News Daredevil: Born Again Why Daredevil: Born Again Season 3 Will Adapt “The Devil in Cell-Block D” Showrunner Dario Scardapane says Born Again has been building towards the story for quite some time By Matthew Byrd | Published on May 6, 2026 Image: Disney Plus Comment 0 Share New Share Image: Disney Plus This article contains spoilers for Daredevil: Born Again Season 2 Despite some previous speculation to the contrary, Daredevil: Born Again Season 3 has been greenlit, is currently being filmed, and is expected to be released sometime in 2027. And after that pretty incredible second season finale, there’s little doubt that the show’s next season will adapt “The Devil in Cell-Block D”: the famous 2006 Daredevil story from Ed Brubaker and Michael Lark which sees Matt Murdock in prison. Actually, there was little doubt that the show would eventually head in that direction after a series of leaked season three set photos essentially confirmed as much. In case you’re wondering, Born Again showrunner Dario Scardapane wasn’t exactly a fan of those leaks. “Yeah. This is what hurts about leaks,” Scardapane said in an interview with Entertainment Weekly regarding the build to a “Devil in Cell-Block D” storyline. “[It’s] what we all really wanted to build, and it’s there in the whole season… We realized very, very quickly that it floats us right into one of my favorite runs of all time. Until the latest round of leaks, I’d always said to everybody, ‘Watch the last 5 minutes of episode 8, and you’ll know what we’re doing in season 3.’ And I stand by that.” In some ways, the decision to at least partially adapt “Devil in Cell-Block D” is kind of a no-brainer. It’s been identified as the logical follow-up to the Born Again storyline for quite some time, and it’s also really, really good. Beyond that, Scardapane feels it’s an especially pressing storyline for both the character and the times we live in. “The idea of Matt, the lawyer, going into the justice system on the other end of it to pay for his crimes as a vigilante, that’s extremely rich territory,” Scardapane says. “Also, because we try to be somewhat topical, the current stress and strife at Rikers Island is pretty real, and the idea of building a flawed world that neither vigilante nor a lawyer can have any effect on, yeah.” Interestingly, Scardapane notes that “sharp-eyed viewers” will see “which Fisk run” the show will do next as well. He doesn’t spell out what that means, though behind-the-scenes photos of Vincent D’Onofrio with a long beard suggest that Fisk will be a fugitive on the run in the next season. That could mean we’re getting a version of the “Return of the King” Fisk arc. We may even just see some of the events that followed the “Devil’s Reign” storyline (which Born Again‘s second season heavily drew from) come into play. Regardless, Scardapane told Variety that we should expect to see a very different version of the villain. “At the end, both of these men are in prisons of their own making. We have never seen this version of him. I don’t want to hype it too much. ‘Feral’ is the word that I can use.” Speaking of those behind-the-scenes photos, they also gave away Luke Cage’s surprise return and hinted at the upcoming return of Finn Jones’ Iron Fist. Scardapane even notes that “The establishment of the street-level characters in Netflix’s Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, The Defenders, Punisher, that’s the world that this is all heading towards, in my opinion.” We’re still left with some unanswered questions about Daredevil: Born Again Season 3 and the upcoming Punisher spin-off, One Last Kill, with regard to both the show’s timeline and the overall timeline of the MCU, though. Namely, it’s still not clear how all of this leads into Spider-Man: Brand New Day (which is set right after the events of Born Again Season 2 and the upcoming Punisher special). As far as that goes, Scardapane suggests even he doesn’t quite have all the answers. “I don’t know a ton about what goes on in Brand New Day, and I know very well where we left [The Punisher] at the end of Punisher season 2,” Scardapane tells Variety regarding the upcoming Punisher special. “I think this tells the story of what happened next after Punisher and before and during the events of [Born Again] season 2.[end-mark] The post Why <i>Daredevil: Born Again</i> Season 3 Will Adapt “The Devil in Cell-Block D” appeared first on Reactor.