Hey folks, Harry here with this rather badass example of the kind of DAREDEVIL film that Joe Carnahan was making. Seems to be based upon Frank Miller's MAN WITH NO FEAR and be set in 1973. Ideal. For me, instantly this has the soul of a city that I never sensed in, well pretty much any of the Marvel or DC films. We know this New York and the notion of DAREDEVIL in it... in a world where the Kingpin's look makes sense. In the wake of Bruce Lee, a New York with Walter Hill-esque gangs. Sidewalks littered with a trash that you pray for a rain to just wash it all away. This is Scorsese's New York. This is a New York before it was cleaned up and the crime moved into the homes and off the streets. A time and a place that DAREDEVIL would have been amazing in. This SIZZLE reel is exactly that. Carnahan never had a chance to shoot anything, but he did put together a tone piece, a sizzle reel that expresses the spirit of what he wanted to make. Apparently the whole MARVEL/FOX deal fell through today. Fox is losing DAREDEVIL and it looks like holding on to Galactus & Silver Surfer. Which is good news for THE FANTASTIC FOUR film they're prepping and is unfortunate news for the expanding cosmic universe that Marvel is headed into. There's still a great many wonderful characters for them to play with.
Here's Carnahan's sizzle...
