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Revision as of 16:44, 16 December 2025

Call of Duty
Season 1
Promotional poster
ShowrunnerFreddie Goodwin
Starring
Release
Original networkHBO Max

The first season of the American television series Call of Duty is based on Marvel Comics featuring the character Daredevil. It sees Task Force 141, led by Cpt. John Price (Barry Sloane), Sergeant Kyle "Gaz" Garrick (Elliot Knight), Lieutenant Simon "Ghost" Riley (Samuel Roukin), and Sergeant John "Soap" MacTavish (Neil Ellice). The season is produced by Activision, Mob Productions, and SOI Studios, with Freddie Goodwin as showrunner.

Barry Sloane reprises his role as Cpt. John Price from the video game rebooted sub-series Modern Warfare (2019–present), and is joined by Elliot Knight, Samuel Roukin, and Neil Ellice. Development on the season began in September 2022, following "Call of Duty NEXT" that aired that same month. Filming began in March 2023 and concluded in August 2023. Following completion, Goodwin announced that the season would consist of eight episodes.

The first season is scheduled to premiere on HBO Max on January 16, 2026, and will consist of eight episodes. A second season is in early development.

Episodes

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
11"Bravo Six, Going Dark"David BenioffFreddie Goodwin
Story by: Ava DuVernay		January 16, 2026 (2026-01-16)
22TBAUnknownUnknownJanuary 23, 2026 (2026-01-23)
33TBAUnknownUnknownJanuary 30, 2026 (2026-01-30)
44TBAUnknownUnknownFebruary 6, 2026 (2026-02-06)
55TBATBATBAApril 24, 2026 (2026-04-24)
66TBATBATBAMay 1, 2026 (2026-05-01)
77TBATBATBAMay 8, 2026 (2026-05-08)
88TBATBATBAMay 15, 2026 (2026-05-15)

The season will consist of eight episodes.

Cast and characters

See also: List of Call of Duty (2026 TV series) characters

Main

  • Barry Sloane as Cpt. John Price:
  • Elliot Knight as
  • Samuel Roukin
  • Neil Ellice

Recurring

Guest

Production

Development

File:Ava DuVernay 2015.jpg

A television series based on Call of Duty entered early development in September 2022, when Freddie Goodwin, through his production company Mob Productions, acquired the rights to adapt storylines from the main video game series. Goodwin had begun preliminary work on the project in April 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, outlining a long-form narrative drawn from the franchise’s campaign structure. In 2021, he stated in an interview conducted on the social media platform Discord that the series would be filmed in a style closely mirroring the games, with each episode structured as an individual campaign mission.

In December 2021, Ava DuVernay stated on Twitter that she was interested in contributing to the series and subsequently contacted Goodwin, who agreed to her involvement. In August 2022, Goodwin approached Activision to secure the rights to distribute the series through HBO Max.

Writing

The first season was ordered for eight episodes by December 2022, expanding on Goodwin’s original plan of six episodes, which required revisions to several scripts to accommodate the increased order. In March 2023, Sarah Treem joined the production to write the seventh episode and to assist with revisions to the third episode. Goodwin stated that he intended the series to be the darkest project he had undertaken, initially planning to adapt storylines from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009). He later expanded the scope to include narrative elements from the reboot series, incorporating material from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019), Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (2022), and its sequel, Modern Warfare III (2023).

Throughout 2023, Goodwin collaborated with Treem and DuVernay to refine the season’s structure and pacing, aiming to replicate the narrative style of the video games. In multiple interviews, Goodwin stated that he did not expect to achieve a perfect adaptation, but emphasized his intent to make the series as strong as possible. DuVernay echoed this sentiment, expressing approval of Goodwin’s story pitch, and disclosed that the season would largely avoid computer-generated imagery, with CGI reserved primarily for weapon effects.

In March 2024, reports emerged that six of the eight episodes were undergoing extensive reworking due to internal concerns over quality and standards. DuVernay stated that the production had set a clear creative benchmark for the season, adding that failure to meet this goal would jeopardize continuation into a second season, which Goodwin confirmed was in development at the time. During the same period, Goodwin addressed increased public pressure on social media for an early teaser release, stating that the series’ marketing strategy would closely mirror that of a new Call of Duty game release.

In November 2024, Goodwin stated that the season was looking at a 2026 release and said it would be very early in the year and marketing most likely will begin in 2025. On December 10, 2024, it was announced that the first season will premier on January 16, 2026 and will have a new episode air weekly for four weeks before a second "part" will have the final four episodes release weekly.

Because of Fisk's actions, the season's characters are divided into two factions: Murdock's resistance and Fisk's administration. Scardapane called the season a "resistance story" that explores how Murdock, who found a balance with his life as the vigilante Daredevil in the first season, can continue to operate now that being a vigilante is illegal. Murdock's resistance army expands throughout the season.[1] Scardapane said in April 2025 that Murdock's fellow Defenders from Marvel's Netflix miniseries The Defenders (2017) could join his army, but incorporating them all was "tricky writing-wise" as the writers wanted the story to unfold organically and earn the right to have returning characters.[2] A month later, Defenders member Jessica Jones was announced to be returning as one of Murdock's allies in the season.[3] The creative team were in constant discussions with the filmmakers behind Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026), which includes characters from the season, to ensure events lined up and "the impacts are felt" between the two. Winderbaum said the tones of each project were different but they still wanted to highlight that they exist in the same world.[4]

