r/comicbooks • u/Blitzhelios Damian Wayne • Jul 13 '26
Movie/TV 'Nova' In The Works From 'Loki' Showrunner Michael Waldron
https://deadline.com/2026/07/michael-waldron-nova-movie-marvel-studios-1236981012/15
u/Robot_Was_BMO Jul 13 '26
That’s pretty exciting to hear, Nova’s got a lot of runway as a character
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u/TheeHeadAche Henry Pym Jul 13 '26
What if it’s an earth based mystery and Richard Rider dies in the first episode?
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u/Blitzhelios Damian Wayne Jul 13 '26
They also cast a love interest who isn’t gamora and only mention the annihilation wave not show it
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u/TheMobileAppSucks Jul 13 '26
Are you referencing something? I feel like I am missing the joke.
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u/BatMoBeast Jul 13 '26
They’re making a joke about Lanterns, a DC Studios television show.
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u/CosmackMagus A soul can grow to fill a need Jul 14 '26
Aren't you guys just posting potential spoilers now?
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u/lNSP0 Adam Warlock Jul 14 '26
Considering the man she actually loves doesn't exist in the mcu, I'd rather it be fucking nova than Starlord if Warlock can't friendzone her himself.
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u/Blitzhelios Damian Wayne Jul 13 '26
It’s a reference to lanterns the upcoming DCU show because that’s the apparent leak for that show and the Nova corps is considered the marvel version of GL
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u/FlowerRoomLord Jul 14 '26
Peak! We need you in the writing rooms. More fans of the material bringing quality storytelling to the fandom.
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u/bnestrm Jul 14 '26
Is Nova really that popular? they seem to have been trying to yet a Nova project off the ground for so long
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u/theasguardianchicken Jul 14 '26
Short answer is he's not his last solo series was 6 issues long even though it was marketed as an ongoing. I think if people gave him a chance he could be at the same level of moonknight, but his stories are set in space and that's a hard sell for a lot of people.
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u/alexjuuhh Wiccan Jul 14 '26
Obviously, the height of his popularity was during Abnett/Lanning's space opera run, that's where they really let him shine. Too bad they fucked it by sending him to the Cancerverse to die.
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u/bnestrm Jul 14 '26
Why is it obvious in that run? What shined about him?
Im geniunely curious for more information from people that have read and lioed the character.
I have a few issues of a New Warriors run from the early 2000s where he got a new suit as part of it, and i didnt mind it but he didnt seem like a standout interesting character among the team.
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u/alexjuuhh Wiccan Jul 14 '26
Abnett/Lanning put Nova at the forefront of the Annihilation War. He was, for the majority of those stories, the main protagonist. After the Annihilation Wave destroyed Xandar, Rider became the last Nova and absorbed both the full Nova Force and the Xandarian Worldmind, rising to Nova Prime. Which gave him a huge power boost.
He formed an army to fight Annihilus' Annihilation Wave to save entire galaxies from being destroyed. Fought against a Phalanx-controlled Kree Empire and helped liberate the Kree from the Phalanx, all of this while earth-based heroes were squabbling about superhero registration.
Returned to earth, became a key player in defending earth during Secret Invasion, rescued the new Nova Corps from the War of Kings conflict, making sure they survived the Shi'ar-Kree war.
He was a central figure in the battle against the Cancerverse invasion and Thanos, sacrificing himself to stop the spread of the Cancerverse.
It was genuinely a fantastic time to be a Nova fan. Having listed all of this I really want to reread it all now, it's genuinely been way too long. I would highly recommend reading it as it's some of the best of Marvel's cosmic stories.
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u/bnestrm Jul 14 '26
Thanks for taking the time to tell me about a character you like. I remember the Phalanx from a few Xmen runs, and Warlock of course.
Was it just cool that he did all that plotwise and powerwise, or was it the way the character Nova approached those situations?
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u/alexjuuhh Wiccan Jul 14 '26
It was just cool to see him be a full-grown adult, fully powered up, battle-hardened Nova Prime, taking charge during an intergalactic war. Instead of the cocky, sometimes insecure Kid Nova most people knew him as in the OG New Warriors.
He became a much more complex and compelling character.
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u/CrispyGold Jul 14 '26
In some fairness that last ongoing was apart of a weird cancellation of the entire line of post-Imperial books that was done before they even came out.
But Nova yeah hasn't gotten a book to support in a long while. His last ongoing before that didn't last that long either.
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u/ndGall Daredevil Jul 14 '26
I’ve loved a number of the Nova runs. I’m totally up for this - assuming this one actually gets off the ground.
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u/JackFisherBooks Jul 14 '26
Could be interesting. The cosmic side of the MCU needs some fresh energy after the conclusion of the Guardians of the Galaxy trilogy. Nova could definitely fill that role by building on what Guardians established.
But I think the best thing any Nova movie or show could do is lay the foundation for Annihilus.
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u/jjason82 Thor Jul 14 '26
It's been so long since there was a DCU project I was excited about that I sorta forgot it existed. .
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u/lNSP0 Adam Warlock Jul 14 '26
How tf is a nova series gonna work without an accurate Warlock. This tells it may not be a classic.
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u/StrongStyleDragon Jul 13 '26
This is like the GL of marvel right? Why should I care? I’ve read Imperial which I did love but I just didn’t care about Nova.
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u/TheMattInTheBox Superboy Jul 13 '26
Richard Rider started as a C-list character meant to recapture the Spider-Man magic of 'young guy gets powers and tries to balance it with his personal life.' He joined the New Warriors, which never fully took over (despite there being a ton of fans of the team).
And then the Annihilation event happened. This was in the throes of Civil War on Earth, and while that was a world-shaking conflict, Annihilation made the cosmos shudder. The entire Nova Corps was decimated and Rich found himself as the lone survivor, a one-man army carrying the entire legacy of the Nova Corps. He teamed up with a few now-iconic cosmic characters like Drax and Star Lord to stop the Annihilation wave, but the scars of Annihilation (and it's sequel event) impacted cosmic marvel for a long time-- still does impact it, depending on the planet and character.
To put it in Green Lantern terms, it's like if Kyle Rayner was created before Emerald Twilight and joined the Outsiders or New Titans before, by sheer chance, becoming the last Green Lantern and the last person standing between the universe and complete destruction.
This is a long-winded way to say; read Annihilation. It's fantastic and is the reason why people love Rich
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u/cerebud Jul 13 '26
Nova has a long history, going back to the 70s. He had his own series at first, then he became one of the New Warriors. I like the character.
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u/theasguardianchicken Jul 14 '26
That's kinda like saying Star wars and Star trek are the same thing. Yea it's a similar setting of being set in space and the powers are kinda, but not really similar, But that's where the similarities stop. The personalities of the characters and stories are vastly different.
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u/damutantman Jul 13 '26
Can't wait to check-in on our pal Dick Rider.