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Inhumans
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Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producers
ProducerJean Higgins
Production locationKalaeloa, Hawaii
Production companies
Original release
NetworkABC
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Marvel Cinematic Universe television series

Marvel's Inhumans, or simply Inhumans, is an upcoming American television series developed for ABC, based on the Marvel Comics race of the same name. It is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), sharing continuity with the films and other television series of the franchise. The series is produced by ABC Studios and Marvel Television, with IMAX Corporation as a financing partner and Scott Buck serving as showrunner.

The series is centered around Black Bolt, with Anson Mount in the role, and other members of the Inhuman Royal Family. A film from Marvel Studios based on the Inhumans began development in 2011, before being announced in October 2014 for a November 2018 release as part of their Phase Three slate of films. The species was first introduced to the MCU in the second season of Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and the film was subsequently removed from Marvel Studios' release schedule in April 2016. Inhumans was announced in November, to be partly filmed on IMAX digital cameras and to be the first live-action television series to debut on IMAX screens. Buck joined the series the next month. Mount was cast in February 2017, with Serinda Swan, Iwan Rheon, Ken Leung, Eme Ikwuakor, Isabelle Cornish, Mike Moh, Sonya Balmores and Ellen Woglom also starring in the series. Filming began in March 2017, at the former Naval Air Station Barbers Point airfield in Kalaeloa, Hawaii.

Inhumans is set to debut on IMAX screens on September 1, 2017, and run for two weeks, before premiering on ABC on September 26, and airing eight episodes.

Premise

Set in present day,[1] the series is centered on Black Bolt and other members of the Inhuman Royal Family.[2]

Cast and characters

  • Anson Mount as Black Bolt: The Head of the Inhuman Royal Family and King of Attilan, whose voice can cause destruction with the slightest whisper.[3][4]
  • Serinda Swan as Medusa: The wife of Black Bolt and Queen of Attilan, who has the ability to move and control her hair.[5]
  • Iwan Rheon as Maximus: An Inhuman with a strong devotion to the people of Attilan, who desires to be king over his brother Black Bolt.[6]
  • Ken Leung as Karnak: Black Bolt's cousin and closest adviser, who can "see the fault in all things" and acts as the Royal Family's strategist and philosopher.[7]
  • Eme Ikwuakor as Gorgon: Black Bolt's cousin and leader of Attilan’s military, who can generate seismic waves with his hooves.[8]
  • Isabelle Cornish as Crystal: Medusa's sister with the ability to control the elements, and the youngest member of the Royal Family with a deep devotion to them.[8]
  • Mike Moh as Triton: Black Bolt's cousin who has the ability to live underwater.[8]
  • Sonya Balmores as Auran: The Head of the Royal Guards on Attilan, with a fierce loyalty to Black Bolt.[8]
  • Ellen Woglom as someone who works at a private aerospace company with a personal passion for space and things related to the Moon.[8]

The character Lockjaw, Crystal's 2,000-pound (910 kg) teleporting canine companion, also appears in the series, created through CGI.[8][9]

Episodes

No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateU.S. viewers
(millions)
1TBARoel Reiné[10]UnknownSeptember 26, 2017 (2017-09-26)[a]N/A
2TBARoel Reiné[10]UnknownSeptember 26, 2017 (2017-09-26)[a]N/A
  1. ^ a b A version of the first two episodes will debut in IMAX theaters on September 1, 2017,[11] and run for two weeks, before the September 26 television premiere on ABC.[12]

Production

Development

A film based on the Inhumans was first mentioned as being in development in a March 2011 trade report.[13][14] In October 2014, Marvel Studios officially announced the film as part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe's Phase Three, with a release date of November 2, 2018.[15] Producer Kevin Feige said, "We really do believe the Inhumans can be a franchise or a series of franchises unto themselves. They have dozens of powers and an amazing social structure. With our 20th movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, we wanted to continue to refine what that universe is about."[16] The following December, the Inhuman species was introduced during the second season of Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. that began a storyline that recurred throughout the series moving forward.[17] In April 2016, the film was officially taken off of Marvel's release schedule, though it was not outright canceled.[18] After the film's cancellation, Jed Whedon, executive producer and showrunner on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., noted that series had "a little more freedom" and were "able to do a little bit more" with the species going into the fourth season, including the potential of introducing some of the "classic" Inhumans.[19]

In May 2016, after ABC had canceled Marvel's Agent Carter and passed on Marvel's Most Wanted, ABC Entertainment president Channing Dungey said that Marvel and ABC were looking "at series that would be beneficial to both brands" moving forward.[20] In November, Feige said that "Inhumans will happen for sure. I don’t know when. I think it’s happening on television. And I think as we get into Phase 4 as I’ve always said, it could happen as a movie."[21] Shortly after, Marvel Television and IMAX Corporation announced the television series Inhumans, to be produced in conjunction with ABC Studios and air on ABC;[3][4] Marvel Studios decided that the characters were better suited to television, and a series would be better than trying to fit the multiple planned franchise films around the studio's existing film franchises.[1] However, the series is not intended to be a reworking of the planned film, nor a spin-off from Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.,[3] and is partly set on the Moon.[1]

