https://deadline.com/2026/07/michael-waldron-nova-movie-marvel-studios-1236981012/
>>154628893>After rumors started to spread of a potential Nova project from filmmaker Michael Waldron last week, sources now tell Deadline that the Chad Powers creator is developing a feature film around the comic at Marvel Studios. Insiders stress the project is still in early development but that Waldron is on board to pen the script with eye to directing the project if it moves forward.>Marvel Studios and reps for Waldron could not be reached for comment.>The studio had initially been developing the comic as a TV show with Sabir Pirzada penning the script but ultimately shelved that idea in 2025. Last week, the title came up again when Waldron’s WGA card was leaked with the project being listed as a credit leading to the reveal that Waldron had been brought on to tackle a new pitch.
>>154628912>Nova first appeared in an 1976 issue of Super Adventures was member of the intergalactic police force known as the Nova Corps, for which he gained superhuman abilities including enhanced strength, flight and resistance to injury. While the character didn’t have many run-ins with some of the main figures of the current or past MCU, he did have some battles with the Skrulls, who have big parts in recent and upcoming Marvel projects including Captain Marvel and the limited series Secret Invasion.>Waldron has strong ties with Disney and Marvel going back to when he penned the hit Doctor Strange sequel, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. He has since been the showrunner on one of Marvel biggest TV shows, Loki and is currently a co-writer on Avengers: Doomsday.>His range extends well beyond the superhero universe as his critically celebrated wrestling drama Heels, which he created and executive produced for Starz, starring Stephen Amell and Alexander Ludwig, found a new global audience upon its arrival on Netflix>His production company Anomaly currently has a big overall deal with Disney and he recently wrapped production on the second season of the hit Hulu series Chad Powers starring Glen Powell. He is repped by CAA and Untitled Entertainment.
>>154628893There's no way they don't fuck this up if it ever gets made.
shouldn't this have happened 10 years ago?
>>154628893>>154629077Sam
>>154628893Should have made this instead of trying to push Carol
>>154629111It took them long to stop gambling on 300.000 million TV shows. They've been slowing down production ever since 2023.
>>154628893How are they going to do Annihilation with no Guardians?
>>154629163it's fine, you get fat Chris back and use him, Annihilation was always the Nova and Star-Lord show anyway
>>154629163At the very least Pratt is still in the cards. That or they decide to go ahead with a new GotG iteration .
>>154629118Ew
>>154628893Make it stop.
In other MCU related news, apparently Adam Driver has been cast as Magneto: https://xcancel.com/apochorseman/status/2076752210885763394?s=46Coming from Apocalyptic Horseman, a reliaable scooper (he was the first to say Hulk was going to be in BND).
>>154628893I don't care anymore
>>154629262Will they dare to give him a new origin or stay with the Holocaust one?
>>154629283Lmao imagine if they make Eric Palestinian
>>154629262Should have taken the Reed Richards gig
>>154629262>In other MCU related news, apparently Adam Driver has been cast as Magneto:Why do they keep going after this ugly motherfucker?
>>154629302Not autistic enough
>>154629303Usually studios keep in contact actors with whom they've already worked before, and Driver has shown that he's willing to work with Disney again since he pitched them his Ben Solo film.
>>154629262i don't get magneto vibes from him at allawful casting
>>154629342Actors are supposed to act
>>154629362no fucking shit but have you ever seen a miscast before in your life you stupid piece of shit? stop breathing.
>>154629303He's a good actor>>154629342He has the same height as Magneto and has shown before that he can play conflicting and intense characters
>>154629375Oh fuck off. Half of cbm castings are people who don't look like the source material or seem "off" from previous performances. It's all up to the directing and writing in the final product.
>Will Poulter’s Adam Warlock in Star Lord’s role>Movie 1 is the Annihilation Wave>Movie 2 is the Phalanx>Movie 3 is Magus and he’s behind the Cancerverse or some shit.>Throw in some bullshit with the Shi’ar and GladiatorYou can still do a decent chunk of the cool shit from Cosmic Marvel. The problem is it’s the same Rick and Morty rejects writing these scripts.
>>154629222Sam
>>154629451Given the promiance of the X-Men in the next saga, the Shi'ar will most likely appear in some film.Speaking of which, taking advantage of the soft-reboot can lend to them doing the Skrulls properly this time.
