After spending years in development as a potential Disney+ series, “Nova” is finally being reworked as a feature film. Marvel Studios has tapped Michael Waldron to write the long-gestating cosmic superhero project, though no director, star, or release date has been announced.
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Waldron has become something of Kevin Feige’s go-to screenwriter, screenwriter, having created “Loki” and written “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.” He also wrote Feige’s ultimately abandoned “Star Wars” movie and was originally hired to write both “Avengers: Doomsday”(then known as “Kang Dynasty“) and “Avengers: Secret Wars” before Anthony Russo and Joe Russo returned to the franchise and brought in longtime collaborator Stephen McFeely.
“Nova” was first developed with “Moon Knight” writer Sabir Pirzada before becoming a planned television series centered on Richard Rider. “Criminal Minds” veteran Ed Bernero later boarded as showrunner, but Marvel paused the project in early 2025 as part of a reduction in its Disney+ output. Now, the studio evidently believes the intergalactic hero belongs on the big screen.
Waldron may already have a leading man in mind. While appearing on The Playlist’s Bingeworthy podcast last year, he suggested that his “Chad Powers” collaborator, Glen Powell, would be “a pretty good Nova.” Whether that bit of speculative casting goes anywhere remains to be seen. [via Deadline]
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