John Ridley Discusses His Upcoming Marvel TV Project

Ridley’s Mystery TV Series For House of Ideas

Our friends at sciencefiction.com have a little more on screenwriter John Ridley’s new secret TV project for Marvel and ABC…

John Ridley (12 Years A Slave, American Crime) is known for serious drama and has started to open up about his mystery Marvel project for ABC. The Writer/Producer was tapped nearly a year ago to develop a series for the network and we haven’t heard much about it since that time. With the success of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Agent Carter, ABC has been taking a light-hearted approach as opposed to Netflix’s Daredevil and Jessica Jones but with Ridley on board, we might be seeing a change of direction.While as normal with anyone involved with Marvel he hasn’t been giving any real details, he has opened up a little about working with the studio:

“I grew up reading graphic novels, which back then were comic books. I’ve written some. I have kids who, with as much social impact that American Crime or 12 Years A Slave has, they could not care less. They’re just at that age. Back in the day, when I was growing up with things like Star Wars and Superman, they were quality work. We’ve seen really good things that are based on these fantastic universes. And I can’t talk much, at all, about it, but when Marvel and ABC approached me about the project, it felt like a good fit.”

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