Marvel Cancels Born Again, Wonder Man S2 and Hawkeye 2

Bam Smack Pow reports Daredevil: Born Again will end with season 3, Wonder Man lost its renewal, and a Hawkeye sequel is dead.

Bam Smack Pow reports that Daredevil: Born Again's upcoming third season will now be its last, ending the longest-running live-action show of the Disney+ era. In a second blow, the outlet says Marvel Studios reversed course on Wonder Man, pulling the renewal it had already granted before production on a second season could begin. A third casualty, according to Bam Smack Pow, is Hawkeye: a second season that multiple reports once had in the works is no longer in development. Together, the outlet frames the three moves as the effective end of Marvel's regular ongoing live-action TV slate.

The reversal is striking because Daredevil has been here before. Bam Smack Pow notes that in 2018 the original Daredevil series ended after three seasons when Netflix and Marvel parted ways — a business decision, not a creative one. Now the revival is ending at the same episode count, this time by Marvel Studios' own choice, as the studio moves away from regular programming that the outlet says diluted the MCU franchise throughout the Multiverse Saga. For fans, the symmetry is hard to miss: the character keeps getting cut short at three seasons for reasons that have nothing to do with quality.

The cancellations cut against each show's reception, per Bam Smack Pow. Born Again had a rocky start but earned critical acclaim through its second season for matching the tone of the original series, pitting Matt Murdock against Wilson Fisk as the Kingpin became mayor of New York. Wonder Man, starring Yahya Abdul-Mateen II opposite Sir Ben Kingsley's Trevor Slattery, was a critical darling with Emmy buzz — and Bam Smack Pow says it did not even need a second season, having been designed as a miniseries with a satisfying ending. The outlet argues the studio's flip-flop drew more attention to the cancellation than quiet uncertainty ever would have.

The Hawkeye story has a messy backstory that Bam Smack Pow details. Star Jeremy Renner revealed he turned down a second season after Marvel Studios offered him only half his season 1 salary to reprise Clint Barton, while saying he still hopes the matter can be worked out. Producer Andrew Guest later told The Direct, as quoted by Bam Smack Pow, that a second season was creatively explored but "the timing didn't work out in terms of Marvel and all the various pieces that need to come together." The original show was one of the most-watched MCU Disney+ debuts, which makes its quiet collapse stand out.

The timing matters because Marvel's center of gravity has shifted to the big screen. Avengers: Doomsday, which reunites heroes from three universes and introduces Robert Downey Jr. as Doctor Doom, hits theaters December 18, 2026 — a date corroborated by both Mashable and ABC News. Bam Smack Pow describes the TV purge as feeling like the final nail in the coffin for the Marvel TV era, even though plans exist for it to continue in some form beyond the Multiverse Saga.

Fans do get a proper send-off of sorts. Bam Smack Pow notes that excitement was building for Born Again's third season after the Kingpin mayoral arc wrapped, and viewers will now get it — though the season must juggle its new story with wrapping up more storylines for good. ABC News reports Marvel has been steering audiences toward Doomsday with an official Disney+ watchlist and a Countdown podcast hosted by Iman Vellani, while IGN reports Avengers: Secret Wars filming may slip to early 2027, though Marvel has given no official update and its December 17, 2027 release date stands. Whether Marvel TV returns in a leaner form remains the open question.