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No real details on this yet, so no idea if they're going to find another big guy to paint green or try to do Hulk CGI on a television budget.
Cloak and Dagger looks to be planned as an ABC family series.
The Punisher is mentioned as a possible cable show in the future.
Most interesting, to me, was the list of properties that Marvel apparently pitched to ABC executives, including:
The Eternals
Heroes For Hire
Agents of Atlas
The Hood
Ka-Zar
Moon Knight
Daughters of the Dragon
Alter Ego (apparently Jessica Jones' "Alias", but the Jennifer Garner series already used the name.)
Cloak and Dagger wasn't on the list, but it's one that actually is going forward. Personally, I would have been excited by the Eternals (described as "a race of superpowered beings live amid humanity in secret, inspiring legends")... but then I'll wait and see how well they do bringing these shows to the screen before I wish it on any properties I like.
http://livefeed.hollywoodreporter.com/2010/10/incredible-hulk-tv-show-abc.html
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So that adds a hefty hit to the budget of "The Avengers" right out of the gate. Still, it's obvious that Disney sees this as the start of a new franchise for them, and who would want to see their new franchise launched by another studio? Now Disney's marketing machine can go into high gear without worrying that they're spending time and money promoting some other studio's film.
