Netflix Greenlights `Daredevil’ Second Season

By R. Thomas Umstead
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Netflix will bring back its Marvel’s Daredevil original series for a second season three weeks after the launch of its freshman campaign, the OTT service announced Tuesday.

The series, starring Charlie Cox as a blind vigilante superhero, launched April 10 with 10 episodes. Season one show runner Seven DeKnight will not return for the second season, which will be helmed by Doug Petrie (Buffy The Vampire Slayer) and Marco Ramirez (Sons Of Anarchy), according to Netflix.

Ramirez, Petrie, Drew Goddard (Cabin in the Woods) and Jeph Loeb (Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.) will serve as executive producers for the series, which also stars Rosario Dawson,  Vincent D’Onofrio, Deborah Ann Woll, Elden Henson, Scott Glenn, Bob Gunton, Toby Leonard Moore, Vondie Curtis Hall and Ayelet Zurer. 

R. Thomas Umstead
R. Thomas Umstead

R. Thomas Umstead serves as senior content producer, programming for Multichannel News, Broadcasting + Cable and Next TV. During his more than 30-year career as a print and online journalist, Umstead has written articles on a variety of subjects ranging from TV technology, marketing and sports production to content distribution and development. He has provided expert commentary on television issues and trends for such TV, print, radio and streaming outlets as Fox News, CNBC, the Today show, USA Today, The New York Times and National Public Radio. Umstead has also filmed, produced and edited more than 100 original video interviews, profiles and news reports featuring key cable television executives as well as entertainers and celebrity personalities.