Martha Stewart turned a New York City brunch into a full-blown fashion moment, and it’s all because of her denim skirt style. The look has Us tossing our jeans to the wind, especially since it’s just as chic as our go-to pants. To seal the deal, Stewart’s classic look is so much comfier.

Stewart stopped by the Barbour X Tea & Sympathy gathering in the West Village looking effortlessly cool. Her denim maxi skirt was the star, reading ‘put together without even trying’ energy, while elevating her top and sandals ‘fit. This Amazon lookalike has the same effect, and might be just as comfy than Stewart’s.

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Lyocell-and-cotton-blend fabric is the secret to this skirt’s stretchy yet breathable feel. It’s airy enough for warm spring afternoons, but substantial enough for cool summer nights. With a denim structure and loungewear feel, this skirt hangs loosely without clinging. It’s a major win in anyone’s book.

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By Chris Snellgrove
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In many ways, Thor is the most dynamic character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. We first saw him as a serious god who talked like a bad Shakespearean actor and seemed fully engrossed in the tangled mythology of his people. However, Thor: Ragnarok effectively reshaped its titular deity into the MCU’s most consistently funny character. That film capitalized on Chris Hemsworth’s impressive comedy chops and made those first two Thor movies feel like a bad memory.

Now, Kenneth Branagh, the man who directed the first film, wants to direct the final Thor film. In a recent interview, he expressed his interest in returning to the Marvel fold to do one last movie with Hemsworth. However, he doesn’t want it to be a comedic film in the vein of Ragnarok or Love and Thunder. Instead, he wants to direct a gritty, Twilight of the Gods-type story that takes its creative cues from Hugh Jackman’s Logan. Considering that Hemsworth is one of the last vintage MCU superheroes and can’t keep fighting the good fight forever, Branagh’s idea is the absolute best way to take this fan-favorite character on one last ride.

Thor Up From The Floor Up

Younger fans might not remember, but Kenneth Branagh played a major role in the early days of the MCU. The director was arguably best known for his adaptations of William Shakespeare’s famous plays, and in a fun twist, he was chosen to direct the first Thor film in 2011. He ended up being a great choice because early Thor was presented as a kind of Shakespearean character: he’s all pomp and circumstance, barking out old-timey phrases while dealing with the inevitable drama caused by his conniving brother, Loki.

Marvel wanted Branagh to come back for the sequel, but the director refused; he didn’t like the intense hustle and bustle of producing such a large-scale blockbuster, especially if it meant getting almost no break between films. But in a recent interview with Business Insider, he admitted that “Part of me would love to finish my relationship with [Thor]. I’d always wanted to do more and indeed had a couple of ideas, more in the territory of James Mangold’s brilliant Logan.” As a fan of the various other Thor movies, he declared, “I would love to see Chris Hemsworth and the others have their own individual final story that takes Thor into a glorious twilight.”

Somehow, Logan Returned

Obviously, much of Branagh’s desire to direct a Logan-style movie is his personal drive to give the character a fitting, final story. But he also noted how such a film might resonate with longtime fans of the MCU. “There’s also this unique relationship with a large cinema audience that those characters now have that, for people who have grown up with them and their arc, I think it would be something very beautiful to take those characters into their own particular sunset.” This makes sense, of course: part of why Logan hit so hard is that an entire generation grew up cheering for Hugh Jackman in the various X-Men movies.

Sadly, Branagh didn’t offer any details for what his Thor film would look like. Given the comparison to Logan, it’s a safe bet that it will be a more serious movie, one that strips the character of the silliness that has characterized all of his appearances since Thor: Ragnarok. That might be a good thing, though: the critical failure of Thor: Love and Thunder has proven how hard it is to mix the character’s over-the-top humor with more serious storylines. Instead of having Thor’s final days in the MCU be spent playing a Deadpool Lite character, he could ensure he goes out like, well, a god!

Sadly, we’re not likely to ever see this movie. Branagh hasn’t broached the topic with Marvel Studios, and he’s the first to admit that Kevin Feige and other execs likely have their own plans for this popular character. Still, the super-serious Logan effectively revived audience interest in Wolverine after the lackluster fan reaction to X-Men Origins: Wolverine and The Wolverine. Given Thor’s disappointing appearance in movies like Love and Thunder and even Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, a Logan-style movie featuring everyone’s favorite Asgardian may be the best way to ensure that the fandom still believes in this god long after Hemsworth’s contract expires.

