Steven S. DeKnight Is The New ‘Daredevil’ Showrunner For Netflix

By Blair Marnell

Yesterday, comic book movie fans were stunned when Edgar Wright and Marvel Studios parted ways after several years of developing Ant-Man for the big screen. Earlier this morning, word broke that Drew Goddard would also be leaving Marvel’s “Daredevil” series.
 
However, Marvel has confirmed that Steven S. DeKnight has already been named the new showrunner of “Daredevil,” which will be the first of four 13 episode series slated to begin premiering on Netflix in 2015. DeKnight has a long history in genre television, dating back to stints on “Buffy The Vampire Slayer, “Angel” and “Smallville.” More recently, DeKnight created the “Spartacus” TV series on STARZ.
 
According to Marvel’s announcement, Goddard will remain with “Daredevil” as an executive producer while preparing to direct the Sinister Six movie for Sony. 
 
With “Daredevil” slated to begin filming in July, casting announcements will likely be made in the near future.
Blair Marnell
Blair Marnell

TV Channel Editor Blair Marnell

Blair Marnell is best known for his two year stint as a columnist for Comics Bulletin before writing professionally for Wizard Magazine, Geek Monthly and MTV Splash Page. He has also previously worked as a freelance editor for Tokyopop and Radical Comics in addition to serving as an executive producer for the popular web series, Comics on Comics.

As Crave Online's TV Channel Editor, Blair indulges his television addiction by writing about some of the best TV series on the air.

In fact, he's probably watching TV right now.

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