David Scarpa is Writing DAREDEVIL Reboot at Fox

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The Hero Complex is reporting David Scarpa (The Day the Earth Stood Still) has been hired to write the reboot of Daredevil at the 20th Century Fox affiliated production company New Regency. While rumors of Fox wanting to reboot Daredevil were online last year, this is the first news about anyone being hired. While I’d love to say I’m excited by this hiring…I’m not. More after the jump:

Daredevil comic book image (3).jpg In case you’re unaware, Fox owns the rights to Daredevil, X-Men, and Silver Surfer as long as they continue to keep them in active development (or make movies). With the worldwide popularity of comic book films, it’s a sure bet Fox will never let the rights revert back to Marvel.

Therefore, Fox has to keep Daredevil moving forward, so they’ve hired someone with minimal movie experience to write the reboot of Matt Murdock.

As I said, I’m not excited by this hire. At all. Daredevil is a great Marvel character and one that deserves to be treated with dignity and respect. What Fox needs to do is hire a great director and have that person work with a writer to shape and design a film (or films) that everyone will be excited to see.

They need to take the road Warner Bros. did with Christopher Nolan on Batman. Or like Marvel did with Jon Favreau on Iron Man.

Until Fox decides to hire a real filmmaker, I just can’t be excited, as the last few superhero movies made at Fox have let me down.

Also, according to the Hero Complex, former News Corp. executive Peter Chernin will produce the project and David Scarpa has been given the freedom to reinterpret plot points and character nuance. Meaning, he can ignore what he wants to from the Mark Steven Johnson version from 2003. That’s the best news of the night.

More as we get it.

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bavolnelson

Would it be as dark? I don't know because what it really needs is, it needs a visionary at the level that Chris Nolan was. It needs someone, it needs a director, honestly, who has a genuine vision. What we wouldn't do is just do it for the sake of doing it. Right? What we try to do is to get a creative engine for it, that really had a great vision for it, that's what we would look for.
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montagueq

David Scarpa is a very good writter and he is articles have been world famous and he is really good person.
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kure

i hate when people say “nolan for batman,favreu for iron man” because i remember when they were announced as directors and nobody was excited,and they were both unknowns,so give this Scarpa guy a chance and whoever director comes on board
Gus

How was Nolan an unknown? He made Memento and Insomnia before taking on the Batman franchise, and both of those movies were amazing. He was definitely on people's radar before Batman Begins, and he will be long after he's done with the Batman franchise. (I sort of hope he is now. I have a hard time believing he will top The Dark Knight, and I really want him to go out on a high note.) Favreau also had a lot of success with Elf prior to Iron Man as well. The bottom line is both of these guys have a lot of talent and David Scarpa really doesn't. The Day The Earth Stood Still was HORRIBLE and doesn't deserve to share a name with the 1951 masterpiece. The Kingdom sucked too. He is not a good writer, and this movie is going to suck!
NightAvatar

Dude, you are 100% CORRECT! Not only Elf but don't forget the awesome Zathura! That was a great movie too and proof to me that Favreau was the right man for Iron Man.
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They should make Daredevil a series of cheap movies — the character doesn't need big shiny FX. They could have a whole series of cheap movies with DD, Punisher, Luke Cage.. all those characters.. and by cheap I mean low budget, I'm not being derogatory
Tj!

Michael C Hall for Daredevil/Matt Murdock…and this should be a DIRECT adaptation of The Man Without Fear…no black and yellow costume, no red costume. Black shirt, Black pants, red scarf tied around the top half of his face. This movie should be about what DD really, truly is: A BLIND NINJA. This movie NEEDS to be rated R, hard, violent, gritty and realistic. That said I would much rather see Daredevil done as a tv series…law and order meets batman. A law show about a vigilante lawyer. Hell, give this one to Frank Miller, let him go bug shit crazy with it. If anyone deserves “first dibs” it's him.
brian

frank miller? are u kidding me? yeah 'cause the spirit was a real success.
InfiniteMonkey

yeah mate! Straight to Syfy production bit, right? LOL!
InfiniteMonkey

LOL! The Spirit, I agree was a load of bollocks! LOL! I couldn't even finish the movie it sucked so bad!!
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I've no idea what you're talking about :·(
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I've no idea what you're talking about :·(

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub Posted: February 5th, 2010 at 8:18 pm

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