Original ‘Daredevil’ Showrunner Calls Out ‘Disney Scam’ of Naming New Series ‘Daredevil: Born Again’: It ‘Resets Contract Terms Back to First Season’ - eviltoast
Steven DeKnight, who served as the showrunner on the first season of Netflix’s “Daredevil,” recently took to social media to criticize Disney for running a scam with its upcoming …

“It’s an old Disney scam where they slightly rename a series to reset contract terms back to first season,” DeKnight wrote on X/Twitter. “Needs to be addressed by all the guilds/unions and crushed!”

  • GunnarRunnar@kbin.social
    114·
    1 year ago

    Makes no sense if it’s the same premise, same major characters and basically the same recipe as the original – which seems to be its selling point. But the mouse fucks over whoever it can.

    • Steve@communick.newsEnglish
      771·
      1 year ago

      It’s going to be some kind of a soft reboot. It won’t be the same show. It’s not even going to have Karen and Foggy.

      I don’t know if it’ll be good, or not. I just know, it won’t be a 4th season of The Daredevil we know.

      • Moobythegoldensock@lemm.ee
        41·
        1 year ago

        Weird that they didn’t hire back the two best characters on the show, especially since Deborah Ann Woll has made it clear she’s still interested.

        • Zink@programming.dev
          351·
          1 year ago

          If Deborah Ann Woll wants to be in their show and Deborah Ann Woll is not in their show, I fear a lot of bad decisions are going into the production of their show.

      • InvaderDJ@lemmy.worldEnglish
        22·
        1 year ago

        That will be the sticking point. If this is a continuation of the Netflix series, resetting the contract terms will be messed up.

        If it’s not a continuation, it’s still kind of messed up that they’re going with the less generous contract terms. I also personally think that would be a bad decision just from a creative standpoint. People wanted more of the Netflix Daredevil, not Disney-fied Daredevil with some of the same actors.

        • _cerpin_taxt_@lemmy.world
          281·
          1 year ago

          Get ready for CGI fest Daredevil. Remember him doing CGI backflips and shit in She-Hulk? Welcome to Disney’s Daredevil haha.

          • GunnarRunnar@kbin.social
            43·
            1 year ago

            Don’t you think this show will be a little more than a vague reference or a quick cameo? I think you’re making a really disingenuous argument here.

            And those cameos or shared-universe things should be negotiated anyway and probably are. It actually is also somewhat helpful for the show to share the universe with another popular show, otherwise they wouldn’t do that. But this isn’t that. This is them going “you liked Netflix’s Daredevil, so here, enjoy”. That’s their selling point. It’s not from the makers of Daredevil, it’s the same Daredevil.