Jonathan Igla, who cut his teeth on the AMC drama, will write Marvel's Disney+ series.
The Marvel series, being developed for the upcoming streaming service Disney+, has tapped Jonathan Igla to act as writer and executive producer. Igla cut his teeth, or sharpened his arrowhead, as it were, as a writer and executive story editor on
Mad Men, the award-winning drama that helped establish AMC as a go-to place for critically acclaimed TV.
Jeremy Renner is due to reprise his titular role as the bow-and-arrow wielding Avengers superhero. The story is due to focus on Clint Barton, a non-superpowered hero, trying to teach another hero with an affinity for the bow, Kate Bishop, how to be a hero with no super powers.
The series is tentatively set for a fall 2021 debut and is part of Marvel’s Phase Four round of releases. Phase Four includes the debut of Marvel shows on Disney+, the first one being
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, set for a fall 2020 unveiling. That is to be followed by
WandaVision (spring 2021),
Loki (also spring 2021), then
Hawkeye. At D23, Marvel chief Kevin Feige announced that shows featuring
She-Hulk, Ms. Marvel and
Moon Knight were also in the works.
Igla’s boarding completes most of the key creative hiring for the Phase Four shows. Malcolm Spellman (
Empire) is penning
Winter Soldier, with Kari Scogland (
The Handmaid’s Tale) directing;
WandaVision has Jac Schaeffer (
Captain Marvel) as showrunner; and
Loki has Michael Waldron (
Rick & Morty) writing and exec producing.
In addition to working on
Mad Men, Igla was a writer-co-producer on Fox’s short-lived sports drama
Pitch and writer-supervising producer on
Sorry for Your Loss, Facebook’s drama that starred Elizabeth Olsen.
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