Charlie Cox’s Daredevil: Born Again is among some of the most anticipated projects of the MCU. Marvel Studios confirmed the show last year, and fans have been curiously waiting for every update about the show. Last week it was revealed that the Tony-winning actress Nikki M. James has joined the cast of the show. Although her role in the show is yet to be confirmed, fans are excited to see the highly accomplished actress join the cast.
A new update of the show has revealed information about Born Again‘s writing team. According to The Cosmic Circus, the writer’s room includes two writers who have worked for DC’s Arrowverse shows.
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Arrowverse Writers Join Daredevil: Born Again Writing Team
In its new report, The Cosmic Circus revealed the writers of Disney+’s Daredevil: Born Again. The report also revealed that the show’s writing team also includes two writers, Jill Blankenship and Grainne Godfree, from DC’s Arrowverse shows.
Jill Blankenship is an experienced superhero writer and has worked on shows like Arrow and The Last Ship. She also served as co-creator and showrunner for the Arrowverse series, Naomi. The show ran for a full season at CW but was canceled soon after its season finale.
The superhero drama was reportedly canceled due to low viewership and scheduling conflicts. Blankenship has now joined the writing team of Daredevil: Born Again. The other Arrowverse writer who has joined the writer’s room of the Charlie Cox starrer is Grainne Godfree.
Godfree has worked on multiple Arrowverse shows including Arrow, The Flash, and 20 episodes of DC’s Legends of Tomorrow. Deadline reported in 2020 that Grainne Godfree was considered to write and executive produce a project based on Jennifer Lynn Barnes’ novel series, The Inheritance Games.
Reports claimed that Amazon was planning to develop the project. However, no further updates are available regarding the show. Both writers have years of experience as they have worked in quite popular superhero shows. However, Marvel fans do not have a good feeling about the Arrowverse writers joining the writer’s room of Daredevil: Born Again.
Fans Feel Uneasy About Arrowverse Writers
Although both Jill Blankenship and Grainne Godfree have years of experience working in the superhero genre, Marvel fans are not very sure about the duo joining the writer’s room of Daredevil: Born Again.
Some of them are saying that Blankenship and Godfree’s experience working on the crossover episodes could be helpful for the Disney+ show, but others have also mentioned reasons to feel uneasy. One of the major concerns is which season of Arrow they have worked on.
— Smiso (@directorsmiso) January 24, 2023
How about some comic book writers?
— Jimmy Palmiotti (@jpalmiotti) January 24, 2023
Oh no! The writing on that show wasn’t that good at all. 🤦🏻♂️
— Just a guy who loves video games. (@vagrantpistol) January 24, 2023
— Vesin 💔 // Robin 🐦 (@VesinReturns) January 24, 2023
can they just get the daredevil writers back or
— rae (@hallowmoons) January 24, 2023
Now why in the hell would they do that? pic.twitter.com/21XZH57F77
— M. White (@TellerOfFables) January 24, 2023
Although the series ran for a long time on CW, fans’ opinion is not the same for all seasons of the show. However, some of the fans still have hopes for Grainne Godfree, who has worked on DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, which is considered one of the best shows of Arrowverse.
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Fans have also asked the studio to hire writers with legal knowledge, as Charlie Cox has said that Daredevil: Born Again would focus more on courtroom drama. The news has only added to fans’ concerns about the show. Fans have already been concerned about Disney changing the tone of the show.
Daredevil: Born Again is set to release in Spring 2024 on Disney+.
Source: The Cosmic Circus
