Freeform, Marvel Television and ABC Signature today announced their second
project together, New Warriors, a new comedic live-action adaptation of the
popular Marvel comic featuring young adult heroes. This marks Marvel’s first
foray into comedy for a television series. The network has ordered ten
30-minute episodes slated to debut 2018.
New Warriors centers on six young people with powers living and working
together. With powers and abilities on the opposite end of the spectrum
of The Avengers, the New Warriors want to make a difference in the world… Even
if the world isn’t ready. Not quite super, not yet heroes, Marvel’s New
Warriors is about that time in your life when you first enter adulthood and
feel like you can do everything and nothing at once — except in this world, bad
guys can be as terrifying as bad dates.
The series will feature fan-favorite Squirrel Girl (Doreen Green) as a
totally empowering fan girl—tough, optimistic and a natural leader. Doreen is confident
and has the powers of a squirrel… She’s acrobatic, can fight and talk to other
squirrels. Her most important trait is that she has faith in people and teaches
them to believe in themselves. Additional cast to be announced.
New Warriors is the second Marvel series currently in development at
Freeform, with the first being Cloak & Dagger.
"Freeform’s mission is to deliver incredible content to young adults
and Marvel Television seamlessly aligns with that mission–we couldn’t be more
proud to collaborate with them on ‘Marvel’s New Warriors,’" said Karey
Burke, EVP, Programming & Development, Freeform.
"’Marvel’s New Warriors’ have always been fan favorites and now
particularly with the addition of Squirrel Girl, they are Marvel Television
favorites as well," said Marvel’s Head of Television and Executive
Producer Jeph Loeb. "After the amazing experience we’ve had
with Freeform on Cloak & Dagger we can’t think of a better place for our
young heroes."
The series is co-produced by Marvel Television and ABC Signature Studios.
Marvel’s Jeph Loeb ("Marvel’s The Punisher," "Marvel’s The
Defenders"), and Jim Chory ("Marvel’s The Punisher,"
"Marvel’s The Defenders") serve as Executive Producers on the series.
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