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John Ridley's Marvel TV Project is "Perhaps" Cancelled

John Ridley discusses his involvement with a Marvel TV show, addresses criticisms about politics in comics by affirming superheroes' role as social justice warriors.



Article Summary

  • John Ridley's involvement with a Marvel TV show is in doubt as he offers a "no comment".
  • Ridley addresses criticism on politics in comics, defending superheroes as social champions.
  • Upcoming Ridley comic "The Other History Of The DC Universe" examines sociopolitical themes.
  • The series to feature heroes from marginalized groups, focusing on real-world struggles.

In 2015, it was announced that screenwriter John Ridley would be working on a Marvel TV show. Rumours abounded in 2017 that it would be Ms Marvel, with the Kamala Khan version of the character. In 2017 it was announced that Ridley was working on a rewrite, but we were assured he still wanted to do it.

So, during PR for other projects recently at DC in DC, The Batman Universe asked him.

"Perhaps," John said after considering it for a second. One reporter joked that he couldn't talk about Marvel because he was at a DC Convention. "If I was at Marvel I couldn't say too much about Marvel," John countered. "The answer to your question is no comment."

Oh go on, while we're at it, he was then asked about fans rejecting politics in comics and decrying "social justice warriors." Not just the fans, of course.

"It is odd to me. These heroes have always been social justice warriors from the very beginning. You look at the backgrounds of the individuals who created these characters. They were extensions of fights they were fighting. I think people who say that are ignorant of the history of the creators and the history of comics. The odd thing is I don't think I'm injecting politics in a lot of the work. It's perspective. It's reality. I write about life and people presume it to be politics."

John Ridley's upcoming comic The Other History Of The DC Universe will be published towards the end of 2018.

The story will analyze iconic DC moments and chart sociopolitical gains through the perspectives of DC Super Heroes who come from traditionally disenfranchised groups, including John Stewart, Extraño, Vixen, Supergirl, Katana and Rene Montoya among others. At its core, the series focuses on the lives of those behind the costumes, and their endeavors to overcome real-world issues.

John Ridley's Marvel TV Project is "Perhaps" Cancelled
LOS ANGELES – FEB 28: John Ridley at the "American Crime" Premiere Screening at the The Theatre at Ace Hotel on February 28, 2015 in Los Angeles, CA, photo by Kathy Hutchins/Shutterstock.com.

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Rich JohnstonAbout Rich Johnston

Founder of Bleeding Cool. The longest-serving digital news reporter in the world, since 1992. Author of The Flying Friar, Holed Up, The Avengefuls, Doctor Who: Room With A Deja Vu, The Many Murders Of Miss Cranbourne, Chase Variant. Lives in South-West London, works from Blacks on Dean Street, shops at Piranha Comics. Father of two. Political cartoonist.
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