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Daredevil
Genre
Created byDrew Goddard
Based onDaredevil
by Stan Lee
Bill Everett
Starring
ComposerJohn Paesano
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes13 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
ProducerKati Johnston[1]
Production locationNew York City
CinematographyMatt Lloyd
EditorJonathan Chibnal[1]
Running time48–59 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkNetflix
ReleaseApril 10, 2015 (2015-04-10) –
present
Related
Marvel Cinematic Universe television series

Marvel's Daredevil, or simply Daredevil, is an American web television series created for Netflix by Drew Goddard, based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name. It is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), sharing continuity with the films of the franchise, and is the first in a series of shows that will lead up to a Defenders crossover miniseries. The series is produced by Marvel Television in association with ABC Studios, DeKnight Prods. and Goddard Textiles, with Steven S. DeKnight serving as showrunner on the first season, and Goddard acting as consultant. Doug Petrie and Marco Ramirez will take over as showrunners for the show's second season.

Charlie Cox stars as Matt Murdock / Daredevil, a lawyer-by-day who fights crime at night. The series chronicles the character's early days fighting crime, juxtaposed with the rise of crime lord Wilson Fisk, played by Vincent D'Onofrio. Deborah Ann Woll, Elden Henson, Toby Leonard Moore, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Bob Gunton, Ayelet Zurer, and Rosario Dawson also star. Daredevil entered development in late 2013, a year after the film rights to the character reverted to Marvel, with Goddard initially hired in December 2013. DeKnight replaced him as showrunner and Cox was hired to star in May 2014. Filming on the first season began in New York City that July, with production ending in December.

All episodes of the first season premiered on April 10, 2015. The series was released to critical acclaim, with critics praising the action sequences, performances, and the darker tone compared to other properties set in the MCU. On April 21, 2015, Marvel and Netflix renewed Daredevil for a second season, due to premiere in 2016.

Premise

Lawyer-by-day Matt Murdock uses his heightened senses from being blinded as a young boy to fight crime at night on the streets of New York City's Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood as Daredevil.[2]

