Every Marvel Studios Movie and Disney+ Project in 2024 and Beyond

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With the 20th Century Fox “X-Men” movies dead and gone following Disney’s acquisition of the studio, many fans thought Marvel Studios would first reboot the mutant superheroes in a series of live-action films or TV series.

Instead, Marvel is reviving the seminal Saturday morning “X-Men” animated series, which ran for five seasons from 1992 through 1997 and is widely considered to be the reason Fox decided to make a live-action “X-Men” movie. The series will update the story from the original series, focusing on the mutants Rogue, Beast, Gambit, Jean Grey, Wolverine, Storm, Jubilee and Cyclops; they’ll be led by Magneto, sporting long hair and a purple suit. (On the original series finale, Prof. Charles Xavier is forced to leave Earth to be cured after a crippling attack.)

The X-Men will be joined on the show by Cable, Bishop, Forge, Morph and Nightcrawler, and they’ll be battling the Hellfire Club (non-“Stranger Things” version) with Emma Frost and Sebastian Shaw. Mr. Sinister and Bolivar Trask will also appear.

Beau DeMayo (Netflix’s “The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf”) will be the head writer.

MCU Tie-In: With the multiverse in full bloom, “X-Men ’97” doesn’t have to link up with any of the MCU, and the new trailer debuts the “Marvel Animation” logo, further distancing this show from the core MCU. But Marvel also has “Deadpool & Wolverine” in later 2024, so who knows what self-aware shenanigans may be afoot.

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While Fox’s “X-Men” movies officially ended with the twin flops of “Dark Phoenix” and “The New Mutants” prior to the sale to Disney, the two “Deadpool” spin-off films remain the most financially successful “X-Men” movies ever made, earning $1.57 billion combined. That’s enough cash to convince Disney and Marvel Studios to make their first R-rated superhero movie, and their first movie starring a character from the Fox era.

In March 2022, Reynolds announced that regular collaborator Shawn Levy (“Free Guy,” “The Adam Project”) will direct the film, with “Deadpool” screenwriters Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick writing it. Later that year, Reynolds revealed that Hugh Jackman will return as Wolverine again — though, based on his costuming, perhaps not the version of Wolverine he retired in 2017’s “Logan.”

MCU Tie-In: In the teaser, Wade Wilson is captured by the Time Variance Authority from “Loki,” where he meets an official played by Matthew Macfadyen, who shows him a bunch of clips from, well, the MCU. The presence of the TVA implies that any Marvel variant from the Fox era could show up in “Deadpool & Wolverine,” suggesting that this film could do for the Fox Marvel era what “Spider-Man: No Way Home” did for the Sony Marvel era.

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As Variety first reported, Kathryn Hahn will star in this “WandaVision” spin-off series about Agatha Harkness, the witch she played to Emmy-nominated perfection. “WandaVision” head writer Jac Schaeffer will write and executive produce the show, part of her overall deal with Marvel Studios and 20th Television. In keeping with Hahn’s performance, the new show will be a dark comedy — and a mischievous one.

The show was first announced with the title “Agatha: House of Harkness”; in July 2022, that was updated to “Agatha: Coven of Chaos,” and then in Sept. 2023, updated again to “Agatha: Darkhold Diaries.” A source says this is less a sign of indecision on Marvel’s part and more a signal that the show will embrace Agatha’s penchant for shenanigans, so it’s safest to assume the title of this show will at the very least be “Agatha.”

Patti LuPone, Aubrey Plaza, Sasheer Zamata (“Saturday Night Live”), Joe Locke (“Heartstopper”) and Miles Gutierrez-Riley (“The Wilds”) will costar, with Debra Jo Rupp and Emma Caulfield Ford reprising their roles from “WandaVision.”

