Despite putting a halt on the Marvels Agents of SHIELD spinoff, which was proposed earlier this year, ABC is closing in on a deal to order a pilot for a project centered around Mockingbird, Variety has learned exclusively.
Titled Marvels Most Wanted, the drama will focus on popular SHIELD characters Adrianne Palickis Bobbi Morse (also known as Mockingbird) and Nick Bloods Lance Hunter. The two actors will topline the pilot and prospective series.
SHIELD producers Jeff Bell and Paul Zbyszewski co-created the project for Marvel and ABC Studios, co-writing the pilot. They will serve as showrunners and exec producers together with Marvels head of television Jeph Loeb also exec producing.
Insiders say the series is not a spinoff, per se, but rather an entirely new project solely focused on the two characters to continue their story. Though plot details are scarce at this point, Marvels Most Wanted will follow the pair and their adventures together.
At this time, ABC has not made any decisions regarding premiere date or a path of introduction, such as introducing the new show as a planted episode during SHIELD.