Daredevil (2003)
2003 film directed by Mark Steven Johnson
- Released
- 9 February 2003
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Martial arts film
- Director
- Mark Steven Johnson
- Screenplay
- Mark Steven Johnson
- Producer
- Avi Arad, Arnon Milchan
- Music
- Graeme Revell
- Cinematography
- Ericson Core
- Editing
- Armen Minasian
- Starring
- Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner, Michael Clarke Duncan, Colin Farrell, Jon Favreau, Ellen Pompeo, Leland Orser, Joe Pantoliano
- Running time
- 103 minutes
- Production company
- 20th Century Studios, Regency Enterprises
- Distributor
- InterCom, 20th Century Studios, Netflix
- Budget
- $78 million
- Based on
- Daredevil
- Set in
- New York City
Daredevil is a 2003 American superhero film written and directed by Mark Steven Johnson, based on the Marvel Comics character
of the same name created by Stan Lee and Bill Everett. The film stars Ben Affleck as Matt Murdock, a blind lawyer who fights for justice in the courtroom and on the streets of New York as the masked vigilante Daredevil. Jennifer Garner, Michael Clarke Duncan, Colin Farrell, Joe Pantoliano, Jon Favreau, and David Keith also star in supporting roles.
The film began development in 1997 at 20th Century Fox and in 1999 transferred to Columbia Pictures, before New Regency acquired the rights to the character in 2000. Johnson shot the film primarily in Downtown Los Angeles despite the Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan setting of the film and comics. Rhythm and Hues Studios were hired to handle the film's CGI. Graeme Revell composed the score, which was released on cassette and CD in March 2003, whereas the various artists' soundtrack album, Daredevil: The Album, was released in February.
Cast
- Ben Affleck
- Jennifer Garner
- Michael Clarke Duncan
- Colin Farrell
- Jon Favreau
- Ellen Pompeo
- Leland Orser
- Joe Pantoliano
- David Keith
- Erick Avari
- Mark Margolis
- Coolio
- Derrick O'Connor
- Frank Miller
- Kevin Smith
- Paul Ben-Victor
- Scott Terra
- Stan Lee
Series
External links
Facts from Wikidata Q751805 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.