MCU Tie-In: Unclear, but Agatha’s connection to Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen) certainly seems to provide ample storytelling possibilities, especially since, when we last saw Agatha, she’d been trapped by Wanda in her sitcom persona of Agnes, the quintessential sitcom nosy neighbor. Schaeffer is also developing a second “WandaVision” spin-off focusing on Paul Bettany’s Vision (more on that series below).

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Unlike the smooth, modern look of “What If…?”, this animated show will harken back to Peter Parker’s comic book origins as he begins his journey to become Spider-Man.

This version of Peter’s life will feature a bunch of new characters, including Nico Minoru, from the Runaways team; a new crush who isn’t Mary Jane or Gwen Stacey; Amadeus Cho, who becomes a new Hulk in the comics; a Wakandan exchange student; and Harry Osborn, with Harry’s father Norman serving as Peter’s mentor. (Well, at first, anyway.)

Charlie Cox will be voicing the role of Daredevil, and Doctor Strange will appear as well (though it’s unclear if Benedict Cumberbatch will voice that role). Paul F. Tompkins will voice a new character named Bentley Witman.

We’ll also see some classic Spidey villains, including Unicorn, Chameleon, Scorpion, Speed Demon, Tarantula, Rhino, Butane and Doc Ock.

Jeff Trammel (Cartoon Network’s “Craig of the Creek”) is the head writer and executive producer.

Season 2 is also in the works.

MCU Tie-In: Early press materials had indicated that this show is a prequel to the Tom Holland storyline in the MCU, but details unveiled at San Diego Comic-Con 2022 — like the appearance of Harry and Norman Osborn — threw cold water on that idea. So: multiverse!

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Julius Onah (“Luce,” “The Cloverfield Paradox”) is directing the film, which finds the new Captain America, Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie), fighting the good fight without the support of the Avengers, who disbanded in the wake of “Endgame.” Also returning from “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier” are Carl Lumbly as Isaiah Bradley, a.k.a. the first Black supersoldier (who told Sam in “FAWS” that the U.S. would never accept a Black Captain America), and Danny Ramirez as Joaquín Torres, who inherits the Falcon moniker from Sam. Shira Haas (“Unorthodox”) joins the cast as Ruth Bat-Seraph, a.k.a. Sabra. In the comics, Sabra is a mutant who works as an agent of the Israeli Mossad, but a spokesperson for Marvel tells Variety that the filmmakers are taking “a new approach” with the character.

“FAWS” head writer Malcolm Spellman and staff writer Dalan Musson wrote the screenplay, with Matthew Orton (“Moon Knight”) writing material for additional photography planned for 2024.

The film was originally subtitled “New World Order,” but Disney announced it was changed to “Brave New World” in June 2023. While main photography concluded before the SAG-AFTRA strike, Disney pushed the film from a May 2024 release to Feb. 2025.

MCU Tie-In: Tim Blake Nelson will play Samuel Sterns, a.k.a. The Leader, a character that dates all the way back to 2008’s “The Incredible Hulk.” In that film, Emil Blonsky (Tim Roth) forces Samuel to use blood samples from Bruce Banner (played by Edward Norton) to transform Emil into the Abomination. In the aftermath, some of Bruce’s blood lands on an open wound on Emils skull, transforming him into The Leader. Sixteen years later, we’ll finally see what happened next for Samuel.

Another character from “The Incredible Hulk,” Thaddeus “Thunderbolt” Ross, will appear as the president of the United States in “Brave New World” — played by Harrison Ford (!), replacing the late actor William Hurt, who originated the role and played it several times, most recently in “Black Widow.”

The Leader and Ross may not be the only MCU legacy characters to return for “Brave New World,” especially since the anti-hero team-up movie “Thunderbolts” is set to follow later in 2025, which features disgraced former Captain America John Walker (Wyatt Russell), a.k.a. U.S. Agent, and the shadowy operative Contessa Valentina Allegra de Fontaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) — two characters first introduced on “FAWS.” And then there’s the post-credits tease for “FAWS,” in which Sharon Carter (Emily VanCamp) revealed herself to be the nefarious Power Broker just as she’s pardoned and brought back into the U.S. government — what’s to become of her?

