Daredevil Season 3 (Netflix) (1 Viewer)

[Kevin EK]

I agree with the comment above that the press release only says that the character of Daredevil will continue on. There is absolutely nothing to say that they will continue anything with Charlie Cox or anyone involved with any of these Netflix series. And I agree that the remaining shows will be cancelled as quickly as possible, pretty much as soon as those final seasons go up. Given that they already started them, it makes sense that they will have Netflix stream them and then pull the plug.

If I had to look ahead on this, I would anticipate these prior seasons for Netflix being pulled at some point in the next couple of years and then being moved to Hulu or just left in limbo, to build up demand for the characters again.

My thinking is that Disney/Marvel will want to do fresh reboots, either to be able to better integrate the characters into the existing Marvel television universe or to be able to do something else. I have a feeling we won't be seeing Luke Cage, Iron Fist or even Jessica Jones again - at least not the way they were seen in the Netflix series. Daredevil is a different thought - I think they'll reboot the character again in a few years and once again tell the origin story. This way, Disney/Marvel has the greatest freedom to do what they want without being bound to continuity established by someone else.

 

[holtge]

I actually had a different thought about all of this. Maybe instead of bringing these characters back for more television seasons, they will develop all of them for the feature film treatment. I'm sure Marvel Studios would like to have Daredevil, Luke Cage, Jessica Jones, The Punisher, and Iron Fist all appear in a film (or several films) at some point down the road. Maybe this surprise Daredevil cancellation and the inevitable Jessica Jones and The Punisher ones to come next year is all a step in that direction.

 

[Sean Bryan]

The problem is that with Disney's upcoming streaming service, that Marvel Studios is trying to get all of their properties back under the Marvel Studios banner. This started with Disney pressing forward to purchase Fox Studios, forcing Netflix to cancel their Marvel shows and I suspect that Disney will try and acquire Sony's movie and television division in order to get back the rights to Spiderman, Venom and all of those characters. If Sony decides not to renew the agreement between Sony and Marvel Studios, this would ban Disney from releasing Spiderman Homecoming, Spiderman Homecominig sequel, Avengers: Infinity War, Captain America; Civil War and Avengers Infinity War sequel to home video. Disney's only chance is to either buy the Spiderman rights back from Sony or just offer to buy the studio's movie and television production departments. But, I'm expecting that the price for any Sony acquisition is going to be more costly than the one they offered for Fox Studios. I should add that Sony has been looking to sell off their movie and television production studios for quite some time, as they've been wanting to get out of movies and television shows.

No. Jeez man, put the tinfoil hat back on.

This is absolute nonsense.

 

[Josh Dial]

If Sony decides not to renew the agreement between Sony and Marvel Studios, this would ban Disney from releasing Spiderman Homecoming, Spiderman Homecominig sequel, Avengers: Infinity War, Captain America; Civil War and Avengers Infinity War sequel to home video.

This is straight up incorrect. You need to stop posting disinformation on this forum. This isn't reddit or twitter.

 

[Sam Favate]

You will recall that Deadline broke the news on DD's cancellation. They had this piece yesterday:

‘Daredevil’: Netflix Turned A Blind Eye To Viewer Demand By Canceling Marvel Series

https://deadline.com/2018/12/darede...ist-jessica-jones-punisher-disney-1202514072/

The Third Season of Daredevil was released in October to upbeat reviews but the critical judgments being made at Netflix were more about corporate realities than creative achievements.

While Netflix ponied up for production costs for the Marvel shows the streaming service had zero ownership stake in the IP. That limited upside was acceptable until Marvel’s parent, Disney, announced next year’s launch of Disney+, a direct rival to Netflix that will have Marvel Studios content as a flagship in its formidable armada.

Disney will also be withdrawing its past and present content from Netflix in the months ahead. That effectively reduced the Marvel shows on Netflix to the corporate equivalent of refugees.

 

[Robert Crawford]

Not surprising, it's about corporate warfare between Netflix and Disney/Marvel in which the general public gets screwed again.

 

[Malcolm R]

Parrot Analytics claims Daredevil was the #4 most popular show on Netflix:

https://ew.com/tv/2018/12/05/daredevil-canceled-ratings/

 

[Sam Favate]

Steven Weintraub, editor in chief of Collider, tweeted something interesting. He said Netflix didn't cancel Daredevil, Marvel did. He says it's a rumor (since he doesn't have a second source).

https://twitter.com/colliderfrosty/status/1070131189204299776

 

[Adam Lenhardt]

We're starting to see the same thing we've seen with the broadcast networks and the cable networks: they're not much interested in buying shows they don't own any more.

