February 5, 2010
In order to keep the movie rights to Marvel Comics' "
Daredevil
" under their belt, 20th Century Fox and Regency are looking to develop a reboot of the sightless superhero with News Corp VP Peter Chernin producing and David Scarpa (
The Day the Earth Stood Still) writing a script, according to Mike Fleming at
Deadline Hollywood.
The original movie directed by Mark Steven Johnson and starring Ben Affleck in the title role (and his current wife Jennifer Garner as
Elektra) was released almost exactly seven years ago and grossed $179.2 million worldwide.
This probably shouldn't come as too big a surprise as there has been talk of some sort of reboot ever since
Disney bought Marvel last year, but this is the first confirmation that one is being actively developed.
MovieMiguel.com