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Marvel Studios’ answer to DC’s Suicide Squad, “Thunderbolts” is a team of anti-heroes — or reformed villains, depending on your point of view — who are formed at first to do bad but then decide to try to make up for the errors of their ways.

Jake Schreier (“Paper Towns”) will direct from a script by Eric Pearson (“Black Widow”). The team will include Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes (aka the Winter Soldier) from “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier” and “Captain America: The Winter Soldier”; Florence Pugh as Yelena Belova from “Black Widow” and “Hawkeye”; David Harbour as Alexei Shostakov (aka Red Guardian) from “Black Widow”; Wyatt Russell as John Walker (aka U.S. Agent) from “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier”; Hannah John-Kamen as Ava Starr (aka Ghost) from “Ant-Man and the Wasp”; Olga Kurylenko as Taskmaster from “Black Widow”; and Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Valentina Allegra de Fontaine from “Falcon and Winter Soldier” and “Black Widow.”

“Thunderbolts” was originally set to open in late 2024, until the SAG-AFTRA strike delayed production and pushed its release to 2025.

MCU Tie-In: All of these characters carry a lot of baggage with them from their earlier appearances, which will no doubt factor into whatever transpires in “Thunderbolts.” With “Captain America: New World Order” opening a few months earlier, one also expects Sam Wilson, aka Captain America (Anthony Mackie), could play some kind of role here. And given that Baron Zemo (Daniel Brühl) is a major character in the Thunderbolts in the comics, he could pop up as well.

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When Disney bought 20th Century Fox (now 20th Century Studios), Marvel fans knew instantly that it would mean that the X-Men and the Fantastic Four — the two classic Marvel franchises that had heretofore existed outside the MCU — would finally join the fold.

Matt Shakman (“WandaVision”) will direct the film. He took over from “Spider-Man” filmmaker Jon Watts, who was originally announced as the director by Feige in December 2020, but backed out of the project in April 2022, citing superhero cinema fatigue.

In November 2023, news leaked that Marvel was eyeing Pedro Pascal to play Reed Richards, aka Mr. Fantastic. Four months later, the studio officially announced the full foursome: Pascal, Vanessa Kirby (as Sue Storm, aka Invisible Woman), Joseph Quinn (as Johnny Storm, aka the Human Torch) and Ebon Moss-Bachrach (as Ben Grimm, aka Thing).

MCU Tie-In: Unclear, but in the comics, the Fantastic Four play a critical role in the “Secret Wars” series.

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Back when he was making the Marvel series “Luke Cage” for Netflix, Mahershala Ali made it known to Marvel Studios that he wanted to star in a remake of “Blade,” the superhero franchise about the sword-wielding half-vampire first headlined by Wesley Snipes (and credited by many for paving the way for the superhero cinema renaissance). Marvel, smartly, said yes.

Stacy Osei-Kuffour (HBO’s “Watchmen”) has been tapped to write the screenplay. Yann Demange (“Lovecraft Country”) will direct, replacing filmmaker Bassam Tariq (“Mogul Mowgli”) who departed the project in September 2022, two months before it was scheduled to begin filming. Disney subsequently pushed “Blade” from 2023 to 2024, and then again to 2025.

MCU Tie-In: Unclear, but Ali did make an audio-only cameo in one of the post-credits scenes in “Eternals” with Kit Harington’s Dane Whitman.

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After “Daredevil” ran for three seasons on Netflix through 2018, Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox) faded back into the shadows once the streamer cut ties with Marvel in advance of the debut of Disney+. After Murdock popped up as Peter Parker’s lawyer in 2021’s “Spider-Man: No Way Home” — and his nemesis, Kingpin (Vincent D’Onofrio), reemerged the same month as the lead villain on “Hawkeye” — there was a great deal of anticipation that the Man Without Fear would return to fight crime again.

