"12 YEARS A SLAVE" SCREENWRITER REPORTEDLY WORKING WITH MARVEL ON TV PROJECT

[loyola llothta]

John Ridley, the Academy Award-winning screenwriter of 2013's "12 Years a Slave," is reportedly working with Marvel Television on a potential series, according to a Friday report from Entertainment Weekly. It's described as "reinventing an existing Marvel superhero character or property for ABC," though what that character or property may be isn't yet clear.

Both Marvel and ABC declined comment on EW's story. Marvel Television also declined comment when reached by CBR. This news comes a week after word surfaced of a "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." spinoff reportedly in the works at ABC.

Ridley has experience in the comic book world -- he wrote the 2004 original graphic novel "The Authority: Human on the Inside" for WildStorm/DC Comics, and subsequent WildStorm miniseries "The American Way" and "The Razor's Edge," along with penning episodes of the "Justice League" and "Static Shock" animated series. He's currently working with ABC on the series "American Crime," which he created.

 

[I AM WARHOL]

I thought this was a Marvel "12 years a Slave" tv show when i first read the title.
Came in this bytch like

Then i read the article

 

[AnonymityX1000]

I thought this was a Marvel "12 years a Slave" tv show when i first read the title.
Came in this bytch like

Then i read the article

Son that gif is amazing. BB high on cocaine that whole video, so hilarious.

 

[Norrin Radd]

Marvel comin for that TV crown

 

[satam55]

Ain't this the nikka that rest of the cast & crew of "12 Years a Slave" weren't cool with at the Oscars?

 

[satam55]

There are plenty of strong black characters on tv..well several, not plenty and most of them are women at the moment which is kinda cool in my book

This!! I don't really care for more Black shows (or even Black movies). I just want more Black character/actors & Black writers/producers/directors on the mainstream shows/movies I'm already watching.

TV Shows like "New Girl", "The Flash", "Scandal", "Sleepy Hollow", "House of Lies", & etc. are already doing this.

@MartyMcFly We getting it.

 

[MartyMcFly]

Ain't this the nikka that rest of the cast & crew of "12 Years a Slave" weren't cool with at the Oscars?

Because he didn't write it yet he got the credit. So I guess there was some bad blood between him and Steve McQueen

 

[Achille]

Because he didn't write it yet he got the credit. So I guess there was some bad blood between him and Steve McQueen

So how did he credit for it if he didn't write it?

 

[MartyMcFly]

So how did he credit for it if he didn't write it?

Writer's Guild stuff. He wrote a version but his version wasn't the one that went to film. Steve McQueen did the rewrites. Same thing happened with Selma this year; one guy wrote a version of it but the version they filmed was Ava Duvernay's draft

 

[RhymesWell]

Would love to see Runaways adapted as a show but that seems to be more of a CW type of show

 

[Norrin Radd]

Cloak & Dagger seems tailor made for ABC.

 

[Diunx]

Sounds like Runaways Stop feeding me Marvel I'm getting obese!

 

[loyola llothta]

ABC made DD...

 

[Achille]

ABC made DD...

Disney owns both, since ABC Studios Production has a good track record creating successful TV shows its a bonus for Marvel. So Disney is synchronizing all their resources to effectively produce their products.

 

[TheGodling]

So how did he credit for it if he didn't write it?

He did write a draft but McQueen himself made a lot of changes. There are regulations however to how much a writer must've added to the screenplay in order to be credited, and Ridley used those to his advantage forcing McQueen out of the co-writer credit.