The second season premiered on Disney+ on March 24, 2026, and will consist of eight episodes. The season is being released weekly until May 5 as part of Phase Six of the MCU. A third season was confirmed in September 2025.[1]
Matt Murdock, as the vigilante Daredevil, infiltrates the Northern Star, a cargo ship carrying military-grade weapons to Mayor Wilson Fisk's Red Hook free port. The captain and first mate try to sink the ship, blocking access to the port. CIA operative "Mr. Charles" ensures that upcoming trials for vigilantes captured by Fisk's Anti-Vigilante Task Force (AVTF) will not be interfered with by New York State leadership. Fisk and his wife, Vanessa, agree to work with Mr. Charles on more shipments. Murdock and his friend Karen Page work in secret to oppose Fisk: Page meets with BB Urich, who spreads propaganda for Fisk while gathering information on him; and Murdock searches for the Northern Star crew with his ally Cherry. Therapist Heather Glenn, suffering trauma from her capture by masked serial killer Muse,[a] agrees to falsify Jack Duquesne's evaluation ahead of his trial for being the vigilante Swordsman. The AVTF attack Cherry and Murdock comes to his rescue. As Cherry has a heart attack, Murdock is unmasked by the AVTF officers who are swiftly killed by Benjamin "Dex" Poindexter.
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"Shoot the Moon"
Justin Benson & Aaron Moorhead
Dario Scardapane
March31,2026(2026-03-31)
Cherry is taken to the hospital to recover and manages to escape with his colleagues before the AVTF can come after him. Fisk puts out a missing person warrant for Murdock for saving his life at the Black & White Ball fundraiser,[b] making it difficult for Murdock to be seen in public as himself and Daredevil and to break into Red Hook. After recovering, Cole North returns to the ATVF. Angela del Toro's aunt and Hector Ayala's wife, Soledad, is arrested by the AVTF for trying to break up a fight between an officer and a teenager. Angela visits Murdock's law partner, Kirsten McDuffie, and retrieves her uncle's Amulet of Power. BB is secretly running an online smear campaign highlighting Fisk's atrocities while dressed as him, and her friend and Fisk's Deputy Mayor of Communications, Daniel Blake, warns her about leaking their information to the public. Vanessa grows paranoid over Dex. Murdock and Page are attacked in their hideout at Josie's Bar by the AVTF. After Daredevil defeats the officers, Page reveals she has taken one of them hostage.
The hostage officer, named Alan Saunders, offers to help Murdock and Page by giving them his security card for Red Hook. They leak a copy of a charter to the governor, Marge McCaffrey, that would allow her to revoke Fisk's access to Red Hook, which she agrees to do with the dubious nature of the Northern Star incident. McDuffie confronts Glenn over her decision to work for Fisk before preparing for Duquesne's trial, where she learns Fisk had him imprisoned after he refused to support the Red Hook project. With the court and judges rigged against him despite there being no evidence for his activities, Duquesne is found guilty. With McDuffie's testimony, Daredevil breaks into Red Hook to destroy the weapons, but discovers Fisk's prison and works together with Duquesne to free the prisoners. They are assisted by Page and Angela, now wielding the Amulet of Power. Fisk has the AVTF kill the night crew on the Northern Star to put further public pressure on the vigilantes.
