Steven DeKnight, the filmmaker who is widely known for his work on the Starz series Spartacus, also served as the showrunner for the first season of Marvel’s Daredevil, which aired on Netflix for three seasons in total and starred Charlie Cox and Vincent D’Onofrio. Disney announced they would be bringing back the character of Daredevil in a new series called Daredevil: Born Again, and now, DeKnight has criticized the decision to relaunch the series.
Steven DeKnight has criticised Disney for renaming their continuation of Daredevil in order to avoid paying residuals on the original Netflix series.