“Daredevil” Japanese Theatrical Poster
By all accounts, season one of Netflix’s Daredevil series has proven a rousing success. The 13-episode program, which features Charlie Cox (Stardust) as Marvel Comics’ blind attorney turned vigilante, earned high marks from both critics and fanboys alike thanks to its blend of crime drama and hard-hitting action.
The show’s fight scenes, of which are there many, offer intricate martial arts choreography that wouldn’t be out of place in a Hong Kong action flick. In fact, Daredevil showrunner Steve S. DeKnight revealed to Entertainment Weekly that the series’ inspiration included modern Indonesian classic The Raid: Redemption. Given the acclaim that greeted Daredevil’s first season, fans are already anticipating Season 2.
And they have every right to get excited: Marvel announced today that actor Jon Bernthal, perhaps best known for his turn as hotheaded Shane in TV’s The Walking Dead, has been cast as the Punisher – Marvel Comics’ other streetside vigilante who, unlike Daredevil, isn’t afraid to pull the trigger and mete out a deadly brand of justice. Looks like things in Hell’s Kitchen are about to be anything but quiet when Daredevil: Season 2 arrives sometime in 2016.
