New Marvel TV show coming from ’12 Years A Slave’ writer, John Ridley
Marvel is bringing in some serious talent, in the form of John Ridley, to develop a new television series. Amid my own personal concerns about the forthcoming super-dilution and omega-saturation, it’s nice to see that at least Marvel is combatting that somewhat by bringing in talented people. To help them take over the world and burst pop culture after filling it relentlessly with its properties. You know.
That.
EW got the scoop on the John Ridley Marvel project. Details are under very tight wraps at the moment, but according to their sources the project “involves reinventing an existing Marvel superhero character or property for ABC.”
It’s not clear if that means the show will center around a superhero that’s already been introduced to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, or a superhero previously established in the comics. Either way, it doesn’t really narrow things down.
Not content with dominating the box office, Marvel Studios has begun an aggressive push into television as of late. The John Ridley Marvel news arrives just days after we heard ABC was planning a spinoff for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. The franchise’s other existing ABC show, Agent Carter is said to be nearing a renewal.
Besides the ABC shows mentioned above, the studio also debuted Daredevil on Netflix this month. Four more Netflix series (AKA Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, and the Avengers-like The Defenders) are coming in the next few years.Rumor is at least some of those characters will appear in 2019’s Avengers: Infinity War – Part 2.
Ridley won an Oscar in 2014 for scripting 12 Years a Slave, which was also that year’s Best Picture winner. He already has a relationship with ABC as the creator / showrunner of American Crime, which debuted last month to strong reviews. His other credits include the films Red Tails, Jimi: All Is By My Side, and the upcoming Ben-Hur remake, and the shows Third Watch and Barbershop.