Disney is coming out with their new streaming service later this year, Disney Plus. I've already written about how excited I am for the Star Wars shows on the platform, but I haven't gotten a chance to blog about the Marvel shows I want. So here I will be putting my personal top five shows I would like to see as well as some honorable mentions and shows that have been confirmed or are almost certainly happening. I'll then say what I want it to be like or some comics that I want it to be influenced by. I can't include every series that has been rumored or speculated on around the internet, only the ones that I think are real and are good ideas. Most of these would probably be limited series and have the actors from the MCU reprising their roles. Here are the top ones:
Loki
The only Marvel show that has been completely confirmed by Marvel and Disney is a Loki series. It will star Tom Hiddleston and the showrunner will be Rick and Morty writer, Michael Waldron. I am majorly excited for this, I have wanted a Loki movie for years and a TV series is even better because that means we will be getting to spend more time with the character. Considering Loki's fate in Infinity War and some details I've heard on the series, it is very likely to take place before the first Thor movie. It will involve Loki going throughout history and being a trickster. I hope that it is at least inspired by Al Ewing's Loki: Agent of Asgard comic which is a tremendous adventure story and a very fun time with the character. Whatever happens with this show I fully expect to be great.
Scarlet Witch & The Vision
I will put a disclaimer here that this show and all of them following it on this list have not been confirmed but this one at least has been heavily reported on and is very very likely. I don't know when this series could take place, because of Vision's fate during Infinity War, unless he comes back in Endgame, it would have to be inbetween Civil War and Infinity War while they are on the run together. I'm not sure how eventful this series can be but I am nonetheless very excited because I love these two characters. For this series, I hope that it takes something from Tom King's Vision comic, which really redefined Vision's character and was such a great series. In short, I can't wait for this show to hit the small screen.
Falcon & Winter Soldier
There aren't much details on this series but it is widely reported to be happening and I believe it. What I would really like to see from this series is exploring the characters reactions to all of the hardships that the two have had to go thorugh. Bucky was kept on ice until the 1990's and then was brainwashed into killing people and fighting against his friends and then was framed for a bombing and chased after like a fugitive, thrown into the middle of a superhero civil war, then put on ice again, only to come back and be turned into dust. And all of that is after being in the army and losing his arm. The Falcon, San Wilson was also in the army and was put in the same superhero fights that Bucky was, then also died from that purple Grimace guy clicking his fingers together. That has to stick with you and that is something I want this series to be exploring. Both of these characters have become Captain America in the comics, that could also be true for this series, pending Steve Rodgers' fate in Avengers: Endgame and it is something the characters could bond or battle over and strengthen their relationship. This series has a lot of potential and I hope it lives up to all of it and is truly epic.
Lady Sif
Lady Sif is yet another series that is coming and that I am very excited for. The series will work sort of as the antithesis to the Loki series and will explain where Sif is during Thor Ragnarok and Avengers Infinity War. Lady Sif has already appeared on TV before, during an episode of Agents of Shield. I really don't know very much about this character, but this series seems like a good idea and I'm up to learn more about Lady Sif and the Norse mythology side of Marvel.
Animated What If...? Series
This series will be animated and not set in the MCU, but in alternate realities based off of it answering what if questions such as 'What if Aunt May had died instead of Uncle Ben?' or 'What if Thor was raised by the frost giants?'. Nothing here is really off the table and they can really incorporate anything since it is animated, including Spider-Man, The Defenders, and eventually the X-Men and Fantastic Four. When I first heard this, because of the Star Wars boy I am, I thought about the prospects of doing a Star Wars series in this fashion, telling Star Wars Legends stories in animated form. The What If series is a very cool and different idea added to Marvel's huge library of films and tv that I think could be a game-changer.
Honorable Mentions
Ravengers
Do you remember these epic guys from the end of Guardians of the Galaxy 2. They said that they were coming back together, so you could do a sequel to that of you could do a prequel and include Yondu. These series are going to have big budgets so they can probably even get Sylvester Stallone for a limited series. These guys were the original Guardians so they could really bring in some cool things to the universe.
X-Men
With the Disney-Fox merger complete, X-Men series will definitely happen, it's just a matter of when and not until those movies and things start to roll out. But some ideas I have are a Generation X show following a young group of mutants learning the ropes and being taught by the X-Men. This could be based off of the recent run by Christina Strain. As well as a Cyclops Starjammers series following him and his dad that could be inspired by Greg Rucka's Cyclops comics. For Fantastic Four they can adapt a series from Noah Hawley's Doctor Doom movie script and do a future foundation series about a new team of heroes connected to the Fantastic Four. All of this would be in connection to the main X-Men and Fantastic Four movies that would be going on.
Champions
I would put the Champions and Ms. Marvel in my top 5, but I suspect Marvel has a whole slate of movies and tv series surrounding them up their sleeve. They could do something with Ms. Marvel, The Champions, The Young Avengers, Nova, Miles Morales, etc. Marvel has so many young superheroes that they can build up this corner of the universe with, to the point where I just don't know what is going to happen and I am excited by that.
