Vincent D'Onofrio: Wilson Fisk's Movie Rights Complicate 'Daredevil: Born Again'

It turns out our favorite Hell's Kitchen villain, Wilson Fisk, is off-limits for the big screen — according to Vincent D’Onofrio, star of Daredevil: Born Again.

"The only thing I know is not positive," D’Onofrio explained to Josh Horowitz on the Happy Sad Confused podcast. "It's a very hard thing for Marvel to use my character in movies because of ownership and rights issues."

He continued, "I’m only usable for television shows. Not even a one-off Wilson Fisk movie. It’s all caught up in rights and stuff. I don’t know when that would work out—or if it ever would work out at all."

This revelation appears to rule out D’Onofrio's portrayal of Fisk appearing in any Marvel Cinematic Universe movie, including the upcoming Spider-Man: Brand New Day and Avengers: Doomsday. This could also impact any potential Charlie Cox Daredevil movie, where D’Onofrio would be expected to reprise his role as the villain.

"Anytime they were in a fight, or they were holding a gun, they looked nervous," D’Onofrio told IGN last month, discussing the everyman performances of actors like Harrison Ford that inspired his multifaceted villain.

"They carried their own humility into the action scenes. I always thought that was the way to go. It made it look real to me. Gary Cooper in Sergeant York, when he takes aim as a sniper, the humility in his eyes is amazing. I think that helps action scenes a lot. We're all very conscious of that."

Season 1 of Daredevil: Born Again is currently airing week-to-week on Disney+ and will premiere its finale on April 15, 2025.