier that I could be busy for years, and I thought, ‘Yeah, maybe. Hopefully’,” he explained. “But if this show next year doesn’t hit the spot, then that might be it."

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In order to live up to the tall order of 18 episodes, production on Daredevil: Born Again will reportedly take Cox 11 months of 2023; he starts shooting in February. The new series will not be a continuation of the Netflix show that made Cox a fan-favorite, but instead it will be a fresh look at the character. What does that change really look like, though?

"This has to be a reincarnation, it has to be different, otherwise why are we doing it?” Cox explained. "My opinion is this character works best when he’s geared towards a slightly more mature audience. My instinct is that on Disney+ it will be dark but it probably won’t be as gory.”

Cox urges for us fans of the Netflix series to hope for something new, something beyond what the previous series was doing.

"We’ve done that," he said. "Let’s take the things that really worked, but can we broaden? Can we appeal to a slightly younger audience without losing what we’ve learned about what works?”

Previously, Cox has hinted that the new show may be something similar in tone to Deadpool. In fact, he thinks that a team-up between the two supes would totally make sense.

Alongside Cox, Daredevil: Born Again will see the return of Vincent D'Onofrio as Wilson Fisk, better known as Kingpin. Last we saw of Kingpin was back in December 2021 in Hawkeye, where he took an absolute beating from Alaqua Cox's Echo.

Carson Burton is a freelance news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter at @carsonsburton.

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