Daredevil Season 3 Brings Back Kingpin, Gets New Showrunner
This article contains spoilers for The Defenders. Beware!
Daredevil Season 3 was officially confirmed back in 2016, not that there was really much doubt that this was going to happen. This time around, though, we’ll have a brand new showrunner and executive producer, with Erik Oleson (Man in the High Castle) taking over from Douglas Petrie and Marco Ramirez.
The big news of the day is that Vincent D’Onofrio will return as Wilson “Kingpin” Fisk.
“Vincent is an exceptional actor who returns with the incredible gravitas he brings to Fisk,” said executive producer, Jeph Loeb, in a statement. “We’re very excited how Marvel’s Daredevil develops through the creative lens and guidance of our new showrunner, Erik Oleson.”
Daredevil Season 3 Story
So what does the ending of The Defenders mean for Daredevil Season 3? Quite a bit. For one thing, Matt’s going to have a much harder time trying to keep his identity secret since he disappeared at the same time as Daredevil.
But more importantly, the introduction of the mysterious Sister Maggie would seem to be the first seed planted for the show to eventually reach what should be its natural crescendo: the classic Frank Miller/David Mazzucchelli story, Born Again. We don’t necessarily think it’s going to be the focus of this season, though.
Charlie Cox agrees. “I know we don’t tend to follow any story blueprints too closely, because if you do, then you become a foregone conclusion,” he told THR. “There may be elements from Born Again, but I’m sure there will be elements that are unfamiliar and surprising and different in order for the show to be compelling to fans who know the comics very well. If we start making Born Again page-for-page, then the people who have read it and loved it — the hardcore fans — they won’t have too much drama.”
We’ll be keeping a careful eye on this for further developments.
Daredevil Season 3 Release Date
Are there clues to the Daredevil Season 3 release date hidden in this braille mass card?
While the selection from Proverbs certainly applies to Matt Murdock in general, we’re always looking for significance in numbers. Daredevil Season 3 isn’t even in production yet, which means it won’t be here in February of 2018, or even in first quarter. Instead, we expect Jessica Jones and Luke Cage to fill those 2018 slots, which would put Daredevil at late 2018 at the earliest.
The latest report we had (courtesy of MCU Exchange) was that Daredevil Season 3 would go into production in late October. This makes perfect sense, as it’s right when The Defenders kicked off filming last year, too. With a late October start date, then we expect this will arrive in Summer of 2018. Maybe the “I’m Fine” is the start of production announcement?
Daredevil Season 3 Villain
In addition to the Kingpin, they have to give us Bullseye this time around, right? They’ve made us wait long enough. Charlie Cox hinted to ScreenRant last year about the character. “I can’t imagine doing a run of Daredevil where Bullseye doesn’t show up at some point,” Cox said.
But they need to get somebody perfect for the role. Jason Statham springs to mind…
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Daredevil Season 3 Trailer
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— Daredevil (@Daredevil) October 16, 2017
Daredevil Season 3 Cast
Expect everyone who survived season two to return for a third season. Maybe we’ll get some guest slots from Mike Colter as Luke Cage or Krysten Ritter as Jessica Jones or Jon Bernthal as the Punisher!
We’ll update this with more official information as we get it!
