Cox's Murdock first arrived in Disney's MCU with 2021's Spider-Man: No Way Home, while D'Onofrio's Fisk popped up on Hawkeye on Disney+. Daredevil: Born Again, from head writer and showrunner Dario Scardapane, will pick up with Fisk pursuing his own political endeavors in New York.
Many of the core cast members are reprising their roles from Daredevil, one of the shows Marvel made with Netflix before Disney launched its own streaming platform.