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DAREDEVIL (2003)

The Daredevil movie was released on February 14, 2003, and starred Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner, Michael Clarke Duncan and Colin Farrell. It was written and directed by Mark Steven Johnson.

It was #1 at the box office for two straight weeks, and went on to gross over $102 million domestically, despite lukewarm reviews.

There are two versions of the DVD: A 2-disc edition with lots of extras, and a single disc "Director's Cut". In 2008, a Blu-ray disc was also released, which has the Director's Cut, along with the extras from the first DVD.

Ben Affleck	Matt Murdock/Daredevil
Michael Clarke Duncan	Kingpin
Jennifer Garner	Elektra
Colin Farrell	Bullseye
Jon Favreau	Franklin 'Foggy' Nelson
David Keith	Jack Murdock
Joe Pantoliano	Ben Urich
Scott Terra	Young Matt Murdock
Paul Ben-Victor	Jose Quesada

INTERVIEWS

Here are some interviews that were conducted by this site that are related to the movie:

Writer/Director Mark Steven Johnson in March, 2002, click here.

Actor Scott Terra in September, 2002, click here.

DD author Greg Cox in January, 2003, click here.

Ilustrator Tim Flattery in March, 2003, click here

DD composer Graeme Revell in February, 2003, click here.

Rhythm and Hues' Caleb Howard in March 2003, click here

Sparkhill Productions' producer Jon Mefford in September, 2003, click here

PICTURE GALLERY

You can check out my archive of movie-related pics here.

ELEKTRA (2005)

Jennifer Garner reprised her role of Elektra in her own movie which began production in May, 2004 and was released January 14, 2005. The DVD was released on April 5, 2005, after a critical drubbing and a less than stellar box office of $24 million domestically. A "Director's Cut" was also released later in the year.

Directed by: Rob Bowman
Produced by: Mark Steven Johnson, Gary Foster, Avi Arad
Written by: Raven Metzner & Stu Zicherman, Zak Penn

INTERVIEW

Elektra author Yvonne Navarro, February 2005, click here.

Jennifer Garner	Elektra Natchios
Terence Stamp	Stick
Will Yun Lee	Kirigi
Natassia Malthe	Typhoid
Goran Visnjic	Mark Miller
Kirsten Prout	Abby Miller
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa	Roshi
Colin Cunningham	McCabe
Hiro Kanagawa	Meizumi
Bob Sapp	Stone
Jason Isaacs	DeMarco

PICTURE GALLERY

You can check out my archive of movie-related pics here.

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)

Released in late 2001, this film by Kevin Smith features a very small cameo of Daredevil fighting a group of ninjas. Jay and Silent Bob pass by a movie shoot of a 'Daredevil' movie in production. Even Joe Quesada makes an appearance as a pizza delivery guy in the movie.

On the 2-disc DVD set that came out in February 2002, the deleted scenes feature an extended look at the DD cameo. Look for it under the 'COMICS!!!!' title in the Deleted Scenes part of disc 2. Mark Steven Johnson is the 'director' of this make believe DD movie within this movie.

Here's a link to a pic from the NewsAskew.com site.

DD cameo pic

The Trial of the Incredible Hulk

Thanks to Alan Wright for these screen captures of the TV movie.

Many of you may remember the Hulk movies that aired in the 80's. This movie had Daredevil guest-starring. Daredevil was featured in a black costume. Rex Smith (remember him from Solid Gold?) played Matt/Daredevil, and John Rhys-Davies (Sliders, Raiders of the Lost Ark) played Fisk.

There were plans on making DD into a series directly from his movie, but no network picked up the pilot. Apparently it is available on bootleg. Anyone have a copy?

There is an illegal copy of this movie on DVD in Canada (a company called Top Ten New Media put it out and it was available in Wal-Mart), and the official version came out in May 2003 as part of The Incredible Hulk collection, with loads of extras. There is a VHS copy of the movie that appears on eBay from time to time.

Daredevil/Black Widow TV Series (1975)

(Source: Getty Images: here and here.)

Angela Bowie, former wife of David Bowie, and Ben Carruthers took these promo shots in 1975 for a planned Daredevil/Black Widow TV series. Nothing was ever filmed, as Angela Bowie herself explains in this e-mail, after I asked her about the series...

Dear Kuljit,

Thank you for your interest and e-mail.
I am surprised that you ask me that question. I received permission from Stan Lee
to have the rights to Daredevil and Black Widow for a year.
We were unable to place the series.
Actor, writer, Benny Carruthers and I did the photo shoot with Terry
O'Neill and Natasha Kornilkoff costume designer and Barbara Daly - make-up
in London and that was all that ever happened. Unfortunately at that time
it was considered too difficult and expensive to film, special effects
etc.

I appreciate your asking,

kindest regards,
Angie

Elektra: The Hand & The Devil Fan Film (2008)

Completed in 2008 was the Elektra/Daredevil fan film entitled: "Elektra: The Hand and The Devil". It is by Blinky Productions, which is run by Chris .R. Notarile. Kim Santiago stars as Elektra, Adam Shorsten as Daredevil and Damien Colletti as Bullseye.

Interview with the cast and director

Daredevil Fan Teaser

French director David Sarrio created his own 3 minute version of a DD movie. It cost $5000 to make and features DD and the Kingpin.

Interview with David Sarrio

Blind Justice

Daredevil fan Terrence Brady wrote a screenplay called Blind Justice and he's got it on his site. Check it out and let him know what you think of it.
Third Millenium Entertainment

Wizard Casting Calls

In Wizard #56, for Casting Call 14, the magazine cast a Daredevil Movie.
Here were their choices:
Brad Pitt as Daredevil
Woody Harrelson as Bullseye
Andy Richter (from Conan O'Brien) as Foggy Nelson
Josie Bissett (from Melrose Place) as Karen Page
Daisy Fuentes as Elektra
John Rhys-Davies (from Sliders) as Kingpin
Roy Scheider as Ben Urich
Lance Henriksen (from Millennium & Aliens) as Stick
Andie McDowell as Typhoid Mary
Razor Ramon as Punisher

Here is a list of Wizard choices from a subsequent issue, with the help of Joe Quesada:
* Matt Damon as DD/Matt Murdock
* Oliver Platt as Foggy Nelson
* Robin Wright as Karen Page
* Sigourney Weaver as Razor Sharpe
* Jose Quesada (Joe's Dad) as The Priest
* Anne Bancroft as Sister Maggie
* Angelina Jolie as Black Widow
* Harley Quinn Smith (Kevin's daughter) as Karen (the baby)
* Mike Starr as Mr. Gabriel
* Alec Baldwin as Bullseye
* Robert De Niro as Kingpin
* Kevin Spacey as Mysterio
* And Robert Rodriguez and Kevin Smith doing the movie

Last Modified - Thursday, 18-Jun-2009 09:34:35 PDT