<P> Marvel's Daredevil, or simply Daredevil, is an American web television series created for Netflix by Drew Goddard, based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name . It is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), sharing continuity with the films of the franchise, and is the first in a series of shows that lead to The Defenders crossover miniseries . The series is produced by Marvel Television in association with ABC Studios and Goddard Textiles, with DeKnight Productions for the first season . Steven S. DeKnight serves as showrunner on the first season, with Doug Petrie and Marco Ramirez taking over for the second, and Erik Oleson joining the series as its showrunner for its third; Goddard serves as a consultant for the series . </P> <P> Charlie Cox stars as Matt Murdock / Daredevil, a blind lawyer - by - day who fights crime at night . Deborah Ann Woll, Elden Henson, Rosario Dawson, and Vincent D'Onofrio also star, with Toby Leonard Moore, Vondie Curtis - Hall, Bob Gunton, and Ayelet Zurer joining them for the first season, and Jon Bernthal, Élodie Yung, and Stephen Rider joining the cast for season two . Daredevil entered development in late 2013, a year after the film rights to the character reverted to Marvel, with Goddard initially hired in December 2013 . DeKnight replaced him as showrunner and Cox was hired to star in May 2014 . Filming takes place in New York City, in areas that still look like the old Hell's Kitchen . </P> <P> All episodes of the first season were released on Netflix on April 10, 2015, while the second season was released in its entirety on March 18, 2016 . They were met with positive reviews . In July 2016, the series was renewed for a third season, slated to release in 2018 . A spin - off series, centered on Bernthal's character Frank Castle / Punisher and titled Marvel's The Punisher, was ordered by Netflix in April 2016 . </P> <P> The first season sees lawyer - by - day Matt Murdock use his heightened senses from being blinded as a young boy to fight crime at night on the streets of New York City's Hell's Kitchen neighborhood as Daredevil, while uncovering a conspiracy of the criminal underworld being led by Wilson Fisk . In the second season, Murdock continues to balance life as a lawyer and Daredevil, while crossing paths with Frank Castle / Punisher, a vigilante with far deadlier methods, as well as the return of an ex-girlfriend--Elektra Natchios . </P>

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