The announcement that Daredevil: Born Again is coming to Disney+ in the spring of 2024 may not have come as a surprise to everyone, but what is a surprise is that it may have the opposite problem as most MCU shows. Shockingly, it was revealed that the show's first season is getting an unprecedented 18-episode run, one of the most exciting announcements for Marvel Studios' Phase 5. While audiences can be excited to see the return of Charlie Cox's Daredevil and Vincent D'Onofrio's Kingpin, the number of episodes could create a major problem for the future of Marvel's Disney+ shows over the next few years.
Four years after Netflix canceled their wildly popular Daredevil series, which last saw Matt Murdock defeating Wilson Fisk after the latter married Vanessa, Kevin Feige announced a revival series at San Diego Comic-Con rather than the straightforward Thunderbolts culminates the events of that phase. One major question that audiences have on their mind is what kind of tone the series will have.
Throughout the MCU Phase 4, one of the major complaints with regard to the Disney+ shows is that the stories tend to feel rushed, especially once the finales come along. Characters like Karli Morgenthau from MCU Disney+ TV shows. This number of episodes could cause the overarching narrative to drag on longer than necessary, a problem that occurred when Daredevil and the other shows in the Defenders universe were on Netflix.
How Marvel Can Keep The Show From Dragging On
Marvel Studios will need to be able to tell a compelling enough story to keep viewers interested. Viewers were invested in Daredevil because of the incredible performances of both Charlie Cox and Vincent D'Onofrio and the well-written, shocking storylines. If the original series is eventually confirmed to tie into Born Again, then it's possible the return of Wilson Bethel's Bullseye from Daredevil could be in the works. If Wilson Fisk will be appearing in both Echo and Born Again in the near future, then it will have to be addressed how he got out of prison after Daredevil defeated him. Marvel can incorporate many of these storylines in the series, but it's important that the overall story never loses its focus.
If Marvel also decides to address what tone the series will be in the near future, this could potentially fix the problem. It was recently announced during Marvel Studios' Animation at San Diego Comic-Con that the keeps Daredevil's previous darker tone, it could make it one of Marvel's best series to date. The D23 event in September will likely reveal more about the series.
