For years, Marvel Studios has tantalized fans with the possibility of introducing Nova, the intergalactic cop with enough firepower to lobotomize Ego the Living Planet, into the MCU. Thankfully, all those rumors have now turned into something more concrete - and more official.
Brad Winderbaum, Marvel's Head of Streaming, Animation, and Television, has revealed that Nova is finally in the early stages of development at Marvel Studios, after countless false starts. Let's just hope this time it sticks!
"We love Nova. We are in really early development on Nova," he confessed on ComicBook.com's Phase Zero podcast. The discussion of Nova taking form as a series on Disney+ seems to be the current betting favorite, a move that has fans perking up in interest.
Nova, for those uninitiated in the cosmic battles of the Marvel universe, is no small fry. Making his comic book debut in 1976, Richard Rider became the last standing member of the Nova Corps, an elite spacefaring force.
Then, in a new twist, 2011 saw the introduction of Sam Alexander's Nova, a youthful iteration that has since captivated a new generation of fans. Unfortunately, despite a backstory ripe for a cinematic adaptation, Nova has remained conspicuously absent from the MCU lineup.