Daredevil: Born Again has finally arrived. The show kicked off with a double-episode premiere, bringing Matt Murdock and his vigilante alter-ego back to the small screen seven years on from the end of the Netflix show, and it's not just Charlie Cox's Man Without Fear who's back for the new MCU outing. As well as some welcome returns in the form of Karen and Foggy, we'll also see Matt come face to face with old foe Kingpin, who's the new mayor of New York City, along with some other unfriendly faces.
Although the show does follow on from the Netflix series (five years later, to be exact), the Disney Plus show is making its own mark. Below, we've got everything you need to know about the batch of nine new episodes, from the release date to our review to a list of every confirmed cast member. Read on for our ultimate guide to Daredevil: Born Again.
Daredevil: Born Again release date
Daredevil: Born Again was released on Disney Plus on March 4, 2025 at 6pm PT/9pm ET with a double-episode premiere. The remainder of the nine-episode season will air weekly on the streaming platform. Check out our Daredevil: Born Again release schedule to never miss an episode.
The show has taken a while to get to our screens. Development originally started way back in March 2022 with filming kicking off a year later in March 2023. However, the writers' strike and the actors' strike of that year delayed filming. During the hiatus, Marvel Studios decided to do a creative overhaul of the show.
The original showrunners, Matt Corman and Chris Ord, were let go with Dario Scardapane hired to rework the show to be more directly connected to the original Netflix series. Filming resumed in January 2024 and wrapped in April.
Daredevil: Born Again review
Our Daredevil: Born Again season 1 review gave the show 2.5 stars, praising Cox and D'Onofrio's performances but criticizing rushed story arcs and unconvincing new characters.
"Despite a much-publicized creative overhaul, it lacks the potent combination of its predecessor's warm supporting cast and bone-crunching action, leaving it only as a pale imitation of the classic Netflix series. Worse, it fails to understand much of what made it so great in the first place," our reviewer writes.
Daredevil: Born Again cast
Many familiar faces are returning from the Netflix shows for Daredevil: Born Again, alongside a series of new additions to the cast. Charlie Cox is back as the lead superhero by night and lawyer by day Matt Murdock / Daredevil. He's joined by Vincent D'Onofrio as his nemesis Wilson Fisk / Kingpin, as well as a whole host of returning characters.
We also know that one Hawkeye star is making a comeback as Tony Dalton reprises his role as the Swordsman. However, we're still waiting to find out who exactly will be playing new villain Muse... Check out the full cast list below.
- Charlie Cox as Matt Murdock / Daredevil
- Vincent D'Onofrio as Wilson Fisk / Kingpin
- Margarita Levieva as Heather Glenn
- Deborah Ann Woll as Karen Page
- Elden Henson as Franklin "Foggy" Nelson
- Jon Bernthal as Frank Castle / Punisher
- Ayelet Zurer as Vanessa Marianna-Fisk
- Zabryna Guevara as Sheila Rivera
- Nikki M. James as Kirsten McDuffie
- Genneya Walton as BB Urich
- Arty Froushan as Buck Cashman
- Clark Johnson as Cherry
- Michael Gandolfini as Daniel Blade
- Wilson Bethel as Benjamin "Dex" Poindexter / Bullseye
- Jeremy Earl as Cole North
- Kamar de los Reyes as White Tiger
- Tony Dalton as Swordsman
Daredevil: Born Again plot
Marvel's official plot synopsis for Daredevil: Born Again reads: "Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox), a blind lawyer with heightened abilities is fighting for justice through his bustling law firm, while former mob boss Wilson Fisk (Vincent D’Onofrio) pursues his own political endeavors in New York. When their past identities begin to emerge, both men find themselves on an inevitable collision course."
Beyond this, Bullseye star Wilson Bethel revealed last year that the show will take place five years after the Netflix show. "These are characters who have all lived five years of life and all of the twists and turns that you take in the meantime," he said. "So whether or not those stories are on screen, there's just that little extra bit of life in there, which I think, as an actor, gives you an opportunity to bring whatever your own journey has been in that time. They get a little longer in the tooth."
Cox has also promised that the show will stay true to the violence and darkness of the Netflix original. "The thing that we kept talking about was, this show has had the success that it’s had and has appealed to a very specific demographic because it's one of the few superhero shows that is so dark and sinister at times," he said to Entertainment Weekly. "So we really pushed for the show to remain geared towards an older audience and not dumbed down to kind of capture a wider net of people. I think in some ways it's even darker than a lot of the stuff we've done in the past."
D'Onofrio echoed him, telling Rotten Tomatoes: "There are some things in this show that go much further than we did on the original [Netflix] show. There's one thing in particular that my character does that I can't believe made it into the cut."
As well as the show's tone, there will be some explicit links to the original Netflix show too, confirms Cox. "Deborah and I had a scene where we find an old box – am I allowed to say that? I think I can say that," Cox told EW. "We had a scene where we were looking through a box and we find stuff from the past, and it was real stuff from the past. It was stuff from the old [show]. It was like a photo frame we used on a set eight years ago and we were looking at it together – well, I wasn’t looking at it. But we were reminiscing over it, and it was sweet. It was kind of a little bit of life imitating art."
Showrunner Dario Scardapane went one step further and said that the new series will improve upon the more frustrating aspects of the Netflix original. Speaking to SFX magazine, he said: "The earlier show, at its best, was fantastic. At its worst, it was two characters in a room talking about what a hero is. I felt that had been done. I'm not taking swipes. I just didn't want to hear characters grousing about their lot in life. I wanted to see them doing things.”
Is there a Daredevil: Born Again trailer?
Yes, the first Daredevil: Born Again trailer has been released and you can watch it above. This sees Murdock and Fisk come face to face once again as the latter says, "It's not entirely unpleasant seeing you again." The duo chat over a coffee as they reminisce over changes (and similarities) in their lives now. It seems like Murdock has hung up his mask and Fisk is cleaning up his act running for mayor, but how long before chaos returns to Hell's Kitchen?
The first full-length trailer also features plenty of familiar faces with the return of Bullseye, Karen Page, and Foggy Nelson from the Netflix show. Punisher also makes a brief appearance looking quite worse for wear, while we get a glimpse too at the MCU introduction of White Tiger.
This isn't the first look we've had at Daredevil: Born Again though as Disney did release the first footage back in October 2024. This featured some slightly different footage of Murdock's and Fisk's reunion as well as having a small cameo from Yusuf Khan, Ms. Marvel's dad.
For more, check out our guides to how to watch the Marvel movies in order and all the upcoming Marvel movies and shows you need to know about.
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