Variety reports David Slade (The Twilight Saga: Eclipse) is set to direct Daredevil, a film Variety’s Rachel Abrams refers to as “the next film in the Daredevil story.” That kind of wording makes me wonder if they’re talking about a sequel to the original 2003 Ben Affleck feature that also spawned the Elektra spin-off with Jennifer Garner or if this is a reboot of the franchise.
I get even more confused when I move to the story’s third paragraph which says “sources close to the project tell Variety that the untitled film will be a continuation of the superhero pic, and will not contain material from the Ben Affleck-toplined version released by Fox in 2003.” So it will be a continuation, but not contain “material” from the original film. Is this saying there won’t be flashbacks? Won’t be references to what went on? What?
It sounds to me like it’s going to abandon the origin aspect of the story and work purely on the assumption the audience knows how the Daredevil character came to be, which, for those like me that have only seen the 2003 film once and aren’t comic book readers, here is the original synopsis:
Attorney Matt Murdock is blind, but his other four senses function with superhuman sharpness. By day, Murdock represents the downtrodden. At night, he is Daredevil, a masked vigilante stalking the dark streets of the city, a relentless avenger of justice.
The original feature co-starred Jennifer Garner, Michael Clarke Duncan and Colin Farrell.
One thing is for certain, THR confirms Ben Affleck is not involved in this new project and it is without a screenwriter as the film is said to merely be in the development process. Slade’s next film is expected to be The Last Voyage of the Demeter with Ben Kingsley and Noomi Rapace attached to star.
