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Netflix鈥檚 upcoming series isn鈥檛 about a drawling, scheming politician or a woman in prison 鈥� their April TV show centers on a lawyer-superhero.

鈥淒aredevil,鈥� the new Netflix TV show that鈥檚 being produced as part of the streaming service鈥檚 partnership with Marvel, will center on the character of the same name and stars Charlie Cox of 鈥淭he Theory of Everything鈥� as Daredevil, also known as Matt Murdock, who becomes blind but has other heightened senses that allow him to fight crime. In the Marvel incarnation of the character, Matt鈥檚 father is killed and Matt goes after his father鈥檚 murderers.聽

Actress Deborah Ann Woll of 鈥�True Blood鈥� is co-starring as Karen Page, who in the comics is Daredevil鈥檚 love interest. Vincent D鈥橭nofrio of 鈥淟aw & Order: Criminal Intent鈥� is portraying Daredevil鈥檚 frequent enemy, the Kingpin, while actor Elden Henson of 鈥�The Hunger Games: Mockingjay 鈥� Part 1鈥� is playing Foggy Nelson, Daredevil鈥檚 friend and the partner in his law firm.

Rosario Dawson of 鈥淭op Five鈥� is portraying Claire Temple, who in the comics is a love interest for Marvel character Luke Cage. Netflix is also producing a TV series about Luke Cage, so perhaps the character will be a link between the two series.

Daredevil was previously the focus of a 2003 film starring Ben Affleck as the superhero and Jennifer Garner as one of his love interests from the comics, Elektra. However, the movie was critically panned. Monitor writer Lisa Leigh Connors wrote of the film, 鈥淭en minutes into it, you won't need superhuman senses to realize it won't be a great movie鈥� Sure, there's plenty of action 鈥� almost too much 鈥� but the characters aren't likable, it's thin on plot, and the acting is robotic鈥� the bloody violence is exhausting and grotesque."聽

The Netflix series will debut on April 10 and the first season will consist of 13 episodes, according to .