Blade
We haven't seen those epic old vampires since the Wesley Snipes movies and Blade is a big character that fans are clamoring for and that Marvel needs to reinvigorate. You could just have him vampire hunting in this universe that Marvel has built up and there could be some pretty cool and dark stories in the series. I don't know very much about Blade, but I would love to see him in a Disney Plus series.
Agent Carter-Agent 13 Series
This is an idea that was proposed on WhatCulture or something that they could have a miniseries wrapping up the Agent Carter series and also showing what Agent 13, Agent Carter's niece was doing in the present after Civil War. This would be a cool way to incorporate the two similar and related characters for a fun spy series.
Howling Commandos
This is a series that would take place in modern day and have a team led by Nick Fury with Maria Hill as well as supernatural creatures like Man-Thing or Werewolf by Night that have been appearing within the recent comics. We know that Man-Thing exists because of a throwaway Easter egg line by Maria Hill in Agents of Shield and it would be cool to see what she was talking about and to have a series to battle the upcoming DC Swamp Thing series.
Mockingbird/ Marvel's Most Wanted
This is a series that was already planned but wasn't produced on ABC based on the Shield characters of Bobbi and Hunter. I wouldn't really care if I didn't really like the characters and if I didn't think that Bobbi had a lot more potential as her comic book alter-ego Mockingbird. This would be a funny action fun show having the characters on the run and going through their super-spy adventures.
Top 5
Now we are getting into the top 5, it's what this blog set out to do but I got caught up in all of those other ideas for series. Those other ideas were really ratty. Just kidding. But, now we are doing my top 5 and we will see the series that I want the very most.
#5. New Warriors
This series has already been confirmed for Marvel, but it was on Freeform and it was pulled from that network so now it is shopping around for a place to air and Disney Plus could be it. The series will feature Squirrel Girl, Speedball, Mister Immortal, Night Thrasher, Microbe, and Debrii. It's a sitcom and will basically be the new Seinfeld and will have twenty minutes episodes with crazy humorous goofs and gaffs, while having action, emotion, and being deep and fully connected to the larger universe. I should note that this series may not be supremely likely because it is made by Marvel Television, while the other Marvel Disney Plus shows are being made by Marvel Studios. Until they are under the same roof it would be hard for them to fully work together to produce something like this on the platform. Nonetheless, since this was first announced I was excited for it and I still hope that it will see the light of day.
#4. Ghost Rider
Ghost Rider is a very cool character and he fortunately already exists in the Marvel Cinematic Universe from Agents of Shield. I would love to see a series bringing him back as well as bringing in the Johnny Blaze motorcycle version of Ghost Rider. I don't really know what the plot could be for this series maybe they have to battle dark forces and demons in the underworld or something, who knows how it will go. But one rad idea I do have is for the series to build up to a Midnight Sons crossover team up with Blade, Man-Thing, and other similar characters. The little we've seen of Ghost Rider so far in the MCU has already been pretty great and I'm looking forward to more.
#3. Rocket & Groot
In both Guardians movies and Infinity War, Rocket Racoon is such a relatable character with a great character arc and a great relationship with his best friend, a talking tree. That might sound crazy if you haven't seen the movies but it is true and I would really enjoy a series showing their origins before they teamed up with the other Guardians. How was Rocket made? Who made him and why? Where is Groot from? What are the rest of his people like? How did Rocket and Groot meet and what adventures did they have after that meeting? All of these are questions that can be answered in the series and would provide even more depth to these great characters.
#2 Hawkeye
Now we are getting into top tier, this is close to my number one, but my #1 has to beat it out for the dub. As much as Hawkeye is railed on as the worst avenger and bad in the MCU, I like him and would welcome his solo tv series. Comicbook.com quotes a summary of it, "Pitched as a 'caper' about Hawkeye coming out of retirement to help aspiring vigilante as Kate Bishop after she gets in trouble with organized crime while using his name. Hawkeye's family would be heavily featured, and Linda Cardellini is willing to return, but Jeremy Renner is still studying his options. The Hood would be the main antagonist, with Trickshot as his enforcer. "
This really captures me as a very cool and interesting premise, I am all for Kate Bishop showing up the plot is great the villains are good. It would be cool if Bullseye would show up in this considering his similarity to Hawkeye, he even took over as him in Dark Reign, but that is up to what happens should Dardevil come back and should he appear in it again. If this series ends up happening, I hope it is based on Matt Fraction's run in the comics of Hawkeye. I am very very excited if this comes to fruition and they've got me hooked on this one.
#1 Moon Knight
This one might be too bloody for Disney Plus, so it might have to be moved over to Hulu or something. But if there is one Marvel show that I could get, it would be Moon Knight. After reading Lemire and Smallwood's comic run, he is one of my favorite superheores. A tv series tripping like a boss following the split-personality Marc Spector going on a journey out from the insane asylum through realities and layers of his mind and memories battling the God Khonshu. Count me in for this a million times.
Thank you for reading my suggestions for series, I hope you enjoyed. Yet another era of my blog is happening and there will be very different posts and series to come. So, stay connected.
Further Reading:
https://comicbook.com/marvel/2019/01/14/disney-plus-hawkeye-moon-knight-sentry-tv-show/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disney%2B
