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| image        = Daredevil Born Again season 1 poster.jpg
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| showrunner   = [[Dario Scardapane]]
| starring     = {{Plainlist|<!-- Order per opening credits -->
* [[Charlie Cox]]
* [[Vincent D'Onofrio]]
* [[Margarita Levieva]]
* [[Deborah Ann Woll]]
* [[Elden Henson]]
* [[Wilson Bethel]]
* [[Zabryna Guevara]]
* [[Nikki M. James]]
* [[Genneya Walton]]
* [[Arty Froushan]]
* [[Clark Johnson]]
* [[Michael Gandolfini]]
* [[Ayelet Zurer]]
* [[Kamar de los Reyes]]
* [[Jon Bernthal]]
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| network      = [[Disney+]]
| first_aired  = {{Start date|2025|3|4}}
| last_aired   = present
| episode_list = List of Daredevil: Born Again episodes
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The first season of the American television series ''[[Daredevil: Born Again]]'' is based on [[Marvel Comics]] featuring the character [[Daredevil (Marvel Comics character)|Daredevil]]. Continuing from the events of the series ''[[Daredevil (TV series)|Daredevil]]'' (2015–2018) by [[Marvel Television]] and [[Netflix]], ''Born Again'' sees blind lawyer and former vigilante [[Matt Murdock (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Matt Murdock]]'s fight for justice put him on a collision course with former mob boss [[Wilson Fisk (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Wilson Fisk]] who is running for [[mayor of New York City]]. The season is set in the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]] (MCU), sharing continuity with [[List of Marvel Cinematic Universe films|the films]] and [[List of Marvel Cinematic Universe television series#Marvel Studios|television series of the franchise]]. It was produced by [[Marvel Studios]], via its own [[Marvel Television (Marvel Studios label)|Marvel Television]] label, with [[Dario Scardapane]] as [[showrunner]] and [[Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead]] as lead directors.

[[Charlie Cox]] reprises his role as Matt Murdock / Daredevil from [[Marvel's Netflix television series]] and prior Marvel Studios productions, starring alongside [[Vincent D'Onofrio]] (Fisk), [[Margarita Levieva]], [[Deborah Ann Woll]], [[Elden Henson]], [[Wilson Bethel]], [[Zabryna Guevara]], [[Nikki M. James]], [[Genneya Walton]], [[Arty Froushan]], [[Clark Johnson]], [[Michael Gandolfini]], [[Ayelet Zurer]], [[Kamar de los Reyes]], and [[Jon Bernthal]]. Development on a new Daredevil series began by March 2022, with [[head writer]]s Christopher Ord and Matthew Corman giving it an episodic structure and lighter tone than the original series. ''Born Again'' was announced in July 2022 with a planned 18-episode first season. Filming began in March 2023 in [[New York (state)|New York]], but was suspended in June due to the [[2023 Writers Guild of America strike]]. Marvel Studios decided to overhaul the series by late September and released Corman, Ord, and the initial directors, though [[Michael Cuesta]], [[Jeffrey Nachmanoff]], and [[David Boyd (cinematographer)|David Boyd]] are still credited for episodes they directed. Scardapane, Benson, and Moorhead were hired to rework the series, adding serialized elements and more connections to the Netflix series. Filming for a nine-episode first season resumed in January 2024 and [[Wrap (filmmaking)|wrapped]] in April.

The first season premiered on [[Disney+]] on March 4, 2025, with its first two episodes,<!-- The other seven episodes are being released through XX,--> as part of [[Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase Five|Phase Five]] of the MCU. A [[Daredevil: Born Again season 2|second season]] was confirmed in August 2024.

