With news of the depature of director Edgar Wright from ANT-MAN still fresh in people's minds, the curious news that Drew Goddard had left the Daredevil show on Netflix was also shocking today.
Latino Review was first to report that Goddard had left DD... but no reason why.
Then news came quickly via Hollywood Reporter that former Spartacus showrunner Steven DeKnight was taking over on DD, while Goddard would remain as consultant. Goddard would focus his time on the new Sinister Six movie being developed at Sony.
DeKnight has also worked on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Smallville.
Marvel was quick to confirm the news as well:
Marvel is proud to announce that acclaimed writer, director and producer Steven S. DeKnight ("Spartacus," "Buffy: The Vampire Slayer," "Angel") has joined "Marvel's Daredevil" as Executive Producer & Showrunner on the all-new 13-episode series premiering on Netflix in 2015. Drew Goddard, who also wrote the first two episodes, will continue to serve as Executive Producer on "Marvel"s Daredevil" as he writes and preps Sony's "The Amazing Spider-Man" spin-off film, "The Sinister Six."
On Twitter, DeKnight posted this shortly after:
A man without hope...
— Steven DeKnight (@stevendeknight) May 24, 2014I welcomed him aboard, and he replied!
Deeply honored to be a part of it. RT @manwithoutfear: @stevendeknight Welcome aboard!
— Steven DeKnight (@stevendeknight) May 24, 2014So what do you think?
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