The upcoming Spider-Man: No Way Home tells the story of how Spider-Man and Doctor Strange accidentally messed up their reality by opening the multiverse. The movie has caused a lot of speculation about which other Spider-Man character might team up with Tom Holland. According to a new report, No Way Home might also be able to pull in a familiar hero from a not-so-far-flung branch of the multiverse.
The actor playing Daredevil would be Charlie Cox, Feige said. Where we see that, how we see that, remains to be seen.
It is interesting that Feige is dancing around the idea of Matt Murdock returning, especially when there are many rumors that he will cross paths with Peter Parker in the latest Spider-Man movie. Questions about the relationship between Daredevil and the other live-action shows that feature characters from the MCU were raised by Feige.
When the first four new series were announced by the two companies in 2013, they were very different. The studio had made some progress in the TV space with Agents of SHIELD, which started off featuring much closer ties to the MCU proper. Over the course of multiple seasons, the live-action profiles of classic characters who might not fit into larger-than-life action of the films could be developed.
The multiverse and magic were not very important elements of the project when it began. It was hard to not notice the invisible barrier that was keeping Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Iron Fist, and The Punisher from fully acknowledging their existence within the MCU. The production timing of the various projects kept it from becoming a reality, as Feige insisted for years that there was a possibility for the Defenders to cross over into the Avenger's turf.
That line of reasoning made sense for a while, but then the most ambitious project in the studio's history proved how it could wrangle the majority of its actors together.
The battle for streaming real estate had become much more intense in the time between when the first season of Punisher aired and when the second season was released. According to The Wrap, the high cost of licensing the rights to the intellectual property of Marvel was a factor in the decision to part ways with the company.
It might not have seemed like anything was gained by allowing those shows to come to their respective ends. Since Matt Murdock and the rest of the gang faded into void of cancellation, they have all taken on a mystique and developed a fervor around them that is different from how they were once seen as the B-team. It has created a level of hype around them that likely wouldn't have been the case if they'd let those bits of fan-favorite intellectual property go fallow for so long. That is a long game move that can lead to box office smashes when executed well.
What remains to be seen in the case of Charlie Cox's Daredevil is how well this sort of team-up works from a storytellers perspective, both in terms of how it serves the film, and how
Spider-Man: No Way Home will be released in theaters on December 17.
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