DAREDEVIL reboot in jeopardy

Fox Studios' new Daredevil reboot is in jeopardy of heading back to the property owners at Marvel as the film continues its run of production delays; the film lost director David Slade and 'A-Team' director Joe Carnahan was brought on board to work on the Frank Miller/David Mazzuchelli graphic novel tale 'Born Again' which finds Daredevil knee-deep in a gritty early '70s mob story featuring Kingpin. But Fox let the clock run down on the character license that is owned by Marvel Studios. The deal expires shortly and despite two extensions on the deal, Daredevil will most likely revert back to Marvel leaving Carnahan's film dead on the table. It would be a coupe for Marvel who had licensed out most of their character properties in the 1990s - currently Fox still controls the universes of The X-Men and The Fantastic Four. In recent years Marvel regained control of Iron Man and Blade from New Line Cinema and The Hulk from Universal. But with Daredevil heading back home, insiders fear that the violent 18+ 'Born Again' story line will be a turn off for Marvel's parent company Disney. Daredevil may once again become the lame ass Saturday morning kiddie fare that Ben Affleck portrayed in the 2003 Daredevil film. Here's hoping someone can save the franchise and Frank Miller's killer storyline. Fox has released a teaser trailer for Carnahan's vision of the movie you may never get to see: