Marvel Chief Teases More Unannounced Releases & Making The MCU Easier To Watch

While several Marvel Cinematic Universe TV shows are on their way to Disney+, there are still several titles that have yet to get announced. Thanks to Disney+, the MCU timeline has gotten a chance to expand even more on the small screen as Marvel Studios has been exploring various characters in their own series. From new heroes and villains to fleshing out established players, the MCU TV shows also pave the way for bigger stories to continue in the films.

In a new interview with Screen Rant to promote the Agatha All Along TV show, Marvel Studios Head of TV, Streaming, and Animation, Brad Winderbaum, spoke a bit about the future of Marvel Television. Without getting too specific, Winderbaum stressed that they are “developing more than we make now,” with some projects at least getting considered for a pilot treatment, sharing the following:

We’re developing more than we make now, so we’re actually have a few different things brewing that we might see through to at least a pilot script to see if we want to make it. But, yeah, there’s a lot of opportunity out there, it’s hard to choose favorites. I’m a fan, so I want to make struggles about freaking everything, but we’re really being careful about what we choose to do next.

When it comes to Marvel Television, it has been an interesting transition time for Marvel Studios in the last couple of years. While the Hollywood strikes also played a factor, the Daredevil: Born Again TV show marked the beginning of a new chapter for Marvel Television when Marvel Studios made the decision to fire the initial writing team and put the series through a creative overhaul. Not only was it done to get it closer tied to Netflix’s Daredevil series, but to also start making Marvel TV shows be more accessible.

That sentiment was echoed by Winderbaum in Screen Rant’s interview when asked how exciting or difficult it is for Marvel Television to integrate TV characters into the larger MCU. Winderbaum stated that “I think it’s about audience obligation and there’s a sense that you need to watch everything in order to watch anything. We’re trying to break that spell. We want it to be more like the comics.Are you an X-Men guy? Are you a Ghost Rider guy? Are you a Gwen Stacy guy?” For Winderbaum, it is crucial that “there’s something for everybody, and you can go into the genres and tones that you want without feeling like you need to know every single thing about everything in order to enjoy.”

Winderbaum alluding to wanting MCU TV shows to feel as digestible as possible, similar to comics, is a smart approach because, for the overall audience, it can be challenging to keep up with every single release. It is also imperative to remember that not everyone is going to respond to everything that Marvel Studios releases on the big and small screens, as some will have certain corners of the franchise that they prefer over others. Hopefully, as Marvel Television has been evolving its strategy, it will benefit the MCU in the long run.

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