Personally I'd be happy with either a Daredevil movie or TV series. For a TV series, I'd go with a more traditional Nelson & Murdock show. Lots of trials and night time justice. For a movie, I'd go with more of a Frank Miller style dark story. Kinda like Matt Murdock's life falling apart.
Shag Sent from my iPhone On Oct 20, 2012, at 11:07 AM, Michael Bailey <[email protected]> wrote: > I wouldn't rule this idea out because Marvel as a studio has a history of > trying things that haven't been done before with comic book adaptations. I > mean the idea of staying after the credits being mandatory was cemented by > IRON MAN and INCREDIBLE HULK. And there is a precedent for a TV version > going to the cinemas. The sixties BATMAN series had a major motion picture > released between seasons 1 and 2, mainly to use to pitch the show to the > European market. So I can't say it's not possible or has never been done. I > will say it is unlikely. > > On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 10:55 AM, Luke Jaconetti <[email protected]> wrote: > Michael, if you will indulge me some corporate thinking for a few moments, I > want to snowball on your idea and say "why not do both?" > > With Agent Coulson moving over to the small-screen SHIELD series in some > capacity, a Daredevil TV series would offer a good chance for synergy for > Marvel Studios and Disney. > > Let's say that the weekly TV series features Matt Murdock and Foggy Nelson > defending clients in the court room (court room procedurals are cheap and > relatively easy to shoot) by day, while at night Hornhead fights drug > dealers, gang bangers, and gun runners. Maybe the crime in the city is > overseen by the Kingpin, or, if you want to go in a different direction, The > Owl or The Rose. > > Then in one of the movies, have Matt Murdock show up, played by the same > actor as the TV series. Whether DD shows up or not would depend on the > story. You have a basic synergy between the TV show and the films in that > way. It's part of the same universe, just a different media format. > > In the same way you can introduce other Marvel characters to the same > "cinematic" universe without doing full fledged films. I have long espoused > that Power Man & Iron Fist / Heroes For Hire would make a perfect TV series, > for example. Why not have Luke and Danny show up in the theoretical DD > series? Maybe DD can run afoul of HYDRA on the show, and then Cap fight them > in his movie? ("These are the same group who were causing trouble in Hell's > Kitchen a few months back.") Maybe Matt gets involved in a case involving a > Wakandan national and King T'Challa (or maybe T'Chaka is still king and > T'Challa is the prince) gets involved, even if he doesn't appear? > > I am just spit-balling here but your statement started the gears turning. > Now the important question: Would you have a small screen Daredevil be the > grim version or the brash version? > > On Thursday, October 18, 2012 10:37:57 AM UTC-4, Michael Bailey wrote: > I think Daredevil would be better served as a television series in all > honesty. Sure you could make a good Daredevil film and while I was very > amused at Ben Affleck taking shots at the movie he was in recently there were > good parts to the 2003 film. On the other hand DD is a street level hero and > I think a series would work better because you wouldn't have to "go big". > I'd love to see a weekly series like that where you can explore Matt as a > character and his world and build to the big moments instead of forcing > everything into a 2 hour (or so) structure. > > On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 10:28 AM, Luke Jaconetti <[email protected]> wrote: > http://nerdbastards.com/2012/10/12/daredevil-officially-home-under-the-marvel-studios-banner/ > > Evidently the deal to "trade" Galactus for Daredevil was never reached, and > the Man Without Fear is back under the control of Disney/Marvel Studios. > > I have never been a fan of Daredevil. I think this is why I like the Ben > Affleck movie, because the nit-picky stuff didn't really stand out to me like > it would a more involved fan. That having been said I have read the first > two issues of the new Mark Waid series and very much enjoyed them, enough to > keep reading it for the time being. > > Marvel Studio's film schedule is pretty full at the moment with Iron Man 3, > Thor 2, Cap 2, Ant-Man, and Avengers 2. I think there is a chance to insert > Daredevil in the form of Matt Murdock into any of the solo films save Thor > (perhaps defending Tony Stark or Eric O'Grady in court, or preparing legal > documents for Steve Rogers), and then bring in Daredevil proper in Avengers. > > I would not make him a full fledged Avenger, but an ally. Maybe he uncovers > the first parts of a much larger scheme and works with the team to take down > the Big Bad. > > What do you folks think? 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