Cast and characters

Main

A blind lawyer who becomes the hero Daredevil.[3] DeKnight stated that "He's not super strong. He's not invulnerable. In every aspect, he's a man that's just pushed himself to the limits, he just has senses that are better than a normal human's. He is human." On the character's "grey" morals, he said, "He's a lawyer by day, and he's taken this oath. But every night he breaks that oath, and goes out and does very violent things. I really liked the flawed heroes, the human heroes."[4] The character's Catholicism plays a large role in the series, with DeKnight calling him "one of the most, if not the most, religious characters in the Marvel Universe".[5] Cox, who was raised Catholic, found that helpful, saying, "You grow up steeped in that. If you’re in church, standing in front of the altar, you sort of automatically know how to respond. It all kicks in – you genuflect, you sit in the pew. I didn’t have to pretend any of that.”[6] The idea of casting Cox as Daredevil came from Marvel's Chief Creative Officer Joe Quesada in 2012, before Marvel Studios gained the rights to the character from 20th Century Fox.[7] Cox wanted to be involved with the series after reading the first two scripts for the series, telling his agent "These are two of the best TV scripts I've read".[8] Skylar Gaertner plays a young Matt Murdock.[9]
On portraying the character, Cox said, "There are so many aspects. There’s the blindness and physicality. Making a show is about human emotion, conflict and turmoil. When meeting a man who's a lawyer by day and believes in law and justice and then a man by night is someone who takes the law into his own hands. He deals with battles dealing with that concept."[10] Elaborating on the difficulties of playing the character, Cox said, "I put on a shirt but I can't look where the buttons are, because Daredevil wouldn't know where the buttons are, but I also can't fumble."[11] Cox worked with a blind consultant, and was conscious of what his eyes were doing at all times, to ensure they would not look at or react to something unlike a blind person.[8] Cox later explained that, unlike the Marvel comic book character, his version of Daredevil would not be a "man without fear", saying "Someone who does not have fear – literally does not experience fear – is not that interesting. The way I like to think about it is that he is a man with fear, but he on a daily basis decides to confront that fear and to overcome it. So the title of 'the man without fear' is almost a title that the public in his world gives him just because of what he does. But inside himself, he's very afraid at times. And he finds a way to confront those fears and punch through it."[12] Cox "had to do a lot of gym work" to change his physique to equal that of the more muscular character as drawn in the comics.[8]
An enigmatic young woman whose quest for justice sends her crashing into Murdock's life.[13] On creating the character of Karen Page, after portraying Jessica Hamby in True Blood from 2008–14, Woll said, "I'm already starting to notice huge differences between the two characters ... I can feel myself go, 'Oh, if this was Jessica she would do this,' but wanting to kind of steer differently than that. It's always going to be me in some way. I think, as an actor, that's part of it."[14] Woll had not previously read any Daredevil comics, and turned to her boyfriend who is "a huge comic book fan" for guidance. She also added that Page's backstory would be different than the one from the comics, saying, "In the comic books, in the beginning Karen is very innocent, and then towards the end she's really swung a full 180, she's in a lot of trouble, so I wanted to find a way to make her both of those things at the same time. Can she be a really wonderful, kind person who is a little bit attracted to danger? She's not just always getting into trouble because 'Oh, silly woman!' Karen is actually looking for it, and she won't let her fear stop her from finding the truth."[8]
Murdock's close friend and law partner.[15] In April 2015, Henson spoke of his excitement for the character's role in the series, saying "I was really excited as I was getting the scripts and reading that Foggy wasn't just a useless sidekick. He's not just comic relief. I mean, he is some of those things. He does have comic relief, but it was exciting to know that these other characters would have their own path and their own things that they're dealing with."[16]
A nurse who helps Murdock,[17][19] the character is an amalgam of Temple and Night Nurse.[20] Dawson later explained that "[her] character is a normal person and she becomes more heroic in a way that she maybe didn't expect",[16] and went on to state that "She’s not a love interest – she’s this skeptical eye looking at this strange situation. She’s the one who can be like, “You’re not really good at this.” That makes it feel more real."[20] On her character's relationship to Murdock, Dawson said that "The show explores how necessary it is for two people to finally have their masks off with each other. For Matt Murdock, this is the first person he has that’s going to be able to see that transition for him. For her, she’s someone who also throws herself into the fray and had made it her life mission to help, even if that means risking her own life. But she gets confronted with the question: How far will you go? What does it mean if you’re helping someone who is maybe going to hurt other people?"[20] Dawson has said that "it seems likely" that she will reprise the role in further Marvel-Netflix series.[16]
A powerful businessman whose interests in the future of Hell's Kitchen will bring him into conflict with Murdock and Daredevil.[21][22] D'Onofrio stated he hoped his portrayal of Fisk was a new way to look at the character, and that it would be the definitive portrayal of the character.[23] "Our Fisk, he's a child and he's a monster," D'Onofrio said. "Every move that he makes and everything that he does in our story comes from his foundation of morality inside himself."[24] In December 2014, DeKnight detailed that "Fisk has very many different aspects so it’s not all, "I want to conquer the city and make a lot of money". In our story, we tell the story of how he met his wife Vanessa and how they fell in love – our antagonist actually has a love story. That's the love story you're following, the one you’re invested in, and seeing how that affects him and changes him." He also said that "if you’re looking for a juicy, multi-faceted crime drama, Wilson Fisk was the obvious choice to play the antagonist ... [he] really felt like the right yin to the yang for Matt, and for what we wanted to do this season."[12] Discussing Fisk's fighting style, compared to Daredevil's, series stunt coordinator Philip J Silvera said that, "I feel like they’re almost two sides to the same coin. They’re both doing things for their city. And it’s a tricky thing with their two characters. I think when you get the Fisk character to a certain point, it just becomes pure rage, and all thought process is out the window. ... The brutality is just relentless with him. When he gets into this mode, he just keeps going until he’s done. And that’s it. He will drive for you. That is the Kingpin, that is D’Onofrio. He’s a very smooth, calculating individual, but when you bring the rage out in him, he’s like a bulldozer."[25] Cole Jensen plays a young Wilson Fisk.[citation needed]

Recurring

  • Geoffrey Cantor as Ellison: The Editor-in-Chief of the New York Bulletin.[18]
  • Judith Delgado as Elena Cardenas: One of the first clients of Nelson and Murdock, who lives in a housing tenement inhibiting Fisk's plan.[citation needed]
  • Daryl Edwards as Carl Hoffman[citation needed]
  • Royce Johnson as Brett Mahoney[citation needed]
  • Adriane Lenox as Doris Urich: The sick wife of Ben Urich.[citation needed]
  • Peter McRobbie as Father Lantom: A Catholic priest and confidante for Murdock.[26]
  • Rob Morgan as Turk Barrett: A small-time criminal.[27]
  • Nikolai Nikolaeff as Vladimir Ranskahov: A Russian trying to make a name for himself in America with his brother Anatoly.[27]
  • Amy Rutberg as Marci Stahl: Nelson's ex-girlfriend who works for the corporate law firm where Nelson and Murdock once interned.[28]
  • Peter Shinkoda as Nobu: A Japanese businessman who allies with Wilson Fisk,[27] and is a member of The Hand.[29] It was originally reported by Deadline.com that the name of Shinkoda's character would be "Hachiro".[30]
  • Chris Tardio as Blake[citation needed]
  • Susan Varon as Josie: The owner of a bar frequented by Murdock, Nelson and Page.[citation needed]
  • Wai Ching Ho as Gao: An accomplished woman with her own trade.[27]
  • Tom Walker as Francis:[31] The head of Fisk's security.

