Originally published April 29, 2015. Updated April 14, 2018.
Marvel kicked off its Netflix shows earlier this month with the release of the 13-part series Daredevil, but if Joss Whedon had his way, the Man Without Fear would never have appeared on the small screen, with the Avengers: Age of Ultron helmer telling IGN that he fought for a Daredevil movie from Marvel Studios.
“I fought for Daredevil to be a film instead of a TV show. Then under the auspices of Drew Goddard and Steven DeKnight… I’m dying to see the show but they released it just as I started the press tour! If the show’s working, the show’s working. Comic books are serialised entertainment and a lot of them lend themselves to TV shows as much or more than they do to movies. I like [Daredevil] because he’s basically Marvel’s Batman, thanks to Frank Miller basically. So for me I didn’t think they’d be able to sustain that sort of mood on TV but TV has changed so much. It’s come up so much that I think it might just be the right place.”
Is TV the right place for Daredevil, or would you rather have seen Matt Murdock on the big screen? Let us know your thoughts…
Daredevil sees Charlie Cox (Stardust) leading the cast as Matt Murdock/Daredevil alongside Deborah Ann Woll (True Blood) as Karen Page, Elden Henson (The Butterfly Effect) as Foggy Nelson, Vincent D’Onofrio (Law & Order: Criminal Intent) as the Kingpin, Scott Glenn (The Silence of the Lambs) as Stick, Rosario Dawson (Sin City: A Dame to Kill For) as Claire Temple / Night Nurse, Toby Moore (John Wick) as Wesley, Ayelet Zurer (Man of Steel) as Vanessa, Vondie Curtis-Hall (Chicago Hope) as Ben Urich, Bob Gunton (The Shawshank Redemption) as Leland Owlsley / The Owl, Rob Morgan (Person of Interest) as Turk Barrett, Matt Gerald (Dexter) as Melvin Potter / The Gladiator, Peter Shinkoda (Falling Skies) as Nobu, Wai Ching Ho (Blue Bloods) as Madame Gao, Nikolai Nikolaeff (Sea Patrol) as Vladimir and Gideon Emery (How to Train Your Dragon 2) as Anatoly.
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