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Daredevil is Described as 'Gritty, 1970s New York Feel'

Posted on 7/22/14 at 10:48 am
Posted by abellsujr
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Posted on 7/22/14 at 10:48 am
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The El Capitan Theater in Hollywood, California was host tonight to the premiere of Marvel Studios' latest adventure, James Gunn's Guardians of the Galaxy. There, Marvel Entertainment's own online reporter caught up with Stephen S. DeKnight, the showrunner of the upcoming Marvel Netflix series, "Daredevil."

"We're going for a kind of very gritty, 1970s New York feel for the show," says DeKnight. "We love the idea of beauty in the decay of the city and Hell's Kitchen being a place that is both horrible and beautiful at the same time. That's why Matt Murdock loves it and wants to protect it."

Last year, SuperHeroHype speculated that "Daredevil" (and the accompanying "Iron Fist," "Jessica Jones," "Power Man" and the team-up series, "The Defenders") might take place in the 1970s of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Although the official synopsis has since confirmed that "Daredevil" will be set in modern day, it's still possible that, as speculated in the original article, the 1970s sequences of the recent Marvel One-Shot "Hail to the King" served as a test for the approximate style.

DeKnight also goes on to hint that Vincent D'Onofrio's Kingpin will be one of the scariest villains the Marvel Cinematic Universe has ever seen.
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Posted by Scruffy
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Posted on 7/22/14 at 10:49 am to
That's what I like to hear.
Posted by jeff5891
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Posted on 7/22/14 at 10:52 am to
Will watch
Posted by Freauxzen
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Posted on 7/22/14 at 10:53 am to
I just have a few worries for this:

1 - Budget. Netflix has been great at doing character-centric pieces that are dialog heavy.

2 - Daredevil's acrobatics. An extension of 1, but he has to be "Daredevil-esque," flipping through the air, running along rooftops. And I'm assuming there's little room for any CGI work.

3 - Fight scenes. Daredevil is almost as unique as Spider-Man when it comes to how he engages in combat. I'm prepared to say it won't be perfect, but choreography has to be spot on.

The tone of the show sounds perfect though.

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DeKnight also goes on to hint that Vincent D'Onofrio's Kingpin will be one of the scariest villains the Marvel Cinematic Universe has ever seen.


D'Onofrio can be crazy good in almost anything, this might be the most exciting part.
Posted by Darkknight
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Posted on 7/22/14 at 11:02 am to
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"We're going for a kind of very gritty, 1970s New York feel for the show," says DeKnight. "We love the idea of beauty in the decay of the city and Hell's Kitchen being a place that is both horrible and beautiful at the same time. That's why Matt Murdock loves it and wants to protect it."


I was wondering how they were going to keep the show gritty but remain in Hell's Kitchen. The place isn't nearly as bad as it was decades ago. Now it's a really nice area that have attracted the wealthy.

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