Charlie Cox as Matt Murdock / Daredevil: A blind lawyer with superhuman senses from Hell's Kitchen, New York, who leads a double life as a masked vigilante.[5] Murdock forms a resistance group during the season to fight back against Wilson Fisk and his anti-vigilante agenda.[6] Executive producer Brad Winderbaum described Murdock as a revolutionary and a rebel in the season, with the character "go[ing] up against the power of the city".[7]
Deborah Ann Woll as Karen Page: A reporter-turned-lawyer and Murdock's friend and former partner at Nelson, Murdock & Page.[11] Cox said Karen would be part of Murdock's resistance group during the season, and the pair would be working at night to "find a crack in the armor" while spending their days together waiting, hinting at a possible rekindled romance between the two.[12] Showrunner Dario Scardapane said Page's evolution is in line with her history in Daredevil (2015–2018). He and Woll did not want her to be depicted as a sidekick or girlfriend, with Scardapane describing Page as "somebody who both mirrors and pushes Murdock—not always in the best way".[13]
Margarita Levieva as Heather Glenn: A therapist and Murdock's ex-girlfriend who is Fisk's Mental Health Commissioner.[6] Levieva said that the season sees Glenn "struggling with the aftereffects" of Muse's attack on her in the first season, stating that Glenn is "doing her best to put up a front" while focusing on her work as a therapist, which has "become her biggest and only relationship" following her breakup with Murdock.[14]
Matthew Lillard as Mr. Charles: An influential "power player" who becomes an antagonist for Fisk at the "politics and international diplomacy" level.[9] Lillard said that Charles is "a CIA spook" who controls power behind the scenes such as helping nations "rise and fall".[15] He works for CIA director Valentina Allegra de Fontaine.[16] Lillard described the character as "somebody who bends the ear of very powerful people around the world" and who is unimpressed with Fisk, as Charles is not interested in New York City politics as much as he is in world politics. Lillard added that the character had "this Cheshire Cat sort of energy about him".[17]
Genneya Walton as BB Urich: A journalist for The BB Report and the niece of the late Ben Urich.[6] BB disseminates propaganda for Fisk while working undercover to expose him and his crimes, and secretly runs a smear campaign against him through an online program called City Without Fear, which she hosts wearing a caricature mask of Fisk's face to hide her identity while under the alias of "Mayor Kingpin".[20]
Ayelet Zurer as Vanessa Fisk: Wilson's wife who is part of his criminal empire and the one who orchestrated Foggy Nelson's assassination[23]
Wilson Bethel as Benjamin "Dex" Poindexter / Bullseye: A psychopathic assassin and former FBI agent who is a highly skilled marksman capable of using almost any object as a lethal projectile.[24] Bethel said the season featured new sides to Dex's personality that had not been seen before, and he was excited for fans to see the "fun, insane stuff" that he got to do with the character in the season.[25] Bethel added that Dex has a "renewed sense of purpose" in what he perceives as a "redemption arc" for himself, even though he is "a little misguided in his idea of what redemption looks like".[26][27]:10
Elden Henson as Franklin "Foggy" Nelson: Murdock's best friend and former law partner who was assassinated by Dex at the behest of Vanessa Fisk in the first season[11]
Krysten Ritter as Jessica Jones: A former vigilante suffering from PTSD who runs her own detective agency and becomes Murdock's resistance ally. She has superhuman strength and limited flight abilities.[29][30] Ritter said it felt like no time had passed since she starred as Jones in Marvel's Netflix television seriesJessica Jones (2015–2019), and she found it creatively fulfilling to contrast her performance in Born Again with her concurrent role as Mia LaPierre / Lady Vengeance in the series Dexter: Resurrection (2025–present).[31] Cox described Jones as an antihero and said she and Murdock have a mutual respect despite their differing opinions of each other.[32] Amanat said Jones joins with Murdock despite her aversion to team-ups because "it feels like it's very personal", with the character bringing an "edginess and lightness" to the season that "cuts through the [bullshit] in a really fun way".[10]
Recurring
Hamish Allan-Headley as Connor Powell: A corrupt NYPD officer and a member of Fisk's Anti-Vigilante Task Force (AVTF)[33]
Annie Parisse as Ariana: A restaurant owner helping victims of the AVTF[33]
