While Marvel previously announced Charlie Cox and Vincent D'Onofrio would return to the MCU as Daredevil and Kingpin respectively, that return will apparently begin with the upcoming Echo series currently filming.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, both Cox and D'Onofrio have joined the series alongside Hawkeye star Alaqua Cox who played Maya Lopez in the Jeremy Renner Disney Plus series.
According to reports, Cox will appear in Echo as Matt Murdoch looking for a former ally, who is reportedly Krysten Ritter's Jessica Jones. This could pave the way for more of Netflix's Marvel heroes to return to the MCU.
Feige confirmed in 2021 that Cox will return as Daredevil following a couple of surprising twists that we'll spoil below the break.
Spoilers for Spider-Man: No Way Home and Hawkeye Below.
Both Cox and D'Onofrio have already made their return to the MCU in small ways. Cox appeared as the lawyer Matt Murdoch in Spider-Man: No Way Home for a brief scene, while D'Onofrio was revealed as the true villain, Kingpin, in Hawkeye.
Cox and D'Onofrio starred opposite each other in three seasons of Daredevil for Netflix from 2015 to 2018. When Marvel decided to launch its own streaming service, it marked the end of Netflix's original Marvel shows which included Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, and Punisher. The heroes also teamed up for a Defenders mini-series.
Those shows are now available on Disney Plus, fully un-edited despite their mature content and Disney's family-friendly policies.
Matt T.M. Kim is IGN's News Editor. You can reach him @lawoftd.