‘Daredevil’ spinoff to revive Garner’s Elektra

Jennifer Garner is resurrecting her “Daredevil” role.

20th Century Fox and production partner Regency Enterprises said that Garner will star in an action spinoff featuring her Elektra Natchios character, introduced in Ben Affleck’s superhero hit “Daredevil.”

The Elektra film will be set after events in “Daredevil,” in which Garner’s character seemingly died. But “Daredevil” ended with a cryptic scene indicating Elektra might have survived.

Garner, 30, played the martial-arts-master girlfriend of Affleck’s title character, a blind attorney who develops superhuman senses that allow him to become a masked crusader for justice.

Based on the Marvel comic book, “Daredevil” has been the No. 1 movie at the box office the last two weekends. The studio said a “Daredevil” sequel also is in the works.

Garner, who stars in the television hit “Alias,” joins Halle Berry as the latest actress to earn a spinoff from a male-oriented action franchise. MGM plans a sequel for Berry’s character from last year’s James Bond movie “Die Another Day.”