The Grey and The A-Team's Joe Carnahan will reportedly direct the Daredevil reboot for 20th Century Fox, but it will cost the studio some of their Marvel character rights in the process.

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Variety reports that Fox is under the gun to make another Daredevil movie before October 10 or risk seeing the rights to the character revert back to Marvel. Carnahan's take on a Daredevil movie is said to be a “Frank Miller-esque, hardcore 70s thriller.” It should be noted, though, that no formal offer has yet been made to Carnahan.Meanwhile, a backroom deal between Fox and Marvel could see the screen rights to several other characters traded back to Marvel in exchange for Daredevil.As Variety reports, "Sources say Marvel would give Fox more time to make Daredevil in return for the rights to use characters from the Fantastic Four universe, including the giant, world-devouring supervillain Galactus, rumored to play a key role in future Marvel pics. Marvel is also eyeing future use of Silver Surfer, who in the comicbooks brokered a deal to serve as Galactus’ herald in order to save his home planet. (Fox owns rights to the Silver Surfer as part of its deal for Fantastic Four, which the studio is also rebooting with Chronicle helmer Josh Trank.) At this point, the ball is said to be in Fox’s court, with talks expected to resume later this week. But as of right now, Fox needs to start lensing by the Oct. 10 deadline to keep Daredevil in-house."