Daredevil: Born Again Season 3 is already in production, and it is already one of the most highly anticipated new projects coming out of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Before Season 2 of Born Again was over, Marvel fans got the headline news that the original Defenders squad from the Marvel Netflix universe was going to be reuniting in Season 3. That includes Krysten Ritter’s Jessica Jones and Mike Colter’s Luke Cage (who both made cameos in Season 2), as well as Finn Jones’s Danny Rand/Iron Fist.
The Defenders reunion is a big event for Daredevil: Born Again Season 3, but it is far from the only event that will happen in the next season. Some major returning characters will have exciting new status quos to explore, including the continuing arc of Dex Poindexter/Bullseye (Wilson Bethel).
Wilson Bethel is suiting up again to get busy as Bullseye in Daredevil: Born Again Season 3, literally. The actor made a post on his Instagram, showing off Bullseye’s gloved hand with some new gauntlets that sport his signature bullseye logo, while teasing some of the new black and gray layered armor the character will be wearing next. Bethel added the caption “Stepping out. #S3” while adding the musical track “Steppin Out” by Big Gipp.
Some diehard Marvel Comics fans have had plenty to say about how Bullseye has been adapted in both the Marvel Netflix franchise and the MCU. Netflix’s Daredevil Season 3 mostly saw Dex impersonating Daredevil; Born Again Seasons 1 and 2 saw Bullseye wearing his own version of a tactical suit that looked very much homemade. In both cases, Marvel fans have been critical of the fact that Bullseye hasn’t yet gotten anything even close to what his costumes have looked like on the comic book page. Bethel’s tease doesn’t necessarily guarantee that this new costume will be fully comic-accurate, but it already seems like an upgrade on what we have gotten.
In Daredevil: Born Again Season 2, Dex was making some significant life changes (as only Bullseye can). Under Wilson Wisk’s mayoral reign, Dex got it into his head that his vendetta against the Kingpin qualified him as a “hero.” However, it didn’t feel very heroic when Bullseye caused the death of Vanessa Fisk (Ayelet Zurer). Daredevil put aside his own vendetta against Dex and showed grace, ultimately redeeming his foe as an antihero who is willing to use his pinpoint accuracy and bloodlust to take out Kingpin’s forces. Bullseye went so far as to protect Governor McCaffrey (Lili Taylor) from being assassinated, which put him on the radar of some powerful government officials.
Last seen, Dex was being employed by Mr. Charles (Matthew Lillard), the CIA agent who is part of Valentina Allegra de Faontaine’s (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) network of operatives, influencing global events. A minor plotline in Born Again Season 2 teased how Valentina is making enhanced individuals like Luke Cage do black bag jobs for her; now Bullseye is her new trigger man, and he’ll likely have far less trouble with the role than Cage did.
With Dex going from his own homegrown vigilante activities in NYC to being a government-sponsored international assassin, a costume change is very necessary. Hopefully, the new suit will look like it has the same sponsor as the Thunderbolts/New Avengers, with some fittingly epic action sequences to go along with it. A lot of MCU fans are also hoping the upgraded (read: higher-budget) look for Bullseye in Daredevil: Born Again Season 3 means that Dex will be making the jump to MCU movies, including an eventual crossover with the Thunderbolts* characters, like in the comics.
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