Add Marvel Studios’ Disney+ series Daredevil: Born Again and DC/Max’s TV spin-off Penguin to the growing list of film and TV productions that have fully paused production due to the ongoing Writers Guild of America strike which has entered its second month.
With production stopped, audiences will probably have to wait longer to see the savior of Hell’s Kitchen and Batman’s arch-enemy come to life on streaming. Both shows are scheduled to premiere in 2024.
A semi-continuation of the Netflix Daredevil series, Born Again will see Charlie Cox (Matt Murdock), Vincent D’Onofrio (Wilson Fisk) and Jon Bernthal (Frank Castle) reprise their respective roles, while new cast members, Michael Gandolfini, Nikki M. James and Sandrine Holt join. Holt will play The Kingpin’s wife, Vanessa Fisk, while James is rumored to be playing assistant DA Kristen McDuffie.
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The series is loosely based on the ’80s Marvel Comics series of the same name by Frank Miller and David Mazzuchelli, but is not expected to be an overly faithful adaptation. Despite some significant changes to the story, “Daredevil versus Wilson Fisk, aka the Kingpin, remains the focal point.”https://reel360.com/article/simpsons-day-picketers-demand-their-doh/
The Penguin is a spin-off from Matt Reeves’ 2022 film The Batman. Colin Farrell reprises his take on the iconic villain for the criminal underworld series. The show also stars Cristin Milioti, Clancy Brown and Michael Zegen.
Farrell recently joined a WGA picket line outside of Paramount in Times Square. “Writers are everything to us,” he told Variety. Farrell added that he knew there would be a resolution because “the stare-down going on is so fucking boring,” and the action is “a testament to the arrogance of those at the top that these people are now out of work and can’t because they are doing the right thing.”
The labor dispute, which has gained support not only from other unions but the general public as well, has now entered its second month. Writers walked out on May 2 after talks between the WGA Negotiating Committee and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers broke down.
