Vincent D'Onofrio

Now that he’s back, he’s not going away.

See what could have been.

This is a big one.

The Kingpin is a changed man -- but things are worse than ever for Matt Murdock in the new trailer for the Marvel Netflix series.

Vincent D’Onofro’s Kingpin is back for ‘Daredevil’ Season 3, and he’s got his classic white suit.

The man without fear’s most iconic adversary will finally return to Hell’s Kitchen. A new post from Daredevil social media confirms that Vincent D’Onofrio’s Kingpin will return for the coming third season, having sat out The Defenders.

The grand experiment of Marvel’s Netflix Defenders more or less paid off, but we’ll always wonder why some fan-favorites didn’t make the cut. Enter producer Marco Ramirez, who explains why Vincent D’Onofrio’s Kingpin wasn’t a central threat, and why Punisher was too busy.

Many have already raced through Marvel’s Netflix Defenders, and we don’t mind saying Daredevil was left in a world of hurt for Season 3. The final shot in particular hinted at a famous Frank Miller tale, one that might see Wilson Fisk returning to raise hell.

Daredevil star Vincent D’Onofrio has been reasonably clear about Kingpin’s absence from The Defenders, though some have certainly held out hope for Wilson Fisk’s return in Jon Bernthal’s Punisher spinoff, given their past chemistry. Allow D’Onofrio to dash your hopes even further, debunking any suggestion he might show up in the 2017 Daredevil spinoff.

Here’s a question for you: does James Franco continue to make juvenile comedies as a way of subsidizing his serious work, or does he make serious movies to provide himself the latitude to make juvenile comedies? I honestly have no idea. For every The Night Before, there seems to be an As I Lay Dying; for every Why Him?, a Child of God. While many actors and aspiring filmmakers try to find their niche and consolidate their power, Franco seems to be split pretty evenly among his penchant for comedy and his desire for drama. He could win an Oscar or a Razzie at any given moment.