This nugget of news was buried at the bottom of the “Avengers 2” story on the popular movie side of the Ain’t It Cool site, but I thought it warranted its own headline here on the TV side:
Disney execs revealed via its investors conference call Tuesday that Joss Whedon, in addition to writing and directing “Avengers 2,” would be overseeing a new live-action ABC series set in the “Avengers”/“Iron Man”/“Captain America”/“Thor” movie universe.
No word yet on which Marvel characters the series might focus.
This would be Whedon’s first TV series since Fox cancelled Whedon’s Friday Death Slot sci-fi actioner “Dollhouse” in 2009. Whedon’s prior series include “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “Angel” and “Firefly,” all highly acclaimed.
Since Robert Downey Jr. did a “Castle”-tied promo on ABC this year, it wouldn’t shock me if Tony Stark stepped in for a cameo on the new series now and again.
ABC is also developing a live-action Hulk series, but no one knows if that would also tie into the movies’ “Avengers”-verse. (Mark Ruffalo has a busy movie career, so it seems unlikely that he’d be available to reprise Bruce Banner on the small screen for any length of time.)
Find Slashfilm’s story on the matter here.
