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2026 · Film & television

Daredevil: Born Again

RoleSenior matte painter
Year2026
StudioFolks VFX
ProductionUnited States
ServiceDigital matte painting
ShowrunnerDario Scardapane (showrunner); Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead (lead directors, season 2)
Released24 March 2026
Runtime42 to 60 minutes per episode
CinematographyHillary Fyfe Spera and Jeffrey Waldron
DistributorDisney+
Production companiesMarvel Studios, Marvel Television
Filmed atSilvercup Studios East, Queens, New York, with location filming throughout New York City
VFX vendorsEyeline, Storm Studios, Important Looking Pirates, Lola VFX, Phosphene, Curated, Anibrain, Cantina Creative, FOLKS, EDI Effetti Digitali Italiani, Ingenuity Studios, Wylie Co. VFX
VFX supervisorGong Myung Lee
IMDbDaredevil: Born Again ↗
SourcesWikipedia · Art of VFX

The Folks VFX work on the season sat inside the fights rather than behind them: the Task Force staging area, the basement where Daredevil and Fisk meet, and the armory battle, with environment destruction, debris continuity and digital prop replacements holding those spaces together as they came apart. Chumak contributed as a senior matte painter with Folks VFX, credited on the second season.

Daredevil: Born Again is the Marvel Studios series for Disney+, with Dario Scardapane as showrunner, whose second season reached screens in 2026. Visual effects ran under production VFX supervisor Gong Myung Lee with producer Fahed Alhabib, on a brief of keeping the work invisible, grounded and physically plausible. The season was split by strength across vendors: The Third Floor on previs and postvis, Eyeline on the large-scale boat and water sequences, Storm Studios on fight integration, Wylie Co. on the Episode 3 oner, Folks VFX on Episode 6 under VFX supervisor Phil Prates, and Important Looking Pirates on the Episode 8 climax.

Full credit details on IMDb.

How the environments were made

Daredevil: Born Again creates its version of Hell's Kitchen mostly on a soundstage at Silvercup Studios East in Queens, so the rooftops, skylines and street level New York the camera cannot reach must be added digitally. For season one, the production captured its rooftop fights against chroma blue backings on a practical rooftop build, then scouted real rooftops in Hell's Kitchen and Williamsburg to collect tiled photography, HDRI and LiDAR scans; Rise, Folks and Ghost VFX used those scans to extend the sets into full CG environments, adding water towers, antennas and lit interiors so the skyline felt lived in. In Season 2, the production extended the same approach further outward. For the Northern Star cargo sequence, Eyeline Studios rebuilt New York and its riverfront, while EDI Effetti Digitali Italiani extended the city's skyline and streets for other episodes. Chumak is credited on the show as Senior matte painter, Folks VFX.

Source: fxguide.com · artofvfx.com · artofvfx.com · Wikipedia

Questions about Daredevil: Born Again

Who did the visual effects for Daredevil: Born Again?

Daredevil: Born Again Season 2 drew on visual effects studios from a range of countries, among them Eyeline, Storm Studios, Important Looking Pirates, Lola VFX, Phosphene, Curated, Anibrain, Cantina Creative, FOLKS, EDI Effetti Digitali Italiani, Ingenuity Studios and Wylie Co. VFX. Production VFX Supervisor Gong Myung Lee supervised the work, Fahed Alhabib served as Production VFX Producer, and The Third Floor was responsible for previsualization and postvisualization.

What studios worked on the New York environments in Daredevil: Born Again Season 2?

For the season 2 premiere, Eyeline Studios constructed the digital New York and river environment, including the Northern Star cargo explosion, while EDI Effetti Digitali Italiani produced CG environments that extended the city's skyline and streets for other episodes. FOLKS provided environment destruction and compositing for the Daredevil and Fisk confrontation in episode 6.

Where was Daredevil: Born Again filmed?

Most filming for Daredevil: Born Again happens at Silvercup Studios East in Queens, with additional location work across New York City. Principal photography for Season 2 ran from February to July 2025, and Solvan Naim, Angela Barnes and Iain B. MacDonald joined showrunner Dario Scardapane and lead directors Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead as directors.

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