Thomas Cokenias as Achilleo Kyriaco: The captain of the Northern Star[36]
Camila Rodriguez as Angela del Toro / White Tiger: A teenage girl who joins Murdock's resistance and takes on the mantle of White Tiger from her vigilante uncle Hector Ayala, who was assassinated by Cole North in the first season.[37][38] She uses the mystical Amulet of Power that belonged to her uncle, which grants her superhuman abilities.[39][40]
Jeremy Isaiah Earl as Cole North: An NYPD sergeant from Chicago and a member of the AVTF who has recovered from the explosion that destroyed Murdock's apartment in the first season[41][40]
Ruibo Qian as Angie Kim: An NYPD detective helping the resistance[42]
Ed Kershen as McDaniel: An NYPD officer working with Kim[citation needed]
Ashley Marie Ortiz as Soledad Ayala: Angela's aunt and wife of the deceased Hector[43]
Felix Torrez-Ponce as Alan Saunders: A member of the AVTF who wants to join the resistance[citation needed]
Susan Varon as Josie: The former owner of Josie's Bar in Hell's Kitchen, which was permanently closed in the first season[44][43]
Bartley Booz as a seminarian at Clinton Church[45]
Additionally, the character Bastian Cooper / Muse appears in hallucinations seen by Glenn.[48] A photograph of Vondie Curtis-Hall's Daredevil character Ben Urich is also seen.[49][50] Sydney Parra appears in the second episode as a New Yorker interviewed for The BB Report.[51] James Armstrong was cast in an undisclosed role.[52]
Production
Development
A reboot of Marvel's Netflix television seriesDaredevil (2015–2018) was reported to be in development with Marvel Studios in March 2022.[53][54] The series was confirmed to be in development for Disney+ in late May, with Matt Corman and Chris Ord attached as head writers and executive producers.[55] At San Diego Comic-Con that July, the series was announced as Daredevil: Born Again and was revealed to have 18 episodes for its first season.[56] By late September 2023, after six episodes had been filmed,[57][58] Marvel Studios decided to overhaul the series with a new creative direction. Corman and Ord were let go as head writers, as were the series' remaining directors.[57] Marvel planned to retain some elements that had been shot, add new serialized elements, and move closer to the tone of the Netflix series.[57][59] The creative team also decided to connect the new series to the original series more directly than had previously been planned.[60]Dario Scardapane, a writer on Netflix's Daredevil spin-off series The Punisher (2017–2019), was hired as showrunner for Born Again in October 2023.[59] Filmmaking duo Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead, who previously worked on the Marvel Studios series Moon Knight (2022) and the second season of Loki (2023), were hired to direct the remaining episodes.[59]
Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige said in August 2024 that nine episodes had been completed that would make up the first season of Born Again, and a second season was planned;[61][62] with the creative overhaul, the planned 18-episode season had been split into two, nine-episode seasons.[63][64] In February 2025, Scardapane, Benson, and Moorhead were confirmed to be returning for the second season,[65][64] with Benson and Moorhead directing the first two episodes.[66][67][3] Scardapane said the second season would just be eight episodes,[68][69] and described its production as a "better-oiled machine".[64] In May, star Vincent D'Onofrio revealed that Angela Barnes would direct for the season after doing so for the Marvel Studios series Ironheart (2025).[70]Solvan Naim and Iain B. MacDonald were revealed in July to also be directing.[21] Naim directed the third and fourth episodes, Barnes directed the fifth and sixth episodes, and MacDonald directed the final two episodes. Executive producers included Marvel Studios' Feige, Louis D'Esposito, Brad Winderbaum, and Sana Amanat, alongside Scardapane, Benson, Moorhead, MacDonald, Cox, and D'Onofrio. David Chambers serves as producer.[3] The series is released under Marvel Studios' "Marvel Television" label.[71]
Writing
The series' initial take was described as a legal procedural that was dark, but not as gory as the Netflix series,[57][72] and more episodic than other Marvel Studios series with "self-contained" episodes.[73] D'Onofrio said in March 2023 that they were working on two seasons and there would be "gigantic payoffs" during the second.[74] Following the series' creative overhaul, serialized elements were added,[59] and the cast said the events of the original series would be part of their characters' histories. Some new storylines build on those events, but they did not want to dwell too much on the past or alienate new viewers.[75]