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== Episodes ==
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{{Episode list/sublist|Daredevil: Born Again season 1
 |EpisodeNumber   = 1
 |Title           = Heaven's Half Hour
 |DirectedBy      = [[Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead|Aaron Moorhead & Justin Benson]]
 |WrittenBy       = [[Dario Scardapane]]
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2025|3|4}}
 |ShortSummary    = While out celebrating their associate [[Cherry (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Cherry]]'s retirement, [[Matt Murdock (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Matt Murdock]], [[Foggy Nelson (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Franklin "Foggy" Nelson]], and [[Karen Page (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Karen Page]] are ambushed by [[Benjamin Poindexter (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Benjamin "Dex" Poindexter]]. Foggy is killed in the attack, causing an enraged Murdock to drop Dex off a roof, where Cherry discovers Murdock is the masked vigilante Daredevil. A year later, Murdock has retired as Daredevil and partnered with former district attorney [[Kirsten McDuffie]]. Karen has moved to San Francisco while Dex is given a life sentence for his crimes. Kirsten sets Murdock up on a date with therapist [[Heather Glenn]] and the two hit it off. After gaining enough signatures and with his wife [[Vanessa Marianna-Fisk|Vanessa]]'s support, [[Wilson Fisk (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Wilson Fisk]] decides to run for mayor of New York City on an anti-[[vigilantism]] campaign. While meeting with Murdock, Fisk assures him he was not involved in Foggy's murder and kept his promise to not hurt Murdock's friends.{{efn|As depicted in the ''[[Daredevil (TV series)|Daredevil]]'' episode "[[A New Napkin]]" (2018)}} When Murdock warns Fisk that he will retaliate if he steps out of line, Fisk counters that there will be consequences if Murdock resumes his activities as Daredevil. On his second date with Heather, Murdock learns that Fisk has won the election. While celebrating his victory, Fisk reveals to Vanessa he learned she cheated on him.
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{{Episode list/sublist|Daredevil: Born Again season 1
 |EpisodeNumber   = 2
 |Title           = Optics
 |DirectedBy      = [[Michael Cuesta]]
 |WrittenBy       = Matt Corman & Chris Ord
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2025|3|4}}
 |ShortSummary    = Murdock decides to represent [[Hector Ayala (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Hector Ayala]], who is accused of assaulting and killing an undercover cop named Shanahan. In reality, Hector fought Shanahan and his associate Powell to stop them from beating an informant named Nicky Torres, unaware that the pair were [[Police corruption|corrupt police officers]], before Shanahan tripped and fell in front of a moving subway car. With Cherry's help, Murdock discovers Hector is the vigilante White Tiger, who took justice into his own hands after Daredevil's disappearance. While attempting to improve his optics during his first days as mayor, Fisk learns from [[Ben Urich (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Ben Urich]]'s niece, young journalist [[BB Urich|BB]], that [[New York Police Department]] (NYPD) Commissioner Gallo, who is well aware of Fisk's criminal past, is poised to resign in protest of Fisk becoming mayor. Fisk threatens to expose Gallo's infidelity to force him back into office. To deal with the pressures of the press, he and Vanessa start attending couples' therapy with Heather as their therapist. Murdock tracks down Torres and helps him escape from other corrupt officers.
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{{Episode list/sublist|Daredevil: Born Again season 1
 |EpisodeNumber   = 3
 |Title           = The Hollow of His Hand
 |DirectedBy      = Michael Cuesta
 |WrittenBy       = Jill Blankenship
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2025|3|11}}
 |ShortSummary    = Fisk's old business associates take advantage of his absence to begin a gang war over his territories. Vanessa sends [[Buck Cashman (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Buck Cashman]] to ease tensions between the gangs, while Fisk believes they should just let them kill each other. Although Cherry is successfully able to bring Torres to Hector's trial, Torres is intimidated by the police and commits [[perjury]] by testifying that he was never assaulted. With no other options, Murdock reveals Hector's identity as the White Tiger in open court, despite initially pushing against it. With new witness accounts and police records detailing Hector's heroic deeds, Murdock and McDuffie successfully convince the jury to declare Hector not guilty on all charges. Fisk denounces the results of the trial and vows to uphold his stance on anti-vigilantism. While on patrol as White Tiger, Hector is murdered by a man wearing [[Frank Castle (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Frank Castle]]'s emblem. 
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 |EpisodeNumber   = 4
 |Title           = 
 |DirectedBy      = [[Jeffrey Nachmanoff]]
 |WrittenBy       = [[David Feige]] and Jesse Wigutow
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2025|3|18}}
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 |Title           = 
 |DirectedBy      = Jeffrey Nachmanoff
 |WrittenBy       = [[Grainne Godfree]]
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2025|3|25}}
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 |DirectedBy      = [[David Boyd (cinematographer)|David Boyd]]
 |WrittenBy       = Thomas Wong
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 |DirectedBy      = David Boyd
 |WrittenBy       = Jill Blankenship
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 |WrittenBy       = Jesse Wigutow and Dario Scardapane
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 |WrittenBy       = [[Heather Bellson]] & Dario Scardapane
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== Cast and characters ==
{{See also|List of Daredevil (TV series) characters{{!}}List of ''Daredevil'' (TV series) characters}}
===Main===
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* [[Charlie Cox]] as [[Matt Murdock (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Matt Murdock / Daredevil]]:<br />A blind lawyer with superhuman senses from [[Hell's Kitchen, New York]], who leads a double life as a masked vigilante.<ref name="SDCC2022Polygon" /> At the start of the season, Murdock focuses on being a lawyer due to the collateral damage that comes with being a vigilante and concerns about how effective that approach has been.<ref name="SFXMagFeature" />{{rp|26|quote=Cox: 'Matt has come to the realisation that maybe he underestimates collateral damage, and despite all the good he's been trying to do, how much has it actually worked? How much has just spawned more problems? Maybe he needs to put more of his energy into the work he does with the lawyer and helping people out in a legal way.'}} Eli D. Goss portrays a young Murdock.<ref name="Goss" />{{third party inline|date=February 2025}}
* [[Vincent D'Onofrio]] as [[Wilson Fisk (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Wilson Fisk / Kingpin]]:<br />A powerful businessman and [[crime lord]],<ref name="SDCC2022Polygon" /> who is running for [[mayor of New York City]].<ref name="FiskEchoPostCredits" /><ref name="FiskMayorSetPhoto" /> D'Onofrio said the tone for his character in the [[Disney+]] series ''[[Echo (miniseries)|Echo]]'' (2024) would continue in ''Born Again'', which he believed was how the character was best portrayed.<ref name="D'OnofrioEchoToneContinue" /> The season sees Fisk amassing power and "flexing his darkness" to "basically gaslight a city, and then eventually a country, and then eventually a world".<ref name="EWFeb2025" /><ref name="SFXMagFeature" />{{rp|28|quote=D'Onofrio: 'He is becoming increasingly dangerous, and I think he is flexing his darkness and his power, and he's trying to basically gaslight a city, and then eventually a country, and then eventually a world. That's the way he thinks and there's no stopping him.'}}
* [[Margarita Levieva]] as [[Heather Glenn (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Heather Glenn]]:<br />A therapist and Murdock's love interest.<ref name="ScardapaneSFXMagMCUTies" /><ref name="ProductionBrief" />{{rp|3}} She and Murdock have differing views on vigilantism which Cox said "leads to some poignant conversations" between the couple.<ref name="SFXMagFeature" />{{rp|26|quote=Cox: 'What they discover about each other is that they have very different views about the role of a superhero, a masked vigilante, and that leads to some poignant conversations.'}}
* [[Deborah Ann Woll]] as [[Karen Page (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Karen Page]]:<br />A former reporter and Murdock's friend and partner at the Nelson, Murdock & Page law firm.<ref name="WollHensonReturnComicBook" /> Because it had been years since she last played the character in ''[[Daredevil (TV series)|Daredevil]]'' (2015–2018), Woll was concerned about her performance feeling like an impression of herself. However, she found her return to be natural given the rapport she has with Cox and Elden Henson.<ref name="EWFeb2025" />
* [[Elden Henson]] as [[Foggy Nelson (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Franklin "Foggy" Nelson]]: Murdock's best friend and law partner.<ref name="WollHensonReturnComicBook" /> Cox described Nelson as "the heartbeat of the MCU".<ref name="VarietyNelsonDeath" />
* [[Wilson Bethel]] as [[Benjamin Poindexter (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Benjamin "Dex" Poindexter]]:<br />A psychopathic former [[FBI]] agent who is a highly skilled [[marksman]] capable of using almost any object as a lethal projectile. He previously masqueraded as Daredevil for Fisk, before Fisk broke his back.<ref name="Bethel" /><ref name="BethelEps" />
* [[Zabryna Guevara]] as Sheila Rivera: Fisk's mayoral campaign director<ref name="BlakeDoG" />
* [[Nikki M. James]] as [[Kirsten McDuffie (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Kirsten McDuffie]]: A former New York [[assistant district attorney]], and Murdock's new law partner at the law firm Murdock & McDuffie<ref name="VarietyNelsonDeath" /><ref name="VarietyReview" /><ref name="KiernanCameo" />
* [[Genneya Walton]] as [[BB Urich]]: A journalist for ''The BB Report'' and the niece of [[Ben Urich (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Ben Urich]], who was killed by Fisk in ''Daredevil''<ref name="Ep1&2EEs" />
* [[Arty Froushan]] as [[Buck Cashman (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Buck Cashman]]: Fisk's right-hand man and fixer<ref name="BlakeDoG" /><ref name="KiernanCameo" />
* [[Clark Johnson]] as [[Cherry (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Cherry]]:<br />A retired [[New York Police Department]] (NYPD) officer who works with Murdock as his investigator.<ref name="VarietyReview" /> Johnson modeled Cherry after [[Roy Scheider]]'s character Buddy "Cloudy" Russo in the film ''[[The French Connection (film)|The French Connection]]'' (1971).<ref name="ProductionBrief" />{{rp|5}}
* [[Michael Gandolfini]] as [[Daniel Blake (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Daniel Blake]]: Fisk's protégé and member of his mayoral campaign<ref name="SFXMagFeature" />{{rp|30|quote=There are a handful of new characters set to be introduced, including Michael Gandolfini's Fisk protégé 'who gets pulled into a world he barely understands'...}}<ref name="BlakeDoG" />
* [[Ayelet Zurer]] as [[Vanessa Marianna-Fisk]]:<br />Fisk's wife who took over his criminal empire after Fisk's absence, leading to tension between the couple.<ref name="ZurerFeb2025" /><ref name="VarietyReview" /> Zurer elaborated that Fisk takes over what Vanessa made successful, leaving the latter struggling with what her place is moving forward.<ref name="ProductionBrief" />{{rp|5}} [[Sandrine Holt]] was originally cast in the role for the series before Zurer, who portrayed Vanessa in ''Daredevil'', was brought back after the creative overhaul of ''Born Again''.<ref name="Cuesta" /><ref name="ZurerReturn" />
* [[Kamar de los Reyes]] as [[Hector Ayala (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Hector Ayala / White Tiger]]:<br />A vigilante whose enhanced powers come from a mystical amulet, who began operating following Daredevil's disappearance.<ref name="IGNPremiereReview" /><ref name="DeLosReyesComicBook" /> Executive producer [[Sana Amanat]] said Ayala becomes "a really important reflection" of Murdock's "personal journey" in the season.<ref name="DeLosReyesComicBook" />
* [[Jon Bernthal]] as [[Frank Castle (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Frank Castle / Punisher]]:<br />A vigilante who aims to fight the criminal underworld by any means necessary, no matter how lethal the results are,<ref name="Bernthal" /><ref name="BernthalFilming" /> following the brutal murder of his family.<ref name="ProductionBrief" />{{rp|5}} In the season, Murdock asks Castle to help him with something he is unwilling to do, which Castle takes on and "drives right to the heart of the matter".<ref name="EWFeb2025" /> Bernthal said the season finds the character "absolutely committed to his mission".<ref name="ProductionBrief" />{{rp|5}} To prepare for the role, Bernthal trained at a gun range where he crossed paths with [[Thomas Jane]], who previously played the character in the [[Lionsgate Films|Lionsgate]] film ''[[The Punisher (2004 film)|The Punisher]]'' (2004). The two discussed the character, which Bernthal appreciated.<ref name="BernthalJaneTraining" />

