Plans for the Marvel Cinematic Universe are always shifting depending on what’s needed. As such, not everything put into development gets the greenlight, and it looks like plans for two MCU shows have been canceled indefinitely as a result.
The aforementioned MCU shows have been reportedly in development for years now. With a confirmation that Marvel Studios had been developing each of these series, however, it makes it all the more frustrating to hear they have been canceled indefinitely.
Fortunately, however, development could always be picked back up. Or the ideas behind each series could be repurposed for a new project. Here’s how Brand Winderbaum, Head of Marvel TV, Streaming, and Animation, explained regarding the studio while speaking with Agents of Fandom:
“We launched a lot of shows in a short period of time, and I think many of them could have had a second season, a third season, but the system wasn’t really set up that way,” he first explained. “It was set up to create limited series and have characters cross back and forth between the features.”
Winderbaum continued by revealing the aforementioned two shows being canceled indefinitely were none other than Nova and Strange Academy and how it’s not an uncommon process for their studio:
“We developed Nova, we developed Strange Academy,” Winderbaum added. “We develop a few shows, some of them get redeveloped, some of them get kind of paused for a little bit to be revisited later.”
He further explained the situation at the studio and what plans they have in store for the future:
“Not everything is going to be produced. We’re like a normal studio developing more than we make and only putting forward what we think is the best stuff and stuff that can sustain for multiple seasons,” he noted.
Winderbaum also confirmed that “there are characters on the live action side I would love to explore in future shows. We have some ideas cooking right now that I think will be really exciting to see come to fruition.”
We’re only seeing the beginning of Marvel Television’s new plans with the yearly release of Daredevil: Born Again. It’s unknown if the studio will be repurposing their other live-action shows for similar releases or if Nova and Strange Academy could someday see the light of day in one form or another. Hopefully, however, fans will have the opportunity to see these indefinitely canceled MCU shows.