AppleTV may seem like Netflix’s less appealing knockoff, but that couldn’t be further from the truth. While Netflix dominates when it comes to big-budget crowd pleasers like Stranger Things, Apple offers the antidote to television fatigue. In 2022, a truly unique series hit the streamer — Severance.

Created by Dan Erickson and produced by Ben Stiller, Severance is a response to corporate culture gone amok. Erickson has always been upfront that the puzzle box mystery came about from his desire to skip through the workday at his desk job. What resulted, however, was a series far stranger and more captivating than any corporate job. Severance follows Mark S. (Adam Scott), one of four Microdata Refiners who elects to undergo the severance procedure. In a desperate attempt to cope with the grief over his dead wife, Mark severs his home memories from his work memories.

Lumon claims that the severance procedure is to protect sensitive material at the tech company, so even their employees don’t know about it. The reality is weirder and largely unexplained at this point. The series requires Severance to have specific dialogue, which makes it one of the most quotable shows on television. There is one line, however, that stands above the rest.

Ms. Cobel Delivers a Stone-Cold Line In the Premiere of ‘Severance’

It would be one thing if Dan Erickson just wrote a piece of great speculative fiction. The reality is much different than that. Severance exists in a world unlike any other. The humor, dialogue, and tone of the series are equally humorous and eerie, making it a rabid success with fans. The show establishes this in the first episode when Mark S. is promoted to team leader after the departure of his best friend, Petey.

Mark comes face-to-face with his floor manager, Ms. Cobel, played with haunting somberness by Patricia Arquette. Over the years, Cobel has delivered some harsh lines like “a handshake is available upon request” and “if you want a hug, go to Hell and find your mother.” However, her early line in Severance not only contextualizes her character, but also the entire thesis of the series. In the first episode, “Good News About Hell,” Cobel nails what Lumon is all about in one cold line.

Cobel explains that her mother is an atheist and told her that there was good news and bad news about Hell. “The good news is Hell is just the product of a morbid human imagination. The bad news is whatever humans can imagine, they can usually create.”

This quote perfectly sets up Cobel’s complex relationship with her mother and the lore being Lumon’s founder, Kier Egan. More importantly, however, it establishes the bedrock on which Severance is built. Lumon is, for all intents and purposes, Hell. The series is a social commentary on the capitalist landscape that has everyone in its grips. Workers like Mark. Helly, Irv, and Dylan are all constrained in a corporate nightmare.

Severance very purposely shows that Lumon, like many companies, only considers its workers property. Lumon severs employees’ memories, condemning them to only experience a life inside the walls of the sterile building. They can never see the sky, have a family, or read literature that isn’t corporate propaganda, like Lumon’s nine core principles. For many, that is the definition of Hell, and corporate America created it.

This dependence on capitalism has turned humans into commodities to be bought and sold. There is no clearer definition of Severance and it comes from Cobel herself. Mark and the rest of the Microdata Refiners are supposed to toil in the hellscape until they are dead or retired. The great gift of Severance is demonstrating this theme in a unique way that challenges most other stories on television.

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February 17, 2022

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Apple TV

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Dan Erickson, Mark Friedman

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Anna Ouyang Moench, Wei-Ning Yu

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As his legendary tenure at Paramount nears its end, Taylor Sheridan isn’t stepping off the gas. In fact, his signature franchise, Yellowstone, has been in aggressive expansion mode ever since the flagship show ended in 2024. Sheridan had already released two critically acclaimed prequels — 1883 and 1923 — but the post-Yellowstone era has been dominated by follow-ups to the Dutton family saga. Initially, it was reported that Sheridan’s The Madison would be set in the same universe. But following news of his departure from Paramount in 2029, it was revealed that The Madison‘s ties to the Yellowstone franchise had never existed. However, it’s a different story for the two other shows Sheridan has delivered since then.