Guest

A mysterious martial artist and Murdock's mentor,[32] who is in his late 90s.[33] DeKnight initially wanted Sonny Chiba for the role, "but that didn’t quite work out." Glenn, who had been brought up in early conversations by the writers, was reconsidered following his performance in The Leftovers.[5] Glenn had never played a blind character before, calling it a challenge to integrate the blindness, being a martial arts master, and the emotional aspect to the character. He also added that Stick was "on the high-volume side" of stunts for the show. To prepare for the role, Glenn had to "learn completely about the world of comic books ... and who Stick [was] in relationship to the Daredevil."[33]

Stan Lee makes a cameo appearance through an on set photograph.[26]

Episodes

No. Title Directed by Written by Release date
1"Into the Ring"Phil AbrahamDrew GoddardApril 10, 2015 (2015-04-10)[a]
Matt Murdock begins his vigilante career and opens a law firm with his friend, Foggy Nelson. Their first client is Karen Page, a secretary for construction company Union Allied who has been framed for the murder of her co-worker Daniel Fisher after accidentally uncovering a massive pension embezzlement scheme. Matt prevents Karen from being prosecuted and protects her from an assassin hired to retrieve her copy of the file, which is exposed through a local newspaper. James Wesley covers up the involvement of his employer in the scandal, while the Russian mafia arranges a young boy's kidnapping to lure Matt into a trap. Karen volunteers to work for Matt and Foggy in gratitude for their help.
2"Cut Man"Phil AbrahamDrew GoddardApril 10, 2015 (2015-04-10)[a]
After being lured into a trap by the Russians, a severely injured Matt is found in a dumpster by nurse Claire Temple, who brings him to her apartment and tends to his wounds. One of the Russians locates them, but Matt is able to overpower the man, and tortures him into revealing the boy's location while Claire watches. He infiltrates the building where the boy is being held, defeats the rest of the gang, and rescues the boy, taking him home. Meanwhile, Foggy comforts Karen in the wake of her traumatic experience.
3"Rabbit in a Snowstorm"Adam KaneMarco RamirezApril 10, 2015 (2015-04-10)
Matt and Foggy are hired by James Wesley to represent John Healy, an enforcer who was arrested for the murder of a local mob leader. Suspicious of Wesley's connection to Union Allied, Matt convinces the jury to acquit Healy of murder. After the trial is over, Matt confronts Healy in his vigilante guise and forces him to name his employer: Wilson Fisk. After giving up the name, Healy warns Matt that Fisk will not only target him, but everyone he cares about; he then commits suicide. Meanwhile, Karen enlists struggling reporter Ben Urich to find evidence connecting Union Allied to Fisher's murder. Fisk visits an art gallery and purchases a painting from its director, Vanessa Marianna.
4"In the Blood"Ken GirottiJoe PokaskiApril 10, 2015 (2015-04-10)
Russian mobsters Anatoly and Vladimir are pressured by Fisk to eliminate the vigilante. Upon learning that Claire is connected to him, they kidnap her to lure Matt into a trap, but Matt is able to fight them off and rescue her. Meanwhile, Fisk invites Vanessa on a date, which is interrupted by Anatoly, making Vanessa suspicious. She tells Fisk that she is uncertain about his intentions and motivations, and leaves. In a fit of rage, Fisk brutally beats Anatoly and crushes his head with a car door. He orders the body to be dumped where Vladimir will find it, and plants a black mask on the corpse in order to frame the vigilante for the murder. Meanwhile, Ben begrudgingly accepts Karen's help to investigate Union Allied, which has been dismantled, and acquire its old computers in an auction.
5"World on Fire"Farren BlackburnLuke KalteuxApril 10, 2015 (2015-04-10)
Matt begins searching for Vladimir, who becomes convinced that the vigilante is on Fisk's payroll. Fisk brokers a deal with drug lord Madame Gao to replace the Russians as her distributor, and later pursues Vanessa, claiming that Hell's Kitchen needs to be destroyed before it can be reborn. She accepts him, and they begin a relationship. Matt locates Vladimir's hideout just as Fisk triggers a series of bombings throughout Hell's Kitchen, destroying all of Vladimir's operations.
6"Condemned"Guy FerlandJoe Pokaski & Marco RamirezApril 10, 2015 (2015-04-10)
7"Stick"Brad TurnerDouglas PetrieApril 10, 2015 (2015-04-10)
8"Shadows in the Glass"Stephen SurjikSteven S. DeKnightApril 10, 2015 (2015-04-10)
