Marvel Television

Marvel Television
Division
Industry Television
Genre Superhero
Founded June 28, 2010 (2010-06-28)
Headquarters Burbank, California[1], USA
Key people
 Jeph Loeb, EVP
Dan Buckley, president of the print, animation & digital units[2]
Products Television series
Owner Marvel Entertainment
(The Walt Disney Company)
Subsidiaries Marvel Animation, Inc.[3]
Website marvel.com/tv

Marvel Television is a division of Marvel Entertainment in The Walt Disney Company conglomerate. The division is responsible for live-action and animated (through Marvel Animation) television shows and direct-to-DVD series.[4][5] The division is based at affiliate ABC Studios' location.[1]

Background

Marvel previously licensed a few characters out for TV shows with animated shows being more successful than the live action shows. The Incredible Hulk (1978–82) was Marvel's only successful live action television series, running five seasons. The last TV series, Blade: The Series, was canceled after one season on Spike.[2][6]

Marvel's first live action TV licenses were for Spider-Man with the character in The Electric Company's Spidey Super Stories segments (1974–1977), CBS's The Amazing Spider-Man series (1977–1979) and Toei's tokusatsu style Spider-Man series (1978–1979). The Incredible Hulk also launched in 1977 on CBS. The Amazing Spider-Man pulled in reasonable rating but was canceled in 1979 by CBS as they did not want to be the "comic book" network as they had already had three comic book based show, choosing to stay with The Incredible Hulk, as it had the better ratings.[7]

In 1978, Doctor Strange got a TV movie to act as a pilot similarly to Spider-Man and Hulk. Captain America also starred in two pilots in 1979, Captain America and Captain America II: Death Too Soon. None of these pilots were picked up.[7]

After the end of The Incredible Hulk in 1982, live action Marvel shows did not return until 1988 with The Incredible Hulk Returns, designed as a backdoor pilot for Thor. Additionally, The Trial of the Incredible Hulk acted as a backdoor pilot for Daredevil, and The Death of the Incredible Hulk premiered in 1990.[7]

Three direct pilots were done in the 1990s, Power Pack, Generation X and Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., but none of them were picked up for series. Marvel had better luck in syndicating their properties in the late 1990s and early 2000s with Night Man and Mutant X, lasting two and three seasons, respectively. The latter show triggered a lawsuit by 20th Century Fox, who held the rights to the X-Men. As a follow up to the Blade film series, Blade: The Series was created for cable TV, lasting one season in 2006.[7]

History

On June 28, 2010, Marvel Entertainment announced the start of Marvel Television, together with the appointment of Jeph Loeb to head up the division as executive vice president, head of television.[5][8] In October 2010, it was announced that the first live-action television series from Marvel Television for ABC would be centered on the Hulk,[9] developed by Guillermo del Toro.[10] In December 2010, it was revealed that Melissa Rosenberg was developing AKA Jessica Jones, based on the comic book series Alias and centered on Jessica Jones, for ABC, intended to air in 2011 of the 2011–12 television season.[11]

At San Diego Comic-Con International 2011, Loeb revealed, in addition to the Hulk project and AKA Jessica Jones, Marvel Television also had Cloak and Dagger and Mockingbird in development at ABC Family.[12] In October 2011, ABC Studios sold a Punisher script to Fox, who gave the project a put-pilot commitment.[13] In April 2012, Marvel Television signed with Creative Artists Agency for live action representation.[1] In May 2012, it was announced that the Hulk project was not ready for the 2012–13 season, and would possibly be for the 2013–2014 season. It was also announced that ABC had passed on AKA Jessica Jones.[14]

In July 2012, it was reported that Marvel had again entered into discussions with ABC to create a show set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe,[15] and in August 2012, ABC ordered a pilot to be written by Joss Whedon, Jed Whedon, and Maurissa Tancharoen, and directed by Joss Whedon,[16] that became Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.[17] It was officially ordered to series on May 10, 2013.[18] By September 2013, Marvel was developing a series inspired by the Agent Carter Marvel One-Shot, featuring Peggy Carter, with Deadline reporting it was one of several series in development at Marvel.[19]

