"A Daredevil, to use your words, reboot, is something we are thinking very seriously about. The thing The Incredible Hulk showed although, it did what it did, is that it is possible, that if you really do it right the audience will give you a second chance. That it is possible. And I think that you see that when they did Batman Begins, the first Nolan movie, that you can have made some mistakes along the way or movies that the audience wasn't that crazy about and then given the proper amount of time and the right creative vision behind it, you can, to use your word, reboot. Would it be as dark? I don't know because what it really needs is, it needs a visionary at the level that Chris Nolan was. It needs someone, it needs a director, honestly, who has a genuine vision. What we wouldn't do is just do it for the sake of doing it. Right? What we try to do is to get a creative engine for it, that really had a great vision for it, that's what we would look for."
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.Daredevil was released February 14th, 2003 and stars Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner, Colin Farrell, Michael Clarke Duncan, Jon Favreau, Scott Terra, Ellen Pompeo, Joe Pantoliano. The film is directed by Mark Steven Johnson.
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Radimus-83
there is no doubt they can make a great DD movie. i liked alot of the Affleck movie. Clark playing the Kingpin was a great idea. the suit was good and of course the best was Colin Farrell playing Bullseye.
i know what you're getting at Diaigma, and you're right. DD doesn't seem to have the same pull as the other more famous characters. but if you make a great movie like Alien, Predator, Star Wars etc. then people will want to see more, right? you don't have to know what you're watching to enjoy it. just because it isn't a well known franchise doesn't mean anything. if they make the movie "totally super awesome"... then people will watch it and want a sequel.
4 years agoby @radimus-83Flag
Diaigma
Except for Punisher, Jokers. He's way dark.
And I can't see DD having the "Nolan" treatment. It's a fun comic character and all, but there's nothing that screams "franchise" about it, not on the level of Batman, Spider-man, or Iron Man, I mean. I would be surprised if they can pull it off.
4 years agoby @diaigmaFlag
The Doctor
I WOULDN'T ACTUALLY MIND A REBOOT. THE FIRST WAS OK, BUT IT COULD OF BEEN WAY BETTER.
4 years agoby @ghettokidFlag
Jokers_Wild_X
The thing is that the idea of comic books is that they are not meant to be realistic! I mean when was the last time you saw a guy dressed in bat-armor kicking a clowns ass? Okay other than that time last halloween when I pissed off that bat-man but that doesn't count! (crappy joke i know)
But really now, a darker tone? isn't that what sh*tted up the last DD movie? I mean it works fine for Batman because you wanna know why? Batman has always had a dark tone, but DD not so much, he was always this bright red demon-costumed blind dude that kicked ass but it wasn't that dark because marvel comics aren't dark, they are mostly bright, they contrast everything to make it seem fun and exciting for the reader.
DC on the other hand has always been dark and can pull it off with many of its movies,
but the realistic tone can get annoying with other movies if not pulled off right.
My belief is that Marvel should keep its whole bright and wonderous style that has spawned some pretty good films (Spider-man 1, Iron Man, Incredible Hulk, Punisher) And though some did fail (F4, THE hulk, SM3, DD) there is still potential if they stay away from the Dark Side (Yes I know crappy Star Wars refference)
4 years agoby @jokers-wild-xFlag
Alan_Smithy
If Mr. Rothman is seroius about a reboot and he wants a visionary director along the same lines as Nolan. For me personally David Fincher and to play the man without fear Brad Pitt.
When I use to read the Marvel Knights Daredevil's. I could see Brad Pitt playing both alter ego's. Murdock is a ladies man despite his disability. Pitt would be perfect on all levels.
Style wise I would like it to be a combination of Sin City, Kill Bill and of course a similar adult tone that the last two Batman films have.
Maybe I'll have those wishes granted. Then again maybe not.
Anyway that's my two cents.
4 years agoby @alan-smithyFlag
MovieCritique00
Most Marvel movies these days I think should have an more of a Darker tone to the movie. It makes it more realistic, like BB, and TDK. I will only go to Marvel movie with alot of realistic violence like the Punisher. I'd go for DareDevil, if it was more like the TDK, and had a more darker tone. The superheroes that don't have any kind of power, but their own streangh, the best, like the Punisher, Batman, and I think DareDevil. I mean Daredevil doesn't have any powers does he.
4 years agoby @moviecritique00Flag
The Narrator: The Better Man
Because he's gonna be in the Avengers movie, and they said so.
4 years agoby @narratorFlag
Psycho
Antman? How do you know they are even making a movie of it?
4 years agoby @physco-123Flag
The Narrator: The Better Man
I agree. I mean every hero is different, because they have different attitudes, habits, and feels. Not all are dark, nor are all good. They are all different. Which is why Spiderman 2 and TDK were so good. Hope they find the right note for this, and yes, please get a passionate director.
Also, can't wait for Doctor Strange, and Antman, and Cap America.
4 years agoby @narratorFlag
Psycho
This movie would really need a reboot and also the costume. The first was ok but they should make it better.
