From Deadline Hollywood Daily: "Marvel Female Superheroes Drama Not Going to Pilot at ABC"
Deadline Hollywood Daily wrote:
EXCLUSIVE: ABC has opted not to proceed with a pilot order to its Marvel drama from Wonder Woman writer Allan Heinberg. The project, about female characters with superpowers, had a big pilot production commitment. It is unclear whether the untitled hourlong drama from Heinberg, Marvel Television and ABC Studios, will be redeveloped.
In typical Marvel fashion, details about the drama were kept close to the vest, but it is believed to be based on lesser-known Marvel characters. There have been a number of fairly obscure female superhero team-ups that have appeared sporadically in Marvel comics over the years, including A-Force, Lady Liberators and Fearless Defenders.
Heinberg, who is under an overall deal at ABC Studios, is executive producing the potential series with Marvel TV’s Jeph Loeb.
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If "Captain Marvel" is a big hit, it'll go through.
Or else, the backlash is starting!
Sure. They always point to Supergirl (1984) and Catwoman (2004) as reasons movies about female superheroes don't sell, ignoring that Supergirl was 34 years ago and Catwoman was 14 years ago.
I think in the case of the Supergirl and Catwoman movies, the problem was lousy writing, not that the leads were female.
ClarkKent_DC said:
ClarkKent_DC said:
Richard Willis said:
I agree. I also think examples from 14 years ago and 34 years ago are too old to be relevant.