Adventure into Fear (franchise)
Adventure into Fear | |
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Genre | Superhero |
Based on | Characters published by Marvel Comics |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 10 |
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Network | Hulu |
Release | October 16, 2020 |
Adventure into Fear was a set of American television series planned for the streaming service
Following the cancellation of all Marvel's Netflix television series, Hulu ordered a set of interconnected new series from Marvel based on fear-focused Marvel properties in May 2019. Labelled "Adventure into Fear", the series included Ghost Rider—starring Gabriel Luna, reprising his role from ABC's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.—and Helstrom, though Ghost Rider was dropped during development. Helstrom stars Tom Austen and Sydney Lemmon, and debuted in October 2020, ultimately being disconnected from the MCU. Several more series were in development for the banner, but Marvel Television stopped work on these when it was folded into Marvel Studios in December 2019. Helstrom was canceled a year later in December 2020.
Development
In May 2019, after all of
Loeb said in August that he saw the Hulu series as Marvel Television "arising again" after the Netflix cancellations. He explained that discussions with Hulu regarding Ghost Rider had expanded to "three or four shows" that could be put together in a similar model to the Netflix series, and Marvel was now referring to these collectively as "Adventure into Fear". Loeb said this was not another name for "Marvel Horror" as Marvel was not interested in making horror series in the vein of the Saw franchise, instead wanting to focus on heroes who were feared by others. He added that further series under this banner beyond Ghost Rider and Helstrom were in development.[3] At least two additional series were in development, with the plan to have the four series crossover in a Defenders-style event, with Lilith, Mother of All Demons serving as the antagonist.[7]
A month later, Hulu decided to no longer move forward with Ghost Rider due to creative differences, though Helstrom was still planned to go ahead.[8] When production began on Helstrom in October, Loeb reiterated that it was just the first series of the "Adventure into Fear" franchise.[9] However, Marvel Television was folded into Marvel Studios in December 2019 and stopped development on all new projects. Some Marvel Television executives moved to Marvel Studios to oversee the completion of Helstrom and other series that were already in production.[10] By July 2020, "Marvel's" was removed from Helstrom's title in order to distance the Marvel brand from the series' horror-based content, not wanting viewers to "stumble upon the show while looking for something in the tone" of the Marvel Cinematic Universe films.[11] The Marvel logo is also not featured before each episode as was the case with Marvel Television's other series,[12] with showrunner Paul Zbyszewski saying this was "a way of telling the audience that this is something different" from the other Marvel series.[13]
Helstrom (2020)
Series | Season | Episodes | Originally released | Network | Showrunner | ||
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Helstrom[a] | 1 | 10 | October 16, 2020 | Hulu | Paul Zbyszewski[14] |
Daimon and Ana Helstrom, the children of a powerful serial killer, hunt down the worst of humanity.[1]
Hulu ordered Helstrom, based on the characters Daimon and Satana Hellstrom, for a 10-episode series in May 2019.
Roxxon Corporation, a company that has been featured in the comics and the MCU, is referenced in the series.[20][12] Regarding the series' place relative to the MCU, Zbyszewski explained that Helstrom is "siloed off" in part because of it being a "darker-themed show",[13] further adding that the series was "not tied to the MCU" and "our own separate thing".[21] Zbyszewski called it "freeing" not being a part of the MCU or its canon, instead "hav[ing] just this little pocket of the universe".[22]
Abandoned projects
Ghost Rider
On the
During development on the fourth season of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Marvel suggested that the series introduce Ghost Rider,[23] after the character's film rights had returned to Marvel from Sony Pictures in May 2013.[24] The Robbie Reyes version of the character was chosen over other versions from the comics due to his family values,[25] and to help the series distance itself from Sony's Ghost Rider films that starred Nicolas Cage as the Johnny Blaze version of the character.[26] Gabriel Luna was announced to be playing Reyes at the 2016 San Diego Comic-Con.[27] A month later, Marvel Television head Jeph Loeb said the character "could venture into other sections" of the MCU, depending on the audience's response to his appearance in S.H.I.E.L.D. Luna expressed interest in reprising his role outside of the series, adding that he "signed on the line to do all the work necessary".[28] That October, Luna said there had been "rumblings" about a spin-off for the character, but reiterated that it would depend on audience response,[29] though Marvel Television had been keen on a spin-off "almost instantly after the character debuted", executing the hold clause in Luna's contract then to ensure he would be available for any such project.[7]
Hulu ordered Ghost Rider to series in May 2019, with Ingrid Escajeda set as
Other
Loeb stated in August 2019 that there were several "Adventure into Fear" series being developed for Hulu that had not yet been announced,[3] and reiterated this in October.[9] At least two additional series were in development, with the plan to have the four series crossover in a Defenders-style event, with Lilith, Mother of All Demons serving as the antagonist.[7] Marvel had registered trademarks for "Glyph" and "Spirits of Vengeance" by this time.[37] However, by December 2019 Marvel Television was no longer developing new series.[10]
See also
- Marvel's ABC television series
- Marvel's Netflix television series
- Marvel's young adult television series
Notes
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