 

[holtge]

All I really care about right now is whether or not Daredevil and the rest of the former Netflix shows will be coming back on Disney+, Hulu, or some other streaming platform. But who knows when we'll actually find out?

 

[dana martin]

You will recall that Deadline broke the news on DD's cancellation. They had this piece yesterday:

‘Daredevil’: Netflix Turned A Blind Eye To Viewer Demand By Canceling Marvel Series

https://deadline.com/2018/12/darede...ist-jessica-jones-punisher-disney-1202514072/

either way its a dick move, and i understand that Marvel/Disney wants complete control and ownership of its properties, but when ever this new streaming service is up and running, i dont see me wanting to just jump on that bandwagon just yet.

The beauty of Netflix was that they could go as dark as the source material would allow. Punisher Disneyfied pg-13, ah yea you all can take a flying F with that one, tell me Disney is ever going to even remotely come close to Frank beating the crap out of the guy, in the pawn shop after he mentioned a that last video, yes it happens off screen, but you know it happens.


so if these are no longer going to be on Netflix, then start releasing the titles stateside on Blu

 

[Kevin EK]

I already have Seasons 1 & 2 of Daredevil on Blu. If they make Defenders and Season 3 available, I'll pick those up.
I strongly doubt anything from the current Daredevil continuity will be continued in the MCU. I'd be happy for Marvel and Disney to surprise me, but the M.O. doesn't sound like they'll want to have this level of violence and darkness on a Disney streaming service.

 

[Citizen87645]

I finished Season 3 today and thought it was the best of the the series, so it's sad that it was cancelled.

Spoiler

I like how Murdock used Dex to clear a path through the hotel and Fisk's security, but thought Manning flipping on Fisk was a bit too easy. But it was probably the fastest way for Murdock to find out about Julie, Dex's sole weakness. If the season had more episodes, it probably would have made more sense for Karen or Foggy to find out about her through investigative methods instead.

 

[The Drifter]

I'm posting my review of DD S03 - this is something I wrote after I saw the series last Fall, and is SPOILER-filled. Incredible. This is not only my favorite season of DD, but also my favorite season of any Netflix Marvel super-hero show, period. Truly sublime.

As a huge fan of Frank Miller’s DD comics in the ‘80’s (both his work as artist/writer & just as writer on the later “Born Again” series), I really liked how they brought in various elements from both “Born Again” and FM’s other DD comics (Kingpin finding out Matt's secret identity; Kingpin's goons locking Matt in a car - running it into the water - and Matt escaping; Bullseye getting his back broken; Matt’s long-lost mother being a Nun that helps take care of him as he’s recovering from injuries; a physical confrontation between Matt & Fisk; etc.) – but at the same time changed everything around to a great extent so that you were kept guessing until the very end.

-The casting in this Netflix DD show is excellent; all of these roles were spot-on. Initially I felt that they should have gotten an actor with red hair for the Matt Murdock role – but, Charlie Cox personifies the character so well that it doesn’t matter. I.e., for the most part, he definitely looks like Matt from the comic – especially in a suit w/the dark glasses, etc. Foggy & Karen are great casting as well. However, Vincent D. as Wilson Fisk/The Kingpin truly nails this role completely – superb.

-Very impressed with the long, extended fight scene between Matt & the criminals in the prison; this was obviously one continuous shot from beginning to end – well-done.

-In the comics, Bullseye was an almost nameless assassin that was part of DD’s “Rouge Gallery”. Miller didn’t create the character, but definitely made him more ruthless than he had been previously. You never found out much about the character's background whatsoever. However, in this Netflix series, the character of Poindexter (who was never referred to as Bullseye – yet) was humanized to a great extent re: his terrible childhood/absence of parents, etc. That being said, the character was obviously a psychopath from Day 1, as evidenced by his flash-backs and the taped interviews (as a child) to the psychiatrist. And, Matt also grew up without parental guidance (his Mother left him, and his father was killed while Matt was a kid) – but ended up fighting for good, instead of evil. So, as in the comics, Bullseye & Daredevil are almost two sides of the same coin.

I also liked how they kept Bullseye's ability to determine the trajectory/balance/weight of the items he threw so they would hit their targets, either directly or indirectly because of ricochet, etc.; and, also his ability to use every-day, seemingly harmless objects as weapons. This was spot-on re: the way the character's skills were depicted in the comics - well-done!

