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David James Kelly Rewriting 'Daredevil' Reboot For 20th Century Fox

  • By Edward Davis
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  • April 30, 2012 5:41 PM
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If at first you do not mega-succeed, try, try again. This is of course the studio motto and it's changing whether you bomb or not; see the post-Nolan "Batman" films that will eventually happen and the upcoming "Amazing Spider-Man" reboot series. But in the meantime, many studios are concentrating on their failures. Sony just re-tried (and failed) with the "Ghost Rider" series, 20th Century Fox is attempting to get the "Fantastic Four" series back on track, Marvel might try "The Hulk" again (third time's the charm), and Fox once again is also hoping to start their "Daredevil" series over again (Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner, and director Mark Steven Johnson buried the first one in the ground rather quickly; hey, at least the stars got a family out ot it).
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'Daredevil' Reboot To Use Frank Miller's 'Born Again' Run As Source Material

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • June 8, 2011 2:07 AM
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  • 3 Comments
'Fringe' Writer & Producer Brad Caleb Kane To Pen The ScriptWith "X-Men: First Class" coming out of the gate this weekend with a modest box office haul, Fox hopes the wobbly franchise is back on its feet and along with "The Wolverine," they've got another superhero they hope to rescue from the terrible iterations that came before it. David Slade was been tasked with rebooting "Daredevil" earlier in the year and his promise that it would be a completely new adventure has stayed true in some news that should make comic fans very excited.
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More: Films, Super Hero Films, Daredevil, Brad Caleb Kane

David Slade Says New 'Daredevil' Will Not Connect To Previous Film; Comedy Director For 'Deadpool'?

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • March 22, 2011 7:05 AM
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Oh hey, remember "Daredevil"? That's okay, you might've forgotten with all the hubbub about "The Wolverine" over the past few days. As you might recall, David Slade recently signed on to direct the new comic film that was being called "a continuation of the saga," but it now seems that plain old "reboot" is more appropriate.
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More: Films, Super Hero Films, Genre Films, Daredevil, Deadpool

David Slade To Direct 'Daredevil'

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • March 15, 2011 10:18 AM
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  • 6 Comments
Let The Casting Speculation Begin!"Daredevil" is being brought back to the big screen and David Slade is set to direct.
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More: Films, David Slade, Super Hero Films, Daredevil

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