Marvel Knights (Superhero Mini Series)

[peapotmaster]

Synopsis: The mysterious Madam Web is gathering most of the city's urban heroes to fight a great evil the Avengers, The Fantastic Four, and even the Uncanny X-Men can't handle. Now Daredevil, Spider-Man, Blade, The Punisher, Luke Cage, and other urban heroes must band together to take on a villain more deadly than The Kingpin himself. Together these heroes are THE MARVEL KNIGHTS.

CAST:
Daredevil/Matt Murdock- Bradley Cooper: Leader of the Marvel Knights, who must form the urban heroes to fight the deadly threat that will consume the city.

Spider-Man/Peter Parker-Toby McGuire: Bitten by a radioactive spider, Peter Parker has the powers of a spider. When his Uncle Ben is murdered by the crook he let get away, he uses his powers and responsibility to fight the forces of evil.

The Punisher/Frank Castle-Thomas Jane: Chosen by Madame Web due to his weapon skills, The Punisher is neither hero or villain. The Knights don't like Castle's brand of justice, but they have to work with him to take on the threat.

Moon Knight/Marc Specter- Edward Norton: The mysterious vigilante know as Moon Knight has many personas, and is chosen due to his skills as a hero and a mercenary.

Madame Web/Cassandra Webb-?: The woman who gathered these heroes to fight the evil that is coming. Blind and paralyzed, Web has special powers that will be used in this great battle.

Darkanda-Voiced by Christoper Walken: A fallen angel and the threat that will consume the city. It is unknown of Darkanda's true powers, but the Marvel Knights must be ready for anything.


EPISODES

01x01- Knighted: When the fallen angel Darkanda comes to New York, Madame Web must find the right heroes to take out this new evil.

FIRST: Darkanda, Madame Web. Special Guest Stars: Nick Fury/Sam Jackson.

01x02- The Gathering: With the chosen heroes gathered by Madame Web, the Knights must prepare for the worse.

01x03- Devil's Own: Darkanda confronts Wilson Fisk/The Kingpin to overthrow the crime lord. Meanwhile, the Knights take on Kingpin's goons and some new problems.

01x04- Dark Avengers Assemble: Darkanda creates evil versions of the Avengers to battle the Knights. Spider-Man must make a decision that could change the battle.

01x05- Death of a Knight: A major player falls.

01x06- Final Knight (Finale): With the fate of the city and the world in the balance, our heroes take out Darkanda once and for all. Who will stand or fall when the smoke clears?



I kind of wanted a reboot of what Marvel did with it's urban street heroes when we last saw this happen in the Shadowland arc with Daredevil last year. Marvel Knights brings Marvel's urban superheroes together to fight a power the big league heroes couldn't handle. If MK is a big hit, I might do a spin-off.

[Aimee Nicole]

The concept is really interesting, and although I haven't read much of the Marvel Knights at all, I really enjoyed the ones that I did read. Seeing an adaptation of it would be pretty cool.

However, the VPN already has an established Marvel Universe with "The Outcasts", the upcoming "Age of Heroes" and the "Nightstalkers", which is in the pitching process. Each of them "cover" a different part of the universe.

If you really want to do this series, I'd personally suggest one of the networks where a Marvel Universe has not yet been established, or one that this series could easily fit into. Because, like I said, it does seem like a pretty great idea.

[Jack Malone]

You know, it kind of sucks to say right off the bat that we can't really take this pitch any further, in terms of a pilot/pick up. You know, we're not concerned with more than one drama show, or more than one action series, but Marvel/DC Comics is something that contains so many different elements that we don't want to limit other shows based on that universe by picking up a series that shares those elements. For example, if someone pitched a Justice Society of America series, it would limit what we could do on Watchtower/Trinity. If someone pitched a Punisher series, it could quite possibly limit the Outcasts/Age of Heroes.

While I can see you put a lot of work into this, and your ideas are interesting, we can't have more than one Marvel universe on the network, as its confusing for a lot of people, and we don't want harsh comparisons made between the two shows, or the different incarnations, or whatnot. The only helpful suggestion with this pitch is this: Is there any way you can tell the story, without drastically changing too much, if you make it completely original?

If you can find a way to create new characters, or new heroes/villains that don't revolve around the Marvel world, then perhaps this pitch doesn't have to die, or be put on hold until the Outcasts/Age of Heroes is finished. Other than that, I suggest taking the pitch to another network - there are so many other great networks that I'm sure would love to look at a Marvel series. Right now, though, we've got the Outcasts/Age of Heroes giving fans of the Marvel Universe their treat.

[peapotmaster]

Thanks anyway. I might finally get my Critic VSC together here that I had planned at VBC-TV.