Heather Bellson, Jesse Wigutow, and Devon Kliger returned as writers from the first season, alongside newcomers Chantelle Wells and Omar Najam.[4][21] Wigutow said the season had a "singular vision", unlike the first which at times felt "jigsawed together" due to the creative overhaul.[76] Scardapane said the scripts for seven episodes were "locked, loaded, [and] ready to go" ahead of filming. He was still working on the season finale, as he wanted to incorporate elements discovered during filming similar to traditional network television series where only a few episodes are written ahead of the one being filmed.[69] The final script was completed by May 2025.[77] Star Charlie Cox applauded the scripts, believing the season had some of the series' best writing and a strong ensemble due to it developing characters who Cox felt were "left behind" in the series' initial iteration.[78]
Scardapane described the second season as a "part two", building on what had been done with the first,[64] with visual cues, themes, and Easter eggs from the first season that "pay off monstrously" in the second.[79] He said Wilson Fisk / Kingpin is the "prime villain" of the series, but it also features other antagonists who would be "piling up" as the story continues. These include the serial killer Muse, whose storyline has a "ripple effect" from the first season into the second.[64] At the end of the first season, Fisk has placed New York City under martial law and locked his political opponents in cages. D'Onofrio said this allows Fisk to commit crimes and get rid of vigilantes, but the character has bigger plans to expand his power and reach beyond New York.[80] Wigutow said the season had "a lot of political intrigue and palace intrigue", and was telling a "big New York City story" about crime and politics that narrows down to "what matters most" in the finale. He said the season was ultimately about Fisk and Matt Murdock / Daredevil both hating and needing each other, and how they work through that.[81][76] Cox said Fisk's New York had become "much more sinister" for those looking to do the right thing and "all bets are off" now that the first-season pact between Murdock and Fisk, to avoid confronting each other, no longer applies.[82] Scardapane acknowledged similarities between the Mayor Fisk storyline, which ends with the second season, and contemporary U.S. politics. He said the writers were drawing from the comics and history, for example the actions and costumes of the Anti-Vigilante Task Force (AVTF) was taken directly from the comics, and it was strange that the episodes they filmed a year earlier looked like they "could be off the news" at the time of the season's release.[83]
Because of Fisk's actions, the season's characters are divided into two factions: Murdock's resistance and Fisk's administration. Scardapane called the season a "resistance story" that explores how Murdock, who found a balance with his life as the vigilante Daredevil in the first season, can continue to operate now that being a vigilante is illegal.[6] He referenced the French Revolution, and said Murdock's rebellion would take longer than the characters and the audience might expect.[7] Murdock's resistance army expands throughout the season.[6] Scardapane said in April 2025 that Murdock's fellow Defenders from Marvel's Netflix miniseries The Defenders (2017) could join his army, but incorporating them all was "tricky writing-wise" as the writers wanted the story to unfold organically and earn the right to have returning characters.[79] A month later, Defenders member Jessica Jones was announced to be returning as one of Murdock's allies in the season.[30] Winderbaum said Jessica Jones's role in the season was comparable to Frank Castle / Punisher's in the first season.[7] The creative team were in constant discussions with the filmmakers behind Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026), which includes characters from the season, to ensure events lined up and "impacts are felt" between the two. Winderbaum said the tones of each project were different but they still wanted to highlight that they exist in the same world.[9] Another element of "connective tissue" between the season and the wider MCU is the character Mr. Charles, who works for CIA director Valentina Allegra de Fontaine. Scardapane wanted de Fontaine to be "part of our world" in the series but said the decision to include her was not his.[16]