Matt is brought into the plan to take down Fisk by Foggy and Karen, who also introduce him to Ben. Matt advises them to take down Fisk by legal means rather than on the down low. Meanwhile, the vigilante visits Ben and gives him information on Fisk. In a series of flashbacks, Fisk remembers his abusive father, Bill Fisk, who tormented him and his mother. It is eventually revealed that Fisk killed his father after he saw him beating his mother, and that she dismembered the body and disposed of it in a river to hide the crime. Inspired by Vanessa, Fisk goes public with his plans to rebuild Hell's Kitchen, and is hailed as a hero by the media.
9"Speak of the Devil"Nelson McCormickChristos Gage & Ruth Fletcher GageApril 10, 2015 (2015-04-10)
In the wake of Fisk's public revelation, Ben, Foggy, and Karen begin to think about how to uncover his past, while Matt continues to insist they go through the legal system. Matt tracks down Vanessa at her art gallery, hoping to gain insight into Fisk by speaking with her, and encounters Fisk himself. The firm's client, Elena Cardenas, is killed by a junkie hired by Fisk's men. Meanwhile, Nobu demands a promised city block from Fisk, who agrees on the condition Nobu provide him with a "specialist" in return to deal with the vigilante, which turns out to be Nobu himself. Fisk makes a public speech designed to lure the vigilante out. Enraged by Elena's death, Matt goes to an abandoned warehouse where he believes he will find Fisk. Instead, he is confronted by Nobu. Matt eventually wins, though not before Nobu manages to severely injure him. Fisk confronts the injured Matt, beating him nearly to death. Matt barely escapes, only to collapse at his home in front of Foggy.
10"Nelson v. Murdock"Farren BlackburnLuke KalteuxApril 10, 2015 (2015-04-10)
Foggy discovers Matt's alternate identity and confronts him about his apparent blindness and abilities, removing himself from Nelson and Murdock. Meanwhile, Karen tricks Ben into helping her find Fisk's mother at a nursing home in upstate New York, who they interrogate for information about Fisk's troubling past. Fisk and Vanessa attend a fundraising party after Fisk's successful speeches to the public that earned him the respect of the people of Hell's Kitchen, when Vanessa and several others collapse due to poisoned champagne.
11"The Path of the Righteous"Nick GomezSteven S. DeKnight & Douglas PetrieApril 10, 2015 (2015-04-10)
Still recovering from his injuries, Matt finds Melvin Potter, a mentally unbalanced engineer who has been coerced into working for Fisk, and asks him to make a suit of body armor like the ones he has made for Fisk. While Vanessa is recovering in the hospital, Karen and Ben locate Fisk's mother and learn the truth about his father's death. While at the hospital, Wesley receives a phone call from Fisk's mother and learns that Karen and Ben have tracked her down. He confronts Karen and attempts to blackmail her into not exposing Fisk, threatening to hurt her friends. In desperation, Karen grabs his gun and shoots him.
12"The Ones We Leave Behind"Euros LynDouglas PetrieApril 10, 2015 (2015-04-10)
Matt dismantles Madame Gao's drug smuggling operation, prompting her to leave the city. While Karen begins drinking heavily to cope with Wesley's death, Matt and Karen make amends, and Ben attempts to publish his expose on Fisk, but is rejected by his editor. When Ben decides to publish the expose online, Fisk breaks into Ben's apartment and strangles him to death.
13"Daredevil"Steven S. DeKnightSteven S. DeKnightApril 10, 2015 (2015-04-10)
Matt and Karen attend Ben Urich's funeral, and Matt reassures Karen that Fisk and his co-conspirators will face justice. Meanwhile, Fisk learns that Owlsley and Madame Gao conspired to poison Vanessa, whom they deemed a distraction, and that Owlsley has been hiding Detective Hoffman as an insurance policy. When Owlsley tries to blackmail him, an infuriated Fisk throws Owlsley into an open elevator shaft. Matt and Foggy meet at Matt's gym and reconcile their differences, and they begin building their case against Fisk. In his vigilante disguise, Matt finds Detective Hoffman and convinces him to agree to testify against Fisk. Acting on Hoffman's testimony, federal agents arrest Fisk and his co-conspirators, but Fisk manages to escape custody. Before he can flee the city, Matt intercepts him, wearing the new set of armor made for him by Potter. After a brutal fight, Matt defeats Fisk and leaves him to the police, avenging Ben's death. Fisk is arrested, Vanessa leaves the city, and Matt, Karen and Foggy celebrate their success and resume their work. The vigilante is named "Daredevil" by the media.

