Daredevil: Born Again ditches head writers and directors as Marvel rethinks show

Staying true to its title, Daredevil: Born Again will soon be reborn.

The Marvel series, set to continue the adventures of Charlie Cox as blind superhero Matt Murdock, is getting a complete overhaul, EW has confirmed. The Hollywood Reporter was the first to report the news that the studio parted ways with head writers Chris Ord and Matt Corman.

The 18-episode series paused production in June due to the writers' strike, giving executives — including Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige — time to review the footage. After deciding that the show was not working, the studio is now looking for new writers and directors for the project. Some elements of the original series will be kept, with Corman and Ord credited as executive producers, but Daredevil: Born Again is ultimately heading in a new creative direction.

According to the report, Corman and Ord's version of the series resembled a procedural rather than the bloody and action-packed version of Daredevil that first existed on Netflix before moving to Disney+. Cox reportedly didn't don his Daredevil costume until the fourth episode of the reboot.

The situation has also inspired bigger changes at Marvel Television. Daredevil: Born Again is far from the first troubled production for the studio: Moon Knight, She-Hulk: Attorney At Law, and Secret Invasion went through major revamps of their own, including head writer swaps. Going forward, Marvel plans to follow a more traditional TV production process, including hiring showrunners who will write pilots and show bibles. The studio also expressed a desire to veer away from limited series and towards multi-season serialized TV.

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