Academy Award-winning 12 Years a Slave screenwriter John Ridley is working with Marvel Studios on a new television project.
The secret project is currently under development at ABC, the home of Ridley's current drama programme American Crime.
Ridley's new project is based around re-inventing an existing Marvel Comics property for the network, reports Entertainment Weekly.
News of this potential series comes amidst reports that ABC is mulling over a potential spinoff of Marvel's Agents of SHIELD to debut next season.
Marvel Studios is currently in the process of exponentially expanding its television presence.
Aside from Marvel's Agents of SHIELD and the Hayley Atwell-starring Agent Carter, the studio is also bringing a series of inter-connected limited programmes to Netflix.
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ABC has issued no comment yet on reports of a new Marvel programme in the works.
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