a The first two episodes were previewed at the series' LA premiere on April 2, 2015.[36]

Production

Development

On October 10, 2012, the Daredevil film rights reverted to Marvel Studios from 20th Century Fox, which was confirmed by studio president Kevin Feige on April 23, 2013, allowing the character to be used within the Marvel Cinematic Universe.[37] As explained by head of Marvel Television Jeph Loeb in April 2015, Marvel Studios had "first dibs" on the character once the rights had reverted, but it was soon decided that the character could be a television property.[38] In October 2013, Deadline reported that Marvel was preparing four drama series and a miniseries, totaling 60 episodes, to present to video on demand services and cable providers, with Netflix, Amazon and WGN America expressing interest.[39] A few weeks later, Marvel and Disney announced that they would provide Netflix with live action series centered around Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Iron Fist, and Luke Cage, leading up to a miniseries based on the Defenders.[40] This format was chosen due to the success of Marvel's The Avengers, for which the characters of Iron Man, The Hulk, Captain America, and Thor were all introduced separately before being teamed up in that film.[38]

Drew Goddard was hired to serve as executive producer and showrunner for Daredevil,[41] however, in May 2014 it was announced that Goddard had stepped down as showrunner in order to focus on directing a feature film based on Marvel's Sinister Six for Sony Pictures Entertainment. He was succeeded by Steven S. DeKnight. Goddard, who wrote the first two episodes, remained with the show as a consultant and executive producer. It was also revealed that the series would be titled Marvel's Daredevil.[42] The show consists of 13 hour-long episodes.[43] DeKnight, Goddard, Loeb, Jim Chory, Dan Buckley, Joe Quesada, Stan Lee, Alan Fine, Cindy Holland, Kris Henigman, Allie Goss and Peter Friedlander serve as executive producers.[1]

When asked about the future of the series following the first season, DeKnight said, "On this show, I honestly have no idea. That’s so far above my pay grade. Making it even more complicated is the fact that [Daredevil] is one part of the bigger plan – Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, and then The Defenders. How that all fits together, and whether or not there will be a second season of this show – or if it will fold into the others – are questions nobody really has answers to yet... I can say we’ve been talking about some very cool stuff for Season Two that, good God, I can’t even hint at! It’s something that would be just fantastic to work on!"[4] In November 2014, DeKnight said that there "probably will be more" seasons of Daredevil following the first.[44] In January 2015, Netflix COO Ted Sarandos stated the series was "eligible to go into multiple seasons for sure" and Netflix would look at "how well [they] are addressing both the Marvel fanbase but also the broader fanbase" in terms of determining if additional seasons would be appropriate.[45] On April 21, 2015, Marvel and Netflix announced that the series had been renewed for a second season, set for release in 2016, with Doug Petrie and Marco Ramirez replacing DeKnight as showrunners as well as acting as executive producers; both served as writers in the first season and worked closely with DeKnight and Goddard.[46]

Writing

There was this issue of Daredevil, near the end of [writer-artist] Frank Miller's run. Our hero is fighting with a professional assassin named Bullseye, on a wire. The bad guy starts to fall; Daredevil catches him. He has him by the hand, high above the city. ... And then he decides to let him go," DeKnight continues. "Daredevil drops him to his death – or what he thinks is his death – because he doesn't ever want this guy to kill again. I remember reading that when I was a kid and thinking, Oh my god. When we started working on our show, that scene from the comics kept coming up. We all thought, this is a hero who is one bad day away from permanently crossing a line.

Steven S. DeKnight on the version of Daredevil that he wanted to see in the series.[47]

In August 2014, when talking about the series in comparison to the 2003 film, Sarandos said, "The series will not be afraid to go darker than the film did. What we love about this particular set of heroes is that they’re a little more down to Earth. Costume wise and also in that these are gritty crime stories, more in the streets than in the clouds."[48] Elaborating on this, DeKnight said, "It is a little grittier and edgier than Marvel has gone before, but we’re not looking to push it to extreme graphic violence, gratuitous nudity or anything like that. The story does not require that and I think [it] would suffer if you pushed it that far."[12] Marvel Television head and executive producer Loeb later stated that, "There aren't going to be people flying through the sky; there are no magic hammers. We've always approached this as a crime drama first, superhero show second."[11] DeKnight took inspiration from The French Connection, Dog Day Afternoon, and Taxi Driver, and stated that "we would rather lean toward The Wire than what’s considered a classic superhero television show."[12]

In September 2014, DeKnight talked about the series' freedom to use the characters, stating "Netflix has been fantastic. They are phenomenally supportive of the creatives. How much freedom will I have? This is a bit of a different scenario because it’s a Marvel property. Once you have an IP like that, there are restrictions that you have to accept. I’m fine with that, I totally understand. I’ll push it as far as I can, of course, but I also respect the fact that this character has been around for decades. Overall I’ve been surprised at how willing everyone is to take a really fresh look and really push what we’re doing."[4]

In March 2015, actor Vincent D'Onofrio spoke about telling a story over 13 episodes, saying "it’s not like doing a TV series at all. It’s like doing a 13-hour film. So, I think that lends itself to being able to be much more specific and take your time in telling this long story. Now, having said that, they at the same time have to deliver a superhero aspect – a Marvel aspect to it – which, as we all know, is so dynamic and cool. So, that was the trick, to deliver the dynamic kind of Marvel superhero show and, at the same time, make it a serial that’s interesting and emotional and a real story."[49]

In April 2015, actress Deborah Ann Woll talked about what she saw as one of the most important themes in the series – normal people having an impact in "seemingly insurmountable circumstances": "What really makes people like Matt, and Foggy, and Karen heroes is not that they have heightened senses, it's not that they have law degrees; it's just that they're willing to do it. They're not turning away; they're going to save these people's lives, even if that's just quality of life. That's super important."[16]

