Marvel Developing ‘Nova’ Project With ‘Moon Knight’ Scribe Sabir Pirzada

[Bigbigguy]

EXCLUSIVE: Richard Rider aka Nova looks to be joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe as sources tell Deadline Marvel is developing a Nova project with Sabir Pirzada on board to write. It is unknown at this time whether this will be developed as a feature film or one of limited series for Disney+. As always Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige will produce.

Nova first appeared in an 1966 issue of Super Adventures was member of the intergalactic police force known as the Nova Corps for which he gained superhuman abilities including enhanced strength, flight and resistance to injury. While the character didn’t have many run ins with some of the main figures of the current or past MCU, he did have some battles with the Skrulls, who have big parts in recent and upcoming Marvel projects like Captain Marvel and the limited series Secret Invasion.

As for Pirzada, like so many scribes who land a high-profile Marvel project to develop, Pirzada came up through the studio’s writer community most recently helping in the writer’s room for the highly anticipated Moon Knight series that premieres on March 30 on Disney+.

He is repped by 3 Arts and Gersh.

Marvel Developing ‘Nova’ Project From ‘Moon Knight’ Screenwriter – Deadline

 

[AnonymityX1000]

Would be cool if they did a flashback to Thanos taking the mind stones from Xandar.
Would look forward to a movie more than a TV series for this.

 

[humminbird]

I knew they were going to do it soon since guardians maybe ending after Vol 3.

 

[AnonymityX1000]

Who would you cast as Richard Rider?
.They can literally cast any above avg. fit male. lol

 

[Bryan Danielson]

It’s happening

 

[Carl Tethers]

This show is gonna have a lot of dikk riders

 

[8WON6]

This show is gonna have a lot of dikk riders

 

[datnigDASTARDLY]

it's about time

 

[pete clemenza]

Whoa! Now Marvel is speakin' my language. I had a few Nova comics way back in day

 

[Peter Popoff]

Who would you cast as Richard Rider?
.They can literally cast any above avg. fit male. lol

Channing Tatum would be the perfect dikk Rider....... pause.

 

[Jello Biafra]

Shocked they went with with Richard Rider and not that little Asian kid that they made the new Nova.

 

[Bigbigguy]

Shocked they went with with Richard Rider and not that little Asian kid that they made the new Nova.

Kinda mad they didn't go with Sam

I would've flipped that first appearance on ebay

 

[Lootpack]

Bernero replaces Moon Knight scribe Sabir Pirzada, who was originally tapped as writer when the project was first put into development two and a half years ago. At the time, it was unclear whether it would be developed as a feature film or a limited series; Nova has since taken a series direction.