The director of the 2003 Daredevil movie has shared some of the original plans for a sequel to the film that never made it to the big screen. Mark Steven Johnson recently talked to Yahoo! Entertainment about the film for its 20th anniversary. Daredevil starred Ben Affleck as Matt Murdock/Daredevil and Jennifer Garner as Elektra Natchios.
Unlike Bryan Singer’s 2000 X-Men film or Sam Raimi’s 2002 Spider-Man film, a sequel to Daredevil was never made. Instead, an Elektra spin-off film starring Garner was released in 2005. According to Johnson, the results of the spin-off would determine if there would be a Daredevil sequel. “I think the plan was that they would make an Elektra movie and then in success do another Daredevil,” said Johnson. “I didn’t work on the Elektra movie at all, but that one didn’t work out, and then everything kind of went away, unfortunately.”
Johnson also talked about one of the storylines he was hoping to tell in a sequel. “I know I wanted to do more of Matt’s romance with Karen Page, played by Ellen Pompeo,” said Johnson. Pompeo’s version of Karen makes a brief appearance in the first film at the office where Matt and Foggy Nelson (Jon Favreau) practice law. Karen’s romantic interest in Matt is hinted at when she mentions that Matt’s invitation to a ball lets him bring another person with him. Karen Page would later have a more significant role in the Netflix television series, where she was played by Deborah Ann Woll. Karen and Matt (Charlie Cox) even started dating at the beginning of the show’s second season.
