Former Daredevil showrunner Steven DeKnight has theories about why the present’s upcoming revival has been renamed.
Marvel’s unique Daredevil sequence first premiered in 2015 on Netflix and ran for 3 seasons earlier than getting canceled in 2018. In July 2022, Disney — which owns Marvel — eliminated the present from its former streaming service and green-lit a sequel for Disney+ titled Daredevil: Born Once more. The revived sequence is ready to function main parts from its predecessor together with Charlie Cox as lead character Matthew Murdock.
DeKnight, who penned the OG sequence however received’t be concerned within the new present, slammed Disney on Tuesday, September 19, for what he claims are “company shenanigans.”
“It’s an previous Disney rip-off the place they barely rename a sequence to reset contract phrases again to first season,” DeKnight wrote via X (formerly known as Twitter) on Monday. “Must be addressed by all of the guild/unions and crushed!”
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DeKnight famous that from what he can “understand” he isn’t “going to see a penny from Daredevil: Born Once more” as a result of the extra “Born Once more” within the present’s title means Disney can “declare it’s a totally totally different present.”
He added: “, with the very same two lead actors (who I like!) taking part in Daredevil and [William] Fisk [played by Vincent D’Onofrio].”
DeKnight’s claims had been in response to a tweet from a Daredevil employee who alleged that the brand new sequence is “again to season one IATSE contract phrases,” calling the method a “f—king rip-off.” They claimed that Disney formally canceled the sequence “as soon as the crew bought a full increase and vacation/trip pay.”
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“I labored on the entire Marvel Netflix exhibits which all had been canceled in season two or three. Our contracts solely give us full trip pay(like 36 cents per hour labored or some shit) on season three exhibits,” a second message from the IATSE member learn. “4 years of labor I by no means bought a increase or trip pay. Like $20,000.”
Regardless of DeKnight’s qualms with Disney’s alleged enterprise procedures surrounding Born Once more, the author insisted he has “zero situation” with the brand new sequence and desires to see it succeed.
“To be clear, I can’t wait to see Charlie Cox and the superb @vincentdonofrio reprise their iconic [roles],” he wrote by way of X on Monday. “However to say this can be a full reboot and also you don’t need to pay the unique creatives is a few company shenanigans, to say the least.”
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DeKnight’s feedback come amid the continued Hollywood strikes. Borth the WGA (Author’s Guild of America) and SAG-AFTRA (Display screen Actors Guild and American Federation of Tv and Radio Artists) are putting due to stalled negotiations with the AMPTP (Alliance of Movement Image and Tv Producers) that embody problems with truthful pay, streaming residual funds and the usage of synthetic intelligence in movie and TV initiatives.
The WGA initially went on strike in Could, whereas SAG-AFTRA joined them on the picket traces two months later in July.