In May 2022, Variety reported that Matt Corman and Chris Ord (“Covert Affairs”) signed up to write and executive produce a new “Daredevil” series, which Feige announced will unfold over 18 episodes — triple the usual number for a drama series in the MCU.

Since then, the show underwent a significant creative overhaul: Corman and Ord exited the series midway through production, and Dario Scardapane (“The Punisher”) stepped in as the new showrunner. Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead (“Loki,” “Hawkeye”) will direct the bulk of the episodes of Season 1, which will most likely not consist of all 18 episodes.

MCU Tie-In: Clint Barton (Jeremy Renner) and especially Maya Lopez (Alaqua Cox) have a complicated relationship with Kingpin, so either of those characters could factor on the show. Matt’s burgeoning relationship with Jennifer Walters (Tatiana Maslany), a.k.a. the title hero of “She-Hulk: Attorney at Law,” could also wind up on the show (though that seems like much more of a stretch).

The big question, however, has been if the events of Netflix’s “Daredevil” are part of the MCU and would be incorporated into “Daredevil: Born Again.” For years, Marvel Studios was publicly coy, and privately dismissive, about whether it would be integrating the Netflix shows into its storytelling. But in Jan. 2024, Marvel executive Brad Winderbaum told Screen Rant that he was “confident” that the Netflix series was part of “the sacred timeline” — i.e., the main MCU — which means Jon Bernthal’s Frank Castle (aka the Punisher) will be bringing all of his Netflix baggage with him when he appears on “Born Again.” Whether any of the other Netflix Marvel characters — including Jessica Jones (Krysten Ritter), Mike Colter (Luke Cage) or Danny Rand aka Iron Fist (Finn Jones) — will also return remains to be seen.

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Dominique Thorne (“If Beale Street Could Talk,” “Judas and the Black Messiah”) will play Riri Williams, who, in the comics, is an engineering prodigy who develops her own supersuit similar to Tony Stark’s Iron Man.

Screenwriter, poet, playwright, and educator Chinaka Hodge (“Amazing Stories,” “Snowpiercer”) will serve as head writer. Sam Bailey (“Dear White People”) and Angela Barnes (“Blindspotting”) are dividing directing duties, and Proximity — the production company co-founded by “Black Panther” filmmaker Ryan Coogler — is producing with Marvel Studios.

Anthony Ramos (“In the Heights”) plays Parker Robbins, aka The Hood, who starts as an ally of Riri’s but winds up as an antagonist — dabbling in the dark arts will do that. The cast also includes Lyric Ross (“This Is Us”), Manny Montana (“Good Girls”), Alden Ehrenreich (“Solo”) and Shea Couleé (“RuPaul’s Drag Race”).

MCU Tie-In: Williams first appeared in 2022’s “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” and Jim Rash will reprise his role as the Dean of MIT from 2016’s “Captain America: Civil War.”

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In the same way that “Avengers: Infinity War” lead into “Avengers: Endgame,” the original plan was for Phase 6 of the MCU — and the Multiverse Saga — to conclude with two “Avengers” movies, starting with this one, which, given the title, was expected to involve Jonathan Majors’ Kang the Conqueror. But in late 2023, the film’s original director, Destin Daniel Cretton (“Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings”), and screenwriter, Jeff Loveness (“Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania”), both exited the project, and then Marvel parted ways with Majors hours after the actor’s conviction in December for misdemeanor assault and harassment.

At this point, it’s unclear whether Marvel plans to recast Kang or move on from the character entirely, but it does seem certain that “Kang Dynasty” is undergoing some considerable rethinking. One sign of what may be afoot: Michael Waldron (“Loki”), the writer “Avengers: Secret Wars” — the concluding film of the Multiverse Saga — was hired to take over the screenplay for this movie as well. Perhaps now “Secret Wars” will become a two-parter.

MCU Tie-In: No casting has been announced, but it’s safe to assume that many MCU characters will be involved with this movie.

