Marvel StudiosIt may seem a little difficult to pin down exactly when Daredevil: Born Again takes place in the MCU timeline – but it’s simpler to work out than you think.
Marvel may have cancelled Netflix’s Daredevil in 2018, but Matt Murdock and Wilson Fisk have appeared in other projects; namely, Spider-Man: No Way Home, She-Hulk, Hawkeye, and Echo.
It’s been nearly 17 years since the franchise began with 2008’s Iron Man. There have been 35 movies and 14 TV shows (not including Netflix’s Defenders projects, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., or any pre-Disney Plus series).
In other words, keeping track of the MCU timeline can be a bit of a headache – but that’s what I’m here for.
When does Daredevil: Born Again take place?
Daredevil: Born Again mostly takes place between 2025 and 2026.
This is really easy to work out. Hawkeye took place around Christmas 2024, and Echo jumped ahead five months to mid-2025.
In Echo’s post-credits scene, Fisk watched a news report about the mayoral race in New York and how a “bare-knuckle brawler would do well… an outsider, someone who is not afraid to take on the establishment.”
We know Fisk successfully becomes New York’s new mayor in Daredevil: Born Again, so it has to take place in the same year: 2025.
In one of the trailers, Fisk can be seen addressing the city on giant screens in Times Square – and the billboards also say, “Happy New Year!” So, it’s safe to assume Born Again’s story will take place across 2025 and 2026.
There’s a possibility that the series includes scenes that take place before the main breadth of the story, but 2025-2026 is its main setting.
Born Again in the MCU timeline
Disney PlusThis makes it easy to slot Daredevil: Born Again into the overall MCU chronological timeline, which we have ordered below (I’ve also included Netflix’s Daredevil and The Punisher seasons):
- Captain America: The First Avenger — 1942-1945
- Captain Marvel — 1995
- Iron Man — 2010
- Iron Man 2 — 2011
- The Incredible Hulk — 2011
- Thor — 2011
- The Avengers — 2012
- Iron Man 3 — 2012
- Thor: The Dark World — 2013
- Captain America: The Winter Soldier — 2014
- Daredevil Season 1 – 2014
- Guardians of the Galaxy — 2014
- Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 2 — 2014
- Avengers: Age of Ultron — 2015
- Ant-Man — 2015
- Daredevil Season 2 – 2025
- Captain America: Civil War — 2016
- Black Widow — 2016
- Black Panther — 2016
- Spider-Man: Homecoming — 2016
- The Punisher Season 1 – 2016
- Doctor Strange — 2016
- Thor: Ragnarok — 2017
- Daredevil Season 3 – 2017
- The Punisher Season 2 – 2017
- Ant-Man and the Wasp — 2018
- Avengers: Infinity War — 2018
- Avengers: Endgame — 2023
- What If…? — 2023, but there are a number of different timelines throughout the series
- Wandavision — 2023
- The Falcon and the Winter Soldier — 2023
- Spider-Man: Far From Home — 2023
- Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings — 2023
- Eternals — 2023
- Spider-Man: No Way Home — 2024
- Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness — 2024
- Hawkeye — 2024
- Moon Knight — 2025
- She-Hulk — 2025
- Echo – 2025
- Ms Marvel — 2025
- The Marvels – 2025
- Thor: Love and Thunder — 2025
- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever — 2025
- Werewolf By Night — 2025
- The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special — 2025
- Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania — 2025
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 — 2025
- Secret Invasion — 2025
- Loki Seasons 1-2 — 2025, but the show hops around several timelines, including the events of The Avengers, present-day MCU, and the end of time itself
- Daredevil: Born Again – 2025-2026
- Agatha All Along – 2026
- Captain America: Brave New World – 2026
Make sure you know exactly when Daredevil: Born Again starts, find out if you need to watch Netflix’s Daredevil first, and there’s also one way to watch Born Again for free. You can also check out our ranking of the best Marvel TV shows and superhero shows of all time.