Casting

At the end of May 2014, Charlie Cox was cast as Daredevil.[3] On June 10, it was announced that actor Vincent D'Onofrio would portray Wilson Fisk in the series,[22] and on June 20, Rosario Dawson joined the cast.[50] A few days later, Elden Henson was cast as Foggy Nelson,[15] while on July 17, Deborah Ann Woll was cast as Karen Page.[51] On October 11, Dawson's role was revealed to be Claire Temple,[17] a character resembling that of Night Nurse,[19] while Ayelet Zurer, Bob Gunton, Toby Leonard Moore, and Vondie Curtis-Hall joined the series as Vanessa Mariana, Leland Owlsley, Wesley, and Ben Urich, respectively.[18] Additionally, Peter Shinkoda[27][30] and Tom Walker[31] recur throughout the series as Nobu and Francis, respectively. On the casting process, DeKnight stated that "You just have to hope you find the right way. Luckily our cast came together, and I couldn’t have been happier. No one will ever perfectly fit what’s in your head. For me, the more important thing is not whether or not they look the part, but if they feel the part."[4] Laray Mayfield and Julie Schubert served as casting directors on the series.[38]

Design

Costumes

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The two costumes worn by Cox in the series: first, his black "vigilante outfit"; second, his red "classic suit".

Murdock begins the series wearing a black costume (called the "vigilante outfit" by production), inspired by the one worn by the character in Frank Miller's The Man Without Fear, rather than the more traditional red, horned suit. This was done to highlight the formation of Matt Murdock as Daredevil (paralleling the formation of Wilson Fisk as Kingpin), with the costume evolving over time as the character develops. On the design process, DeKnight revealed that "we tried practically everything, design-wise. We experimented with a lot of different head pieces. One version was a ski mask with the eyes sewn shut. We tried everything until we found something that just felt right."[5] DeKnight continued, "Eventually it morphs into the classic suit, because he wouldn't be Daredevil without it. Getting there is part of the fun... The solution is very exciting and makes complete sense." Marvel Comics' Chief Creative Officer Quesada added, "We had to come up with a logic for [him not having the red suit right away]. It was a delicate balance, because the stories we're telling are so real-world. Matt starts out in a homemade outfit that develops slowly. As he starts getting the crap kicked out of him on the streets, he adds padding little by little." Costume designer Stephanie Maslansky said, "We wanted something that looked militaristic and functional, but also dramatic and sexy" adding that it was "tricky" making it practical.[52]

Title sequence

The opening title sequence was created by Elastic, who previously created the title sequence for True Detective, which had stood out to the creators in terms of "imagination and delivering on what the show was about". DeKnight explained that multiple companies had made pitches to the creative team involving "variations of the same idea, where you zoom in on an eye and you see a sonar map of the city." However, one of Elastic's pitches had "fluid-like blood dripping over everything ... as if paint were covering something invisible and revealing it", which both DeKnight and Loeb wanted to use immediately.[38]

Filming

In February 2014, Marvel announced that Daredevil would be filmed in New York City.[43] In April 2014, Quesada reiterated this, stating that the show would be filming in areas of Brooklyn and Long Island City that still look like the old Hell’s Kitchen, in addition to sound stage work.[53] Loeb said that Daredevil would begin filming in July 2014.[54] In July 2014, DeKnight confirmed filming had started, and on the feel of the show, stated, "We're going for a gritty, 1970s' New York feel for the show. We love the idea of beauty and the decay of the city, and Hell's Kitchen being a place that's both beautiful and gritty at the same time. And that's why Matt Murdock loves it and wants to protect it."[55] In October 2014, filming took place in the Williamsburg and Greenpoint neighborhoods in Brooklyn.[56] Production concluded on December 21, 2014.[57]

"Cut Man" ends with a long action sequence filmed in a single take. DeKnight called it the "most complicated action scene" in the series, due to the technical difficulty in filming it, and credited Goddard, episodic director Phil Abraham, stunt coordinator Philip J Silvera, and series cinematographer Matt Lloyd with realizing it.[38] He also named The Raid films as inspiration for the sequence.[47] Silvera later explained that, "it was always scripted that this scene was going to be a one-shot. For me in my head, with the time, we had, I said let’s do wipes and we’ll be able save things. But Phil challenged us to do a pure one-shot, which really just brought a grounded real feeling to the whole thing. We were able to slow down the fight, and just have this raw, animalistic feeling happening. [There were n]o cuts. We did do a few Texas Switches between our actor and our stunt double, but it was purely a one shot fight. There were no cuts in that fight. Every performer, the actors and the stunt doubles, were in there performing that fight full on."[25] There were only a few days to plan and set up the fight, as opposed to a film which would allow "at least a couple of weeks", and it took 7 or 8 takes to get the shot right.[25]

Visual effects

Visual effects for the series were completed by the New York studio of Shade VFX; Daredevil featured over 1000 visual effect shots.[58][59]

Music

In October 2014, it was revealed that John Paesano would be composing the music for the series.[60]

Marvel Cinematic Universe tie-ins

If you live in New York, there are things that are going on all the time. I would never make light of the tragedy of 9/11, but 9/11 affected different neighborhoods in very different ways. They were all aware that this had happened, but the further down you got towards that area, the more affected you were by it. So we started with that sort of idea, that if the sky opened up and Chitauri were raining down with giant whales, and the Hulk and the Avengers were there to save the day, that's really exciting, but how did that affect the people who were six blocks over and three avenues down? That's the richness of the Marvel Universe. You can have that sort of thing happen and refer to it, but not have it be -- we're not the world of the comics where you look up in the sky and Thor flies by all the time.This is a world where people do refer to Tony Stark as a billionaire in a tin suit, or the idea that they think there's a Thor out there with a magic hammer. But the truth of the matter is, 'I've never seen him. Have you ever seen him?' It's that kind of world that we exist in. For us, it makes Marvel what Marvel has always been, which is grounded.