Despite being killed in the series' first episode, Franklin "Foggy" Nelson returns for the second season. Amanat said Nelson actor Elden Henson and Karen Page actress Deborah Ann Woll would both appear in different ways and said the creative team could not see a Daredevil season without Henson having some involvement.[11] In the first season, the law firm Nelson, Murdock & Page has the building number 468, which Gizmodo's James Whitbrook felt was an Easter egg to 2006's Daredevil vol. 2 #88 (legacy #468). That issue, by Ed Brubaker, David Aja, and Frank D'Armata, is called "The Secret Life of Foggy Nelson" and depicts Nelson making a deal with the FBI to enter the Witness Protection Program after his apparent murder. Whitbrook wondered if Nelson would be revealed to be alive in the second season. He acknowledged that Nelson's death in the first season "leaves very little room for vagueness", unlike the comic version, but also noted that there is precedence in the Netflix series for characters being resurrected through supernatural means.[84] Reacting to this theory, Moorhead said street-level stories do not usually include supernatural elements and this creates stronger consequences for violence and death: "punches hurt more and blood means more... and dying very often does mean that you're actually dead".[85]
The season is set around six months after the events of the first season, and concurrent with the events of the television special The Punisher: One Last Kill (2026).[7][86]
At the end of February 2025, Matthew Lillard joined the cast for the season as Mr. Charles.[65][9] He called it a "small role right now" and was hopeful the character could return in the future.[87] The next month, Lili Taylor joined in another recurring role as Marge McCaffrey, the governor of New York and a political opponent to Fisk.[28][7] Also in March, set photos revealed that Sydney Parra,[51]Annie Parisse,[88] and James Armstrong were part of the cast.[52] In May, Krysten Ritter was announced to be reprising her role as Jessica Jones from Marvel's Netflix series.[29] Ritter said she had known about her return to the role for nearly two years and had struggled to keep that secret due to being "asked about [playing the character again] daily".[89]Royce Johnson was revealed in July to be reprising his role as Brett Mahoney from Marvel's Netflix series,[46] and confirmed his involvement in December.[47]Toby Leonard Moore was revealed in March 2026 to be reprising his role as James Wesley from the first season of Daredevil (2015).[38] Additional actors returning from the first season include Susan Varon as Josie,[44] Camila Rodriguez as Angela del Toro / White Tiger,[37] Hamish Allan-Headley as Connor Powell,[33]John Benjamin Hickey as Benjamin Hochberg,[34] Jeremy Isaiah Earl as Cole North,[41]Ruibo Qian as Angie Kim,[42] and Ashley Marie Ortiz as Soledad Ayala.[43]
Disney's upfront presentation in May 2025 showed footage of Jon Bernthal as Frank Castle / Punisher, leading to speculation that he would appear in the season.[90] Amanat stated in November that he would not and Castle's story would instead be continued in One Last Kill.[91] The following month, Royce Johnson promoted Born Again season 2 with a photo of himself alongside Bernthal and Woll. This was interpreted by some as an indication that he filmed scenes with Bernthal for the season. Nick Stainforth at Total Film questioned whether this photo was taken during the filming of One Last Kill instead.[47] D'Onofrio stated that Bernthal was not in the season because of his commitments to One Last Kill and Brand New Day.[92]
Design
Michael Shaw and Emily Gunshor returned as production designer and costume designer, respectively, from the first season.[21][46] The second season features a black Daredevil suit with a red "double D" chest emblem, similar to the one featured in the "Shadowland" (2010) comic book storyline.[93][90] It is the first time the character has worn a suit with the chest emblem in the MCU.[94][90] Looking at set photos of the suit, Felipe Rangel of Screen Rant said there appeared to be bits of red visible under the black. He speculated that Murdock had painted over his red suit from the first season.[94] Cox felt it was "pretty cool" to finally wear a suit with the chest emblem and said he had never asked for it before and had to "earn it". He was happy for the suit to be seen in set photos, rather than the usual secrecy that is taken with a new suit during production, because he was proud to finally have the emblem and wanted to show it off.[95] The suit from the end of the season was Cox's favorite to date, calling it "bad-ass" and noting it had unique elements to it created for the season that had not been seen in the comics previously.[96] Dex's costume features a blue "target" emblem on the forehead, similar to the white one from the comics.[97]