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* [[Cillian O'Sullivan]] as Devlin: A criminal
* Victor Verhaegche as Carlo: A criminal and one of the Five Families' leaders
* [[Gino Anthony Pesi]] as Viktor: A criminal and one of the Five Families' leaders<ref name="TracksuitMafiaComicBook" />
* [[Patrick Murney]] as Luca: A criminal<ref name="TracksuitMafiaComicBook">{{Cite web |last=Oddo |first=Marco Vito |date=March 5, 2025 |title=The MCU's Worst Criminals Are Back in Daredevil: Born Again |url=https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/marvel-daredevil-born-again-tracksuit-mafia-hawkeye-cameo-explained/ |url-status= |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=March 9, 2025 |website=[[ComicBook.com]]}}</ref>
* [[Ruibo Qian]] as Angie Kim: A NYPD detective. Qian previously played Mei in the [[Jessica Jones season 1|first season]] of [[Marvel's Netflix television series]] ''[[Jessica Jones (TV series)|Jessica Jones]]'' (2015).
* Susan Varon as [[Josie (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Josie]]: The owner of Josie's Bar, reprising her role from Marvel's Netflix series<ref name="Ep1&2EEs" />
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* [[Hunter Doohan]] as Bastian: A fan of Heather<ref name="Doohan" />
* Charlie Hudson III as Leroy Mancini<ref name="TheDirectEp2CharacterGuide" />{{better source needed|date=March 2025|reason=The Direct is unreliable}}
* [[John Benjamin Hickey]] as [[Benjamin Hochberg (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Benjamin Hochberg]]: The [[New York County District Attorney|New York district attorney]].<ref name="VultureEp2Recap" /> Hickey previously played Peter Lyonne in the [[Jessica Jones season 3|third season]] of ''Jessica Jones'' (2019).
* Andrew Polk as Jerry Cooper: A New York judge.<ref name="TheDirectEp2CharacterGuide" />{{better source needed|date=March 2025|reason=The Direct is unreliable}} Polk previously played Morty Bennett in the [[The Punisher season 1|first season]] of the ''Daredevil'' [[Spinoff (media)|spin-off]] series ''[[The Punisher (TV series)|The Punisher]]'' (2017).
* Nick Jordan as Nicky Torres: An informant who was accosted by corrupt NYPD officers<ref name="WhiteTigerHistoryComicBook" />
* Johnny M. Wu as Forrest Tam<ref name="TheDirectEp2CharacterGuide" />{{better source needed|date=March 2025|reason=The Direct is unreliable}}
* Hamish Allan-Headley as Powell: A corrupt NYPD officer<ref name="WhiteTigerHistoryComicBook" />
* Ashley Marie Ortiz as Soledad Ayala: Hector's wife<ref name="TheDirectEp2CharacterGuide" />{{better source needed|date=March 2025|reason=The Direct is unreliable}}
* [[Michael Gaston]] as Gallo: The NYPD Commissioner.<ref name="VultureEp2Recap" /> Gaston previously played [[Gerald Sharpe]] in the [[Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 7|seventh season]] of the [[Marvel Television]] series ''[[Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.]]'' (2020).
* Jefferson Cox as Shanahan: A corrupt NYPD officer who dies after being hit by a subway train during a fight with Hector<ref name="WhiteTigerHistoryComicBook" />

News anchor [[Pat Kiernan]] appears as himself, after previously appearing in other various MCU media.<ref name="KiernanCameo" /> Additionally, [[Mohan Kapur]] and [[Tony Dalton]] will reprise their respective MCU roles as [[Yusuf Khan (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Yusuf Khan]] and [[Jack Duquesne]];<ref name="D23Wrap" /><ref name="Dalton" /> Jeremy Earl will portray [[Cole North (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Cole North]], a NYPD officer and a member of the Anti-Vigilante Task Force;<ref name="Earl" /> and [[Lou Taylor Pucci]] has been cast in an undisclosed role.<ref name="Pucci" /> The character [[Muse (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Muse]], a serial killer who makes art with the blood of his victims, will appear in the season.<ref name="EWFeb2025" /> Prior to the series' creative overhaul, [[Harris Yulin]] was known to have a role in the series.<ref name="Cuesta" /><ref name="Yulin" />

== Production ==
=== Development ===
A [[Reboot (fiction)|reboot]] of [[Marvel's Netflix television series]] ''[[Daredevil (TV series)|Daredevil]]'' (2015–2018) was reported to be in development with [[Marvel Studios]] in March 2022.<ref name="RebootComicBook" /><ref name="RebootCinemaBlend" /> The series was confirmed to be in development for [[Disney+]] in late May, with Christopher Ord and Matthew Corman attached as [[head writer]]s and executive producers.<ref name="CormanOrd" /> At [[San Diego Comic-Con]] that July, the series was announced as ''Daredevil: Born Again'' and was revealed to have 18 episodes for its first season.<ref name="SDCC2022" /> [[Michael Cuesta]] was set to direct the first episode of the season in March 2023. Additional directors were expected to direct blocks of episodes.<ref name="Cuesta" /> [[Jeffrey Nachmanoff]] and [[Clark Johnson]]—who was previously a director on the Marvel Netflix series ''[[Luke Cage (TV series)|Luke Cage]]'' (2016–2018)—joined the season as additional directors in May, with Johnson hired to direct two episodes.<ref name="Nachmanoff" /><ref name="Johnson" /> [[David Boyd (cinematographer)|David Boyd]] was also set to direct.<ref name="D23PressRelease" />

By late September 2023, after six episodes had been filmed,<ref name="SeriesOverhaul" /><ref name="CoxGQFeb2025" /> Marvel Studios decided to overhaul the series with a new creative direction. Corman and Ord were let go as head writers, as were the directors for the remainder of the season.<ref name="SeriesOverhaul" /> Marvel planned to retain some elements that had been shot, add new [[Serial (radio and television)|serialized]] elements, and move closer to the tone of the Netflix series.<ref name="SeriesOverhaul" /><ref name="ScardapaneBensonMoorhead" /> The creative team also decided to connect the new series to the original series more directly than had previously been planned.<ref name="D'OnofrioJan2024" /> Star [[Charlie Cox]] said it was confusing how the series was not a direct continuation of the Netflix series or a complete reboot. [[Brad Winderbaum]], the head of streaming, television, and animation at Marvel Studios, said the studio believed they could "play it loose" with the history of ''Daredevil'' but when they reviewed what had been shot so far they realized that they would have to either fully embrace the Netflix series or start over fresh.<ref name="EWFeb2025" /> [[Dario Scardapane]], a writer on Netflix's ''Daredevil'' spin-off series ''[[The Punisher (TV series)|The Punisher]]'' (2017–2019), was hired as [[showrunner]] for ''Born Again'' in October 2023.<ref name="ScardapaneBensonMoorhead" /> Filmmaking duo [[Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead]], who previously worked on the Marvel Studios series ''[[Moon Knight (miniseries)|Moon Knight]]'' (2022) and the [[Loki season 2|second season]] of ''[[Loki (TV series)|Loki]]'' (2023), were hired to direct the remaining episodes.<ref name="ScardapaneBensonMoorhead" />