>>154629451I would be surprised if he got a second movie let alone a third considering Shang-Chi only has one and Strange doesn't have a third
>>154629118>>154629473Back when it was being developed as a show, Feige confirmed it was about Richard, not Sam.
>>154628893Isn’t Nova just a lame set of Stormtroopers in the MCU?
>>154629489Marvel copyrighted a title for a Shang-Chi sequel back in 2022. The most prevalent rumour is that it was going to tie heavily into The Kang Dinasty, and once that film was scrapped, Shang-Chi 2 got shelved since it wouldn't work without that film.
>>154629118probably the best of the new wave yet liked the leastwhy?
>>154629534It was Jeph Loeb crying over his dead kid and making it our problem
>>154629163Probably the same way it was done the first time.
>>154629534Marvel doesn't give a shit about it's cosmic titles, so a Nova was naturally going to be seen the least.
>>154629525Huh didn't know that
>>154629571It's mainly speculation but it does track. TKD was to be helmed by Shang Chi's director, and that film was originally meant to focus on the characters of phase 4 as protagonists, Shang Chi among them.
>>154629262I just don't see him as magneto, he can deliver but I can'
>>154629609I guess it would be hard to make a Shang-Chi sequel since Cretton is working on Spider-Man now
>>154629118Gtfo
>>154629646Plus if they do one eventually, it'd have to be delayed even more or helmed by a different director since DDC is doing Naruto after BND.
>>154629491It was about both, veteran Richard attempting to rebuild the Nova Corps with a fleet of cadets including Sam and several alien OCs, and them fighting Annihilus.
>>154629668Simu Liu has already started talking about other directors who could take over from DDC, it's gonna happen.
>>154629668Now I wonder if he'll appear in anything outside of Avengers since Shang-Chi 2 seems unlikely at the moment
>>154629696Mcu nova corp where mall security guards with spaceships
>>154629696Big if true. I wonder if they ditched in part because of the budget for a TV show being too high, and partly because Lanterns was going on a similar direction at a faster pace.
>>154629696Sounds good to me desu
>>154629646>>154629668Not only that, Marvel wants Cretton to do Avengers 7.
>>154629491>>154629668Sam
>>154629768Ew
>>154628893>it's not a pbs documentaryBOOOOOOOOOOO!!
>>154629790Sam
>>154629111Yeah. It should've been done when Thanos wrecking Xandar for the Power Stone was still a fresh event. It would've been nice and thematic.
>>154628893Why? Why now?
>>154628893How are these fucking films still in development? How do they even have the funding after the last two phases bombed so spectacularly?
>>154630970The thing with Disney is that they own such an insane amount of IP that they're one of the few companies that can recoup for a few losses with just one or two projects. People say that the studio is flopping hard but uess what, they're the only studio that has made over 6 bill. at the Box Office for three consecutive years as of 2026. For every Snow White, there's a Lilo & Stitch. For every The Marvels there's a Deadpool & Wolverine.
>>154630858Sam
>>154629111Pretty close to it
Dick gods, where are you?
>>154628893And it’s gonna suck. Yippe.
>>154632418>>154632428Sam
>>154629551>if you name the character after your dead kid it's whiningKys. Sam is great.
>>154632874Sam
>>154633121>>154632798>>154631156>>154630331>>154629768mental illness
>>154629111He was supposed to be in Guardians of The Galaxy until James Gunn dropped him because he wanted Quill to be the only human in the group
>>154633633He was also considered for Infinity War, but was cut early in development since the film was already too crowded to introduce a new hero.
>>154633492Sam
>>154628893Insider here: Nova will be Richard Rider and he'll be cast with a black actor however the project will function like Blade where the purpose was really to set up Bloodline. The plan is for Nova to introduce Sam and have Rich mentor him then leave (they haven't said if he'll retire or die) so Sam Nova will be used to revive the Young Avengers project that they don't believe any of the current actors can handle carrying including Vellani and Xochitl.
I can only assume this retard is Gwenschizo.
>>154629111shoulda been made instead of Cap Marvel
>>154634000Sam>>154634699Sam
>almost a decade after the GotG’s popularity has died out, they decide it’s Rich’s turnI hope they quietly cancel it again cuz I would hate to see this flop after waiting for so long
>>154637100Sam
