For most of the summer, Squirrel Girl has been a minor meme sensation of sorts, mostly sparked when Anna Kendrick declared she’d love to play the character, a sentiment endorsed by the internet and Edgar Wright. There were also some calls for Shannon Purser aka Barb from “Stranger Things” to play that part in the comic adaptation, that at the time, was completely imaginary. But it looks like there was enough chatter that Marvel is going to make it real.
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TVLine reports that Marvel and ABC Studios are now working on a “New Warriors” comedy series. Essentially serving the same function as New Mutants to the X-Men, the New Warriors are basically a junior Avengers style superhero team, who have included numerous members over time — Firestar, Marvel Boy, Namorita, Nova, Speedball, Silhouette, Rage, Hindsight Lad, Bandit, Dagger, Darkhawk, Powerpax, Turbo, the Scarlet Spider — and yes, Squirrel Girl. Indeed, she will be part of the TV show, that is currently being shopped around, and I can only imagine that it will interest Netflix, as Doreen Green/Squirrel Girl plays nanny to Jessica Jones and Luke Cage’s daughter in the comics.
No details yet on the creatives involved in the half-hour show, or more importantly, who will be playing Squirrel Girl, but the internet has plenty of time to fan cast their faves.