Dark And Gritty Indeed, The New Trailer For Netflix's DAREDEVIL Is Here!

You might argue that Mark Steven Johnson's take on Marvel's own 'The Man Without Fear' in 2003 didn't really live up to the expectations many. Point in fact, there's obviously plenty of ire to go around considering there was never a sequel. Alas, we now have executive producer and showrunner Steven DeKnight now handling things for Netflix's own offering for the classic Marvel character, Daredevil with lead actor Charlie Cox starring opposite Vincent D'Onofrio's attribution to the villainous Wilson Fisk, a.k.a. Kingpin, and the first official trailer has arrived with a series that promises to deliver something far different and much more hard-hitting, down-to-earth, and just a bit more gritty and gruesome than what's been offered before.

Blinded as a young boy but imbued with extraordinary senses, Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox) fights against injustice by day as a lawyer, and by night as the Super Hero “Daredevil” in modern day Hell's Kitchen, New York City. Produced by Marvel Television and ABC Studios, with executive producers Steven S. DeKnight (Spartacus), Jeph Loeb (Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.) and Drew Goddard (Cabin In The Woods), the series also stars Rosario Dawson, Vincent D’Onofrio, Deborah Ann Woll and Elden Henson.

You may notice the black costume at first, but that's only part of the canon of the comic as we may eventually see Cox in something more tactical and red in popularity. Other than that, this trailer offers the goods so I suspect there won't be much to complain about here, and if the rest of the slate between now and the productions leading up to The Defenders looks like this, I'm down for it.

Daredevil bows on Netflix on April 10.

[UPDATED] Is Alain Moussi Joining Marvel/Netflix As IRON FIST?

UPDATE (1/28/15): It seems Moussi removed his Facebook post within the last several hours since the original article was published, and reposted a few more times later stating he was not in the running to play the character. We'll keep you posted.

In the wake of the current production of Kickboxer, you may have been wondering exactly what lies next for its debut lead actor, Alain Moussi. Well, we may already have an answer for that with the latest update now drawing some pretty tasty speculation relative to what is now happening for Marvel's currently brewing extension of their cinematic universe through Netflix, and if you're a kung fu fan, you definitely have reason to be excited.

Post by Alain Moussi.

Iron Fist first appeared in the comics back in 1974 from creative duo Roy Thomas and Gil Kane with the story of Danny Rand, a young boy who acquires his extraordinary kung fu skills during his intensive training in the mystical city of K'un L'un and uses them to fight crime upon discovering his true destiny in a long-line of martial artists with his skills. The character was also once a contender for a potential feature film back in 2000 with Marvel and Artisan Entertainment courting Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace and Ballistic: Ecks VS Sever co-star Ray Park to lead with Kirk Wong directing. The project eventually withered away in the following decade before Marvel hired Rich Wilkes to provide a script for a feature film once more, which, of course, was long before Marvel hit the reset button with Netflix back in 2014.

While neither group have officially confirmed the plot for the new Iron Fist series, all roads currently point to a potential storyline involving the Heroes For Hire arc with actor Mike Colter currently tapped to portray superhero Luke Cage for Netflix with expected appearances in Netflix's A.K.A. Jessica Jones for a 2016 premiere date. In the meantime, if there is anything worth taking away from Moussi's post above, it's the promise of watching the career of a rising martial arts action star now in full-bloom for a new generation of kung fu and comic book fans. Alas, official news is pending beyond this write-up, so stay tuned for more Iron Fist news ahead of further developments on Kickboxer!