ABC Passes on New Marvel Show

Deadline is reporting that ABC has opted not to order a pilot episode of Allan Heinberg's female Marvel hero TV series. It was never clear which characters the show planned to use or what it would be called. It's still possible the show could find a home on another network.

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New Female-Centric Marvel Show in Development

According to Deadline, ABC has committed to producing a new Marvel show featuring unspecified superpowered female characters. The unnamed series will consist of an unspecified number of 45-ish minute episodes, produced by Allan Heinberg (Wonder Woman, Young Avengers) and Jeph Loeb.

Wonder Woman Synopsis & Writers

As part of their press release regarding San Diego Comic Con, Warner Bros has revealed the screenwriters and official synopsis for the Wonder Woman movie. They previously said they were considering scripts from five different writers, but only now confirmed they chose the one by Allan Heinberg and Geoff Johns.

“Wonder Woman” hits movie theaters around the world next summer when Gal Gadot returns as the title character in the epic action adventure from director Patty Jenkins. Before she was Wonder Woman, she was Diana, princess of the Amazons, trained to be an unconquerable warrior. Raised on a sheltered island paradise, when an American pilot crashes on their shores and tells of a massive conflict raging in the outside world, Diana leaves her home, convinced she can stop the threat. Fighting alongside man in a war to end all wars, Diana will discover her full powers…and her true destiny.

Joining Gadot in the international cast are Chris Pine, Connie Nielsen, Robin Wright, David Thewlis, Danny Huston, Elena Anaya, Ewen Bremner and Saïd Taghmaoui. Jenkins directs the film from a screenplay by Allan Heinberg and Geoff Johns, story by Zack Snyder & Allan Heinberg, based on characters from DC Entertainment. Wonder Woman was created by William Moulton Marston. The film is produced by Charles Roven, Zack Snyder, Deborah Snyder and Richard Suckle, with Rebecca Roven, Stephen Jones, Wesley Coller and Geoff Johns serving as executive producers. Warner Bros. Pictures presents, in association with RatPac-Dune Entertainment, an Atlas Entertainment/Cruel and Unusual production, “Wonder Woman.” The film is scheduled for release on June 2, 2017, and will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company.