But those rights are now, apparently, back with Marvel. “No original villain either.” he also confirmed the show would be set within the Marvel Comics Universe and the team were still working on both script and budget”Ĭhris has made no reference to the project on Twitter since, presumably because in part he got busy producing a film called Creative Differences, directed by Laurence Shanet.īut there could be another reason, too – back in 2016, it seems even if that “Producer’s Pitch” was under consideration, Marvel itself didn’t have the rights to make any Captain Britain-related film or TV project – Fox did. “We’re sticking with the Brian Braddock character and changing a few things around,” he teased. Britain news: 1st Season Episode Guide and Script of 1st Episode for CB are done & I continue working on pitch package. Then things went deathly quiet, the “Pitch” seemingly moribund, although Lark subsequently posted in September 2016 that a first season episode guide had been prepared and a first episode script written.Ĭapt. “We are working on a script and working on a budget, and looking to put the idea to Marvel early in 2017.” “We have a small list of possible actors, but we are in the very early stages,” Lark told the BBC. But while television producers Chris Lark and Eleni Larchanidou were enthusiastic about the project, noting the success of success of superhero-based TV series such as Daredevil and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D, they also said it was too early to predict who might land the role. Down the years, the character has been reinvented several times, had costume makeovers and changed sex, with writers such as Alan Moore and Paul Cornell and artist Alan Davis doing much to shape – and re-shape – the character.īBC Online covered those rumours again in June 2016, talking to the superhero’s co-creator Chris Claremont, who opined Tom Hiddleston would be great in the lead role. The rumours of a possible Captain Britain show were subsequently confirmed by US-based television producer Chris Lark, but he also explained the idea was very much a “Producer’s Pitch” and not an active project.įirst, you must discover whose face lies behind this mask #CaptainBritain (1st draft oil) /P0J9D84b5qĬaptain Britain, co-created by Chris Claremont and Herb Trimpe, first appeared in Captain Britain Weekly in 1976, a European response to Captain America. We first pondered the possibility of Captain Britain making an appearance on film or TV back in April 2016, re-publishing Mark Roberts article from It Came from Darkmoor on rumours flying at the time prompted by tweets from artist Ciara McEvoy that included possible looks. Updated 16:36: Could a possible barrier to a Captain Britain TV series now have been put behind the team who were working on such a “Producer’s Pitch” for such a project, back in 2016? Well, forgive us in advance if we’re getting a bit excited, but there seem to have been some developments since rumours started flying two years back. The cover of Captain Britain Weekly Issue 8. Comic Projects: The Really Heavy Greatcoat.
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