Jeph Loeb on the opportunities that Daredevil existing within the Marvel Cinematic Universe presents.[16]

Daredevil is the first of the ordered Netflix series, and will be followed by Marvel's A.K.A. Jessica Jones, Marvel's Luke Cage, and Marvel's Iron Fist, before leading into the miniseries, Marvel's The Defenders.[54][61] In November 2013, Disney CEO Bob Iger stated that, if the characters prove popular on Netflix, “It’s quite possible that they could become feature films."[62] In August 2014, D'Onofrio stated that after the "series stuff with Netflix", Marvel has "a bigger plan to branch out".[23] In December 2014, Loeb explained that "Within the Marvel universe there are thousands of heroes of all shapes and sizes, but the Avengers are here to save the universe and Daredevil is here to save the neighborhood ... It does take place in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It’s all connected. But that doesn’t necessarily mean that we would look up in the sky and see [Iron Man]. It’s just a different part of New York that we have not yet seen in the Marvel movies."[12] Dawson later elaborated that "When you've got that level of superpowers, the fighting is different, the stakes are different, and it has a grander feel. In that world, they exist in it, so they know it and it's normal to them. But in reality when people are fighting and doing really bad, elicit [sic] crimes on the ground and there are guns and drugs—bones are going to break. People aren't hitting each other and nothing's going to happen because they're indestructible. These are people. They're vulnerable and you get to experience that."[16]

In February 2015, Emma Fleisher of Marvel Television stated that Daredevil takes place in the aftermath of the Battle of New York as depicted in The Avengers. "We are still part of the Marvel Universe, but we are not explicitly in that Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. world. We're in our own corner. So the aliens came down and ruined the city, and this is the story of Hell's Kitchen's rebuild."[63] In March 2015, Loeb spoke on the ability for the series to crossover with the MCU films and the ABC television series, saying, "As it is now, in the same way that our films started out as self-contained and then by the time we got to The Avengers, it became more practical for Captain America to do a little crossover into Thor 2 and for Bruce Banner to appear at the end of Iron Man 3. We have to earn that. The audience needs to understand who all of these characters are and what the world is before you then start co-mingling in terms of where it's going."[64] In April, Cox stated that crossing over with the films is "possible. I think there's a way that the worlds can merge. I think our show feels tonally and thematically a bit different from The Avengers movies, but it's all one universe and I feel like there's a way for Daredevil—and other characters, Luke Cage and street level crime characters—to fit into that universe. I think there has to be a way, and I think it's about finding an autonomous tone for that [crossover] film".[16]

The character of Carl "Crusher" Creel, who is mentioned in the show as having fought Jack Murdock in the latter's final boxing match, appears in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., portrayed by Brian Patrick Wade.[65] After his father's death, Matt Murdock is raised in the St. Agnes Orphanage, where Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Skye was also raised. The insignia seen on Madame Gao's heroin is a connection to the Iron Fist antagonist, Steel Serpent. Additionally, Roxxon Oil is mentioned, a company featured throughout the MCU.[26]

Release

Daredevil was released on April 10, 2015 on the streaming service Netflix, in all territories where it is available, in Ultra HD 4K.[66][67] The 13 episodes were released simultaneously, as opposed to a serialized format, to encourage binge-watching, a format which has been successful for other Netflix series.[54][66] On April 14, 2015, Daredevil was the first Netflix series to receive its Descriptive Video Service audio description track, "a narration track that describes what is happening on-screen, including physical actions, facial expressions, costumes, settings and scene changes."[68] By April 16, episodes for the series had been pirated by 2.1 million individual users worldwide, according to Excipio, a piracy tracking firm, surpassed in that timeframe only by Game of Thrones. The biggest countries for piracy were Brazil (190,274 torrent downloaders), India (149,316), the U.S. (144,351), the UK (119,891), France (105,473) and Australia (101,025). Except for India, Netflix was available in each of those countries at the time.[69]

Marketing

At the October 2014 New York Comic Con, footage from the series was shown.[17][19] In January 2015, a motion film poster was released to coincide with the revealing of the streaming date for the first season.[66] The following month, on February 4, a teaser trailer was released.[67] Merrill Barr of Forbes noted the dark tone of the trailer in a similar vein to DC Comics' Arrow and different from Marvel's ABC series, but questioned the timing of the trailer debut after Super Bowl XLIX, saying, "Something one must wonder here, however, is why the studio opted to wait until now to release this teaser when they could have possibly gotten a much larger audience for it off a Super Bowl airing. Since this trailer wasn’t debuted with an episode Agent Carter, there was really no reason to wait...[E]specially when the company had no plans to release a new look at Avengers: Age of Ultron or Ant-Man, certainly the studio could have drop [sic] a few dollars to spread the gospel of its latest and riskiest show to the masses."[70] In March 2015, an additional motion poster was released, which featured all major characters and Avengers Tower in the background of the poster, as well as the possible reveal of Murdock's red suit in his reflection.[71] In the lead up to the first season premiere, a street marketing campaign appeared across the world in 12 cities with various artists creating murals.[72] On April 2, 2015, the series had its premiere at the Regal Premiere House at L.A. Live[31] where the first two episodes were previewed.[36]

