Marvel Studios Disney+ Series Delayed
The Hollywood Reporter posted a feature article on some internal restructuring at the Walt Disney Company, which includes a reformulation of its direct-to-streaming series plans.
The move impacts all the company's tentpole brands including Star Wars and Marvel Studios. According to the report, Disney plans to produce fewer series with, perhaps, greater attention to quality.
The plan to space out content is said to even impact series that are already completed. While Marvel had previously pegged seven seasons of TV for this year, the report indicates that only two are certain to debut in 2023.
According to the report Loki season two and Secret Invasion will reach viewers this year. Loki was previously slated to return to Disney+ in the Summer, while Invasion is scheduled for Spring. There's no word if those timelines have changed.
That leaves a question mark on five other shows: What If...? season two (which was due early this year), Echo (slated for Summer), X-Men '97 (Fall), Ironheart (Fall) and Agatha: Coven Of Chaos (Winter).
Jump Start Comic Strip Headed to CBS
Deadline reports that CBS is developing Robb Armstrong's comic strip JumpStart for TV.
The network has ordered a pilot for the show, written by Wayne Conley (Queen Sugar).
According to the blurb on the paperback collection, the strip features Joe and Marcy Cobb are the quintessential young married couple complete with a baby, two busy careers, and eccentric parents. An eminently likable pair, Joe and Marcy juggle their relationship, their jobs-he's a police officer, she's a nurse-and raising their daughter, Sunny.
Aaron Kaplan is producing for Kapital Entertainment. Wendy Trilling is producing for TrillTV.
