“Daredevil” Showrunner Teases Defenders Return

The first season of Marvel Studios’ “Daredevil: Born Again” has come to an end, and in the process has laid the groundwork for a much darker second season.

SPOILERS AHEAD FOR “DAREDEVIL: BORN AGAIN”

With New York City now under the thumb of Mayor Wilson Fisk (Vincent D’Onofrio), who has imprisoned his enemies, outlawed vigilantes, declared martial law and installed a force of corrupt cops loyal to him, things look bleak.

Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox) is now trying to build an army to take on Fisk. Naturally, one of the first things to pop into people’s heads is his potential recruitment of his fellow ‘Defenders’ – namely Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, and Danny Rand.

Speaking with EW in the wake of the finale, showrunner Dario Scardapane was asked if those characters were in his mind when the second season and future of the show was being mapped out. He says:

“Without giving too much away…when you’re working in what I would call the Hell’s Kitchen corner of the MCU, those iconic characters are always in your mind. The thing is that – and this is kind of hard, I’m trying to thread a needle here – you want to bring in people and relationships and past figures in Matt’s life because they help the story, particularly in terms of a story where Fisk has taken over the city.

And there is a resistance and a rebellion, so to speak, rising. So there’s going to be people, vigilantes, superheroes that are involved in that. There has to be because this is happening to their city. That said, you also want to create a completely organic story for that. So who comes in and why has to be beyond anything earned.

So the easiest answer to your question is, yes, those characters that you just listed off are absolutely in my head and everybody’s head as we’re working. How that manifests itself is both really tricky writing-wise and a pretty closely guarded secret at this point. So I’m being intentionally cagey, but I’m also saying, ‘Hell yeah!’ in terms of it’s something we’re thinking about.”

Filming on the second season is very much underway in New York with the producers recently confirming the next run is aiming for a March debut much like the first season.

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