Daredevil Season 4 News & Updates: Everything We Know
It's surely only a matter of time before Daredevil season 4 becomes a reality; here's everything known to date. In 2015, an unprecedented partnership between Marvel Television and Netflix introduced viewers to a different kind of Marvel superhero—a street-level vigilante who operated in a brutal and bloody world. Daredevil was a hit, and blazed the trail for all the subsequent Marvel Netflix shows.
Daredevil was especially praised for its stellar casting, with Charlie Cox's Matt Murdock and Vincent D'Onofrio's Kingpin serving as real standouts. Everything came to a head in 2018's Daredevil season 3, one of the few Marvel Netflix shows afforded a satisfying conclusion before Netflix pulled the plug. The contract between Marvel and Netflix meant the characters and concepts were in limbo for two years, but once that period was up, Marvel wasted little time incorporating Cox's Daredevil and D'Onofrio's Kingpin into the MCU. D'Onofrio reprised the role of Kingpin in Hawkeye, and Cox of Matt Murdock in Spider-Man: No Way Home.
With Cox and D'Onofrio now officially part of the mainstream MCU, it's only a matter of time before Marvel revives the brand. This is all the more likely now that Disney has acquired the rights to distribute those classic Marvel Netflix shows, bringing them to Disney+. So here's everything known about Daredevil season 4 to date.
At this stage, it's difficult to say whether the Marvel Netflix Daredevil is MCU canon. Costume details in Hawkeye seem to hint at straightforward continuity, but deleted scenes contradict the timeline, meaning it's possible Marvel Studios is conducting a soft reboot. The actors themselves appear to have different views on this matter; D'Onofrio is convinced he's playing the same iteration of Kingpin, while Cox has a preference for a soft reboot, whether via the multiverse or simply assuming a significant time-jump. That means it's difficult to say whether Daredevil season 4 will be a continuation, a new beginning, or a combination of both.
Marvel wouldn't have brought Cox and D'Onofrio back if there were no plans for them going forward, and indeed Cox has confirmed the future is exciting—although he refuses to be specific. Still, Daredevil season 4 is rumored to begin production later this year; Disney recently formed a new production company "Blind Faith Productions LLC," which seems like a perfect reference to Daredevil, who is blind and famed for his Catholicism. If this is indeed the case, it shouldn't be long before there's news about Daredevil season 4.
So far, only Cox and D'Onofrio are confirmed to be reprising their Marvel Netflix roles in the MCU, and it's unclear whether both will appear in Daredevil season 4. Marvel could potentially choose to differentiate their version by avoiding bringing these two titans together straightaway, instead continuing to develop Kingpin in other Disney+ shows such as Echo. Hopefully, it won't be long before more cast members are confirmed. Another likely character to return at some point is Daredevil's best friend and lawyer sidekick Foggy Nelson, played by Elden Henson, although Rosario Dawson's Claire Temple would be an interesting return as well, as the character helped connect the various Marvel Netflix series and their various vigilantes.
The end of Daredevil season 3 certainly left the show in an interesting place; it seemed to wrap up the Kingpin's arc, and brought Matt Murdock's life full circle, reuniting him with his friends Foggy Nelson and Karen Page. But the final scenes set up a new threat, with sociopathic FBI agent Dex Poindexter undergoing an experimental procedure to repair his broken back - and the camera panned in upon a bullseye in his eye, confirming he was morphing into classic Daredevil villain Bullseye. Should Daredevil season 4 be a continuation of the Marvel Netflix series, it could well build upon the classic villain.
Marvel's shared universe model means Cox and D'Onofrio could potentially appear in many other MCU projects going forward. Particularly Cox, whose character could well become any superhero's lawyer. There's even a possibility for Matt Murdock to be She-Hulk's rival. Still, the real excitement is clearly around Daredevil season 4; assuming production does indeed begin later this year, it's likely the revival will arrive sometime in 2023. That will presumably confirm whether or not Daredevil season 4 is indeed a continuation, or whether it's a soft reboot.