DAREDEVIL: BORN AGAIN Is Set Five Years After the Events of the Netflix Series

Daredevil: Born Again actor Wilson Bethel, who plays Bullseye/Benjamin Poindexter, has confirmed when exactly the new series takes place in the MCU timeline.

During a panel at Fan Expo San Francisco over the weekend, the actor revealed Daredevil: Born Again is set five years after the events of the original Netflix series.

He explained that it was only natural to do this, given that himself and co-stars are all... visibly older than when we last saw them as their Daredevil characters in 2018.

He said: "Maybe it's different on a sitcom or something like that. But if you're on a show over a period of time and the characters are aging together in real-time, and if the show is well written and the writers are sort of responding to that reality transpiring – the wrinkles of their hair, etc – then in theory, the character is evolving in a way, whether or not the show was on air."

Bethel continued: "These are characters who have all lived five years of life and all of the twists and turns that you take in the meantime.

“So whether or not those stories are on screen, there's just that little extra bit of life in there, which I think, as an actor, gives you an opportunity to bring whatever your own journey has been in that time. They get a little longer in the tooth."

So, with this information, it’s looking like the story for Daredevil: Born Again takes place around the same time as WandaVision and Loki.

In Marvel Television's Daredevil: Born Again, “Matt Murdock (Cox), a blind lawyer with heightened abilities is fighting for justice through his bustling law firm, while former mob boss Wilson Fisk (Vincent D'Onofrio) pursues his own political endeavors in New York. When their past identities begin to emerge, both men find themselves on an inevitable collision course.”

Cox previously talked about the tone of the series, saying: "We're continuing the darkness of the first series on Netflix. It is gonna be that dark and that intense. We worked our butts off to make it that way. So, we're excited about it because of that.

“As far as I'm concerned, the biggest question that I get asked the most is, is it gonna be dark like the original series? And the answer to that is a definite yes. It is dark. It is crazy. We do some things that are definitely a first for Disney+."

Producer Brad Winderbaumpreviously teased some of the action in the series, saying: “I’ll tell you, some of the most brutal action we’ve ever brought to the screen is coming in Daredevil: Born Again, which isn’t a horror show, but really it packs a lot of power and there’s a lot of visceral action, to say the least.”

He went on to tease how things have changed, saying: "These characters have matured, the universe is different than it was. Things have changed, society's changed. Matt and Wilson have changed.

“And their characters are gonna collide in ways we've never seen before. It's no longer enough to try to murder each other. There's a whole game of politics at play."

Daredevil: Born Again is currently being developed by directors Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead, who worked on both Moon Knight and Loki.

The series also stars Charlie Cox as Daredevil, Deborah Ann Woll as Karen Page, Elden Henson as Foggy Nelson Jon Bernthal as Frank Castle/Punisher, and Ayelet Zurer as Vanessa Marianna-Fisk.

The cast also includes Margarita Levieva, Michael Gandolfini, Genneya Walton, Arty Froushan, Jeremy Earl, and more.

Daredevil: Born Again is set to arrive on Disney+ on March 4th, 2025.

Source: Collider