Marvel has been dominating the news this week with a variety of new shows. First, there was the Captain Marvel trailer and its shocking granny-punch (plus cat butt poster news). Then, they announced they were resurrecting Loki for a miniseries.
Then Infinity War directors the Russo brothers forced their fans into the online equivalent of one of those video scavenger hunt things you see in bars. And now Deadline has reported that they’re finally making an all-female superhero project.
Marvel fans have long clamored for more female-centric product, as have its actresses. Tessa Thompson, who debuted Valkyrie in Thor: Ragnarok, expressed excitement in an all-star female gathering, featuring fellow MCU women like Black Widow, Scarlet Witch, the Wasp, and the many, many female heroes of Black Panther. And don’t forget Cobie Smulder’s Agent Maria Hill!
That said, this probably isn’t the project that was just announced. For one thing, it’s for TV, heading to ABC. It’s not clear which female superheroes will be involved — if they’ll be culled from the forthcoming Fox buy-out, if they’ll be dusted-off obscurities from the Marvel vaults or perhaps something else.
What’s promising is this: The main creative behind the project is Allan Heinberg — not a Marvel guy but a DCEU guy. Heinberg wrote Wonder Woman, and though it may seem he’s defecting to the other comics giant, it’s more like a homecoming. Heinberg — a longtime TV vet with credits on Party of Five, Sex and the City, The Gilmore Girls, and Looking — is the creator of the Young Avengers comic, which began in 2005 and was notable in part for being gay-friendly in the not-quite-gay-friendly mid-aughts. It seems likely the show will follow through on Kevin Feige’s promise to fill Marvel with more LGBTQ characters.
That Heinberg’s show isn’t destined for Disney’s forthcoming streaming service is worth noting, though it’s not clear what that means, if anything. ABC has long been a Marvel show destination, having aired Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Agent Carter, and Inhumans, the latter two of which have since ended. ABC also first developed Jessica Jones before it relocated to Netflix, where it has aired since.
(Via Deadline)