Drew Goddard Attached to the ‘Daredevil’ Series

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Charlie Cox stars in the Netflix Original Series “Marvel’s Daredevil.”(Photo: Courtesy of Netflix © 2014 Netflix, Inc)

Writer/director Drew Goddard (Cloverfield, World War Z) has committed to being the showrunner and executive producer of the Daredevil series set up at Netflix. Marvel confirmed Goddard’s participation in the series which is a joint project of Marvel Television and Netflix.

According to Marvel, Goddard will also write and direct the first episode. The 13-episode Daredevil series is expected to premiere in 2015. The Netflix and Marvel deal also calls for series based on the Jessica Jones, Iron Fist, and Luke Cage comic book properties.