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Daredevil: D'Onofrio Clarifies "Born Again"/Spider-Man: BND Response

Vincent D'Onofrio clarified a response he offered regarding Daredevil: Born Again Season 2 and the trailer for Spider-Man: Brand New Day.

Ever since the official trailer for Tom Holland and Zendaya-starring Spider-Man: Brand New Day dropped earlier today, a whole lot of folks are wondering if the endgame to the second season of Showrunner Dario Scardapane and Marvel Television's Charlie Cox (Matt Murdock, aka Daredevil) and Vincent D'Onofrio (Wilson Fisk, aka Kingpin)-starring Daredevil: Born Again has already been spoiled. In the trailer, we see Spider-Man/Peter Parker (Holland) receiving a key to the city from someone who appears to be the mayor but is definitely not Fisk (Zabryna Guevara's Sheila Rivera). Does that mean that the Kingpin's political days are coming to an end by the time credits roll on Season 2? Maybe. Maybe not. It's been noted that Season 2 takes place before "Brand New Day," but that doesn't necessarily mean that the scene in the "Brand New Day" trailer couldn't be a flashback to Peter's "retuned" past. Maybe Rivera is representing the mayor's office, perhaps because the mayor was indisposed (Fisk not looking for a photo-op with Spider-Man).

Shortly after the trailer dropped, a fan asked D'Onofrio what he thought about Rivera taking over as mayor and Spider-Man teaming with the Punisher (Jon Bernthal). "Love it," D'Onofrio responded – words that some would take to mean that he confirmed that's what would be going down. Shortly after, D'Onofrio clarified that he was offering his personal feelings on the matter and that he didn't know where the "bigger picture" was actually going with the series and the overall MCU. "Didn't confirm anything . If it's true i love it. When replied "i love it" was the first i time i had seen anything about it. It remains to be the only i have heard such a thing. If it's true i love it. I'm the last person to know anything about the future of our show or any other show for that matter. I only know about the job at hand. That is the absolute truth."

In Season 2, Mayor Wilson Fisk crushes New York City underfoot as he hunts down public enemy number one, the Hell's Kitchen vigilante known as Daredevil. But beneath the horned mask, Matt Murdock will try to fight back from the shadows to tear down the Kingpin's corrupt empire and redeem his home. Resist. Rebel. Rebuild. Returning to the series are Deborah Ann Woll as Karen Page, Ayelet Zurer as Vanessa Fisk, Wilson Bethel as Benjamin Poindexter/Bullseye, and Margarita Levieva as Heather Glenn. This season also marks the long-awaited return of Krysten Ritter as Jessica Jones and introduces Matthew Lillard as the mysterious Mr. Charles.

Daredevil: Born Again S02: Winderbaum on Jessica Jones/Time Jump

Checking in with The Official Marvel Podcast hosts Victoria Ying and Langston Belton earlier this month, Brad Winderbaum, Marvel Studios' Head of Television, Streaming & Animation, teased where Matt and Fisk find themselves heading into Season 2, and that viewers should pay attention to what Ritter's Jessica Jones has been up to since we last saw her.

Regarding what's ahead for Matt, Winderbaum notes that he's "in a completely different reality now," finding himself "fighting the power in a massive way." For Fisk, it will be about "the trappings of power and how hard it is to hold on to that power once you have it. When power is your only motivation."  Matt's biggest obstacle from the start? Getting a lot of different folks who want to take down Fisk on the same page. "You know, it's one thing for like a bunch of people to point in Kingpin's direction and say that guy's bad, but it's another thing to get everybody on the same page. It's really fun to watch him try to do that. But he's got a great partner in Karen Page [Deborah Ann Woll]. So, I'm very excited for people to see that, too," Winderbaum added.

As for the eagerly anticipated return of Ritter's Jessica Jones, Winderbaum teased that Daredevil: Born Again viewers will be in for "a lot of very cool surprises" when it comes to what Jessica has been up to. "It was so exciting when she [Ritter] walked on set for the first time in the leather jacket and the boots, and you're like, 'There she is,'" Winderbaum said. "What's really fun, and I'm not going to spoil anything, but what's really fun about that character is the time jump from the last time we saw her. It's been a while. So, we're reestablishing this character and catching the audience up to what the hell she's been up to. And that is filled with a lot of very cool surprises."

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