Despite being killed in the series' first episode, Franklin "Foggy" Nelson returns for the second season. Amanat said Nelson actor Elden Henson and Karen Page actress Deborah Ann Woll would both appear in different ways and said the creative team could not see a Daredevil season without Henson having some involvement.[5] In the first season, the law firm Nelson, Murdock & Page has the building number 468, which Gizmodo's James Whitbrook felt was an Easter egg to 2006's Daredevil vol. 2 #88 (legacy #468). That issue, by Ed Brubaker, David Aja, and Frank D'Armata, is called "The Secret Life of Foggy Nelson" and depicts Nelson makings a deal with the FBI to enter the Witness Protection Program after his apparent murder. Whitbrook wondered if Nelson would be revealed to be alive in the second season. He acknowledged that Nelson's death in the first season "leaves Template:Em little room for vagueness", unlike the comic version, but also noted that there is precedence in the Netflix series for characters being resurrected through supernatural means.[6] Reacting to this theory, Moorhead said street-level stories do not usually include supernatural elements and this creates stronger consequences for violence and death: "punches hurt more and blood means more... and dying very often does mean that you're actually dead".[7]

Casting

Main cast members returning from the first season include Charlie Cox as Matt Murdock / Daredevil,[8] Vincent D'Onofrio as Wilson Fisk / Kingpin,[9] Margarita Levieva as Heather Glenn,[1] Deborah Ann Woll as Karen Page, Elden Henson as Franklin "Foggy" Nelson,[5] Wilson Bethel as Benjamin "Dex" Poindexter / Bullseye,[10] Zabryna Guevara as Sheila Rivera, Nikki M. James as Kirsten McDuffie, Genneya Walton as BB Urich, Arty Froushan as Buck Cashman, Clark Johnson as Cherry, Michael Gandolfini as Daniel Blake,[1][11] Ayelet Zurer as Vanessa Fisk,[12] and Tony Dalton as Jack Duquesne / Swordsman.[13] Disney's upfront presentation in May 2025 showed footage of Jon Bernthal as Frank Castle / Punisher, leading to the belief that he would appear in the season.[14] Amanat stated in November that Bernthal would not appear in the season; the character's story from the first season is instead being continued in a Punisher television special starring Bernthal.[15]

At the end of February 2025, Matthew Lillard joined the cast for the season as Mr. Charles,[16][4] in a recurring role.[17] He called it a "small role right now" and was hopeful the character could return in the future.[18] The next month, Lili Taylor joined in another recurring role as the governor of New York and a political opponent to Fisk.[17][19] Also in March, set photos revealed that Sydney Parra,[20] Annie Parisse,[21] and James Armstrong were part of the cast.[22] In May, Krysten Ritter was announced to be reprising her role as Jessica Jones from Marvel's Netflix series.[23] Ritter said she had known about her return to the role for nearly two years and had struggled to keep that secret due to being "asked about [playing the character again] daily".[24] In July, Royce Johnson was revealed to be reprising his role as Brett Mahoney from Marvel's Netflix series.[25]

Guest stars include Susan Varon, who reprises her Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) role as Josie,[26] and Camila Rodriguez reprising her role as Angela del Toro from the first season.[27]

Design

Michael Shaw and Emily Gunshor returned as production designer and costume designer, respectively, from the first season.[11][25] The second season features a black Daredevil suit with a red "double D" chest emblem, similar to the one featured in the "Shadowland" (2010) comic book storyline.[28][14] It is the first time the character has worn a suit with the chest emblem in the MCU.[29][14] Looking at set photos of the suit, Felipe Rangel of Screen Rant said there appeared to be bits of red visible under the black. He speculated that Murdock had painted over his red suit from the first season.[29] Cox felt it was "pretty cool" to finally wear a suit with the chest emblem and said he had never asked for it before and had to "earn it". He was happy for the suit to be seen in set photos, rather than the usual secrecy that is taken with a new suit during production, because he was proud to finally have the emblem and wanted to show it off.[30] The suit from the end of the season was Cox's favorite to date, calling it "bad-ass" and noting it had unique elements to it created for the season that had not been seen in the comics previously.[31] Dex's costume features a blue "target" emblem on the forehead, similar to the white one from the comics.[32]

Filming

Principal photography began on February 28, 2025,[9][33] with Benson and Moorhead,[33] Naim, MacDonald, and Barnes as directors,[11] under the working title Out the Kitchen 2.[34][32] Hillary Fyfe Spera returned as cinematographer from the first season.[34] She is joined by Jeffrey Waldron, who worked on episodes 3, 4, 7 and 8.[35][36] Philip Silvera returned from the first season as stunt coordinator and second unit director.[11] In late March, filming occurred in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, at the set for Josie's Bar, with Cox wearing his black Daredevil suit.[26][28] In early April, Bethel filmed scenes in Chelsea.[10] Dalton was injured while filming action scenes for the season, requiring him to rest for about two or three weeks.[13] Filming was halfway done by mid-May,[37] and wrapped on July 9.[11]

Editing

Cedric Nairn-Smith, Stephanie Filo, and Melissa Lawson Cheung returned as editors from the first season.[11]

Marketing

In May 2025, Cox and Ritter appeared at Disney's upfront presentation where they debuted footage from the season, and Cox confirmed that Daredevil would wear an "iconic" suit featuring the "double D" chest emblem.[23][14] In October, Cox and Ritter appeared together again at New York Comic Con to present footage from the season.[38] More footage was shown at CCXP in December.[39]

Release

The second season is set to premiere on March 4, 2026,[40] and will consist of eight episodes.[33] It will be part of Phase Six of the MCU,[41] and be released under Marvel Studios' "Marvel Television" label.[42]

References

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