Female superhero-led Marvel show cancelled by ABC

More bad news for Marvel fans! ABC is not greenlighting an untitled Marvel show that was set to feature a team of female superheroes.

Yet another Marvel property has come to a premature end. Last year, it was announced that ABC would be adding a new show to their roster featuring a team of female superheroes. Unfortunately, Deadline has now revealed that ABC has decided against proceeding with a pilot order for the untitled show.

Said to be an hour-long drama created by Wonder Woman writer Allan Heinberg, Marvel had remained tight-lipped about the show leading to speculation about which lesser-known comic book characters would see their day on screen. We at ShowSnob had speculated that this would have been an ideal opportunity to bring Ms. Marvel/ Kamala Khan to our screens. Now, we may never know. It has been a poor year for Marvel’s television content, with Netflix canceling all its shows except for The Punisher and Jessica Jones.

It is even more unfortunate that a female-led property has been canceled even before it was given a chance. Marvel still struggles with gender-parity on screen especially in the cinematic universe – the first woman to lead her own film after 20 years of the Marvel Cinematic Universe will be Brie Larson in Captain Marvel. It’s television shows – be it the Netflix ones, Marvel’s The Runaways, Cloak & Dagger and ABC’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. – fare better, but fans will be disappointed with this latest update.

However, just because ABC has rung the death knell on this show doesn’t mean it couldn’t be resuscitated elsewhere. Disney’s own streaming platform, Disney+, is set to debut this year, and original Star Wars and MCU content is already being produced for it; The Vision and Scarlet Witch has already bagged a showrunner and rumors about the Loki series continue to circulate online.

All this means there remains a sliver of hope that this untitled show could someday feature on Disney+. Fans can only wait and hope.