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Miracleman
Genre	Drama Space opera Superhero
Created by	Neil Gaiman
Based on	Miracleman by Mick Anglo
Developed by	Marvel Studios Marvels and Miracles LLC
Screenplay by	Josh Bazier Marshall Johnson Robert Rodriguez
Story by	Neil Gaiman Mark Buckingham Josh Bazier Marshall Johnson Robert Rodriguez
Creative director	Neil Gaiman
Starring	Taylor Kitsch Charlie Theron Michiel Huisman Kevin McKidd Harvey Keitel Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
Production
Executive producers	Kevin Feige Louis D'Esposito Victoria Alonso
Producers	Neil Gaiman Robert Rodriguez
Original release
Network	Disney+
Related
Marvel Cinematic Universe television series

Marvel's Miracleman, or simply Miracleman is an upcoming American web television series created for Disney+ by Neil Gaiman, based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name. It is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), sharing continuity with its films and other television series of the franchise. The series is produced by Marvel Studios and Marvels and Miracles LLC, with Neil Gaiman and Mark Buckingham serving as showrunners.

Cast and characters

Main

• Taylor Kitsch as Mike Moran / Miracleman
• Charlie Theron as Avril Lear / Miraclewoman
• Michiel Huisman as Johnny Bates / Spookshow
• Kevin McKidd as Dickie Dauntless
• Harvey Keitel as Dr. Emil Gargunza
• Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje as Evelyn Cream

Production

Conception

While at the world premiere for Captain Marvel, Marvel Studios' President Kevin Feige was asked by an interviewer how the film would handle its upcoming DC Extended Universe competitor Shazam!, which is being marketed as #TheOriginalCaptainMarvel by its director David F. Sandberg, due to it's titular character having formerly held up the Captain Marvel name until Marvel Comics trademarked it with the creation of their own character. Kevin Feige responded by calling it a "friendly competition between Marvel and DC" and that it doesn't matter which version of Captain Marvel fans and audiences want to see. Feige than moved on by stating that to coincide with the release of Captain Marvel, Marvel Comics was to publish Neil Gaiman and Mark Buckingham's first three issues of their new series Miracleman by Gaiman & Buckingham: The Silver Age, in which Miracleman was originally conceived as a Shazam knockoff. Feige went on stating that he and other executives at Marvel Studios had been in discussions with Gaiman on developing a potential project based on Miracleman, later clarifying that it would be set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).

Development

Neil Gaiman began development on the series in September 2019 with his partner Mark Buckingham contributing to the writing process later that month. On January 12, 2020 Marvel Studios announced they had greenlit the series and hired duo Josh Bazier and Marshall Johnson to write the screenplay with Gaiman and Buckingham. Robert Rodriguez was hired to add to the screenplay before filming began and became a producer on the series.