ABC is not out of the Marvel business after Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. signs off after season seven. The network used the TCA press tour to announce that they are in “active talks” about bringing another Marvel female superhero to the network.
ABC is working with Marvel to bring on another comic book adaption. The plan is to ensure that there is at least one Marvel property on air on the broadcast network at any given time. ABC Entertainment president Karey Burke has this to say about the plan:
“I have spoken to Marvel and we are in active talks about one project in particular.”
Burke wouldn’t go into further detail but did say that the character would be “something brand new, mostly” and that the series would fit in with its strategy of female-focused superheroes.
This new project is said to be different from the show ABC developed last year with Wonder Woman writer Allan Heinberg. Last September, the network gave a production commitment to an untitled hourlong drama from Heinberg, Marvel Television and ABC Studios. Written by Heinberg, it was about female characters with superpowers. Not much else was said about the project and no word whether that show is alive or dead at the network.