IMAX serves as a financing partner on the series, the first time it had done so for a television series,[3] paying completely for the first two episodes. IMAX had originally approached Marvel about the deal after a successful IMAX event with Game of Thrones in 2015.[22] Because of this deal, Marvel was able to spend more on Inhumans than it has on its other shows, especially for visual effects, which have been criticized in series like Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. ABC also hoped that partnering with IMAX would attract a larger audience to the series than its previous Marvel shows, similar to the "buzz-creating, widely watched series" that Marvel provides to Netflix, and perhaps even draw more viewers to Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. if it was to return for a fifth season in the 2017–18 television season.[1][22] Ben Sherwood, president of Disney–ABC Television Group, described the deal as "a quadruple win—a win for IMAX, a win for Marvel, a win for ABC Studios and a win for ABC to launch a show in an innovative way and get attention" in an increasingly crowded market for original television series.[22]

In December, Scott Buck, the showrunner for the Marvel Netflix series Iron Fist, was revealed to also be an executive producer and showrunning Inhumans.[23] Jeph Loeb and Jim Chory also executive produce the series.[6]

Casting

In late February 2017, Iwan Rheon was cast as Maximus,[6] followed shortly by Anson Mount as Black Bolt.[4] At the start of March, the series added Serinda Swan as Medusa,[5] Ken Leung as Karnak,[7] Eme Ikwuakor as Gorgon, Isabelle Cornish as Crystal, Mike Moh as Triton, Sonya Balmores as Auran, and Ellen Woglom in an undisclosed role.[8] Also in March, comic writer Charles Soule indicated that the series would feature some NuHumans as well, including some he created in his Inhuman comic book.[24]

Filming

Filming for Inhumans began by March 5, 2017, in Downtown Honolulu,[25] under the working title Project Next.[26][25] Studio work for the series will take place in Kalaeloa, Hawaii at the former Naval Air Station Barbers Point airfield.[27] Additional filming occurred at Diamond Head.[28] The first two episodes of the series will be shot on IMAX digital cameras, to accommodate a debut on IMAX screens,[1][22] with major action sequences from subsequent episodes also being shot using the technology to enhance the overall visual quality of the series.[22][1]

ABC, Marvel and IMAX chose to produce Inhumans in Hawaii due to the state's tax incentives for filming, and the strong relationship that Disney and ABC have with the state from previous projects. However, with the sole production studio on the islands, Hawaii Film Studio, in use by Hawaii Five-O, new studio space needed to be developed for the project. The Hawaii State Film Office had been interested in developing the former Naval Air Station Barbers Point airfield into a filming studio, and by early 2017 the space had been leased by Navy Region Hawaii to the Hawaiian Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism, who subleased the complex to the series' production, allowing the production to begin retrofitting the former airfield into a production facility. Inhumans was expected to create hundreds of jobs, and provide $80 to $100 million a year to the state's economy. Jean Higgins, who previously worked in Hawaii on ABC's Lost as a co-executive producer, serves as producer of Inhumans.[27]

Visual effects

Mark Kolpack, visual effects supervisor on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., stated he would not be involved with Inhumans due to his commitments on S.H.I.E.L.D., despite introducing the species on that series.[29]

Marvel Cinematic Universe tie-ins

When announcing the series, Sherwood said that those behind the project had "worked very carefully" with Marvel Studios to ensure that "content-wise we are only enhancing" the MCU.[1]

Broadcast

Inhumans is set to debut its first two episodes, totaling approximately 80 minutes, on more than 1,000 IMAX screens in over 74 countries, on September 1, 2017, and running for two weeks.[22][12][11] ABC will then broadcast the series weekly, starting on September 26, 2017, with those first two episodes featuring exclusive content outside of the versions screened on IMAX on the network.[2][12] The series will consist of 8 episodes.[3] Richard L. Gelfond, the chief executive of IMAX, stated IMAX was "confident our exhibition partners will be excited about this. The response from conceptual conversations has been extremely positive."[1] Sherwood added that Disney made sure ABC affiliates were on board with the IMAX debut for the series, and that they had worked with Marvel Studios so the theatrical debut of the series could be timed to not interfere with the release of any MCU films—the theatrical run of the series will take place between the releases of Spider-Man: Homecoming and Thor: Ragnarok.[1][22]

Marketing

ABC, IMAX, and Marvel Television plan to create a joint marketing and promotion plan for the series across their proprietary media platforms, which would be the first such cross-platform marketing launch of a television series.[2] This approach was described by industry analysts as "a can't-miss cross-platform push."[22]

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