{{Quote box|width=33%|align=right|quote=A lot of the material that we shot pre-strike is brilliant and is still in the show and works really well. There were just some complicated factors around what we had been tasked to do and what we were discovering was and wasn't working... Credit to Marvel that they looked at the episodes and could acknowledge that we could still do better, and that we maybe needed to go in a slightly different direction... Where we ended up felt really good.|source=–Charlie Cox answering a question at [[Fan Expo Chicago]] in August 2024 about the differences in the series before and after the creative overhaul<ref name="CoxSRAug2024" />}}
Three new episodes were written, including a new [[Television pilot|pilot episode]], as well as additional scenes for the previously shot episodes.<ref name="CoxGQFeb2025" /><ref name="BensonMoorheadS1Eps" /> Cox confirmed in May 2024 that nine episodes had been filmed.<ref name="CoxEpisodeCountMay2024" /> Marvel Studios president [[Kevin Feige]] said in August that these were the first season of ''Born Again'', and a [[Daredevil: Born Again season 2|second season]] was planned;<ref name="D23Aug2024Deadline" /><ref name="D23Aug2024TVLine" /> with the creative overhaul, the planned 18-episode season had been split into two seasons,<ref name="BensonMoorheadS1Eps" /><ref name="EWFeb2025" /> with the second season ultimately having eight episodes.<ref name="S2EpisodeCount" /> Also in August, Cuesta, Nachmanoff, and Boyd were re-confirmed to be credited directors for the series.<ref name="D23PressRelease" /> Moorhead said they wanted to "give those directors credit where it's due" despite him and Benson guiding the final edits for the episodes filmed before the overhaul. Some of those episodes had "some rejiggering, and [new] framing, and bookends" added, but some were left "100% intact".<ref name="BensonMoorheadS1Eps" /> Executive producers for the season included Marvel Studios' Feige, [[Louis D'Esposito]], Winderbaum, [[Sana Amanat]], and [[Chris Gary]], alongside Scardapane, Corman, Ord, Benson, and Moorhead.<ref name="TeaserTrailer" /> The series is released under Marvel Studios' "[[Marvel Television (Marvel Studios label)|Marvel Television]]" label.<ref name="MarvelTVLabel" />

=== Writing ===
Original writers for the series included Corman, Ord,<ref name="CormanOrd" /> [[Grainne Godfree]], Jill Blankenship,<ref name="GodfreeBlankenship" /> Aisha Porter-Christie, [[David Feige]], Devon Kliger, Thomas Wong, Zachary Reiter,<ref name="Writers" /> and Molly Nussbaum.<ref name="Nussbaum" /> The initial take on the series was described as a legal [[Procedural drama|procedural]] that was dark but not as gory as the Netflix series,<ref name="SeriesOverhaul" /><ref name="CoxNME" /> and more episodic than other Marvel Studios series with "self-contained" episodes.<ref name="FeigeFeb2023" /> According to Cox, early discussions for the series were about "reinvent[ing] the whole thing" and portraying [[Matt Murdock (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Matt Murdock / Daredevil]] as a different person from the one seen in the Netflix series.<ref name="EmpireNov2024" /> Murdock's friends [[Foggy Nelson (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Foggy Nelson]] and [[Karen Page (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Karen Page]] were largely not acknowledged in this version of the series. Amanat said the creative team were struggling to incorporate them into the story, but Cox said there were discussions to do some "cool stuff" with them in the future.<ref name="EWFeb2025" />

Following the creative overhaul, serialized elements were set to be added.<ref name="ScardapaneBensonMoorhead" /> Scardapane was joined by writers [[Heather Bellson]] and Jesse Wigutow,<ref name="WGACredits" /> and three new episodes were written: the pilot and the final two episodes of the first season.<ref name="BensonMoorheadS1Eps" /> Corman, Ord, Blankenship, David Feige, Godfree, and Wong received credits on the other six episodes,<ref name="WGACredits" /> which were kept largely intact.<ref name="BensonMoorheadS1Eps" /> David Feige previously served as a public defender and was able to make the season's courtroom scenes "weighty and authentic".<ref name="TotalFilmReview" /> Winderbaum said test audiences responded well to those episodes and believed this was due to fan appreciation for the characters. Scardapane agreed that several elements in the original version worked well—including Murdock's relationships, balancing his time as a lawyer and vigilante, and the pressures of an antagonist like Kingpin—but he felt there were storylines that needed to be added along with context from the Netflix series.<ref name="EWFeb2025" /> Scardapane's pilot acts as a bridge between the Netflix series and ''Born Again''. The showrunner felt the end of the Netflix series—which sees Murdock, Nelson, and Page planning to go into business together again—was a good starting point for ''Born Again'' and did not need too much explanation for viewers who had not seen the original series.<ref name="SFXMagJan2025" />  He felt it was important to include Nelson and Page because they are Murdock's "family structure". Nelson also provides [[comic relief]], while Page is "the heart and soul" of the series.<ref name="SFXMagFeature" />{{rp|30|quote='Karen and Foggy are the family structure for our orphan Matt, and it was very important to have them. Foggy tends to be comic relief, and Karen tends to be something else entirely.' [...] 'Karen Page is the heart and soul of this mythology, there's no two ways about it,' he says. 'You get so much more out of Daredevil as a character, as a human being, when there's interaction with Karen...'}} Cox explained that a few years have passed since the end of ''Daredevil'', with the three characters running their law firm and having a "pretty good rhythm" together.<ref name="EmpireNov2024" /> The cast added that the events of the Netflix series were part of their characters' histories, and there are some new storylines that build on the original's events, but they did not want to dwell too much on past events or alienate new viewers who did not watch the Netflix series.<ref name="CastConnectionsEW" />