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In 2015, Marvel Comics published a nearly year-long miniseries called “Secret Wars,” in which an incursion between the main Marvel universe (Earth-616) and the Ultimate Marvel universe (Earth-1610) caused the destruction of both. Afterwards, many variants of Marvel characters find themselves living on a post-apocalyptic planet called Battleworld.

How the MCU will get to this point (if this is indeed the plot of the movie) remains something of a mystery, as several major players in the comic book storyline — including the Fantastic Four and their mortal enemy Victor von Doom — have yet to show up in the MCU. Equally intriguing is that following “Secret Wars,” Marvel Comics more-or-less rebooted, launching “all-new, all-different” versions of many of its most beloved titles. Most curious, indeed.

Michael Waldron (“Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,” “Loki”) will write the screenplay.

MCU Tie-In: Given its storyline and placement at the end of the Multiverse Saga, expect all of the characters to show up in this one.

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After launching Season 2 over the 2023 Christmas holiday, Marvel announced that Season 3 was already under way with a preview clip from an episode involving Red Guardian (David Harbour), Winter Soldier (Sebastian Stan) and Bill Foster (Laurence Fishburne) and a new character, Ranger Morales (America Ferrera). No other episode or characters are known at this point, but Jeffrey Wright’s the Watcher is sure to return.

MCU Tie-In: Since “What If…?” deals in the multiverse, nothing that’s happens on the previous two seasons have had an effect on the main MCU storyline. And yet, a thorough knowledge of, and love for, the MCU is a prerequisite to fully appreciating this show’s alternative storylines.

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What would happen if you lost to Tony Stark — not as a supervillain, but as a businessperson? Well, Simon Williams knows: In the comics, he’s the son of a captain of industry whose business buckles under pressure from Stark Industries. So Simon turns to Baron Zemo, who transforms him into the superhero known as Wonder Man.

“Shang-Chi” director Destin Daniel Cretton developed the series with head writer Andrew Guest (“Brooklyn Nine-Nine,” “Community”), part of Cretton’s overall deal with Marvel Studios and Onyx Collective. Cretton will direct.

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (“Watchmen,” “Aquaman”) will play Williams.

MCU Tie-in: Ben Kingsley will reprise his role as ne’er-do-well British actor Trevor Slattery from “Iron Man 3” and “Shang-Chi.” Otherwise, unclear, though it seems unlikely that the MCU version of Zemo would be the source of Williams’ superpowers, given his abiding hatred for all superheroes everywhere.

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In Dec. 2023, Marvel announced its first official “Black Panther” spin-off series, an animated about the Wakandan warriors who are “tasked to travel the world retrieving dangerous vibranium artifacts,” according to an official release. No further information has been released, including who is writing or directing the show, but a source did confirm to Variety that “Black Panther” director Ryan Coogler is involved.

“Eyes of Wakanda” is also separate from the live-action Wakanda-based series that Coogler is developing as part of a multi-year overall TV deal between Coogler’s production company Proximity Media and the Walt Disney Company. That show was announced in Feb. 2021, and no further news about the project have been released since.

MCU Tie-In: Unclear.

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In the comics, the Armor Wars storyline depicted Tony Stark’s horror when his Iron Man technology ends up in the wrong hands. With Stark dead in the MCU, Don Cheadle’s James Rhodes will headline this adaptation instead. Yassir Lester (“Black Monday”) will serve as screenwriter.

Originally developed as a Disney+ series, Marvel Studios announced in September 2022 that “Armor Wars” will be a feature film.

MCU Tie-In: At the 2022 D23 Expo, Feige said “Armor Wars” will carry over the events from the 2023 Disney+ series “Secret Invasion.”

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Pretty much everything you need to know about this animated series is right there in the title: A zombie apocalypse causes most of the Avengers to turn into super-powered, flesh-craving undead. The title comes from the 2005-2006 comic book mini-series written by, who else, “The Walking Dead” creator Robert Kirkman, with art by Sean Phillips; those comics were already loosely adapted on an episode of the first season of “What If…?”

