A few days ago, a rumor hit the web stating that a CAPTAIN BRITAIN television series was possibly in development. Now, a producer for this hopeful series has come forward on Twitter to clarify that its more of a highlight reel pitch to possibly get Marvel to green light the series.
@MOVIESEL5 @CiaraMcAvoy1 Ladies & Gentlemen I'm here to confirm that I and my co-prod Eleni Larchanidou are working on a Highlight Reel for— Chris Lark (@MrCoolMintProd) March 24, 2016
@MOVIESEL5 @CiaraMcAvoy1 a TV series based on the Marvel Comics character #CaptainBritain for 2017. Right now we are in very early stages— Chris Lark (@MrCoolMintProd) March 24, 2016
@MOVIESEL5 @CiaraMcAvoy1 of development for this idea and working on things like the budget for this Reel to take to Marvel for 2017 with— Chris Lark (@MrCoolMintProd) March 24, 2016
@MOVIESEL5 news later this year and early in 2017. Thanks so much also to @CiaraMcAvoy1 for her help with this series project too.— Chris Lark (@MrCoolMintProd) March 24, 2016
It clearly sounds like CAPTAIN BRITAIN is just a passion project which is attempting to get green lit than something Marvel is actually backing for full development right now. Whether this works out or not remains to be seen but stranger things have happened when it comes to getting things green lit in Hollywood.
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