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David Slade to Direct Fox's Reboot of Marvel's 'Daredevil' Franchise

by Alex Billington
March 15, 2011

Is 20th Century Fox really starting to shape up again? Variety is reporting that Fox has hired David Slade, of Hard Candy, 30 Days of Night and yes, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, to direct the new Daredevil reboot that they're trying to get in before all the rights revert back to Marvel/Disney. It was announced/confirmed last year that a Daredevil reboot was on the way, just like Fantastic Four too, with a script bing penned by David Scarpa (The Last Castle, The Day the Earth Stood Still). Sources close to the project told Variety that the untitled film will not contain material from the Ben Affleck's 2003 movie based on the blind superhero.

Now this is the project that I feel like Slade has been waiting to direct since his career began. When he ended up attached to the Twilight movie, I had no clue what he was doing besides making money, and with twitter comments that got him in trouble, it was obvious that's not really where he wanted to be. But taking on a big comic book franchise for a major studio? Now that's where I think Slade currently belongs, showcasing his style and making a darker film where half the cast isn't shirtless. Slade was also in talks to direct Wolverine for Fox before Darren Aronofsky took over, so it looks like Daredevil is his consolation prize. Thoughts?

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JoJo

He is a solid director. I liked his first two films a lot. Twilight I don't care but I can understand why he directed it. Every director needs that one hit under his belt to do project(s) that they are interested in. David Slade directed Twilight to get his big hit. Now studios will give him any sci-fi, action, fantasy, comicbook project he wants to do. Also, fox probably thought hey we can market this as "from the director of Twilight: Eclipse" to get some female butts in theatres. I am wondering who is going to helm Fantastic Four reboot for fox. My gut feeling is that no director is all that interested in that property, so we will get someone like Shawn Levy to direct that. I hope I am wrong and that fox gets a decent director for that property.
http://twitter.com/DwainIBe DwainIBe

I'm probably one of the rare cats that liked Ben Affleck's DD.
- dave
  
  nah dude i was actually gonna make the same cooment, i liked that flick for some reason heh, it was kinda dark, at the same time as having the humerous side with jon favaru (or how ever u spell his name) before he bacame tony starks bitch
  - JL
    
    Well, technically, Tony Stark is his bitch, 'cause he's the director. Well... not anymore, but, whatever.
    - dave
      
      yeah, i was blatantly talking about the acting role thats why i said 'tony stark' and not 'robert downey jr' but ok!
- Last Son
  
  No I liked Ben Affleck's Daredevil as well. It had some weak parts in the story and The end fight between Daredevil and Kingpin was somewhat blah. But overall I would have loved to see Affleck carry on in that role.
Moviekidmike

Ryan Gosling for Daredevil!
Blue Silver

This is pretty good news! Slade did good with, "30 Days of Night"! I'm sure he'll do the character justice in so many ways where Mark Steven Johnson failed! Johnson's flick was ok, but it was not the proper interpretation of the source material, that many(including myself) were hoping for! I sure look forward to what he brings to the screen.
HG

if michael c hall is not DD i am not seeing this
- equustel
  
  Huh? He is the farthest thing from Matt Murdock. :/
  - Dresden King
    
    How do you figure he's the farthest thing from Matt Murdock? I'm also rooting for Michael C Hall as Daredevil, so I'm curious. That said, him not getting cast won't totally exclude me watching the film, but it would help. A "Dark Knight" style with Michael C Hall would be one of the greatest films ever.
Anonymous

Sweet I actually liked the old one but a new one sounds good to me to, Slade can do this one justice!
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1363064612 Said Samayoa

i just think Collin Farrell should be Bullseye again... he was scary good
stfugtfo

no twilight 4 me
Trat73

Kinda hope they drop the ball and the rights revert back to Marvel
Anonymous

i nominate Casey Affleck for Daredevil, just because they'll never give Ben another go at it. Mathew Fox would be a good choice, but Racer X is probably WAY too similar to Daredevil (costume wise at least)
Anonymous

Michael C. Hall, please.
Judasbarron1

I liked the uncut Dare Devil. Story flowed better and you actually get to see Affleck (DD) be the great Lawyer he's supposed to be. It was niiiicccce
Ryderup

He is a decemt choice for it. Make it more gritty and film noir like me thinks!
Anonymous

not needed
tir na nog

Good,this character needs a reboot,I liked the original too minus the rubbish Electra character segment which belonged in a differant film.Hopefully we will get a new badguy. Slade did a great job with Hard Candy.Like Ryderup above I think gritty and Film noir is the way to go,and Gosling would be great as Daredevil.
- Dandoo
  
  I agree exept for one thing, gosling shouldnt do it, I mean we all know he would make a great daredevil, but Im just holding out hope that gosling will be the next Batman, how fucking brilliant would that be? It'd blow my mind.
Josh

Am I the only noticing that Fox has gotten worse with each comic book film it's done? Fox Studios, if you're reading this, either get it together or let Marvel have their characters back, but stop making bad comic book movies just so you can make a dollar.
- Sumit
  
  Would love that too - Fox have been sneakily developing this & Fan4 reboots for ages just so they can keep the rights.
Sumit

Funnily enough, after GBG and The Town, my pick woudl have been Ben Affleck, He could bring to life the hard bitten crime noir that defined Miller / Bendis' best work. As for casting a younger Matthew Fox woudl be my choice.
Bart

Oh good, the writer of "The Day the Earth Stood Still" and the director of "Twilight" is gonna "fix" the film franchise based on my favorite comic book character.* *written with sarcasm switch in the "ON" position.
- Bart
  
  Also... hey David Scarpa, just adapt Smith's "Guardian Devil" story arc. There is very little chance of you writing a better story anyway, so just do that.
  - equustel
    
    According to Hollywood Reporter, they're actually adapting the "Born Again" storyline, which is worlds better than "Guardian Devil" IMO.
- Lamar
  
  I know it was a Twilight movie, but it was the best one of the series thus far.
- http://profiles.yahoo.com/u/5VMOXULR5GJZTQ35VUA2WCHXBE Zebradune
  
  Slade also directed Hard Candy and 30 Days of Night, two very good films, so it's not like he couldn't do a good job with this.
T1j9Zp03T

I would like to see another Daredevil movie.
Jasonmd2020

If not Affleck, than how about his buddy Matt Damon? You know he can kick ass fro the Bourne films.
SpitfireOverThames

I also liked the old DD, most especially the uncut version. I love the action & soundtrack & cinematography/costume, and I think Affleck was a great choice for Matt. The weakness for me was unconvincing (or utterly poor) cgi, especially the church battle. Glad to see Slade as new director. Should be interesting how he brings ol' hornhead to the big screen. I too wish the character (along w/X-Men & FF) would revert back to Marvel/Disney. Or perhaps Fox would team up its characters with Disney (much as studios did for TITANIC). Meanwhile, we hope for great films of our favourite characters. Sean, London
Desraider

I really liked the Director´s Cut of the previous DD, but they need to learn from the past and go even darker with this character.
Anonymous

After hearding Affleck say he was humiliated in that movie, I have to say anyone could easily do a better job as DD
silver

Michael C. Hall