{{Quote box|width=33%|align=left|quote=Both of these men carry a dark passenger. The dark passenger for Matt Murdock is Daredevil, and for Wilson Fisk, it's Kingpin. The tragic flaw in their characters is that they both give in to the darker side of their true nature, and they draw each other into that. We had to do parallel paths—both tried so hard to be something else: 'I'm Matt Murdock. I'm just a lawyer—I'm not Daredevil anymore.' 'I'm Wilson Fisk, mayor of New York City; I'm doing good things for people.' We wanted to bring that tension to a place where they literally can't sustain it, and things start to unravel and explode.|source=–Showrunner Dario Scardapane on the characters of Matt Murdock and Wilson Fisk, and how they are explored in the first season<ref name="ProductionBrief" />{{rp|3}}}}
At the beginning of the season, Murdock has not been Daredevil for a year after a "line was crossed",<ref name="EWFeb2025" /> when [[Benjamin Poindexter (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Benjamin "Dex" Poindexter]] kills Nelson and Murdock tries to kill Poindexter in return. Winderbaum stated the creatives "agonized" over the decision to kill Nelson, given the loss of Nelson in Murdock's life would have a "huge impact" on him. The creatives looked at ''Daredevil'' comics, citing how [[Bullseye (Marvel Comics)|Bullseye]] (who Poindexter is based on) kills [[Karen Page]] in the comics, which was a reason they decided to bring back Poindexter from the Netflix series. Amanat believed the death was "the only thing that made sense for us narratively to be able to tell that story"; since Nelson was Murdock's moral compass, his death spurns Murdock to start a new life without being Daredevil.<ref name="EWNelsonDeath" /> Cox believed that being a new series, albeit continuing from ''Daredevil'', ''Born Again'' needed to be "big, brave, and bold [...] and shake things up" starting with Nelson's death. He suggested that Murdock be able to hear Nelson's heartbeat growing fainter during the fight sequence, which Scardapane called "brilliant". Before the creative overhaul, Nelson's death occurred offscreen, with Scardapane explaining: "If something this earth-shattering is going to happen, we have to feel it. This is more than an inciting incident. This is an earthquake."<ref name="VarietyNelsonDeath" /> Winderbaum added that Nelson's absence "looms large" for the remainder of the season and "is a big part of the culmination of the season".<ref name="EWNelsonDeath" /> Viewers noted the building number for Nelson, Mudock, and Page's law firm was 468, which ''[[Gizmodo]]''{{'}}s James Whitbrook felt was an [[Easter egg (media)|Easter egg]] to ''[[Daredevil (Marvel Comics series)|Daredevil]]'' vol. 2 #88 (legacy #468). This issue's storyline, by [[Ed Brubaker]], [[David Aja]], and Frank D'Armata, is "The Secret Life of Foggy Nelson", where Nelson is seemingly murdered only to reveal he made a deal with the [[FBI]] while being operated on to enter the [[United States Federal Witness Protection Program|Witness Protection Program]]. Whitbrook felt there were "pretty significant difference[s]" between the comic storyline and the events of ''Born Again'' since the series "leaves {{em|very}} little room for vagueness" regarding Nelson's death unlike the comics but did note there was precedence to return from the dead through supernatural ways in the Netflix series to leave open the possibility for a return.<ref name="GizmodoSecretLifeFoggy" />

The story sees [[Wilson Fisk (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Wilson Fisk / Kingpin]] being elected [[mayor of New York City]],<ref name="Ep1&2EEs" /><ref name="VarietyNelsonDeath" /> after learning of the need for a strong candidate in the [[post-credits scene]] of the Disney+ series ''[[Echo (miniseries)|Echo]]'' (2024); this follows a late 2010s storyline from the comics in which Fisk becomes mayor that builds to the "[[Devil's Reign]]" (2021–2022) event.<ref name="FiskEchoPostCredits" /><ref name="FiskMayorSetPhoto" /><ref name="D'OnofrioEchoLead" /> Winderbaum said the relationship between Murdock and Fisk would evolve from the Netflix series to be a "game of politics" rather than just trying to kill each other.<ref name="WinderbaumMarvelPodcastJul2024" /> Scardapane said the series was a "two-hander", exploring both characters.<ref name="ProductionBrief" />{{rp|4}} He said Fisk consolidates power in the season and Murdock is forced into a reactive position while struggling with his identity and whether to continue as Daredevil.<ref name="SFXMagFeature" />{{rp|24–25|quote='This, in many ways, without sounding overly pretentious, is a Greek tragedy,' Scardapane says. 'The villain wins, is the best way of putting it. We see Fisk, finally, for many different reasons, consolidate power in a manner that we've never seen before. At the same time, Matt is wrestling with his alter ego. He's asking, 'Am I Daredevil? Am I Matt Murdock?' It's the first time we see a Matt Murdock who's on the back foot and more reactive to the bold moves of Kingpin.'}} The pair come to a "loose truce" which leads to them interacting less than they did in ''Daredevil'',<ref name="LooseTruce" /> but Cox said they are on a "collision course" for the rest of the season, "pushing boundaries and forcing each other to cross lines they don't want to cross".<ref name="SFXMagFeature" />{{rp|26|quote=Cox: 'There's a scene where he meets with Kingpin and they say, 'You stay out of my way, I'll stay out of yours, we won't have any problems.' The rest of the season is a collision course between those two people pushing boundaries and forcing each other to cross lines they don't want to cross.}} Though Fisk is the "prime villain", the season features other antagonists who Scardapane said would be "piling up" as the story continues. These include the serial killer [[Muse (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Muse]],<ref name="EWFeb2025" /> who was part of the series' original development. Fisk star [[Vincent D'Onofrio]] said his character has to work Muse's actions into his own plan.<ref name="S1OneShot" />

Murdock represents [[Hector Ayala (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Hector Ayala / White Tiger]] in the season after he is wrongly accused of murdering a police officer.<ref name="ReyesTribute" /><ref name="WhiteTigerNBCNews" /> Ever since being originally cast in the role, Cox was interested in adapting the "Trial of the White Tiger" storyline,<ref name="WhiteTigerNBCNews" /> which was depicted in ''Daredevil'' vol. 2 #39–40 (2002–03),<ref name="WhiteTigerNBCNews" /><ref name="WhiteTigerHistoryComicBook" /> saying that storyline was "so fascinating to witness a character like Matt Murdock, a lawyer and also a superhero, defend another superhero".<ref name="WhiteTigerNBCNews" />

Within the MCU, the season is set after ''Echo'', with a prologue in the first episode set in late 2025, before jumping ahead a year to late 2026 and continuing into early 2027.<ref name="DDBATimeline" /><ref name="DDBATimeline2" /> [[New Year's Eve]] and [[Saint Patrick's Day]] celebrations are shown.<ref name="DDBATimeline2" /><ref name="VarietyReview" />

=== Casting ===
Charlie Cox and Vincent D'Onofrio were reported in June 2022 to be starring in ''Born Again'', reprising their respective roles of Matt Murdock / Daredevil and Wilson Fisk / Kingpin from ''Daredevil''.<ref name="CoxDOnofrioExpected" /> Their casting was confirmed a month later at San Diego Comic-Con.<ref name="SDCC2022Polygon" /> Cox was notified by Marvel Studios in early 2022 that they were looking to feature the character in another project following his appearances in the film ''[[Spider-Man: No Way Home]]'' (2021) and the Disney+ series ''[[She-Hulk: Attorney at Law]]'' (2022). He learned that this was ''Born Again'' shortly before the Comic-Con announcement.<ref name="CoxEWSH" />