The latest is Dutton Ranch, which is slated to premiere on Paramount+ in just over one week. The show follows the characters of Kelly Reilly and Cole Hauser from the flagship series, alongside newcomers Annette Bening, Ed Harris, and Jai Courtney. Dutton Ranch will premiere on May 15, and it is all but guaranteed to claim the platform’s crown, taking over from its predecessor in the Yellowstone universe. The show preceding Dutton Ranch premiered on March 1 and will conclude its first season later this month. Unlike every other installment of the franchise, this show premiered on CBS and is presented more like a network procedural than a streaming series. Perhaps this is why fans haven’t taken to it as readily as they had with the other titles.

The Least-Liked Installment of the ‘Yellowstone’ Franchise Has Been Renewed for a New Season

We’re talking, of course, about Marshals — the show follows Luke Grimes‘ character from the original, Kayce Dutton, as he tackles crime in Montana. The show holds a 42% critics’ score and a worrying 27% audience score on the aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, where the consensus reads, “Marshals confines Kayce Dutton within a dim procedural that lacks the narrative spark and intrigue that Yellowstone managed instantly, making this one ham-fisted trek.” In his review, Collider’s Michael John Petty wrote that the show “carves out its own identity from the get-go.” Despite the poor reviews, Marshals has remained among the most-watched series on the global Paramount+ leaderboard for over two months. According to FlixPatrol, it recently passed the 60-day mark on the streamer’s domestic chart.

Marshals has been renewed for a second season, and all fans can do is to hope for it to improve with age. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates.

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Spencer Hudnut, Tom Mularz, Dana Greenblatt

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By Robert Scucci
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Getting together with old friends is either a hit or miss kind of scenario. Sometimes, you pick up right where you left off without missing a beat, and it feels like the good old days before life sent you on wildly different paths. Or, if you’re trapped in the kind of plot that Sexy Evil Genius is laying out, it’s the worst kind of reunion. For one thing, you’re not getting together with an old friend. Instead, you’re meeting a group of people who all used to date your most significant ex, and it starts to feel like you’re about to fall into a trap.

The trap, however, has no clear exit. You’re sitting there, dumbfounded, talking to two people you’ve never met before, but still share something in common with. The lover in question shows up fashionably late with her new partner, her defense attorney who successfully got her off murder charges after she (allegedly) poisoned her boyfriend, allowing her to serve time at an institute for the criminally insane.

That’s the kind of fun that Sexy Evil Genius is going for, and in some cases, the humor lands. Overall, it’s an enjoyable watch, especially if you’re a fan of Seth Green or Katee Sackhoff. The film’s limited setting, however, leaves a lot to the imagination, and we don’t get much variation outside of the occasional flashback sequences.

A Table For Five

Sexy Evil Genius kicks off with a salesman named Zachary Newman (Seth Green) sitting down at a bar, seemingly waiting to be stood up on another date. There, he connects with a perfect stranger named Miranda Prague (Michelle Trachtenberg). After talking for a while, they realize they have one thing in common: they both used to date Nikki Franklyn (Katee Sackhoff), the one who got away, and who left an unfillable void in both of their lives. After reconnecting with Nikki through the occasional phone call, Miranda is aware of Nikki’s most recent exploits, namely how she was locked up for murdering her most recent boyfriend.

Zach and Miranda also realize that Nikki, who’s been known to pull elaborate pranks on the people she loves, probably set the evening up this way. Shortly after, another ex-lover, Marvin (Harold Perrineau), shows up, and we get more of the same background on Nikki through their conversations. Nikki, as the stories suggest, is an absolute psychopath who knows how to read the room and use it to her advantage.

For example, Marvin is really into jazz music, and this appreciation was the foundation of his long-term relationship with Nikki, who seemed to know every deep cut, major player, and genre idiosyncrasy, as if she studied jazz her whole life, impressing the professional musician. We learn through Miranda, though, that Nikki actually hates jazz and thinks it’s kitschy, ripping Marvin’s heart in half more than any breakup ever could.

When Nikki does arrive to meet her ex-lovers, she’s in the company of Bert Mayfaire (William Baldwin), her defense attorney from her murder case, who she then announces is now her fiancé.

With no clear motive for the meetup, the stakes eventually become clear when Nikki heads to the bathroom with Miranda to hint at her vague plans for “revenge,” handing her a gun “just in case,” while Bert explains to Zachary and Marvin that she’s legitimately insane and belongs behind bars, but he’s so attracted to her that he lied under oath and bribed multiple doctors and officials to get her sentence reduced. In Nikki’s mind, she’s 100 percent lucid and totally in control, only faking insanity to get out of prison. According to Bert, she’s almost always out of control, but knows how to rein it in when it matters.

