During last month's New York Comic Con, Marvel Television announced Zodiac, a mystery live-action TV series coming to Disney+ in 2028. Several groups share that name in the comics, but none feel like a natural fit for a show, and it's not exactly a well-known Marvel IP.
There's been some chatter about the series being an X-Files-inspired spy thriller, but all Disney+'s press release told us was that "'Zodiac,' a new live-action series from Marvel Television, is currently casting and set to go into production in 2027."
Is Zodiac a sequel to Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.? Given that Jonathan Hickman's S.H.I.E.L.D.-adjacent Secret Warriors run featured Zodiac, aka the Great Wheel, as an antagonist, it's not hard to see where this notion has come from. The logo references both S.H.I.E.L.D. and the Great Wheel, so something very interesting is going on.
Today, we have some additional story and casting details from former Nexus Point News reporter, @ApocHorseman. According to the insider, "The series will be a spy thriller revolving around three leads: two spies/friends and the fiancée of one of the friends. When one of the friends is pulled into a mysterious organisation, his fiancée and friend must team up to rescue him."
Zodiac will reportedly be set in London, England, and the leads are currently codenamed Vida, Trent, and Toby (the latter will be the one pulled into the mysterious organisation referenced above). Marvel Television is seeking actors in their mid-twenties to mid-thirties, with a Hispanic/Latina actress wanted for Vida and British actors sought for Toby and Trent.
If Marvel Studios decides to focus on original characters in Zodiac, it will be a bold move that asks a lot of fans who want to see their favourite heroes and villains from the comics—and the wider MCU—in movies and TV shows.
It's possible that the series will feature some major characters, albeit with newly created leads put front and centre. Either way, it feels like a risk, but perhaps that's exactly what Marvel Studios needs as it enters a new era of storytelling post-Avengers: Secret Wars? We'll see.
It was recently reported that Amit Cohen and Ron Leshem have been tapped to write Zodiac. The latter created the original Israeli Euphoria series, and alongside Cohen, he's executive produced several Israeli shows, including Trust No One, Bad Boy, 8200, Red Skies, and Traitor.
Stay tuned for updates on Zodiac as we have them.