This series will feature zombie versions of Clint Barton, Captain Marvel, Captain America (cut in half), the Abomination from “The Incredible Hulk” and “Shang-Chi,” Ghost from “Ant-Man and the Wasp,” Scarlet Witch, Okoye from “Black Panther” and Ikaris from “Eternals.” Taking them on will be Yelena Belova and Red Guardian (along with a team of Widows) from “Black Widow,” Shang-Chi and his BFF Katy, Kate Bishop from “Hawkeye,” Jimmy Woo from “Ant-Man and the Wasp” and “WandaVision,” Death Dealer from “Shang-Chi,” Ms. Marvel, and a biker gang of Skrulls from “Captain Marvel.”

“What If…?” director Bryan Andrews is also directing this show, with Zeb Wells (“Robot Chicken”) serving as head writer and executive producer.

MCU Tie-In: Unclear.

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“Moon Knight” writer Sabir Pirzada is developing a project based on Nova, the intergalactic superhero tied to the Nova Corps from the Marvel Comics. It’s unclear whether this project would be a series for Disney+ or a theatrical feature.

MCU Tie-In: Unclear, though Nova Corps was a central part of 2014’s “Guardians of the Galaxy” — and we learn in 2018’s “Avengers: Infinity War” that Thanos devastated Nova Prime in order to secure one of the Infinity Stones.

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The second “WandaVision” spin-off after “Agatha: Coven of Chaos,” this series would follow the exploits of White Vision, the emotionless physical reproduction of the dearly departed Vision introduced in the final episodes of the MCU’s inaugural Disney+ series. A Marvel comic book run from the 1980s shares the same title as the show, but its events were largely covered on “WandaVision”; it’s believed the series would instead follow the new Vision as he attempts to regain his memories.

Jac Schaefer, the creator and head writer of “WandaVision” and “Agatha,” is also heading up this series, and Paul Bettany will return in the role.

MCU Tie-in: Unclear, though if anything could resurrect Wanda Maximoff from underneath the rubble of Wundagore Mountain, it’s the return of her beloved Vision. Also, the “Vision Quest” comic book run was part of the West Coast Avengers title, so the events of “Avengers: The Kang Dynasty” and “Avengers: Secret Wars” could factor in as well, depending on how quickly this show could go into production.

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As Variety first reported in March 2021, Alaqua Cox stars in this “Hawkeye” spin-off series as Maya Lopez, a deaf Native American who works as an enforcer for the New York crime boss Wilson “Kingpin” Fisk (Vincent D’Onofrio). The show is the first standalone superhero series about a Native American character.

As such, the central cast of the series is made up of indigenous actors, including Zahn McClarnon (“Reservation Dogs”), reprising his role as Maya’s father, and Native American acting legend Graham Greene (“Dances With Wolves,” “Wind River,” “1883”). Also among the cast: Chaske Spencer (“Wild Indian”), Tantoo Cardinal (“Killers of the Flower Moon”), Devery Jacobs (“Reservation Dogs”) and Cody Lightning (“Hey, Viktor!”).

Sydney Freeland (“Reservation Dogs,” “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds”) and Catriona McKenzie (“The Walking Dead,” “Shining Vale”) direct.

In a first for Marvel, all five episodes of the show will premiere at the same time. The show is also Marvel’s first to debut simultaneously on Hulu and Disney+, and to be rated TV-MA.

MCU Tie-In: Kingpin first wreaked havoc on Netflix’s “Daredevil” series and reemerged in December 2021 on the Disney+ series “Hawkeye.” His nemesis, Matt Murdock, aka Daredevil (Charlie Cox), also shows up on the series, after first popping up in “Spider-Man: No Way Home” and on “She-Hulk: Attorney at Law.”