In December 2022, [[Michael Gandolfini]],<ref name="Gandolfini" /> [[Margarita Levieva]], and [[Sandrine Holt]] were cast in major roles.<ref name="LevievaHolt" /> Gandolfini was reportedly portraying "an ambitious guy from [[Staten Island]]" named Liam,<ref name="Gandolfini" /> while Levieva and Holt were playing love interests for Cox and D'Onofrio, respectively;<ref name="LevievaHolt" /> Holt was cast as [[Vanessa Marianna-Fisk]],<ref name="Cuesta" /> replacing [[Ayelet Zurer]] from the original series.<ref name="ZurerReturn" /> [[Nikki M. James]] joined the cast by January 2023.<ref name="James" /> In March, Jon Bernthal was revealed to be reprising his role of [[Frank Castle (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Frank Castle / Punisher]] from ''Daredevil'' and ''The Punisher'' in ''Born Again''.<ref name="Bernthal" /><ref name="BernthalConfirm" /> Additional cast members from ''Daredevil'', such as [[Deborah Ann Woll]] (Karen Page) and [[Elden Henson]] (Foggy Nelson), were not expected to return according to ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'', and it was unclear if their characters would appear in ''Born Again''.<ref name="Bernthal" /> Henson, however, was planned to make a [[cameo appearance]] in the first episode as a way to "end the link between [''Daredevil'' and ''Born Again''] and give the old fans closure".<ref name="CoxHensonOriginalCameo" /> [[Michael Gaston]] and [[Arty Froushan]] were also part of the cast,<ref name="Cuesta" /><ref name="Froushan" /> with Froushan in a major role that was reported to be an associate of Fisk's named Harry.<ref name="Froushan" /> Set photos the following month indicated that [[Harris Yulin]] was part of the cast.<ref name="Yulin" /> In May, Clark Johnson was revealed to be cast in a recurring role, reported to be named Cherry, in addition to his hiring as a director.<ref name="Johnson" /> In September 2023, a [[United States Copyright Office]] filing for the series listed several roles: Levieva as [[Heather Glenn (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Heather Glenn]], Gandolfini as [[Daniel Blake (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Daniel Blake]], James as [[Kirsten McDuffie]], Johnson as [[Cherry (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Cherry]], Froushan as [[Buck Cashman (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Buck Cashman]], [[Genneya Walton]] as [[BB Urich]], and [[Zabryna Guevara]] as Sheila Rivera.<ref name="101Copyright" /><ref name="TVLinePreviousCast" /><ref name="BlakeDoG" /> With the death of [[Kamar de los Reyes]] in December 2023, he was revealed to have a significant role;<ref name="Reyes" /> the second episode of the season begins with a dedication to de los Reyes.<ref name="ReyesTribute" /><ref name="IGNPremiereReview" />

Following the creative overhaul, Woll and Henson were set to reprise their roles as Page and Nelson,<ref name="WollHensonReturnComicBook" /><ref name="WollHensonReturn" /> and [[Wilson Bethel]] was set to reprise his role as [[Benjamin Poindexter (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Benjamin "Dex" Poindexter]] from ''Daredevil'',<ref name="Bethel" /> reportedly for three episodes.<ref name="BethelEps" /> Amanat pushed for Bethel to return, finding the character intriguing and the most appropriate antagonist from the Netflix series to revisit.<ref name="EWFeb2025" /> It was initially unclear if any of the new ''Born Again'' cast members would be retained,<ref name="TVLinePreviousCast" /> though Levieva,<ref name="LevievaSetPhotoJan2024" /> Gandolfini,<ref name="GandolfiniSetPhotoJan2024" /> and Froushan were soon reaffirmed to be part of the cast through set photos.<ref name="FroushanSetPhotoFeb2024" /> Set photos reaffirmed Bernthal's inclusion that April, and revealed that Jeremy Earl had been cast as [[Cole North (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Cole North]].<ref name="BernthalFilming" /><ref name="Earl" /> [[Lou Taylor Pucci]] also joined the cast,<ref name="Pucci" /> and set photos revealed that Zurer would now be reprising her role as Marianna-Fisk for the series;<ref name="ZurerReturn" /> she was disappointed with the initial recasting and was pleasantly surprised when she was asked to return following the overhaul.<ref name="ZurerFeb2025" /> In August 2024, de los Reyes was reaffirmed to be appearing in the series, portraying the character Hector Ayala / White Tiger.<ref name="D23TeaserDoG" />

Also in August 2024, [[Mohan Kapur]] was revealed to be reprising his role as [[Yusuf Khan (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Yusuf Khan]] from the MCU series ''[[Ms. Marvel (miniseries)|Ms. Marvel]]'' (2022) and its follow-up film ''[[The Marvels]]'' (2023).<ref name="D23Wrap" /> Winderbaum said bringing a character from ''Ms. Marvel'' into the more serious world of ''Born Again'' was similar to how comic books with different tones often crossover.<ref name="EWFeb2025" /> Cox teased the inclusion of additional MCU characters in ''Born Again'' for cameo appearances that he described as "fun, small moments of collision, but nothing major".<ref name="CoxCameosAug2024" /> Scardapane teased the appearance of a surprising character who naturally fit into the story due to it being set in the MCU's New York City.<ref name="ScardapaneSFXMagMCUTies" /> In February 2025, [[Tony Dalton]] was revealed to be reprising his role as [[Jack Duquesne|Jack Duquesne / Swordsman]] from ''Hawkeye'' for two episodes of ''Born Again''.<ref name="Dalton" />

=== Design ===
Emily Gunshor was the costume designer for the series, and Michael Shaw was the production designer.<ref name="ProductionBrief" />{{rp|2}} Marvel Studios' head of visual development [[Ryan Meinerding]] once again designed the Daredevil suit for ''Born Again'', after doing so for the Netflix series.<ref name="D23ConceptArt" /> The suit in ''Born Again'' has a darker tone of red to reflect Murdock's evolution, along with black detailing and added texture which was described as less "shiny" than the suit in the Netflix series.<ref name="D23ConceptArt" /><ref name="ProductionBrief" />{{rp|8}} At least five different Daredevil cowls are seen in the season, including an all-white version based on the one first seen in [[Daredevil (Marvel Comics series)#2020s|''Daredevil'' vol. 8]] (2023), the yellow cowl used in ''She-Hulk'', a black cowl, and two red cowls.<ref name="D23TeaserDoG" /><ref name="D23ConceptArt" /><ref name="GizmodoCowls" /> Poindexter's costume features black rings around the neck and shoulders, a homage to the character's "target" look in the comics.<ref name="IGNPremiereReview" />

=== Filming ===
[[Principal photography]] began on March 6, 2023, in the state of [[New York (state)|New York]],<ref name="FilmingStart" /> under the [[working title]] ''Out the Kitchen''.<ref name="WorkingTitle" /> Filming took place in [[Yonkers, New York|Yonkers]] outside the city mayor's office from March 7 through March 10.<ref name="YonkersFilming" /> The production then moved to New York City, filming in [[Harlem]] on March 13 and 14,<ref name="HarlemMarFilming" /><ref name="HarlemMarFilming2" /> and in [[Williamsburg, Brooklyn]], and at the [[Manhattan Municipal Building]] on March 15;<ref name="WilliamsburgMarFilming" /><!-- Per the linked tweet of the Inverse article: https://twitter.com/karymalds/status/1634677614177579009 --><ref name="MunicipalCoxMarFilming" /><!-- Per the linked tweet at the ComicBook article: https://twitter.com/dannygonz16/status/1636225922717106177 --> Williamsburg was also used as a shooting location for ''Daredevil''.<ref name="WilliamsburgMarFilming" /> Filming took place at the [[New York County Courthouse]] on March 17.<ref name="CourtHouseMarFilming" /> Cox described New York City as "number one on the call sheet and the big star here". Shaw said it was important to film in the city because "on the real city streets and locations, you capture the energy of New York and that bleeds into the fabric of the series". The production wanted to explore parts of the city that had not been seen on film before.<ref name="ProductionBrief" />{{rp|4–6}}