4 years agoby @physco-123Flag
ShadowfoxSC
I liked the 1st daredevil it was kool A reboot would be ok I guess I also like ghostrider but a reboot for that would be good too
4 years agoby @shadowscFlag
-comrade-
It does seem odd that in light of TDK, "Dark" has somehow become synonymous with "good" when it comes to comics movies. Not so. Like I said for Magneto, you look at the characters in their best comics stories, you take what works about it, and you adapt it with your own spin. It just happens that Daredevil is best as a dark character. Spider-Man can have a different kind of darkness, but it's certainly not as deep as other characters. And a lot of characters, like Superman, are never dark, but they are poignant.
4 years agoby @taberjohnson18Flag
Psycho
They really do need a reboot.
4 years agoby @physco-123Flag
Marcusx
Comrade, that brought a tear to my eye. that was brilliantly stated and if i could give you an award, i f*cking would right now. ghostrider was/is EPIC FAIL. fantastically put and extremely well stated. i applaud you and encourage you to keep it going. bravo sir, bravo
4 years agoby @marcusxFlag
Raoul Duke
sweet
4 years agoby @raoulduke33Flag
Shinjiikari1984
I didn't have a problem with the first version of Daredevil, I guess this is the latest thing in Hollywood. Maybe it was to light but it wasn't bad.
4 years agoby @shinjiikari1984Flag
SWAK1774
I liked Daredevil, too. But if they want to reboot it I'll watch it. I just hope they leave a romantic interest out of it. For me, that always seems to ruin these type of movies.
4 years agoby @swak1774Flag
FlipSide
I am probably one of the people also that liked the original Daredevil. Yeah it did lack a great story, and the acting could of been a whole lot better, but then again when I did watch it I was roughly 14 years old. A reboot I think would be awesome. And it is pretty funny that most directors now-a-days are looking at Christopher Nolan's Batman franchise for good movie making.
4 years agoby @soccarplayaFlag
The Anarchist
REBOOT! REBOOT!
4 years agoby @dr-manhattanFlag
-comrade-
MovieCritique, I'd say that given the overt sh*ttiness of X3, a reboot, using a different approach, is more than acceptable, however it doesn't seem likely as there are Wolverine and Magneto films goming out as part of that canon. Who knows, maybe in twenty years someone will pull a Superman Returns and make an adequate third movie in the trilogy that effectively ends that particualr series of X-Men films on a good note.
I liked Daredevil when I first saw it, of course I was 13, as I grew older and watched it again and again, I became more aware of it's sh*t-factor, and I now see that it was one of the poorest choices made by Marvel. Daredevil is only great (excluding Kirby/Lee's originals obviously) when Frank Miller writes him. If you can get someone to stay close to that feel and mythos, and that version of Elektra (or maybe no Elektra at all in a reboot) then you'd have something worth watching.
However, like Space101 said, this reboot detracts from accelerating the production of films like Dr. Strange and Ant Man, which are on the outside edges of Marvel's field of interest (though still moving into it, albeit slowly).
But the main thing is, when a franchise fails, you shouldn't continue it. Spider-Man didn't fail in my opinion, it just hit a low point. X3 failed. Daredevil failed. Ghost Rider FAILED. (3pic fail) Punisher was not a bad film, I don't know why they're rebooting it, but whatever. But we as fan's are presented with the gift of the studio trying again to do it right. That's the great thing about Marvel, is that they're willing to try things again, differently, in order to get them right, which is pretty much unheard of in the history of film. Most people are content to let their sh*tty movies sit there and soil the name of the characters they are based on (Superman iii and iv, the first two Harry Potter films).
I say the more Marvel tries, the closer they'll get to a version that the majority of True Believers can be happy with.
4 years agoby @taberjohnson18Flag
Zynthos
Vis your not alone I liked Daredevil too. I think they could do a sequel and up the writing a bit, using different writers.
4 years agoby @heir-of-isildur0Flag
ed_wood
I liked Daredevil, but a reboot is good too.
4 years agoby @ed-woodFlag
Space101
This wouldn't be a bad idea though they could work on other projects instead of rebooting this one...
4 years agoby @space101Flag
Chad Vital
Batman and Superman were DC heros, moviecritique00.
4 years agoby @chad-vitalFlag
MovieCritique00
I don't get it, why does Marvel, and any other superhero movie always doing reboots. The punisher was rebooted 2 times. There the fantasic Four movie, it was rebooted from the 80s version. The Incredible Hulk, was a reboot from the Hulk. And Batman and Superman were all rebooted. Now Daredevil, and there's still a debate whether Ghost Rider should be an Sequel or a Reboot. (Reboot I hope). I don't get why they do that, Rebooting every Marvel Movie, whats next the X-Men movies.
4 years agoby @moviecritique00Flag
T.Clark
I'm one of the few who liked daredevil, but if they wanna reboot it, then i'm game
4 years agoby @insertusernamehereFlag
knobie09
all fox needs to fix now is all that fantastic 4 mishap. make it not dark,but serious. and also(and finally)introduce the main villains like puppet master,the skrulls,or a battle in microverse.
4 years agoby @knobie09Flag
Soylent Green:The Devil's Eyes
Cool
4 years agoby @jcisawesomeFlag
-comrade-
Good, I don't want them doing it unless they'll do it right this time.
4 years agoby @taberjohnson18Flag