DGibFen

Because of the deal Disney has with Marvel, studios other than Disney-owned properties must sell back the rights to Marvel characters if they have no plans to produce a movie with that character. As such, Fox decided to give Daredevil another go - but with a (much, much needed) reboot.

http://www.deadline.com/hollywood/ex...ero-to-reboot/

fumanstan

Even as someone that liked Daredevil, particularly the director's cut, this isn't really a surprise.

Draven

I think the existing version is fine for what it is. Is anyone really clamoring for another Daredevil movie?
There are plenty of other comic book characters that deserve a first movie before Daredevil gets a second.

kstublen

I agree, but if you read what the OP said, they are doing this so they retain the rights to the character and don't lose them because of Disney buying Marvel. Same reason another Spider-Man is being released and another Fantastic Four I believe. They just don't want to lose those properties.

maingon

I never got the hate for the first one, I thought it was decent

DJariya

I also liked Daredevil. Even though I'm not a huge Ben Affleck fan, he and Jennifer Garner had amazing chemistry in it and it didn't surprise that they would eventually hook up and marry. Very good action and I thought the R-rated version was even better.

Giantrobo

I'm cool with this and I'd check out the reboot.

Mondo Kane

Why don't they just reboot Thor, while they're at it?

lamphorn

"Reboot" should be declared the word of the decade. Fuck's sake.

riotinmyskull

dear hollywood-

go fuck yourself.

sincerely,
me

gmanca

I hope this languishes and it reverts back to Marvel; maybe then, they'll be able to work out deals with other studios to do cross-overs and for the Kingpin to be both in Spiderman and Daredevil's film universe.

Matthew Chmiel

Daredevil 2.0 will not work as David Scarpa is a less talented screenwriter than Mark Steven Johnson. Most will argue that Johnson is a weak screenwriter (probably weaker director than writer) to begin with; but isn't the whole point of a reboot of a film just made within the past decade is to get people with talent to right the wrongs?

Then again, this is Fox and Marvel.

nickdawgy

I liked Daredevil, too.

Perkinsun Dzees

Hated the original movie (especially that idiotic and shittily choreographed scene where Afflac and Garner fight each other in the playground in front of those cheering kids -- "Hey, ma, how cum that blind guy can fight so well?").

Looking forward to the reboot. They need to bring in Death-Stalker, who was the best Daredevil villain ever until Frank Miller killed him off. That would allow them to do a crossover with Ghost Rider, another character that Mark Steven Johnson totally f'ed up.

wm lopez

Like "..... Edition" was to dvd this past decade.

Hokeyboy

Daredevil was pretty meh. A couple of decent scenes surrounded by a sea of mediocrity. It was too slick and poppy when it should have been street-level and gritty. An overabundance of CGI didn't help either.

I don't think this will go over as well as Fox thinks it will. Yeah they'll retain the movie rights, but I don't see a huge outcry from the public for more Daredevil when the first movie was so apathetically received.

RocShemp

I liked the first but watch a reboot, as long as it's not a crapfest like Punisher: Warzone was to The Punisher.

dx23

Disney needs to get back all those characters. What others studios are doing is a complete disservice to Marvel since they are releasing films just so they don't lose the license instead of doing the film to tell a good story. Disney should buy back the rights to X-Men, Daredevil, Fantastic Four, Spider-Man and Punisher before these greedy studios kill the superhero/comic book film genre with watered down, shitty versions of these characters.

Cheato

There is absolutely no need for a reboot.

Just make another Daredevil story. What's the problem with that? Why does everybody feel the need to remake/reboot/re-whatever. I would like to see another Daredevil movie. We don't need the same actors or the same exact costume, or anything else. Just don't revisit the same damn plot elements (origin/Elektra/Kingpin/Bullseye). Tell another story. There are like 50 years of Daredevil stories already written. Some of them in the same continuity, some not. Who cares, other than hardcore comic fanboys(*)? Somehow the character has survived this long. Don't call it "Daredevil 2" and you're fine, unless the pathetic writers need the crutch of referring to the previous movie, or retelling the origin story.

Does anyone really believe that the first 20 James Bond movies were all set in the timeline of the same character's life? No, they were just "James Bond" movies. 'Nuff said.

(*) Yes, I am/was a serious comic collector. 35,000+ comics in my collection. I don't care.

Deftones

eh, the first one was average. i'd watch the reboot, but that's only b/c i'm a sucker for a comic book movie.

Star Wars Guy

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big e

Any time I hear something like this, I always think to myself, if the movie was made decently the first time around, there would be no need for a reboot. Personally I liked the Daredevil movie. Yeah, there was some dumb stuff in it but I thought it was fine for what it was.

JumpCutz

Dude they're not going to reboot Thor until at least 2014.

Travis McClain

Count me in the camp that enjoyed Daredevil, preferred the director's cut and will likely watch the gratuitous re-boot. And I agree with everything Cheato said about re-boots being unnecessary. It's as though Hollywood is so sequel-minded that they can't wrap their heads around ignoring a previous release.

Which is really confusing, because even though the fanboy demographic is the one that might concentrate on nitpicking continuities, they're also the demographic most accustomed to accepting different continuities. I suspect most of the folks who go see superhero/comic book movies haven't actively read the titles in ages and are really just there to see fight scenes between people in outrageous costumes using CGI-aided powers. They don't care about continuity nearly as much as they just want a popcorn movie.

devilshalo

I'm fine with a reboot.. while I enjoyed the MSJ version, I hate, hate, hate Bennifer and their acting. I'm all for a grittier Miller vision.