Netflix presents the first of it’s Marvel series with the arrival of Dardevil which sees blind lawyer Matt Burdock using the heightened senses he has accumulated over the years to fight crime on the Streets of New York City especially when nighttime comes and evens up the playing field somewhat.
In the world of the Marvel Cinematic Universe the series takes place after the events of the first Avengers film. There is also a bit of an Agents of SHIELD tie in with the character of Carl ‘Crusher’ Creel being mentioned in Daredevil.
Like all Netflix shows all episodes are made available for viewing at the same time. The character was created for Marvel by Stan Lee and Bill Everett and as previously seen on the big screen in a so-so production with Ben Affleck in the lead role.
Daredevil was one of four Marvel shows Netflix that premiered in 2015 the others being Jessica Jones, Luke Cahe and Iron Fist with all four characters then teaming up in a series called The Defenders.
production details
USA | Netflix – ABC Studios – Marvel Television | 60 minutes | Broadcast from 10 April 2015
Creator: Drew Goddard
Title Sequence: Elastic
Executive Producers: Steven S. DeKnight, Drew Goddard, Jeph Loeb, Jim Chory, Dan Buckley, Joe Quesada, Stan Lee, Alan Fine, Cindy Holland, Kris Henigman, Allie Goss, Peter Friedlander
cast
Charlie Cox as Matt Murdock / Daredevil
Deborah Ann Woll as Karen Page
Elden Henson as Foggy Nelson
Jon Bernthal as Frank Castle / The Punisher
Rosario Dawson as Claire Temple
Clancy Brown as Colonel Ray Schoonover
Tony Curran as Finn
Bob Gunton as Leland Owlsley
Laurence Mason as Star
Adam Hart as Speed
Ray Iannicelli as Jerry
Élodie Yung as Elektra Natchios / Elektra
Adriane Lenox as Doris Urich
Vincent D’Onofrio as Wilson Fisk
Peter Shinkoda as Nobu
Gideon Emery as Anatoly Ranskahov
Ben Thompson as Quinn
Marilyn Torres as Louisa Delgado
Michelle Hurd as Samantha Reyes
Joanne Whalley as Sister Maggie
Wendy Moniz as Jennifer Fisher
Gilles Marini as Jacques Duchamps
John Pirkis as Stan Gibson
Jay Hieron as Lowlife
Scott Glenn as Stick
William Forsythe as Dutton
Wilson Bethel as Benjamin Poindexter