[[File:Picket line Writers Guild Strike.jpg|thumb|right|[[Picketers]] participating in the [[2023 Writers Guild of America strike]] on May 10, 2023, at the series' set.<ref name="WGAStrikeImpact2" /> This and other picketing resulted in production being suspended on June 14 until after the strike's conclusion.<ref name="WGAStrikeSuspended" />]]
Soundstage work occurred at [[Silvercup Studios]] East in [[Queens]].<ref name="WGAStrikeImpact" /> The series' art department built detailed recreations of rooms from [[Gracie Mansion]], the official residence of the mayor of New York City; Shaw said there was something "slightly uncomfortable" about seeing Fisk in rooms that feel like "somebody's grandmother's house". Another set was Muse's lair which Shaw said was "a bit heightened" and very dark.<ref name="ProductionBrief" />{{rp|6–7}} Filming was set to take place at Silvercup on May 8, when [[picketers]] participating in the [[2023 Writers Guild of America strike]] prevented filming from occurring. Production was planned to resume the following day. Because of the strike, Corman and Ord were unable to be on set.<ref name="WGAStrikeImpact" /> After further picketing on May 10 at the series' set in Brooklyn once again shut down filming, production was paused for the remainder of the week.<ref name="WGAStrikeImpact2" /> Additional filming shutdowns because of picketing occurred in early June at Silvercup,<ref name="WGAStrikeImpact3" /><ref name="WGAStrikeImpact4" /> before production was suspended on June 14 until after the strike's conclusion.<ref name="WGAStrikeSuspended" /> Filming was originally expected to last for eight months.<ref name="WGAStrikeImpact" />

Six episodes were largely filmed before the shutdown,<ref name="CoxGQFeb2025" /> with Cuesta directing the first two episodes, Nachmanoff directing the third and fourth, and Boyd directing the fifth and sixth.<ref name="Cuesta" /><ref name="Nachmanoff" /><ref name="BensonMoorheadS1Eps" /><ref name="ProductionBrief" />{{rp|17–18}} Pedro Gómez Millán and Hillary Fyfe Spera were the cinematographers.<ref name="ProductionBrief" />{{rp|2}} Following the creative overhaul, the directors for the remainder of the series were let go;<ref name="SeriesOverhaul" /> Johnson had been planned to direct two episodes.<ref name="Johnson" /> Benson and Moorhead were set to direct the new episodes,<ref name="ScardapaneBensonMoorhead" /> and Philip Silvera was hired as stunt coordinator and second unit director after previously working on the Netflix series;<ref name="FilmingRestartJan2024" /> Dave Macomber also served as stunt coordinator and second unit director for the series.<ref name="ProductionBrief" />{{rp|2}}

Filming resumed on January 22, 2024,<ref name="FilmingRestartJan2024" /> with Spera serving as cinematographer on the new pilot episode.<ref name="SperaEp1" /> Silvera conceived a [[Long take|single take]] fight scene for the episode,<ref name="S1OneShot" /> which had been a feature of ''Daredevil'',<ref name="CoxSingleTakeFights" /> and which Cox called "challenging for new and different reasons", largely because of added visual effect elements. The scene is not a "true" single take, employing cuts and other editing tricks similar to the single take sequence in the [[Daredevil season 2|second season]] of ''Daredevil''.<ref name="S1OneShot" /> Winderbaum believed the series had Marvel Studios' "most brutal [visceral] action", saying it "packs a lot of power".<ref name="WinderbaumEWSep2024" /> Many of the fight elements were portrayed with practical effects. Additionally, some scenes were shot twice with a less violent alternative in the event the desired version was deemed too violent; Cox stated that no alternate takes were chosen.<ref name="IGNActionViolence" /> When filming Murdock or characters related to him, Benson and Moorhead chose to use a handheld camera, while Fisk and characters close to him were filmed with locked-down cameras and little movement.<ref name="EWFeb2025" /> To film Murdock's heightened senses, Benson and Moorhead wanted to stay "analog" and "optical" without primarily using a visual effects technique. To create the sequence, they used a camera rig with three cameras to capture 180° of information, with visual effects used to stitch the three images together, a [[dolly zoom]], spherical lenses (which was unlike the rest of the series which was shot [[Anamorphic format|anamorphic]]), and a change in aspect ratio. Moorhead said that these sequences were meant to make the audience "feel like [they] are Matt Murdock where you can hear every sound in the whole world". They then proceed to zoom in on one individual object that Murdock is specifically honing in on, with the aspect ratio also shrinking to be like "a comic strip frame".<ref name="BensonMoorheadSensesFilming" />

Set photos at the end of January saw Cox, Henson, and Woll filming scenes,<ref name="CoxHensonWollFilming" /> and revealed the involvement of White Tiger and Muse, the latter through on-set [[graffiti]].<ref name="WhiteTiger" /><ref name="Muse" /><ref name="D23TeaserDoG" /> Props from the Netflix series were brought back for a scene where the characters reminisce about their pasts.<ref name="CastConnectionsEW" /> In early April, Bernthal and Cox filmed scenes in Brooklyn,<ref name="BernthalFilming" /> ahead of a filming [[Wrap (filmmaking)|wrap]] party on April 5.<ref name="FilmingWrap" /> Zurer and D'Onofrio filmed scenes in New York City shortly after.<ref name="ZurerSetPhoto" /> In mid-May, Cox and D'Onofrio said filming was completed three or four weeks earlier, and nine episodes had been filmed.<ref name="CoxEpisodeCountMay2024" /><ref name="CoxFilmingWrap" />

=== Post-production ===
Editors for the season include Cedric Nairn-Smith,<ref name="Smith" /> Melissa Lawson Cheung,<ref name="Cheung" /> and Stephanie Filo.<ref name="Filo" /> Nairn-Smith previously worked on the Marvel Studios series ''Moon Knight'' and ''[[Ironheart (miniseries)|Ironheart]]'' (2025),<ref name="Smith" /> while Cheung previously worked on ''[[Secret Invasion (miniseries)|Secret Invasion]]'' (2023) and ''The Marvels''.<ref name="Cheung" />

Gong Myung Lee is the series' visual effects supervisor, with visual effects provided by [[Rise FX]], FOLKS, Phosphene, Powerhouse VFX, Ghost VFX, Soho VFX, [[Cantina Creative]], Anibrain, [[Base FX]], SDFX, and [[The Third Floor, Inc.]].<ref name="ArtOfVFX" />

=== Music ===
In July 2024, [[the Newton Brothers]] were revealed to be composing music for the series.<ref name="NewtonBrothersComposing" />

== Marketing ==
Cox and D'Onofrio promoted the series at Disney's May 2024 [[upfront presentation]], where the release month was announced and the first trailer was shown.<ref name="DisneyUpfrontMay2024" /><ref name="DisneyUpfrontMay2024Trailer" /> The pair again promoted the series and showed a trailer at Disney's [[D23 (Disney)|D23]] convention that August, alongside Feige, Bernthal, Woll, and Henson.<ref name="D23Aug2024Deadline" /> Writers at ''[[Deadline Hollywood]]'' and ''[[TheWrap]]'' all felt the D23 trailer was more cinematic than the Netflix series and more mature than most Disney+ series. They also compared a confrontation between Murdock and Fisk in the trailer to the crime film ''[[Heat (1995 film)|Heat]]'' (1995).<ref name="D23Aug2024Deadline" /><ref name="D23Wrap" /> Following online leaks of the D23 footage, Marvel released an official look at Daredevil in his red costume within their video celebrating the company's 85th anniversary.<ref name="85thOfficialLook" /> In October 2024, Marvel Comics announced a new publishing line titled ''[[Marvel Premier Collection]]'', which consists of new paperback editions of popular comic book runs that are considered to be good starting points for new readers. A reprint of the "Born Again" comic was set to be released in February 2025, with a new [[foreword]] from Miller and an [[afterword]] by Cox.<ref name="PremierCollection" />