By October 2013, Marvel was preparing four drama series and a miniseries, totaling 60 episodes, to present to video on demand services and cable providers, with Netflix, Amazon, and WGN America expressing interest.[20] In November 2013, it was announced that Disney would provide Netflix with live-action series starting in 2015, based on Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Iron Fist, and Luke Cage, leading up to a miniseries based on the Defenders.[21][22] Responding to the Netflix announcement, Disney CEO Bob Iger said that that Daredevil, Luke Cage, Iron Fist and Jessica Jones may appear on film if their shows are successful and that another outlet was chosen as ABC and Disney XD could not handle all Marvel shows.[10] Disney will spend approximately $200 million in financing for the series.[23] The four Netflix shows are set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.[24]

It was also revealed in November 2013 that the Hulk project first announced in 2012 had been shelved, with Loeb saying, when "we saw what Joss Whedon and Mark Ruffalo were creating in The Avengers, that was a better solution."[10] On May 8, 2014, ABC officially renewed Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. for a second season and ordered Marvel's Agent Carter straight to series,[25] which later aired in January 2015.

In early April 2015, two unspecified shows were said to be in development to air on ABC: one was a spinoff series of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. centered on Bobbi Morse (Adrianne Palicki) and Lance Hunter (Nick Blood), which was being developed by Bell and writer Paul Zbyszewski based off storylines occurring at the end of the second season, and would receive its own pilot rather than a backdoor pilot;[26][27] and another with writer-producer John Ridley.[28] On May 7, 2015, ABC renewed Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Agent Carter for a third and second season, respectively.[29] Additionally, ABC also passed on the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. spinoff,[30] though ABC Entertainment president Paul Lee did not rule out returning to the spinoff in the future, and Lee also confirmed that Ridley was working on a Marvel property for ABC.[31]

In August 2015, the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. spinoff series received new life as a reworked series, titled Marvel's Most Wanted, with a pilot order. Bell and Zbyszewski once again developed the series, while also serving as co-writers of the pilot, executive producers, and showrunners, with Loeb also attached as executive producer.[32] The series would still focus on Morse and Hunter, with Palicki and Blood both attached, but is no longer intended to be a true spinoff of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. as previously believed, instead "being described as a new take focusing on the same duo and their continuing adventures."[33] At the end of the month, Marvel Entertainment's film subsidiary Marvel Studios was integrated into the Walt Disney Studios, leaving Marvel Television and Animation (formerly part of Marvel Studios) under Marvel Entertainment and CEO Isaac Perlmutter's control.[34]

In October 2015, ABC ordered a put pilot for a half-hour live action comedy series Damage Control, based on the comics construction company of the same name. The series is being developed by Ben Karlin.[35] Later in the month, FX ordered a pilot for Legion, about David Haller, a young man who may be more than human. The pilot will be produced by FX Productions (FXP) and Marvel Television, with FXP handling the physical production. Also in October, Fox Broadcasting Company announced that 20th Century Fox Television and Marvel Television were developing a series titled Hellfire Club, based on the secret society from the comics of the same name.[36][37]

In January 2016, Lee stated the Most Wanted pilot would begin production "in the next few months" and announced that a second Marvel comedy series was in development in addition to Damage Control.[38][39] Also in January, Netflix was planning a Punisher television series starring Jon Bernthal, who is scheduled to appear in the second season of Daredevil.[40] More information was revealed regarding the Legion series, including that in addition to the pilot, FX has ordered several scripts and that it would not take place in the established X-Men film universe, instead in a parallel universe. Should the series be picked up, it would consist of 10 episodes and is expected to air in 2016.[41]

Production library

See also: Marvel Animation for animated production library
List indicator(s)
Series Aired Production partner Original
network		 Notes
Ongoing
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 2013– ABC Studios
Mutant Enemy[42]		 ABC
Agent Carter 2015– ABC Studios
F&B Fazekas & Butters
Daredevil ABC Studios
DeKnight Prods.
Goddard Textiles		 Netflix
Jessica Jones ABC Studios
Tall Girls Productions
Upcoming
Luke Cage 2016 ABC Studios Netflix[21]
Iron Fist TBD
The Defenders
Most Wanted ABC Pilot order[32][33]
Damage Control Put pilot[35]
Untitled John Ridley-developed series In development[28][31]
Untitled Marvel comedy series TBD In development[39]
Legion† FX Productions FX Pilot order, along with several scripts.[36][43][41]
Hellfire Club† [37] 20th Century Fox Television Fox Set in the X-Men film series universe. In development[36][43]

See also

References

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