-The scene when Ray Nadeem’s female boss suddenly & viciously killed that other agent (at her kitchen table) was shocking & not something I saw coming; seeing Fisk’s “spokesman” Felix Manning come out from nowhere & explain how they were going to frame Nadeem (if he didn’t do what they wanted/asked) showed how far-reaching Fisk’s influence went – very disturbing.

-Nice to see Annabelle Sciorra as mob boss Rosalie Carbone. She's a great NY-based?! actress, and has been in a lot of movies/TV shows over the year; my favorite previous role of hers was in The Sopranos.

-Interesting & tragic to see Karen’s tragic past as a drug addict in New England, who was still trying to keep everything together re: working in the family business. The sequence when her brother died tragically in an accident (while she was driving under the influence) was quite hard to watch. This was turned around & modified from the “Born Again” series – in there, Page ended up in a downward spiral (and ended up becoming an addict, and worse) after she quit working for/with Foggy & Matt @ the law offices.

-I liked how Fisk was eventually referred to as The Kingpin (for the first time on the series) by all of the agents he had control over. Also dug the scene when he had rows of identical & numerous white suits in his closet; this kept in line with the character in the comics – who was almost always wearing the same white suit.

- I thought it was clever how Matt “used” Bullseye to help him fight the Kingpin in the last sequence. I.e., he told Bullseye the truth about the Kingpin killing the woman he liked, so Bullseye would turn against Fisk. Though he still had to fight both Fisk & Bullseye in the final showdown (in Fisk’s luxurious hotel room), obviously Matt couldn’t have brought down Fisk without Bullseye’s “help”.

-The last scene of Poindexter/Bullseye's back being operated on was very telling; obviously it was intended (before the series got cancelled) that the character would have come back in a future season with a new skeletal structure - almost certainly new & improved. That’s what happens in the comics, so I suspect they planned to do something similar in the series.

 

[Sam Favate]

Wow. I was impressed by this.

The SaveDaredevil campaign bought billboard time in Times Square to advertise their campaign:

The story:
https://comicbook.com/marvel/2019/02/22/save-daredevil-times-square-billboard-netflix-marvel-tv/

 

[Adam Lenhardt]

I hate to be "that guy", but my first thought was: What a colossal waste of money.

This wasn't a case like in the past of a broadcaster having narrowly decided to cancel a "bubble" show. Netflix isn't interested in being in the Marvel business period these days. Disney, by all accounts, is already interested in bringing "Daredevil" back but may have contractually commitments that prevent them from doing so in the immediate future.

 

[Sam Favate]

This popped up today. I'm very skeptical of this report. It just doesn't sound like Marvel and Feige.

Marvel Looking To Make A Violent Daredevil Limited Series

Sources with ties to Marvel Studios have informed us they're thinking of making a violent Daredevil limited series for STAR on Disney Plus.

www.small-screen.co.uk

 

[Sean Bryan]

This popped up today. I'm very skeptical of this report. It just doesn't sound like Marvel and Feige.

Marvel Looking To Make A Violent Daredevil Limited Series

Sources with ties to Marvel Studios have informed us they're thinking of making a violent Daredevil limited series for STAR on Disney Plus.

www.small-screen.co.uk

I think Feige will lean towards an “If it ain’t broke...” attitude for some of the things done outside of Marvel Studios that they decide to bring in. Bob Iger stating that Deadpool could continue to be R rated as long (as it is appropriately branded) set the stage for Disney to do some R Marvel stuff. If Feige wants to bring in Charlie Cox as the Marvel Studios Daredevil (which I’ve heard he was interested in for a long time) then it’s not too surprising that he may maintain the mature tone.

That being said, I’m betting you can still push a lot of things to a pretty hard PG-13 level and still be on Disney+. Boba Fett cracking the skulls of those storm troopers with his gaffi stick a few weeks ago was pretty violent.

Frankly, I’d prefer that they have a category on Disney+ that is password protected for the mature stuff instead of putting it on Hulu. But I’m not sure if they want to do that for the US. So I wouldn’t be surprised if they put Daredevil on Hulu. Punisher too.

 

[Sam Favate]

Daredevil and Charlie Cox have both been trending on Twitter recently, in advance of Spider-Man: No Way Home, and the Disney + series Echo and She-Hulk, all of which are rumored to feature Daredevil.

A few days ago, a Marvel writer tweeted that a soft reboot was in the works, but he recanted that (sort of) by saying he thought it was common knowledge but that he didn’t know anything.

Then this tweet happened which made Twitter go into overdrive. Something is up.

 

[Sam Favate]

I hope this foretells their arrival on Disney+ or Hulu.

Many of these seasons were not issued on blu-ray, ever. They should be.