New Hulk TV series on ABC coming?

[Natrix]

https://livefeed.hollywoodreporter.com/2010/10/incredible-hulk-tv-show-abc.html

Who’s ready for another Hulk TV series?

Marvel and ABC are developing a TV return for comic icon the Incredible Hulk. CBS last produced a memorable series featuring the jade giant that ran from 1978-82 and starred Bill Bixby and Lou Ferrigno.

The news comes as DC Comics heroine Wonder Woman, who had a TV series during the 1970s, is also being prepped for a return to the small screen.

Hulk is one of two projects that are priorities at Marvel Television, Marvel Studio’s TV division, which has been operating under the radar since Jeph Loeb took the reins at the end of June.

The second hot property is "Cloak and Dagger," which is being developed for ABC Family.

Both are in the early stages of development; Hulk has a “showrunner wanted” placard around its neck. ABC had no comment. Meanwhile, Loeb is meeting with writers to hear ideas for "Cloak and Dagger."

Marvel began narrowing it list of possible TV adaptations in May with a presentation on the Disney lot. Executives presented ABC suits with a list of titles they identified as possible series:

• "Heroes for Hire" (focusing on ex-con Luke Cage offering to take on bad guys for a price);

• "The Eternals" (a race of superpowered beings live amid humanity in secret, inspiring legends);

• "Agents of Atlas, Alter Ego" (private investigator Jessica Jones takes on cases involving superhumans);

• "Moon Knight, the Red Hood" (a low-rent criminal discovers a cloak that gives him superpowers);

• "Ka-Zar" (a Tarzan-type and his saber-toothed tiger must journey to the concrete jungle to seek justice);

• "Daughters of the Dragon" (a dynamic female duo, one with a bionic arm and the other a granddaughter of a samurai, open a private-detective agency); and

• "The Punisher" (one man wages a war on crime; already adapted as two feature films).

Ironically, "Cloak and Dagger" wasn’t on the list. (Hulk was.)

Although the focus appears to be on "Hulk" and "Cloak and Dagger," "Punisher" also has been selected from the herd and is eyed as a cable play, but that is even further away. Marvel’s TV division wants to take things slow, according to insiders, focusing on one or two shows, making sure they are the best they can be and establishing a quality brand before moving forward.

Marvel is in the middle of establishing a shared universe with its movies (the pics and the characters form one big story), but it’s unknown whether the studio will undertake a similar path with TV. Also unknown is whether there would be a connection between the film world and TV world.

Not sure what that crap about Moon Knight, the Red Hood is all about.

 

[hairlesswookiee]

If done properly I'd like the Punisher show made.

 

[Kabukiman]

I'd be down for a Punisher show.

 

[MarfMaster]

"Ka-Zar" sounds like the lamest ____ I've ever heard. I think, with care, The Punisher could be a great show.

 

[Natrix]

Punisher could be good if they do go the cable route like FX or HBO/Showtime.

 

[daikkenaurora]

How many Hero shows is ABC going to have?

 

[karamazov80]

Seems weird to choose obscure characters like Cloak and Dagger for a TV show. I would like to see a Punisher show, but only if he is a psychopathic, remoseless killer who mows down criminals en masse. None of that Thomas Jane BS.

 

[Something Sexy]

Cloak and Dagger would be a badass TV show!

 

[The Mike]

It would except its being developed for ABC family which means they'll be teenagers dealing with angst.

 

[Something Sexy]

It would except its being developed for ABC family which means they'll be teenagers dealing with angst.

I usually black out when I see ABC Family so I didn't catch that at first.

 

[Natrix]

Found this blurb on io9's article about this story in regards to the Hulk show, part of which is in the Hollywood Reporter story:

Hulk has a "showrunner wanted" placard around its neck, and sources are saying that Guillermo del Toro and Battlestar Galactica producer David Eick will be pitching a take. ABC had no comment.

It might have been a total BS rumor and removed from Hollywood Reporter's article.

 

[Sweet Rabbit]

If done properly I'd like the Punisher show made.

I'd be down for a Punisher show.

the punisher would be great on HBO or showtime

 

[Buttmunch]

Punisher would be great as an "R rated" TV show. And Hulk would be great if done right. It would be great if they could keep the same actor for Banner for more than a single episode though