Ever since Marvel Studios started having trouble getting some of their announced projects off the ground, they’ve stopped making announcements except for what’s already in motion. Still, it’s a surprise when we learn about something that had been kept in secret such as two TV projects that are now in limbo.
Deadline reports that Marvel Television has hit the pause button on three TV projects. One we already knew about and that’s Nova, about Richard Rider and the intergalactic police force the Nova Corps, seen in the Guardians of the Galaxy movies. Criminal Minds‘ Ed Bernero had been hired as writer and showrunner, with a production start date looming. But then, it was just last summer that Kevin Feige said the series was “three or four years out” so this could be in line with that.
The next two were even less certain, and are also on pause. Strange Academy is an adaptation of the Marvel Comics series about a school to educate youngsters to use their magical abilities. Doctor Strange runs the New Orleans-based school in the comics, but the TV version would’ve focused on Wong, which would’ve been a cool way to keep the popular character in the spotlight. We first heard rumors about this one back in early 2023.
Next is Terror, Inc., based on the 1992 comic by Dan Chichester, Margaret Clark and artist Klaus Janson. The series centered on the antihero Terror, a mystical entity who can absorb the abilities of others through their dismembered limbs. You can probably see why this would be a tough nut to crack for Marvel if it was to appear on Disney+.
None of these projects were officially greenlit, and they could still happen in the future. But Marvel has a lot going on right now. We recently learned that all of Marvel’s Netflix characters could be used again, possibly in new shows. Coming up are two seasons of Daredevil: Born Again and Vision Quest, with more to follow.
