Overview
- Michael Waldron, who Deadline and multiple outlets reported joined the project Monday, is writing the new Nova script and is said to be open to directing if the film moves forward.
- Marvel quietly shifted Nova from a Disney+ series that was paused in 2025 into a feature-length pitch, leaving the project in very early development without a studio confirmation.
- No cast, director, release date, or plot details have been announced and representatives for Marvel and Waldron have not publicly commented on the reports.
- Nova is a long-running Marvel character tied to the Nova Corps and Xandar, which gives the film built-in cosmic hooks such as the comics' Annihilation storyline and the Corps' offscreen destruction by Thanos.
- Waldron's attachment matters because of his recent high-profile Marvel work on Loki and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, and the development could signal a broader studio pivot back to theatrical cosmic entries after cutbacks to Disney+ plans.