The third season of Daredevil landed back on October 19th, 2018 and it was barely a month later that we learned that the series was canceled – with other properties from the deal also finding themselves canceled. The property was pretty much quiet since then, though lead actor Charlie Cox appeared in Spider-Man: No Way Home as Matt Murdock while Vincent D’Onofrio showed up in the Hawkeye TV series as Kingpin. The three seasons then started on Disney+ as of March 1st, 2022 and a new series was announced earlier this year with Daredevil Born Again.
With word of something like eighteen episodes being set for the run, and production being readied, the 2024 series is continuing to build out its cast. With Charlie Cox and Vincent D’Onofrio set to reprise their roles, Michael Gandolfini joined previously. Now, the latest addition is a welcome one as Jon Bernthal is returning to it as Franke Castle, aka The Punisher. With his time in the Netflix world previously with his own series and time in that Daredevil project, it’s a character he knows well and definitely will be interesting to see how it’s all handled as an MCU iteration.
Plot concept: Just when Matt thinks he is bringing order back to the city, new forces are rising in Hell’s Kitchen. Now the Man Without Fear must take on a new adversary in Frank Castle and face an old flame – Elektra Natchios.
Bigger problems emerge when Frank Castle, a man looking for vengeance, is reborn as The Punisher, a man who takes justice into his own hands in Matt’s neighborhood. Meanwhile, Matt must balance his duty to his community as a lawyer and his dangerous life as the Devil of Hell’s Kitchen, facing a life-altering choice that forces him to truly understand what it means to be a hero.
