Born Again is a revival and continuation of Daredevil (2015–2018), an earlier series produced by the previous Marvel Television production company and originally released on Netflix.

Charlie Cox reprises his role as Matt Murdock / Daredevil from Marvel's Netflix television series and prior Marvel Studios productions, with Vincent D'Onofrio, Margarita Levieva, Deborah Ann Woll, Elden Henson, Zabryna Guevara, Nikki M. James, Genneya Walton, Arty Froushan, Clark Johnson, Michael Gandolfini, Ayelet Zurer, Jon Bernthal, Wilson Bethel, and Jeremy Earl also starring.

Marvel Studios decided to overhaul the series by late September 2023 and released Corman, Ord, and the initial directors, though Michael Cuesta, Jeffrey Nachmanoff, and David Boyd are still credited for episodes they had directed.

Blind lawyer Matt Murdock fights for justice while former crime boss Wilson Fisk pursues his campaign as the mayor of New York City, causing their past identities to collide.

[36] Michael Cuesta, Jeffrey Nachmanoff, and David Boyd are credited directors for their work from before the series' creative overhaul,[37][19][38] after which Benson and Moorhead were hired to direct the remainder of the season.

[45] Star Charlie Cox was saddened by the cancellation, explaining that he was excited by the plans for a fourth season which he and the rest of the cast and crew had expected to be made.

[4] Christian Holub at Entertainment Weekly believed the title was a reference to the character "literally being 'born again' into the official MCU" rather than the series being an adaptation of the "Born Again" storyline.

[39] D'Onofrio said the main creatives got together soon after Scardapane joined the project and decided that Born Again should harken back to the tone of the Netflix series and continue storylines from it rather than be a complete reset.

[68] Cox said there was "a really fine balance to strike" with continuing on from an existing series and calling it a new first season, believing the new direction did a good job of "hav[ing] a reason for remaking it" while still being familiar to what came before.

[66] In November, Benson and Moorhead said they were reviewing the existing footage and looking to prior Daredevil content, including the Netflix series, to inform the foundation of their direction.

They were also more comfortable working with the more grounded style of Born Again, which is similar to their independent films, compared to the "mind-bending sci-fi affairs" of those previous MCU projects.

There were just some complicated factors around what we had been tasked to do and what we were discovering was and wasn't working... Credit to Marvel that they looked at the episodes and could acknowledge that we could still do better, and that we maybe needed to go in a slightly different direction... Where we ended up felt really good.

[77] Executive producers for the series include Marvel Studios' Feige, Louis D'Esposito, Brad Winderbaum, Sana Amanat, and Gary, alongside Scardapane, Ord, Corman, Benson, and Moorhead.

[79] Original writers for the series included Corman, Ord,[58] Grainne Godfree, Jill Blankenship,[80] Aisha Porter-Christie, David Feige, Devon Kliger, Thomas Wong, Zachary Reiter,[81] and Molly Nussbaum.

The showrunner felt that the end of the Netflix series—which sees Matt Murdock, Foggy Nelson, and Karen Page planning to go into business together again—served as a good starting point for Born Again and did not need too much explanation for viewers who had not seen the original series.

[76] Cox explained that a few years have passed since the end of Daredevil, with the three characters running their law firm and having "a pretty good rhythm" with their relationship.

[3]: 30  Some of Scardapane's early ideas for the series were turned down due to Marvel Studios' larger plans for the MCU, but he otherwise had "leeway" to tell a specific Daredevil story.

[88] Winderbaum likened Born Again to Game of Thrones (2011–2019) because it features "multiple factions [in New York City] vying for power in really complex ways".

[89] Another difference from Daredevil is the pace of episodes, with Scardapane explaining that there was an edict for the Marvel Netflix series to feature longer character scenes between their action sequences.

[88] D'Onofrio said Born Again would have a similar tone and feel to Echo,[90] and Scardapane said it would be darker than Daredevil which he felt only had "some dark elements" such as the cinematography.

[2] Cox was notified by Marvel Studios in early 2022 that they were looking to feature the character in another project following his appearances in No Way Home and She-Hulk, and learned that it was Born Again shortly before the series was formally announced at Comic-Con.

[21][99] Additional cast members from Daredevil, such as Deborah Ann Woll (Karen Page) and Elden Henson (Foggy Nelson), were not expected to return according to The Hollywood Reporter, and it was unclear if their characters would appear in Born Again.

[21] Henson, however, was planned to make a cameo appearance in the first episode as a way to "end the link between [Daredevil and Born Again] and give the old fans closure".

[16] In September 2023, a United States Copyright Office filing for the series listed several roles: Levieva as Heather Glenn, Gandolfini as Daniel Blade, James as Kirsten McDuffie, Johnson as Cherry, Froushan as Buck Cashman, Genneya Walton as BB Urich, and Zabryna Guevara as Sheila Rivera.

[12][102] With the death of Kamar de los Reyes in December 2023, he was revealed to have a significant role in the series,[28] subsequently confirmed to be the character Hector Ayala / White Tiger.

[22][26] Lou Taylor Pucci also joined the cast,[30] and set photos revealed that Zurer would now be reprising her role as Marianna-Fisk for the series;[20] she was disappointed with the initial recasting but was pleasantly surprised when she was asked to return following the overhaul.

[106] Marvel Studios' head of visual development Ryan Meinerding once again designed the Daredevil suit for Born Again, after doing so for the Netflix series.

[87] Set photos at the end of the month saw Cox, Henson, and Woll filming scenes,[123] as well as a person in a costume resembling the comic book character White Tiger.

[74][128] Winderbaum believed the series had Marvel Studios' "most brutal [visceral] action", saying it "packs a lot of power",[129] and Cox teased that Born Again would include fight sequences that were filmed in a single take, similar to those depicted in Daredevil.

[75][27] Following online leaks of the D23 footage, Marvel released an official look at Daredevil in his red costume within their video celebrating the company's 85th anniversary.