A teaser trailer was released on January 15, 2025.<ref name="TeaserTrailer" /> It was originally scheduled to be released two days earlier, but was postponed because of the [[January 2025 Southern California wildfires|2025 Southern California wildfires]].<ref name="TeaserTrailer" /><ref name="TeaserTrailerPostponed" /> Commentary on the trailer focused on the return of characters from the Netflix series and on its brutal, violent action.<ref name="TeaserTrailerRefBundle" /> Andy Behbakht at ''[[Screen Rant]]'' said the dark and violent action sequences quelled some concerns that the series would not retain those elements from the Netflix series in its move to Disney+. He also highlighted the reveal that Murdock is no longer a vigilante at the start of the new series.<ref name="TeaserTrailerSR" />

== Release ==
The first season of ''Daredevil: Born Again'' premiered on Disney+ on March 4, 2025, with its first two episodes.<ref name="PremiereDate" /><ref name="TwoEpPremiere" /> The season will consist of nine episodes.<ref name="D23Aug2024TVLine" /> The series was originally scheduled to debut in early 2024,<ref name="SDCC2022" /> but was removed from Marvel Studios' release schedule in September 2023 because filming had been suspended by the [[2023 Hollywood labor disputes]].<ref name="Sep2023ReleaseChange" /> The next month, a copyright filing for the first episode indicated an approximate release in January 2025.<ref name="101Copyright" /> The March 2025 debut was announced in May 2024.<ref name="March2025Release" /> A red carpet premiere event was held on February 24, 2025, at the [[Hudson Theater]] in New York City, where the first two episodes were screened.<ref name="RedCarpetPremiere" /><ref name="RedCarpetPremiereTHR" /> The season is part of [[Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase Five|Phase Five]] of the MCU,<ref name="SDCC2022" /> and is being released under Marvel Studios' "[[Marvel Television (Marvel Studios label)|Marvel Television]]" label.<ref name="MarvelTVLabel" />

== Reception ==
The [[review aggregator]] website [[Rotten Tomatoes]] reports an 83% approval rating with an average rating of 7.70/10, based on 115 reviews. The website's critics consensus reads, "Resurrecting Charlie Cox's Daredevil with his virtues intact – namely Vincent D'Onofrio as his terrifying adversary – ''Born Again'' is an ambitious and at times ungainly crime saga that marks a mature tonal shift for the MCU."<ref name="RottenTomatoes">{{Cite Rotten Tomatoes |id=daredevil_born_again |type=tv |title=Daredevil: Born Again |season=1 |access-date=March 10, 2025}}{{cbignore}}</ref> [[Metacritic]], which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 69 out of 100 based on 30 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.<ref name="Metacritic">{{Cite Metacritic |title=Daredevil: Born Again |id=daredevil-born-again |type=tv |season=1 |access-date=March 7, 2025}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

Aramide Tinubu at ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' called the season "a brilliantly detailed continuation" of ''Daredevil'' and "wonderfully complex" that "takes a sledgehammer to its former Netflix world, allowing the titular character and those orbiting him to transform under the weight and pain of time". Tinubu enjoyed the season's exploration of how fast corruption spreads within political institutions and concluded that the season was "a breathtaking example of what it means to revisit a known hero while offering him new reasons to fight for justice".<ref name="VarietyReview" /> Amon Warmann writing for ''[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]'' felt ''Born Again'' "retains much of what was great about that Netflix run[...] and adds in just enough fresh elements to keep things interesting". He praised Cox and D'Onofrio, calling them "two of the best casting decisions in Marvel history", and enjoyed Murdock's courtroom scenes as well as Fisk's marital issues storyline, noting it was an unexpected one for a series like ''Born Again''. The season's focus on the people of New York was also a highlight, as was the action sequences and the audio and visual techniques used to portray Murdock's heightened senses, which were "incredibly effective". Warmann gave the season 4 out of 5 stars.<ref name="EmpireReview" />

''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]''{{'}}s Angie Han said, "The adherence to formula that makes ''Born Again'' so satisfying at its best is also what ultimately keeps it feeling trapped in amber." She praised the performances of Cox and D'Onofrio and enjoyed some of the new cast who had "strong impressions right off the bat" but ultimately grew "less fleshed-out" as the season progressed, and also enjoyed the inclusion of MCU characters, whose appearances served as a "reminder of how expansive this cinematic universe can be, not how oppressively interconnected it's become". Han believed the action sequences lacked "novelty", but offered a sense of nostalgia, and some storylines such as ''The BB Report'' segments and the corruption "[came] off more like self-conscious affectations meant to give ''Born Again'' a grown-and-gritty sheen rather than serious attempts to engage with larger themes", ultimately leading to few surprises and missed opportunities in the season.<ref name="THRReview" /> Reviewing the season for ''[[RogerEbert.com]]'', Cristina Escobar enjoyed the season as a courtroom drama and its "layering of moral complexity" elevated the season. She also liked the use of the various villains besides Fisk, as it created a "less predictable" season, making it "hard to guess where an individual plotline [were] going". Escobar had issues with the pacing of the season, noting it took "a lot of time getting to its central premise", and was disappointed in the writing for Glenn as Murdock's love interest, which made her come across "an easily manipulated nag rather than an intelligent actor in her own right". She concluded that the "real allure" of the season was its "call to arms against tyranny" working as "an imperfect interrogation of our current moment".<ref name="RogerEbertReview" />

In his 2.5 out of 5 star review for ''[[Total Film]]'', Bradley Russell felt the season was "a huge disappointment" given it lacked ''Daredevil''{{'}}s "warm supporting cast and bone-crunching action". He enjoyed the performances from Cox, D'Onofrio, Bernthal, and the set up for the second season. However, speaking to the season's creative overhaul, Russell believed the additions from Scardapane were not enough to move the season away from its original plan to start fresh from the Netflix series, calling the season "a noticeably Frankensteined project [... with] an awkward patchwork of occasionally good repairs stapled over the top of a pretty bad series", pointing to the lack of Nelson and Page in the season as was originally intended. Russell was also disappointed with the use of Muse as a villain and the "constant interrupting" of ''The BB Report'' segments using exposition to tell viewers how they should feel.<ref name="TotalFilmReview" /> In a more critical review, [[Alan Sepinwall]] from ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' called the season "a Frankenstein monster [...] with various parts stitched together in ungainly fashion". He felt like the season was "lurching back and forth between its competing creative visions, with Scardapane having to work around the story ideas and new characters he inherited from his predecessors". Sepinwall did not enjoy the legal drama storylines, as various parts of the case were "raced through" and believed new characters McDuffie, Glenn, and Cherry were "awfully thin", though Blake was "one of the more effective cast additions". Praise was given to the performances of Cox, D'Onofrio, and Bernthal, as well as Fisk running for mayor and the season's midpoint when Murdock helps stop a bank robbery. That episode was "nimble and fun" and a "self-contained hour that so many of these Marvel shows — both in the Netflix era and the Disney+ one — have desperately needed to do, but have rarely attempted".<ref name="RollingStoneReview" />

Bob Strauss of ''[[TheWrap]]'' noted the political nature of the season, pointing to the "endless parallels" to the [[first 100 days of the second Donald Trump presidency]], which was "as disturbing as any point-blank execution or real-time skull crushing"; called Fisk "one big [[Donald Trump]] analog"; believed ''The BB Report'' segments were "echo[ing] familiar [[MAGA]], as well as more thoughtful but not necessarily accurate, attitudes"; noted the parallels of Vanessa Fisk rarely appearing with Wilson in public to [[Melania Trump]]; and felt Blake had "the naïveté, enthusiasm and careerism we might associate with young [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]]".<ref name="WrapReview" /> Sepinwall was also aware of the "echoes" to the political climate the season released in.<ref name="RollingStoneReview" />