If you look at comics as a whole–meaning the entirety of comics across all makers and publishers–you’ll see that many have very different tones. Some are meant to be funny, many are made to be serious or touch on darker themes, and a huge bulk have superheroes showing different tones themselves. This is often reflected in the adaptations that happen in movies, TV shows, and video games. And that brings us…to Daredevil.
When Netflix went its own route with an adaptation, it went dark, brooding, bloody, and violent, gaining a lot of praise for taking that position. Now, the series is coming back via Disney+, and many are weighing in on whether a lighter tone could be applied due to the platform’s overall branding.
Ms. Marvel producer Sana Amanant was an editor on the Mark Waid run of Daredevil, highly praised to this day. That alone is why she feels Disney+ could, if not should, go this route.
“I don’t see why not! Mark Waid’s run was pretty seminal,” Amanat said in a recent interview. “We’ve never seen that kind of story and I love the spin on that and it was such an unexpected take on the character. In the same way, I wouldn’t be surprised if they did something like that in the MCU. Why not? We like to take risks and this is the fun part of exploring multiple stories. So maybe.”
She’s not wrong that Daredevil has portrayed both the light and dark sides of the character in the past. The catch. While this is technically a continuation of the Netflix run, some might want the darker tone to continue. Plus, many other Disney+ shows would balance this out with their lighter tones (see: Ms. Marvel and She-Hulk).
We’ll just have to wait and see what the future holds.
Source: Murphy’s Multiverse
