New Details on Marvel's THE INHUMANS IMAX Event and Series

Marvel recently announced that they will be developing a TV series based on The Inhumans and that the first two episodes will premiere in IMAX theaters. Thanks to THR, we now have some additional details on the series and the IMAX event. 

The Inhumans will debut on more than 1,000 IMAX screens in 74 countries starting Labor Day weekend, so it will most likely premiere on September 1st, 2017. This will be the first two of an eight-episode first season. They will run in theaters for two weeks before airing on ABC as part of the network's fall lineup.

It was also revealed that the first two episodes will be shot entirely in IMAX, which is pretty freakin' cool! That will also include some scenes from subsequent episodes, including some set on the moon. That alone will make it worth going to the theater to see. According to sources, "IMAX is paying for the first two episodes (ABC won't reveal the budget; the show hasn't begun casting), offsetting the hefty costs associated with the pilot and helping to make the deal more attractive to producers ABC Studios and Marvel Television. ABC will then take the IMAX episodes and expand them with additional content for broadcast."

The series is still early in the development process and no cast or director is attached yet. There are also no details on the plot, but it's been made clear that this will not be an Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. spinoff series, which I am happy about. It's also made clear that this is not a replacement for the movie that Marvel Studio has been planning. 

As we previously reported, The Inhumans TV series is expected to focus on Black Bolt and the Inhumans royal family. Don't expect to see Vin Diesel in the series either, which is kind of a shame. The Inhumans are a superhuman race that were first introduced in Marvel Comics in 1965.

The Inhuman Royal Family includes Black Bolt, who rules the Inhumans with the help of his royal family including his wife Medusa, whose prehensile hair has superhuman strength. "He is supported by Gorgon, whose cloven hooves can create terrifying controlled shock-waves. Karnak the Shatterer, whose power allows him to see the flaw in anything, logic, matter, even reality itself, and pierce that flaw destroying even things that were thought to be nigh indestructible. Triton, capable of breathing underwater and swimming at superhuman speeds." Then there's Maximus the Mad, who is described as a "genius, inventor, creator, madman, he, when he's had his medication is the technological genius of the royal family. Off his meds, he is just as dangerous to the Inhumans as any other threat with an intimate knowledge of the Royal Family to boot."

Going the IMAX route for TV is definitely an innovative way of doing things, and it will be interesting to see how this all works out and how it does with audiences. 

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