Everything We Know About ‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Season 3, From Matt’s Prison Sentence To The Defenders Reunion

The ‘Daredevil: Born Again’ season 2 finale did not just close a chapter, it ripped the door off the hinges. Matt Murdock walked into a courtroom as a defense attorney and walked out in handcuffs after publicly outing himself as Daredevil to save Karen Page, leaving Hell’s Kitchen reeling and Charlie Cox’s beloved hero locked behind bars.

Now all eyes are on what comes next. Marvel Studios has already greenlit a third season, cameras have been rolling for months, and the breadcrumbs scattered across set photos and showrunner interviews paint a very specific picture of where the show is heading. Here is everything we know about ‘Daredevil: Born Again’ season 3 so far.

When ‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Season 3 Hits Disney Plus

The third season was officially announced on September 18, 2025, well before season 2 even premiered. Marvel has decided to make ‘Born Again’ an annual event, with the release pattern locking the show into March each year.

Based on that schedule, season 3 is currently scheduled to premiere on Disney+ in March 2027 as part of Phase Six of the MCU. Principal photography began by March 17, 2026, under the working title “Out the Kitchen”, with filming expected to wrap in July.

Showrunner Dario Scardapane confirmed that timeline directly, telling Entertainment Weekly, “I’m writing the finale right now. We wrap in early July at this point.” The episode count is expected to land between eight and nine, similar to previous seasons.

The Cast Returning For The Defenders Reunion

Charlie Cox is, of course, back as Matt Murdock, joined by Vincent D’Onofrio as Wilson Fisk, Deborah Ann Woll as Karen Page, Wilson Bethel as Benjamin Poindexter, Margarita Levieva as Heather Glenn, Arty Froushan as Buck Cashman, and Zabryna Guevara as Sheila Rivera.

The bigger story is who is joining them. Set photos taken during filming have revealed that Mike Colter and Finn Jones will be returning as Luke Cage and Danny Rand, joining Krysten Ritter as Jessica Jones. That means the Defenders are reuniting on screen for the first time since the Netflix days.

Royce Johnson is also expected to reprise Detective Brett Mahoney after teasing his return on Instagram with a “Suit up time, Detective Mahoney” post. According to a circulating industry scoop, the first half of season 3 will function almost like ‘Defenders 2’, following Jessica, Luke, and Danny while Matt is locked away.

When Variety asked Scardapane about the leaked photos of the trio together, he played coy. He joked, “Oh, yes. I guess those guys were hanging out playing D&D in some black robes. I’m not exactly sure what that’s about.”

What We Know About The ‘Born Again’ Season 3 Story

The plot blueprint is no mystery to comic readers. Season 3 will roughly adapt its own take on ‘The Devil in Cell Block D’ storyline from Ed Brubaker’s celebrated comic run, which follows Matt’s brutal time inside a maximum security prison after his identity goes public.

Brad Winderbaum, Marvel’s Head of Streaming, Television, and Animation, told ScreenRant the new season will pick up after a modest gap. He explained, “There will be a small time jump, but it’s not too significant. It’s not like we’re jumping ahead five years or anything. We’re probably jumping ahead a year or so, kind of like the real-life distance between seasons.”

Scardapane has also signalled a major tonal shift. He said the series would return to the tone and street level storytelling of Frank Miller’s Daredevil comics following the conclusion of the Mayor Fisk storyline in season two. Executive producer Sana Amanat said the writers were hoping to create a season that was “more stripped-down, back-to-basics” for Matt Murdock.

The death of Foggy Nelson in season 1 means the role of vulnerable ally on the outside, originally his in the comics, may now fall to Karen Page. Scardapane teased a new side of Cox’s hero in the Variety interview, saying we have never seen this version of him and using the word “feral” to describe it.

The New Villains Stalking Hell’s Kitchen

Wilson Fisk is back, but not in a form viewers will recognise. Fisk was offered a deal to go into exile in the season 2 rotunda showdown, leaving him stripped of his title and mourning the loss of his wife Vanessa on a beach. Set photos reveal Fisk will be back undercover to avoid being captured by the police.

The biggest new threat is Heather Glenn, who pulled on the Muse mask in the closing moments of season 2. Speaking with Entertainment Weekly, Scardapane explained why he wanted to revive the villain through one of the original killer’s victims. “This was a weird one because it had to do with a plot line that we inherited, that I felt we didn’t do justice to,” he said, adding that in her mind, Heather started to confuse serial killers with vigilantes and became a press mouthpiece for Fisk.

Wilson Bethel’s Bullseye is also returning. In the season 2 finale he traded his services to bring Luke Cage back home and went away with Mr. Charles to be his new attack dog. Scardapane has confirmed that both Mr. Charles, played by Matthew Lillard, and Bullseye remain part of the show’s expanding world, noting that anybody who is alive at the end of season 2 can come back.

After two seasons of political theatre, courtroom showdowns, and shocking deaths, ‘Daredevil: Born Again’ is finally putting Matt Murdock through the one trial his lawyer brain cannot argue away. Are you more excited to see Charlie Cox claw his way through a prison full of criminals he personally put there, or to watch Jessica, Luke, and Danny finally suit up together as the Defenders sequel we never got back in the Netflix era?