DAREDEVIL To Pull Another Stunt!

By Ray DeRousse / June 25, 2011

There are only a few superheroes that I would consider "top-shelf" material: Spider-Man,Batman, and Superman. Each of these superheroes stands for something other than being "cool" - they teach us about ourselves. In that light, I might also include the X-Menseries as well, because they teach some valuable lessons about minorities. Beyond that, you'd be hard pressed to find another superhero franchise worth the time and effort to transform into a film. We've seen two Hulk films, and both identify his intrinsic dramatic weakness: he doesn't do much except get really pissed off. Iron Man made a terrific first film, but how much of that had to do with star Robert Downey Jr.'s charm in the lead? After that, we have a bunch of terrible attempts to make films out of lame superheroes like The Fantastic Four, Catwoman, Van Helsing, Elektra, and Captain America. Now there is word out that Fox is planning to reboot the Daredevil franchise.

The original Daredevilcame out a mere seven years ago and starred Ben Affleck as the blind vigilante Matt Murdoch. The film made $170 million in its initial run, which is a decent amount for a horrible film. It's safe to say that most of the box office was generated off of star Affleck's considerable star power at that time. The character is fairly lame, so why even try to reboot this after one poor attempt? As Deadline Hollywood Daily mentions, Fox is contractually forced to keep using the character, or else the rights will revert back to Disney-owned Marvel Studios. So, as always, it's all about money. Here's a sad reminder of the piss-poor first version, just in case you are actually excited by this news: