Some interesting news regarding the Daredevil reboot. Apparently it is to be based on the classic Born Again story arc by Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli – issues #227-233.
The story follows Daredevil aka Matt Murdock’s life being systematically destroyed by the Kingpin who learns Daredevil’s identity. Like many Daredevil stories it is quite dark. Here is some more info on the tale via wiki.
Karen Page, the former secretary of the Nelson & Murdock law offices and girlfriend of Matt Murdock, had left the series years earlier to pursue an acting career in Hollywood. Her plans did not work out, and she became a star of pornographic movies and a heroin addict. Her addiction finally drives her to sell Matt Murdock’s secret identity for a shot of heroin.
This information eventually reaches the Kingpin, who proceeds to test it. Over the next six months, he uses his vast influence to hound Murdock, causing his accounts to be frozen by the IRS, the bank to foreclose on his house and in general make Murdock’s life increasingly unbearable. He even manipulates police lieutenant Nicholas Manolis into testifying that he saw Murdock pay a witness to perjure himself in a case. In the resulting trial, Murdock manages to avoid a jail term, but he is barred from practicing law.
The Kingpin skillfully ruins Murdock’s life piece by piece, but Murdock cannot see his handiwork—instead, he is convinced that he is simply unlucky and that there is no enemy for him to fight except for his increasingly desperate and violent attempts to investigate this situation. The Kingpin eventually exposes himself when he has Murdock’s house firebombed—a signature mob act.
Unfortunately, by now Murdock has become unhinged. He has trouble differentiating between his fantasies and the real world. He is homeless and destitute, and now believes he has no friends. He even thinks that his former girlfriend Glorianna O’Breen and his best friend and business partner Foggy Nelson are a part of a complex, all-encompassing conspiracy against him.
David Slade (30 Days of Night) is set to direct the film for 20th Century Fox and Fringe writer/producer Brad Caleb Kane is on board to write the script.
For this to work well I would say an R rated script would be needed. It shows a superhero losing it and going to dark places. For once going the grim and gritty route is actually the way to go.
Who could play Matt Murdock and do justice to the story?
Source: Heat Vision
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