ABC Family is greenlighting a one-hour pilot based on The Middleman, the Viper Comics series by Javier Grillo-Marxuach and Les McClaine.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the cable channel has closed a deal with Grillo-Marxuach to executive produce the pilot. A formal order is pending, subject to a budget agreement.
The Middleman centers on Wendy Watson, a struggling young artist who’s recruited by a secret agency to fight evil.
On the new Middleblog, Grillo-Marxuach makes the announcement, and gives a little background for the concept, which, strangely enough, started life as a TV pitch before being turned into a comic book.
Grillo-Marxuach is a co-executive producer of Medium, and has written for such shows as Jake 2.0, Boomtown and Lost. He’s also written Annihilation: Super-Skrull and Annihilation: Conquest-Wraith for Marvel Comics, and Cylon Apocalypse for Dynamite Entertainment.
September 14th, 2007 at 3:37 pm
Awesome news!
September 14th, 2007 at 6:46 pm
What a hoot! The books are fun! But – ABC Family? Yikes, they’ll have to tone down some of the violence and such.
September 14th, 2007 at 7:21 pm
ABC Family has moved away from the “wholesome” content with shows like Fallen, Falcon Beach, etc.
September 17th, 2007 at 8:54 pm
The two Middle Man trades were almost the best things I read last year (especially the first one). I liked how he was never condescending to her (names escape me). Made for nice chemistry.
October 11th, 2007 at 8:41 pm
Natalie Morales will be playing Wendy and Im so psyched about that, I’ve seen her in many plays and on an epsiode CSI-Miami…she was great!
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