A number of Hollywood stars have boarded the Marvel Cinematic Universe since its inception in 2008, however extra heroes from the comics have but to hitch the franchise. One actor that many have wished to see be part of the Avengers-based universe is Glen Powell, and a long-time Marvel Studios author is sharing the sentiment.
Throughout a brand new interview with The Playlist, Michael Waldron, who penned the unique Avengers: Doomsday script when it was Avengers: The Kang Dynasty, was requested if there was an MCU position that Powell would match. Waldron, who co-created Chad Powers with the actor, responded with, “He’d be a fairly good Nova.”
Outdoors of writing the preliminary Avengers 5 screenplay, Waldron wrote Physician Unusual within the Multiverse of Insanity, directed by Sam Raimi. He additionally created the Loki TV present for Tom Hiddleston’s titular character.
Powell shared with The Playlist on August 16, 2024, that he has but to be requested by Marvel or DC for a superhero gig. The Working Man lead commented, “I’ve by no means gotten a name from DC or Marvel. However I’m a fan of every little thing they do.”
With the existence of the Nova Corps within the MCU timeline, the door for the hero’s introduction has existed for a number of phases. Many viewers members have been ready to see Richard Rider lastly make his live-action debut, and it has been a precedence for Marvel Studios for a number of years.
A Nova undertaking was put into growth on March 24, 2022, when Deadline revealed that Moon Knight’s Sabir Pirzada was engaged on it. Nevertheless, the undertaking acquired a brand new inventive on December 16, 2024, when Ed Bernero was employed because the showrunner, thus changing Pirzada, whereas additionally confirming that it will be a tv sequence.
Nevertheless, the Nova TV present was placed on pause, together with Unusual Academy and Terror Inc., on February 20, 2025, when Deadline reported the halt. It was on account of Marvel Studios having “merely shifted its priorities in the mean time,” as not one of the three initiatives had been formally greenlit.
Marvel Tv has been present process restructuring, as they’re aiming to provide TV exhibits in a extra conventional sense, with the purpose of getting every sequence run for a number of seasons. If Nova resumes, it is unclear if it will get retooled from the small to the large display as an upcoming MCU film and even as a Particular Presentation on Disney+.
The following launch for the MCU can be in January 2026, when the Surprise Man sequence lastly makes its Disney+ premiere.
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