Born Again’ Season 2’s Release Date Is A Miracle

In this era of 95% of streaming shows needing 1.5 to even 3+ years to make a new season, we only see that mold broken every so often. And if you told me that an MCU project was going to be in that category, I wouldn’t have believed you.

It’s just been announced that Daredevil: Born Again season 2 has wrapped filming. It began filming as season 1 was still airing, and that means there will be a miraculous single year between seasons of the show. The data:

• Daredevil: Born Again season 1 wrapped filming in April 2024, and the show aired in March 2025.
• Daredevil: Born Again season 2 wrapped filming in July 2025, and the show’s release date will be in March 2026.

Despite another three extra months there, Daredevil: Born Again season 2 is supposed to hit that year mark, barring any post-production delays. But Marvel really wants this to happen, which is great for all of us, if it pans out.

How did this happen? The two seasons were greenlit from the start. Writing finished early. Filming started early. This is what we see from other miraculous year-gap shows like Slow Horses which are auto-renewed way early so there’s enough time to get them out very quickly. But while those seasons are six episodes, Daredevil’s are nine, making this even more impressive.

We know a little bit about season 2, namely that the show stopped bothering trying to hide that Krysten Ritter’s Jessica Jones was rising from her Netflix grave to join the cast. We also know Jon Bernthal’s Punisher will return, a character who is also getting his own Disney Plus special and has just been confirmed to be joining the cast of Spider-Man: Brand New Day, indicating a more street-level focus for that character, which as of now, seems to be staying out of the next cosmic/multiverse Avengers plotline.

It seems that Marvel’s new plan for Disney Plus series is to go back to that Netflix-era street-level content. This technically started with Echo, but now the main attraction is Daredevil. Punisher and Jessica Jones are already back. Luke Cage and Iron Fist’s actors have expressed a strong desire to return, reassembling the Defenders.

The one catch here is that Daredevil: Born Again may have a bit of a viewership problem. The show was a sequel to a series that ended in 2018, and it debuted with figures below the likes of Agatha All Along, and it did not chart on Nielsen ratings. 7.5 million in its first five days was enough to be the biggest premiere on Disney Plus this year but that was…three months into the year with essentially nothing else big released. So, I wonder if viewership does not pick up, if these kinds of shows will continue. That said, I don’t imagine the recent Ironheart burned up the charts either, even if it didn’t deserve that.

It may be a while until Daredevil marketing spools up, but it is about nine months until release, which you love to see.

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