Filming
Principal photography began on February 28, 2025,[8][68] with Benson and Moorhead,[68] Naim, Barnes, and MacDonald as directors,[21][3] under the working titleOut the Kitchen 2.[67][97] Soundstage work occurs at Silvercup Studios East in Queens.[98] Hillary Fyfe Spera returned as cinematographer from the first season, working on the first, second, fifth, and sixth episodes in the season, with Jeffrey Waldron serving as cinematographer for the other four episodes.[27]:2 Philip Silvera returned from the first season as stunt coordinator and second unit director.[21] In late March, filming occurred in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, at the set for Josie's Bar, with Cox wearing his black Daredevil suit.[44][93] In early April, Bethel filmed scenes in Chelsea.[24] Dalton was injured while filming action scenes for the season, requiring him to rest for about two or three weeks.[18] Filming was halfway done by mid-May,[99] and wrapped on July 9.[21]
Post-production
Editors for the season included Melissa Lawson Cheung (first and fourth episodes), Stephanie Filo (second, fifth, and seventh episodes), and Cedric Nairn-Smith (third, sixth, and eighth episodes), with Lyric Ramsey and Yoni Rusnak assisting on the fifth and sixth episodes, respectively;[27]:2 Cheung, Filo, and Nairn-Smith returned from the first season.[21] Gong Myung Lee also returned as visual effects supervisor, with visual effects provided by Eyeline, Storm Studios, Important Looking Pirates, Lola Visual Effects, Phosphene, Curated, Anibrain, Cantina Creative, FOLKS, EDI Effetti Digitali Italiani, Ingenuity Studios, and Wylie Co. VFX.[100]
Marketing
In May 2025, Cox and Ritter appeared at Disney's upfront presentation where they debuted footage from the season, and Cox confirmed that Daredevil would wear an "iconic" suit featuring the "double D" chest emblem.[29][90] In October, Cox and Ritter appeared together again at New York Comic Con to present footage from the season.[82] More footage was shown at CCXP in December.[101] The first teaser trailer was released on January 27, 2026, set to Childish Gambino's "Lithonia".[19] The teaser was noted for showing Foggy Nelson, which commentators believed would be for a flashback sequence.[19][102]
Release
The season premiered on March 24, 2026,[102] and consists of eight episodes,[68] releasing weekly until May 5.[2] A launch event was held at Drais Supper Club in New York City on March 23, 2026.[103] It is part of Phase Six of the MCU,[69] and is released under Marvel Studios' "Marvel Television" label.[71]
Reception
The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 95% approval score based on 72 reviews. The website's critics consensus reads, "Daredevil: Born Again imbues its second season with rich substance thanks to devilishly good performances, punchier narrative momentum, and well-timed themes befitting this daring crusader."[104]Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 73 out of 100 based on 16 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.[105]
Podcast
Marvel Television launched a nine-episode Daredevil: Born Again Official Podcast, which began on March 17, 2026. It features conversations with the cast, crew, and creatives, with the first episode looking back at the series so far and teasing elements of the season. Subsequent weekly episodes of the podcast will further explore each episode of the season. The Daredevil: Born Again Official Podcast is being released on Disney+ and YouTube, with an audio-only version available on various podcast platforms.[106]
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YouTube title[107] Disney+ and audio podcast title[108]
Original release date
1
"Season 1 Lookback" "Daredevil: Born Again Returns (Season 1 Lookback)"
March17,2026(2026-03-17)
Featuring Wilson Bethel, Brad Winderbaum, Dario Scardapane, and Sana Amanat
2
"Inside S2 E1 The Northern Star" "The Northern Star (Inside Episode 1)"
March24,2026(2026-03-24)
Featuring Vincent D'Onofrio, Charlie Cox, Justin Benson, and Aaron Moorhead
3
"Inside S2 E2 Shoot the Moon" "Shoot the Moon (Inside Episode 2)"
March31,2026(2026-03-31)
Featuring Deborah Ann Woll, Michael Gandolfini, and Michael Shaw
4
"Inside S2 E3 The Scales & the Sword" "The Scales & The Sword (Inside Episode 3)"
March31,2026(2026-03-31)
Featuring Nikki M. James, Charlie Cox, Tony Dalton, and Phil Silvera
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