Disney Consumer Products created a small line of products that cater to a more adult audience, given the show’s edgier tone. Paul Gitter, senior VP of Marvel Licensing for Disney Consumer Products said, "We’ll be focusing less on products that are targeted at the very young consumer," and more on teens and adult with products at stores or outlets like Hot Topic. Additionally, the series will be supported by a Marvel Knights merchandise program that will open new opportunities for product lines as well as new collector focused opportunities. Despite not being a feature film property, licensing partners wanted to pair up with Marvel given its previous successes; "When we go to partners, they pretty much rely on history as being reflective of the future." Gitter said.[73]

Reception

Critical response

The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 98% approval rating with an average rating of 8/10 based on 40 reviews. The website's critical consensus reads, "With tight adherence to its source material's history, high production quality, and a no-nonsense dramatic flair, Daredevil excels as an effective superhero origin story, a gritty procedural, and an exciting action adventure."[74] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 75 out of 100, based on 22 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[75]

In reviews for the first five episodes of the series, Brian Lowry of Variety said, "The series does reflect the desire to inhabit a darker, edgier, more mature corner of the Marvel universe. Compared to Marvel's experience with Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. for ABC, operating in Netflix's pay-to-view world is clearly liberating, in much the way animated direct-to-DVD titles enable the comics companies to cater to knowledgeable fans without needing to worry too much about luring the uninitiated into the tent... By that measure, Marvel has shrewdly expanded its portfolio, and Netflix has upped its must-have quotient with a fiercely loyal segment of consumers."[1] Matt Patches of Esquire added, "The show's exterior recasts the high fructose, splash page aesthethic of Iron Man, Thor, Captain America with neo-noir attitude. Goddard and DeKnight drench "Daredevil" in shadows and blood. The latter comes as a bit of a shock. Flinch and one mistakes "Daredevil" for a TV spinoff of Christopher Nolan's Batfilms, morose and willing to break a few bones". He also praised Cox and D'Onofrio's portrayals, while criticizing a subplot involving Nelson and Page and adding, "What Daredevil takes five episodes to do, it could do in three, a problem that could derail binge-watchers."[76] Victoria McNally of MTV felt the early episodes' fight sequences were "filmed beautifully" and enjoyed that they featured little CGI, while also calling Henson "perfectly cast and endlessly amusing" as Nelson.[77]

Eric Eisenberg of Cinema Blend also had positive thoughts on the initial episodes, saying, "the first five [episodes] lay down such an epically gripping and shocking foundation that it’s truly hard to imagine things taking a negative turn [in the final eight]. It’s smart, entertaining, and has moments so shocking that you’ll have to repress screams. Suffice it to say, Marvel and Netflix have another big winner on their respective plates," while also praising the acting.[78] Speaking of the first two episodes, Mark Hughes of Forbes added additional praise, saying, "Quite simply, in Daredevil Marvel delivers one of the greatest live-action superhero origin stories ever made. It is in the same top-tier category of true superhero origin films along with Batman Begins, Iron Man, and Superman: The Movie. The episodes are like mini-movies, and taken together the first two episodes could have been released almost as-is – with only a few minor tweaks to add some cinematic sense of scale – and it would’ve been hailed as one of Marvel’s best films to date."[36] Mike Hale at the New York Times was less positive about the series, calling it ordinary, but admitting having high expectations due to his love for the comics, and "admiring the care and seriousness with which [the series has] been made." He called the series slow pace "leisurely", but "a pleasant change from the norm". He called Cox's performance "divided", praising him as Murdock and criticising him as Daredevil, but positive about the cast overall. Hale ultimately surmised that after seeing the first five episodes, Daredevil is "eminently watchable, [but not] the Daredevil some of us remember."[79]

After reviewing each of the individual episodes, IGN reviewer Matt Fowler gave the entire first season a score of 9 out of 10, indicating an "Amazing" season, saying "Daredevil may have spun a few wheels while trying to figure out its endgame...but overall it was a thrilling, ultra-satisfying take on Daredevil's material and lore. One that, like Favreau's first Iron Man film, helped breathe new life and fandom into a somewhat B-tier Marvel character." He particularly praised D'Onofrio's performance, the "edgy" fight sequences, the fact that the hero himself got "beat on – a lot", and the unique dark take on the MCU. He did feel that the series "stumbled a bit" in its last third, but stated that the finale "pulled things back together nicely".[80]

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