We may not be getting a Gambit film anytime quickly, however not less than we’ve obtained one other card-wielding superhuman on the best way: DC Comics’ Madame Xanadu. True Blood author and govt producer Angela Robinson is heading to HBO Max with a brand new TV collection primarily based on the immortal clairvoyant, with J.J. Abrams serving as producer.
As reported in Deadline, Abrams and Robinson are teaming as much as develop a collection known as Madame X, primarily based on Madame Xanadu (aka Nimue). The DC character impressed by the Arthurian legend was designed by Michael William Kaluta again in 1978 together with her preliminary story labored on by David Michelinie. This is the most recent TV challenge in Abrams’ ongoing take care of Warner Bros. TV, which features a string of DC tasks together with Justice League Dark (which very effectively may characteristic Madame Xanadu) and a brand new Superman movie from Ta-Nehisi Coates that may characteristic a Black Superman. Robinson isn’t precisely a stranger to comedian tales both; she beforehand wrote and directed the loosely-based-on-true-events Professor Marston and the Wonder Women and likewise wrote The Web for DC.
Over the years, Madame Xanadu has gone via a number of incarnations (identical to most comedian characters) however initially she was stripped of her powers—levitation, teleportation, and the flexibility to see the long run via tarot playing cards—by Merlin, and went on to have a baby that was an ancestor of none apart from John Constantine. Along the best way she had many adventures with different DC magic characters, made a take care of Neron for her soul, and was blind for a time as a result of she was appearing because the highly effective Spectre’s advisor. She’s beforehand made one live-action look within the short-lived Swamp Thing (performed by Jeryl Prescott) on DC Universe (now HBO Max).
You might recall there’s additionally a brand new tackle Constantine coming from Abrams, so the chance for crossovers is ripe. That character has been performed by Matt Ryan the previous couple of years on Legends of Tomorrow previous to his personal collection on NBC. Would you wish to see Ryan proceed that pattern and who may you see taking part in Madame Xanadu?
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