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Call of Duty
Season 1
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 reboot 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
101TBAAaron Moorhead & Justin Benson[1]TBAMarch 4, 2026 (2026-03-04)[2]

The season will consist of eight episodes.

Cast and characters

See also: List of Daredevil (TV series) characters

Main

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

Recurring

Guest

Production

Development

A television series based on Call of Duty began early development in September 2022, when Freddie Goodwin alongside his production company Mob Productions aquired permission and rights to adapt storylines from the main video game series. Goodwin began work on the series in April 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, where he began

Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige said in August 2024 that nine episodes had been completed that would make up the first season of Born Again, and a second season was planned;[3][4] with the creative overhaul, the planned 18-episode season had been split into two, nine-episode seasons.[5][6] In February 2025, Scardapane, Benson, and Moorhead were confirmed to be returning for the second season,[7][6] with Benson and Moorhead directing the first two episodes.[1][8] Scardapane said the second season would just be eight episodes,[9][10] and described its production as a "better-oiled machine".[6] In May, star Vincent D'Onofrio revealed that Angela Barnes would direct for the season after doing so for the Marvel Studios series Ironheart (2025).[11] Solvan Naim and Iain B. MacDonald were revealed in July to also be directing.[12] Executive producers included Marvel Studios' Feige, Louis D'Esposito, Brad Winderbaum, and Sana Amanat, alongside Scardapane, Benson, and Moorhead.[7] The series is released under Marvel Studios' "Marvel Television" label.[13]

Writing

The series' initial take was described as a legal procedural that was dark, but not as gory as the Netflix series,[14][15] and more episodic than other Marvel Studios series with "self-contained" episodes.[16] D'Onofrio said in March 2023 that they were working on two seasons and there would be "gigantic payoffs" during the second.[17] Following the series' creative overhaul, serialized elements were added,[18] and the cast said the events of the original series would be part of their characters' histories. Some new storylines build on those events, but they did not want to dwell too much on the past or alienate new viewers.[19]

Grainne Godfree, Heather Bellson, and Jesse Wigutow returned as writers from the first season, alongside newcomers Chantelle Wells and Omar Najam.[20]Template:Fix[12] Wigutow said the season had a "singular vision", unlike the first which at times felt "jigsawed together" due to the creative overhaul.[21] Scardapane said the scripts for seven episodes were "locked, loaded, [and] ready to go" ahead of filming. He was still working on the season finale, as he wanted to incorporate elements discovered during filming similar to traditional network television series where only a few episodes are written ahead of the one being filmed.[10] The final script was completed by May 2025.[22] Star Charlie Cox applauded the scripts, believing the season had some of the series' best writing and a strong ensemble due to it developing characters who Cox felt were "left behind" in the series' initial iteration.[23]

Scardapane described the second season as a "part two", building on what had been done with the first,[6] with visual cues, themes, and Easter eggs from the first season that "pay off monstrously" in the second.[24] He said Wilson Fisk / Kingpin is the "prime villain" of the series, but it also features other antagonists who would be "piling up" as the story continues. These include the serial killer Muse, whose storyline has a "ripple effect" from the first season into the second.[6] At the end of the first season, Fisk has placed New York City under martial law and locked his political opponents in cages. D'Onofrio said this allows Fisk to commit crimes and get rid of vigilantes, but the character has bigger plans to expand his power and reach beyond New York.[25] Wigutow said the season had "a lot of political intrigue and palace intrigue", and was telling a "big New York City story" about crime and politics that narrows down to "what matters most" in the finale. He said the season was ultimately about Fisk and Matt Murdock / Daredevil both hating and needing each other, and how they work through that.[26][21] Cox said Fisk's New York had become "much more sinister" for those looking to do the right thing and "all bets are off" now that the first-season pact between Murdock and Fisk, to avoid confronting each other, no longer applies.[27]

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.[28] 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.[24] A month later, Defenders member Jessica Jones was announced to be returning as one of Murdock's allies in the season.[29] 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.[30]

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.[31] 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.[32] 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".[33]

Casting

Main cast members returning from the first season include Charlie Cox as Matt Murdock / Daredevil,[34] Vincent D'Onofrio as Wilson Fisk / Kingpin,[35] Margarita Levieva as Heather Glenn,[28] Deborah Ann Woll as Karen Page, Elden Henson as Franklin "Foggy" Nelson,[31] Wilson Bethel as Benjamin "Dex" Poindexter / Bullseye,[36] 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,[28][12] Ayelet Zurer as Vanessa Fisk,[37] and Tony Dalton as Jack Duquesne / Swordsman.[38] 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.[39] 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.[40]

At the end of February 2025, Matthew Lillard joined the cast for the season as Mr. Charles,[7][30] in a recurring role.[41] He called it a "small role right now" and was hopeful the character could return in the future.[42] The next month, Lili Taylor joined in another recurring role as the governor of New York and a political opponent to Fisk.[41][43] Also in March, set photos revealed that Sydney Parra,[44] Annie Parisse,[45] and James Armstrong were part of the cast.[46] In May, Krysten Ritter was announced to be reprising her role as Jessica Jones from Marvel's Netflix series.[47] 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".[48] In July, Royce Johnson was revealed to be reprising his role as Brett Mahoney from Marvel's Netflix series.[49]

Guest stars include Susan Varon, who reprises her Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) role as Josie,[50] and Camila Rodriguez reprising her role as Angela del Toro from the first season.[51]

Design

Michael Shaw and Emily Gunshor returned as production designer and costume designer, respectively, from the first season.[12][49] 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.[52][39] It is the first time the character has worn a suit with the chest emblem in the MCU.[53][39] 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.[53] 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.[54] 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.[55] Dex's costume features a blue "target" emblem on the forehead, similar to the white one from the comics.[56]

Filming

Principal photography began on February 28, 2025,[35][9] with Benson and Moorhead,[9] Naim, MacDonald, and Barnes as directors,[12] under the working title Out the Kitchen 2.[8][56] Hillary Fyfe Spera returned as cinematographer from the first season.[8] She is joined by Jeffrey Waldron, who worked on episodes 3, 4, 7 and 8.[57][58] Philip Silvera returned from the first season as stunt coordinator and second unit director.[12] In late March, filming occurred in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, at the set for Josie's Bar, with Cox wearing his black Daredevil suit.[50][52] In early April, Bethel filmed scenes in Chelsea.[36] Dalton was injured while filming action scenes for the season, requiring him to rest for about two or three weeks.[38] Filming was halfway done by mid-May,[59] and wrapped on July 9.[12]

Editing

Cedric Nairn-Smith, Stephanie Filo, and Melissa Lawson Cheung returned as editors from the first season.[12]

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.[47][39] In October, Cox and Ritter appeared together again at New York Comic Con to present footage from the season.[27] More footage was shown at CCXP in December.[60]

Release

The second season is set to premiere on March 4, 2026,[2] and will consist of eight episodes.[9] It will be part of Phase Six of the MCU,[10] and be released under Marvel Studios' "Marvel Television" label.[13]

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