Squirrel Girl Will Lead Marvel's 'New Warriors' TV Comedy, 'Tailor-Made for Spinoffs'

Marvel's rapidly expanding TV universe is adding another galaxy with New Warriors, with fan fave Squirrel Girl at its head. The show got a straight-to-series 10-episode order at Freeform, known as ABC Family till last year. The Hollywood Reporter says it's Marvel's first half-hour live-action comedy.

New Warriors will hit sometime in 2018 with writer/producer Kevin Biegel (Scrubs, Cougar Town) handling the script and and playing showrunner. So far they're not spilling the beans on who their other five heroes will be. A press release says they're "young people with powers living and working together." Here's some more:

"With powers and abilities on the opposite end of the spectrum of the Avengers, the New Warriors want to make a difference in the world…even if the world isn’t ready. Not quite super, not yet heroes, Marvel’s New Warriors is about the entry into adulthood when you feel like you can do everything and nothing at once—except in this world, bad guys can be as terrifying as bad dates."