More than eight years have passed since Marvel Studios’ One Above All, Kevin Feige, first claimed that Nova was a character with “immediate potential” to debut in the MCU. After several starts and stops, it looks like the Human Rocket is being prepared for launch again, this time with a Marvel Studios veteran scribe at the helm
…we have a big board with a bunch of characters that have more immediate potential, Nova is on that board. Because of the connection to the Guardians universe, because there are more than one examples to pull from in the comics that are interesting. And you’re absolutely right, he was in the earliest drafts of the [Guardians of the Galaxy]
-Kevin Feige, April 2018
According to the Writers Guild of America West (and located by a Murphy’s Multiverse Discord user) , Loki creator and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness writer Michael Waldron, who has also helped Stephen McFeely and the Russo brohters shape the narratives ofAvengers: DoomsdayandAvengers: Secret Wars, has taken over writing duties on Nova.
First developed as a film with Moon Knight writer Sabir Pirzada working on the script in 2022, Nova was transitioned to television a year laterand put on hold while the studio began restructuring its streaming plans. With a new roadmap in place, things started moving on Nova in late 2024, veteran TV writer Ed Bernerowas tasked with bringing the Human Rocket to D+
While Bernero’s take would reportedly introduce the classic Marvel Comics villain Annihilus and pit the Bug-Lord against Richard Rider and a young team of Nova Corpsmen. It’s unclear if Waldron‘s pitch would follow this route or be something entirely different
Given the dates listed, it looks as though Marvel Television might be looking at beginning production sometime this year with a potential 2027 release date for the series. Neither Disney nor Waldron’s reps responded to requests for confirmation at the time of publishing