A Low-Budget Bottle Thriller

While the mystery in Sexy Evil Genius is pretty basic on its face, it has a lot of fun with the premise by constantly subverting expectations. Every single person who has dated Nikki feels two ways about her: she’s an evil genius and expert-level manipulator, and she’s completely insane. The level of hyperspecificity she conjures while messing with her old flings feels almost superhuman. Her memory recall for even the most mundane details is baffling. Her cracks also show from time to time, demonstrating just how much of a loose cannon she can be if pushed hard enough.

The real fun comes from trying to figure out what her motives actually are. Is she going to murder all of her past lovers in public to prove some kind of point? Or is she trying to get out of her new relationship, subtly dropping hints to the few people who think they know her, hoping they’ll take out Bert on her behalf? There’s no real way to know until you know, but I can assure it doesn’t play out the way you’d expect.

Sexy Evil Genius is one of those low-budget bottle stories that doesn’t come around too often, but feels like a well-kept secret. Its premise is absurd enough to keep you hooked, but the tension from not knowing, even when you think you’ve figured it out, is what keeps driving things forward. As the mystery unfolds, you’ll get a few solid laughs, mostly stemming from Seth Green’s ability to play things as awkwardly as possible on command. But the real staying power comes from Katee Sackhoff’s performance, as she constantly walks the line between charming, manipulative, and completely unhinged.

As of this writing, you can stream Sexy Evil Genius for free on Tubi.

Beyoncé fans weren’t the only ones having an emotional reaction to seeing the “RENAISSANCE” singer make her first Met Gala appearance in a decade. In a new interview, 44-year-old’s mother, Tina Knowles, admitted she “shed a few tears” watching her and her granddaughter, Blue Ivy Carter, effortlessly make their way up the steps of The Metropolitan Museum of Art during fashion’s biggest night.

Speaking on The Today Show, Mama Tina opened up about seeing her daughter, Beyoncé, and her 14-year-old granddaughter, Blue Ivy, on the Met Gala red carpet on Monday, May 4.

“Oh, my God, I got really emotional. Shed a few tears,” Tina, who used to style Beyoncé during her early career with Destiny’s Child, said the moment was full-circle, considering the “Lemonade” singer began her career as a teen.

“It was kind of reminiscent, because Beyoncé started, you know, her first red carpet at 15, and Blue is 14. And so just seeing her out there looking confident and beautiful, it just brought tears to my eyes,” she said.

Beyoncé Appeared At The Met Gala In A Custom Sheer Gown For The First Time In A Decade

Beyoncé closed the Met Gala red carpet last night around 8:30 PM EST. The singer wore a custom Olivier Rousteing gown wrapped in crystals that make a skeleton outline. With it, Beyoncé wore a long, feathery cape and a crystal-encrusted crown.

In an interview with Vogue, Beyoncé said she decided to work with the former House of Balmain creative director for several reasons, one of which was their history. “… somebody who has been so loyal to me, and I’ve done so many iconic looks with him,” she said.

Elsewhere in the interview, Beyoncé said returning to the Met Gala since 2016’s event feels “surreal” because she has been experiencing it alongside her daughter.

Beyoncé Had A Wardrobe Change Once Inside The Met Gala

As the night progressed, images from inside the Met Gala were shared online, one of which showcased Beyoncé in a striking new gown.

The black-and-gold ensemble was designed by Robert Wun, according to PEOPLE, and was inspired “by the view from a night plane over a coastal city, seeing Earth as a golden constellation.”

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Like her Rousteing piece, the Wun gown was a striking feat of artistry, featuring over 300,000 embroidered stitches, thousands of Swarovski crystals, and requiring more than 4,300 hours of meticulous handwork.

The dress caught the attention of many social media users, one of whom said it was “perfection.”

Fans Believed Queen Bey Was Going To Use The Met Gala To Announce Her Next Album

Beyoncé fans are also convinced that the singer used the Met Gala to begin the next era of her highly anticipated trilogy, which includes 2022’s “RENAISSANCE” and 2024’s “Cowboy Carter.”

