Marvel’s TV department is using their new business model for development as they paused three supposedly greenlit projects.

While many people feel that Marvel movies need to get back on a cohesive track, their television division has faced their own issues. Back in 2023, it was revealed that Daredevil: Born Again was going to be completely retooled after Kevin Feige and Marvel execs were not satisfied with the direction the anticipated show was heading in. The major overhaul echoed the infamous reshoots that the recent Captain America: Brave New World had gone through. As audiences wait with crossed fingers that Daredevil: Born Again comes out unscathed by the retooling, Deadline now reports that Marvel Television has paused the development of three planned shows: Nova, Strange Academy, and Terror, Inc.

According to Deadline’s sources, these shows were never officially given the greenlight. However, even with Marvel pausing the development, they have left the door open to possibly revisit them in the future. The company has simply decided to reshift their focus onto other projects. This decision is said to be part of the company’s new model on the development of shows. Marvel is famous for announcing their upcoming slate of projects that have been more or less teased by movies or shows in the past. A couple of years ago, new senior leadership at the company would alter the development process around the same time Daredevil: Born Again was taken back to square one.

Last August, Brad Winderbaum, Marvel Studios’ Head of TV, Streaming, and Animation, talked about applying a new strategy to the development of new shows. Winderbaum explained, “We’re developing more than we make now, so we’re actually have a few different things brewing that we might see through to at least a pilot script to see if we want to make it. But, there’s a lot of opportunity out there, it’s hard to choose favorites… We’re really being careful about what we choose to do next.”

This also comes after the news that Marvel had chosen a showrunner for Nova back in December. Winderbaum told Phase Two podcast, “We love Nova. We are in really early development on Nova.” Kevin Feige had also told ComicBook.com that the Nova TV series is “happening, it’s coming together.” Then, it was revealed by industry insider Jeff Sneider, “Ed Bernero to showrun NOVA for Marvel.“

Deadline reports that, “Strange Academy would have been an adaptation of the eponymous comic book series, created by Skottie Young and artist Humberto Ramos, which debuted in March 2020. Set in New Orleans, it centers on a school founded by Doctor Strange to educate young individuals with magical abilities. The show was expected to focus on Wong, portrayed by Benedict Wong, and his leadership of the school. It’s not clear who was attached to develop the show. Launched in 1992, the comic book series Terror, Inc. centers on an antihero by the name of Terror, who possesses the ability to incorporate the body parts of others into his own form, gaining their memories and abilities. Created by Dan Chichester, Margaret Clark, and Klaus Janson, the character first appeared under the name Shreck in St. George #2 in August 1988 before being reintroduced as Terror in the 1992 series. Again, no word on who was involved with development.“

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