Netflix Picks 'Daredevil' for TV Series: Charlie Cox of 'Boardwalk Empire'

Netflix and Disney-owned Marvel appear to have found a "man without fear" to play the title character in the upcoming live-action TV series Daredevil. Charlie Cox of Boardwalk Empire fame will reportedly portray the blind superhero from Hell's Kitchen in New York City.

Thirteen episodes of the Daredevil series are scheduled to begin streaming exclusively on Netflix in 2015, Netflix and Walt Disney Co. previously revealed in November.

Daredevil, born Matt Murdock who lost his eyesight after a radioactive accident that extraordinarily heightened his other senses, first appear in Marvel comics in 1964. He became known as the "Man Without Fear," taking on such villains as Electro, Bullseye and Kingpin. Read more...