Steven DeKnight, showrunner on Netflix’s Marvel Daredevil collection, calls the upcoming Disney+ collection “an old Disney scam” that may preserve the Netflix collection creatives from getting what is because of them financially.

Written and government produced by Covert Affairs‘ Matt Corman and Chris Ord, the new installment centers on Charlie Cox’s Daredevil, in any other case often called Matt Murdock, an lawyer by day and crimefighter by night time. Vince D’Onofrio reprises his position as mob boss Wilson Fisk aka Kingpin.

DeKnight served because the showrunner for the primary season of Netflix’s Daredevil, which launched in 2015 and ran for 3 seasons.

DeKnight was responding to a publish on X (previously often called Twitter) by a grip named Thomas, who’s a part of the IATSE union that represents movie, TV and stage crew staff.

Thomas wrote that the retitling of the collection is “a f***ing scam”, designed to reset guild contract phrases to Season 1 ranges. DeKnight replied on X that “It’s an old Disney scam where they slightly rename a series to reset contract terms back to first season. Needs to be addressed by all the guilds/unions and crushed!”

DeKnight later wrote on X. “To be clear, I can’t wait to see Charlie Cox and the amazing @VincentDonofrio reprise their iconic rolls. But to claim this is a complete reboot and you don’t have to pay the original creatives is some corporate shenanigans, to say the least.”

Different introduced most important forged members of Daredevil: Born Once more embody Margarita Levieva, Sandrine Holt, Michael Gandolfini, Arty Froushan and Nikki M. James. Jon Bernthal’s Punisher is also reprising his position.

Cox spoke with NME late final yr about his position within the upcoming reboot.

“This has to be a reincarnation, it has to be different, otherwise why are we doing it?” Cox instructed the publication. “My opinion is this character works best when he’s geared towards a slightly more mature audience. My instinct is that on Disney+ it will be dark but it probably won’t be as gory.”

Daredevil: Born Once more, which had been filming in and round New York, was three months into an eight-month shoot on an 18-episode new season for Disney+ when it suspended manufacturing as a result of WGA strike.