We’re finally just days away from our return to Hell’s Kitchen in Daredevil: Born Again Season 2, which will be available with a Disney+ subscription. Over the last few months, we gotten some hints about the season in the first trailer, and learned who all the new and returning cast members will be.
In Season 1, Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox) was fully reintroduced to the world of the MCU after his cameo in Spider-Man: No Way Home in 2021 and again in She-Hulk (sort of) in 2022. We were finally treated to the first reconfigured show featuring the hero in Daredevil: Born Again, in 2025, which essentially serves as a continuation of the Man Without Fear's original streaming series on Netflix (and has since migrated to Disney+ with the rest of the MCU).
Anchored by Wilson Fisk's ascent to Mayor of New York, the show quickly became a massive hit for Disney+, and Season 2 was already confirmed straight from the beginning. But when will we get this new season? Who will be back? Here is what we currently know.
What Is The Daredevil: Born Again Season 2 Premiere Date?
Season 2 of Daredevil: Born Again is the next upcoming Marvel TV show, with the first episode debuting on the 2026 TV schedule on March 4, 2026.
The news that the show would drop in March 2026 was first announced directly by showrunner Dario Scardapane on his Instagram in April 2025, after the first season concluded:
Having a release window as early as we did for Season 2 shouldn’t be weird, but that’s pretty much become the standard for shows to take years to release new seasons, such as Stranger Things Season 5 or how HBO tends to take years to release its shows, as seen with Euphoria Season 3. Instead, we knew right away that it would be back less than a year after the finale aired.
The production of Daredevil: Born Again encountered a setback in the early stages, to the extent that the entire story was revamped into what we know now. The original idea of a massive 18-show season was split into two. Season 2 will be the second part, but more on that later. However, thankfully, any potential concerns have been addressed, and Season 2 has stayed on schedule. We also know that there will be a Season 3, which was confirmed in September 2025. Disney already confirming a third season certainly bodes well for what those behind the scenes think of the upcoming season.
There is even more good news for Daredevil: Born Again fans: Season 3 is expected to begin production sometime soon, though, as of this update in February 2026, it has not been reported that production has begun.
The Daredevil: Born Again Season 2 Cast
We’ve learned quite a bit about the cast for Season 2, and most of the characters are returning, as well as a couple of exciting new additions.
Charlie Cox and Vincent D’Onofrio will be back as Matt Murdock/Daredevil and Wilson Fisk/Kingpin, respectively, of course. Most of the rest of the cast from Season 1 is expected to return. One big question is how Elden Henson, who plays Franklin "Foggy" Nelson, will be a part of the story, as Henson is announced as returning, despite Foggy’s death in Season 1.
The most exciting addition to the Daredevil: Born Again cast is Krysten Ritter, who will be reprising her role as Jessica Jones from her own Netflix show of the same name. Lili Taylor is also joining as the governor of New York, and Matthew Lillard will be playing a character named Mr. Charles, who we don't know much about.
One big addition to the cast is Tony Dalton as Jack Duquesne/Swordsman.
Another returning character from the original Netflix Marvel franchise is Royce Johnson as Sergeant Brett Mahoney. He appeared in the original Daredevil series, as well as Jessica Jones and The Punisher. Speaking of The Punisher...
Will Jon Bernthal's Punisher be back? We know he will be in the upcoming Spider-Man movie, and he's got his own special on the way, but his participation in Daredevil: Born Again has become a bit of an intriguing mystery.
Early reports indicated that he would not be returning for Season 2, but in an Instagram post in late December 2025, Royce Johnson posted several behind-the-scenes photos from Season 2, and one included none other than Jon Bernthal. Could this mean he will appear? Here's the post:
Here are all the cast members that we can confirm will be part of the show:
- Charlie Cox as Matt Murdock/Daredevil
- Vincent D’Onofrio as Wilson Fisk/Kingpin
- Margarita Levieva as Heather Glenn
- Deborah Ann Woll as Karen Page
- Wilson Bethel as Benjamin “Dex” Poindexter/Bullseye
- Ayelet Zurer as Vanessa Fisk
- Michael Gandolfini as Daniel Blake
- Krysten Ritter as Jessica Jones
- Michael Gandolfini as Daniel Blake
- Tony Dalton as Jack Duquesne / Swordsman
- Lili Taylor as the governor of New York
- Matthew Lillard as Mr. Charles
- Clark Johnson as Cherry
- Genneya Walton as BB Urich
- Nikki M. James as Kirsten McDuffie
- Arty Froushan as Buck Cashman
- Zabryna Guevara as Sheila Rivera
- Annie Parisse
There is a lot to get excited about, that's for sure!
What Is The Daredevil: Born Again Season 2 Story?
The Daredevil: Born Again finale was crazy, so what can we expect with Season 2? Here is what we know so far:
Season 2 Is Going To Be A ‘Resistance Tale’ Against Kingpin
As we saw at the very end of Daredevil: Born Again, Daredevil was gathering up a squad of people to take down the corruption of New York City, bit by bit, using the bar he frequented with his friends as cover. One of the directors behind the show, Aaron Moorhead, revealed in an interview with THR that this is essentially what Season 2 is going to be – a “resistance tale.” In his words:
You get the sense that there’s a building of a resistance. So that is the kernel of where Season 2 is going to go. The board is completely set in which Mayor Fisk has now become Kingpin again, but with New York in his grasp, and then there’s this vigilante thing that now has to go completely underground. So that’s where we start, and we’re going to unfold all of that very, very quickly. It’s a resistance tale.
Fighting back against Fisk is hardly a surprise, but it seems like Daredevil is going to get some serious help from the likes of Jessica Jones and others. Could we see other surprise characters from what used to be the Netflix Marvel universe, like Luke Cage and Iron Fist? We can't wait to find out.
The first trailer finally dropped in January 2025, and it only reveals a little:
We see some of the new cast members, and there is an ominous "missing" post with Matt Murdoch's face on it, and it looks like Fisk is celebrating... and boxing. Otherwise, it's certainly helping to build excitement without giving away too much.
Bullseye Is Going To Have New Sides To His Personality In Season 2
We saw just a glimpse of Bullseye in Daredevil: Born Again, as this villain is essentially an utter psychopath and a former FBI agent. But in Season 2, it turns out, we’re going to be seeing a whole lot more of him. In an interview with Collider in July 2025, Wilson Bethel says that Season 2 will feature “new sides” to the villain never seen before:
The Dex of Season 2 is a new Dex that we haven't really seen yet. I'm very excited for people to see it, and I'm curious to see how they weigh in on it. There are some elements of him in this season, some sides of his personality, that we haven't seen yet, and I’m thrilled for people to get to see it.
It also seems like Bethel could be back for Season 3, but as we've learned with Foggy, that doesn't reveal much about anything in the plot.
Karen Is Going To Have Some Very Cool Scenes In Season 2
Karen Page made her return alongside Foggy and other characters, and those hoping Deborah Ann Woll would get more scenes in Daredevil: Born Again's second season will have their wishes granted. Charlie Cox revealed in an interview with TV Line in May 2025 that Page is going to have a lot more character moments in Season 2 and will have some “cool” scenes that are quite superlative.
Some of the stuff she’s up to is some of the coolest stuff she’s ever had. She’s amazing in this season.
Now that’s something to get excited about. Not that everything else wasn't, but it'd be hard to watch new episodes if they weren't finished first.
We're just a few weeks away from the show hitting the 2026 TV schedule, so get ready, Daredevil: Born Again Season 2 will be here in no time.
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