Disney’s in the middle of creating quite a bit of new content these days.
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There are several Marvel films on the schedule for the future, along with a variety of Star Wars series, not to mention the Disney and Pixar projects on the horizon. But one of the upcoming series for Disney+ revisits an old fan-favorite character…and there’s some controversy bubbling up.
Disney is currently in the process of rebooting Daredevil as Daredevil: Born Again, which will be an 18-episode series and feature Charlie Cox, Vincent D’Onofrio, and Jon Bernthal returning as their characters from the original show.
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However, not everyone is pleased with this reunion. According to Variety, Daredevil showrunner Steven DeKnight took to Twitter/X to share a criticism of the reboot series.
“It’s an old Disney scam where they slightly rename a series to reset contract terms back to first season,” DeKnight wrote. “Needs to be addressed by all the guilds/unions and crushed!”
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“From what I understand, I’m not going to see a penny from ‘Daredevil: Born Again’ because they added the ‘Born Again’ and can claim it’s a completely different show,” he explained. “You know, with the exact same two lead actors (who I love!) playing Daredevil and Fisk.”
“To be clear, I can’t wait to see Charlie Cox and the amazing Vincent D’Onofrio reprise their iconic roles,” DeKnight wrote. “But to claim this is a complete reboot and you don’t have to pay the original creatives is some corporate shenanigans, to say the least.”
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The series was originally set to premiere on Disney+ in spring 2024, but production on the show was paused a little while back due to the WGA strike. The show remains out of production during the SAG-AFTRA strike. It’s possible that its premiere could get pushed back, so we’ll let you know if Disney makes an announcement.
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Common tactics used by movie studios. This is pne of the reasons writers and actors went on strike. Movie studios are like any other company, they do anthing just to save a few pennies while they make billions.
Ronjon is exactly right! It seems all Disney execs can do now is leech creative works created by other people, overpaying their executives and stockholders and underpaying or outright laying off everyone else and providing lower quality at a higher price to the consumers.
I love WDW. I believe people deserve to be fairly compensated for their ideas and labor. Those two ideas should not have to be in conflict with each other.
What law says that just because you hire the same actors the showrunner of the previous version gets a payday? There were at least two live action TV and movie versions of Daredevil prior to the Netflix show, did DeKnight pay those show runners anything?
I’ll admit I have no knowledge about how a showrunner gets paid. But if you are no longer working with/on the show, and these were never your original characters, why should you be getting paid?