However, a source told The Today Show that Beyoncé wasn’t planning to use the Met Gala as the launching pad for the third album.

“This is what I think. I know people may disagree. I feel like that’s like proposing at someone’s wedding,” Sheinelle Jones said about the theories, to which Jenna Bush Hager agreed.

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One person who didn’t seem worried about whether Beyoncé would tease her upcoming album on the red carpet was actor Paul Anthony Kelly.

The “American Love Story” actor went viral for appearing unfazed upon hearing that Beyoncé was back at the Met after a 10-year hiatus.

“Yeah, wild,” he said on the red carpet. “Super fun.” What rubbed some people the wrong way, however, was his answer when asked for his favorite Beyoncé song.

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“I don’t know,” he said flatly. “I’m a metal head.”

Some didn’t like that, though, as one X user slammed the actor before accusing them of wrongdoing.

“When people say they’ve never heard a Beyoncé or Michael Jackson song, I immediately know they either grew up in a cult or they’re a January 6th groupie. Cause how do you not know the hook or chorus of ONE Beyoncé song?” they wrote.

Another netizen roasted the actor for appearing ignorant about the 2026 Met Gala’s co-chairs. “Men don’t like it when they’re not the main character… thats also why men don’t recognise Beyonce as the greatest regardless of her having achievered way more than Michael Jackson,” they posted.

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Shannon Elizabeth’s new OnlyFans venture is about to heat up.

“My fans have come out for me like nothing I could have ever expected,” Elizabeth, 52, exclusively shared with Us Weekly on Monday, May 4, while discussing her debut success on the adult content platform.

“It’s been a while, and I didn’t know if anybody would show up, if anybody would care that I was doing content,” she continued. “To see the fans come out and support me the way they have has just been so overwhelming and humbling and exciting. It drives me to want to do more, to share more and to give back more.”

One fan who has been supportive of Elizabeth’s OnlyFans journey is actress and fellow OnlyFans user Denise Richards.

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“I reached out to Denise, actually,” Elizabeth said of her Love Actually costar. “Denise has been really helpful. She’s talked me through the whole thing, and she recommended people that she worked with who helped to teach her. I’m sure sometime in the future, maybe we’ll do a collaboration together.”

In June 2022, Richards, 55, joined the platform and quickly found monetary success. In February 2025, the former Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star told People that the business was “quite lucrative.”

While Elizabeth — who founded the Shannon Elizabeth Foundation in 2018 to protect endangered species, preserve critical habitats and support rangers on the frontlines — didn’t want to share specific numbers when it comes to how much money she’s made on the platform thus far, she told Us she’s been blown away by the financial benefits.

“We had no idea that we would do as well as we have,” she explained to Us. “My manager and I were talking about it, and he would say, ‘Well, you know, this might be what happens.’ But I think his quote was, at one point, he said, ‘You’ve now made more money in the span of a week or two than you did on American Pie, Scary Movie, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back and Love Actually combined.’”

Page Six previously reported that Elizabeth earned nearly $1 million in just one week after launching an account on the subscription-based social media platform.

“It is not my place to discuss my client’s finances, so I can’t be specific,” Elizabeth’s rep told Us on April 27 in response to the report. “But Shannon has done very well. She is overwhelmed and didn’t expect this kind of response.”

In her new interview with Us, Elizabeth was proud to share that the views of her content have surpassed 9 million — a number she admittedly cannot wrap her head around.

“It’s such an overwhelming number, and I know that it’ll taper off, and it won’t always be like the beginning,” she said. “But that’s fine because then the real fans that really want to stick with you and go on this journey with you, they settle in and we go on a long ride together. It’s exciting.”

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Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers for Daredevil: Born Again Season 2 Episode 8.Daredevil: Born Again has been, admittedly, quite hit-or-miss with audiences. Some have praised the series (especially the second season) for its attempts to recapture the look and feel of the original Netflix Daredevil series. Others have criticized the Disney+ revival for its departures from the cast dynamics that made the original great, as well as its obvious political allegory. Whichever side of the camp you fall, it’s abundantly clear that Born Again is not the ratings success that Marvel likely hoped it would be. But there is one thing that may just turn the tables on the series ahead of its upcoming third season: Spider-Man.

‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Hasn’t Been the Ratings Hit That It Should Have Been

Despite the fact that Daredevil: Born Again premiered to 7.5 million viewers on Disney+ back in 2025, the series itself has since failed to chart in either its first or, again now, in its second season. For such a highly anticipated MCU series, that’s a big deal. But even more damning is that ComicBookMovie reports that, according to a third-party estimation, “Daredevil: Born Again Season 2 has accumulated 4,515,000 season views.” Comparatively, the outlet notes that “Season 1 generated 8,357,000 season views,” which means that Born Again has seen a nearly 50% decease in viewership since its debut. No amount of critical praise or build-up was enough for some to dive headfirst into the Disney+ revival, which simply isn’t pulling in an audience. With Season 3 still underway, we have to wonder if even the return of the Defenders — who have been confirmed for next season — could change that.

There are a plethora of possible reasons why Daredevil: Born Again has failed to measure up in the ratings game. For one thing, the first season was cobbled together after a creative overhaul that some believe didn’t do enough to distance itself from the original tone and narrative pre-Dario Scardapane, Justin Benson, and Aaron Moorhead. While the overhaul certainly allowed Born Again to feel more akin to the original series, the controversial decision to kill off Foggy Nelson (Elden Henson) and write off Deborah Ann Woll‘s Karen Page for much of the season, combined with the heavy-handed Trump allegory, likely sealed the deal for many. Born Again‘s first season may have outshined, say, The Defenders, but it struggled to touch the original series at its peak. So, by the time Season 2 took those lessons to heart and further corrected some of its past mistakes, audiences were no longer interested.

Of course, what might actually make an impact on the ratings future of Born Again is if Charlie Cox‘s Daredevil were to appear in Spider-Man: Brand New Day this summer — and we do mean Daredevil, not Matt Murdock, who previously showed up as Peter Parker’s (Tom Holland) lawyer in Spider-Man: No Way Home. We’re talking masked heroes in live-action, battling common street-level crooks and supervillains on the rooftops and back alleys of New York City. Since Marvel appears to be rebranding the MCU Spider-Man as a more “street-level” hero — a term dropped by Vincent D’Onofrio‘s Kingpin in Born Again Season 1 — it stands to reason that perhaps the best way to get audiences to return to that corner of NYC is by giving us the Spidey/Daredevil team-up we’ve long hoped for. And some of us have been waiting since Tobey Maguire and Ben Affleck wore the masks and skin-tight outfits…

‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Presents a Golden Opportunity for Daredevil

Although the Season 2 finale, “The Southern Cross,” could certainly complicate things for this MCU crossover, there is no telling when exactly on the timeline that Brand New Day is set. What little we see from the trailers shows Spider-Man battling members of The Hand, the assassin organization that Matt battled back in Daredevil Season 2 and The Defenders. One shot even looks as if Spidey and The Hand are fighting in prison, which could connect to Matt’s fate in the finale. (Alternatively, this could be a montage sequence chronicling Peter’s life post-No Way Home, leaving the door open for Daredevil to appear.) With The Hand’s return, it may be possible to see Spidey battle the Hand alongside Daredevil — especially if we consider Marvel Studios’ practice of promoting their films with incomplete or deceptive shot compositions. In any event, this could be a moment of synergetic crossover that could work in Marvel’s favor.

While Daredevil has always been a part of his own corner of the MCU, Spider-Man has intersected with the entire franchise, and his popularity alone may help boost The Man Without Fear ahead of his third season next year. Prior to Born Again, Daredevil and Kingpin appeared on shows like Hawkeye, Echo, and She-Hulk: Attorney At Law, all building toward their eventual revival series, and there’s no reason that technique could not be replicated. (Even Jon Bernthal‘s Frank Castle, who began his run on Daredevil, is showing up in Brand New Day, leaving us to wonder if Matt isn’t far behind.) Seeing the Devil of Hell’s Kitchen in action beside our friendly neighborhood Spider-Man may just be the best thing for Born Again‘s image — and Daredevil’s MCU future.

Daredevil: Born Again airs Tuesdays on Disney+.

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March 4, 2025

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Dario Scardapane

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Aaron Moorhead, Justin Benson, David Boyd, Jeffrey Nachmanoff

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Jesse Wigutow, Jill Blankenship, Thomas Wong, David Feige, Grainne Godfree

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