Man Without Fear

There's been some legal wrangling between Marvel and Fox. Go here for more details, but basically Marvel was going to let Fox hang on to their Daredevil rights in exchange for Galactus. Fox passed and now Marvel is getting the rights to Daredevil back. That's a shame really because director Joe Carnahan (Smokin' Aces, The A-Team, The Grey) was in talks to take over the project and had a vision for the movie that would have been great.

Check out his sizzle reel after the jump...

While I'm in the camp that says the Ben Affleck Daredevil isn't a bad movie, I'm digging this. I have an affection for the sleazy porno-fueled crime-ridden New York of the 70's and this is digging right into that. Plus, it seems to be taking a cue from the Frank Miller (before he went nuts) Daredevil comics of the 80's which are probably the best comics featuring the character. The combination of those two elements would have made for a cool, gritty street-level superhero flick. Like I said, it's a shame Fox didn't pick this up. Ah well, I'll just re-watch this and dream of what might have been.