The news that Daredevil will have its own series within the Marvel Cinematic Universe was an open secret that had not been confirmed until May 19, Variety reported on the adaptation that Disney Plus is preparing. There are no details about the plot yet, but there are about the production's scriptwriters: Matt Corman and Chris Ord will be responsible for this project.
The arrival of Daredevil to the Marvel Cinematic Universe has been one of the most anticipated during these years of narrative. Perhaps since Civil War, an adaptation that did not take it into account even though it was within the story of the comics. That film was released in 2016. A year earlier, Netflix had already presented the first season of the series about the character. It was not a minor fact: to date, it is considered one of the best superhero productions, if not the best on television.
So, while the Marvel Cinematic Universe progressed, Netflix opened a narrative gap based on a series of superheroes with a different profile than the one exposed in the cinematographic story. A handful of characters focused on dealing with worldly problems, without space threats or of a more complex geopolitical nature, but also valuable.
Daredevil and his arrival in the Marvel Cinematic Universe
The appearance of Matt Murdock in Spider-Man: No Way Home served to introduce the character into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. But he is not alone at that point. On the day of the world premiere of the third Spider-Man film, another key character within Marvel also appeared, Wilson Fisk, known as Kingpin. He appeared in the series Ojo de Halcón , one that explored part of the criminal underworld within the story.
That last detail is key in the expansion steps that the Marvel Cinematic Universe is taking. The bulk of the stories that make up this narrative have been focused on external threats or have served as a preface to them. Character construction films, of internal intrigues and evolutions, which later converged in Avengers: Endgame and Avengers: Infinity Wars.
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Subscribe to Disney+ and save Meanwhile, that suburban dynamic, the conflicts between gangs, the faces of those criminals that different superheroes face in the comics, did not have much space within the Marvel Cinematic Universe; one that, moreover, has not been characterized by having villains with a logical and complete development. So, the confirmation of a series on Daredevil invites us to think that part of the previous dynamic could be altered.
The influence of the character
Judging by the upcoming Marvel series, with series like Ms. Marvel and She-Hulk, it is interpreted that the production responsible for the story wants to have a more neighborhood perspective in relation to different characters. That work began with Hawkeye, an unusual superhero who does not have supernatural abilities. His story focused on the different conflicts he went through on the streets. In this frame, perhaps there are few characters more interesting and pertinent to this end than The Devil of Hell's Kitchen.
Daredevil, at times, evokes behaviors of antiheroes. Depending on the comic you read, it can be; just as he also has different sections in which he emerges as a moral beacon, although he may not entirely like this typification. Moving in the shadows, under the night, on street corners, chasing criminals until they catch up and beat them up at will, the Marvel Cinematic Universe would have that more streetwise perspective it seems to be interested in.
This is also a challenge for the filmmakers. Steven S. DeKnight, Doug Petrie, Marco Ramirez and Erik Oleson were those responsible for writing the Netflix adaptations. From his work, a character moved by his story and his desires was shown, while little by little he recognized pleasure in violence. Will this fit into the Disney pitch? If not, what kind of character might it look like? It is still too early to draw any conclusions in this regard, but they are valid questions.
