Daredevil: Born Again Season 3 will put a newly introduced Marvel hero at the center of his story and answer a long-standing question fans have had since his Netflix show ended eight years ago.
Talking about the final edition of season 2 of Daredevil: Born Again Official podcast, showrunner Dario Scardapane and Marvel’s head of television Brad Winderbaum gave a small but significant preview of the next installment in the series. And, according to the pair, the third chapter of the Marvel project will highlight a specific superhuman that has been referenced during the second half of this season.
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The individual Winderbaum and Scardapane are talking about is, of course, Luke Cage.
Portrayed by Mike Colter in Netflix’s Marvel universe of television shows, all of which are now considered canon in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), Cage makes the briefest of appearances in Daredevil: Born AgainThe end of season 2.
That cameo comes after Colter fielded many months of questions about her return to her role in the MCU, queries that began coming in after it was revealed that Krysten Ritter would return as Jessica Jones in born again season 2 last May. Then, more recently, Colter was confirmed to return as Cage after he was photographed in a real-world location for Season 3, alongside Ritter and fellow returnee Finn Jones as Danny Rand/Iron Fist, in late March. Colter followed those photos by announcing his return on his own Instagram page earlier this month.
Krysten Ritter, Finn Jones and Mike Jones on the set of Daredevil: Born Again S3 from r/LeaksAndRumors
It doesn’t look like Cage only has a minor supporting role in Daredevil: Born Again Neither does the Season 2 sequel.
In fact, discussing Cage’s role in born again In the third season, Winderbaum joked, “I feel comfortable saying it: Luke Cage is going to be a big part of season three.” So, we can expect to see a lot of Harlem’s unbreakable hero in the third outing of the Marvel Phase 6 TV show.
How Daredevil: Born Again Season 3 Could Answer Some Big Questions About Luke Cage’s Past
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Understandably, Colter’s long-awaited return as Cage has raised three big questions. What has he been up to since we last saw him in his self-titled? Netflix series? How did this result in him working for Matthew Lillard’s nefarious Mr. Charles until, as Cage reveals in Season 2, Episode 8, he was relieved of his duties? And when he got back with Jessica, had a child, and then walked away from them before finally reuniting with his family in the Season 2 finale?
The first is possibly the most important of that trio, mainly because it will help answer the other two.
Indeed, lucas cage Season 2 ended with the eponymous hero taking over Harlem’s Paradise, aka the high-end nightclub owned and run by crime boss Cornell ‘Cottonmouth’ Stokes. At the time, it seemed like Cage would start walking down a darker path and become either an antihero or an outright villain. However, with lucas cage Canceled shortly after its Season 2 debut, fans were unable to get closure on this particular story.
A little disappointed that we won’t see the crime boss Luke Cage arc set up at the end of LC season 2.May 6, 2026
It is here where born again Season 3 could – and, from the looks of it, will – fill us in on what Cage has been up to since the series came to an unceremonious end. As part of the Cage-centric discussion on the latest episode of the aforementioned podcast, Scardapane said: “In one small moment at the end of this episode, there’s a whole story yet to be told.
“And the funny thing is that this is like hiding an Easter egg, if you know these characters, [Cage and Jones] history and you know some of the comic runs, you’ll know what’s going on.
I guess we should prepare ourselves for a lot of Cage and Jones-based flashbacks, a lot of family cliffhangers, and specific references to the former’s Netflix show that will further tie it to the Daredevil Disney+ show, then! While we wait for season 3 to arrive, read my Daredevil: Born Again Season 2 Finale Explained Piece to answer your biggest questions about the eighth and final episode of this season.
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