--- title: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D: 'Marvel's Most Wanted' Close to Getting a Pilot description: It will be focused on Mockingbird canonical: https://time.com/4006557/marvels-most-wanted-mockingbird-pilot-abc/ author: Entertainment Weekly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-08-21T18:08:50.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T10:21:33.553Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: 'Marvel's Most Wanted' Close to Getting a Pilot at ABC og:description: It will be focused on Mockingbird og:url: https://time.com/4006557/marvels-most-wanted-mockingbird-pilot-abc/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4f45b563703ac5a3/69886062e20a870b9fa8cdee/marvel-mockingbird-abc.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: marvel mockingbird abc og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 'Marvel's Most Wanted' Close to Getting a Pilot at ABC twitter:description: It will be focused on Mockingbird twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4f45b563703ac5a3/69886062e20a870b9fa8cdee/marvel-mockingbird-abc.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Marvel's Most Wanted Close to Getting a Pilot at ABC by [Natalie Abrams/EW](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Natalie Abrams/EW Aug 21, 2015 6:08 PM UTC  by [Natalie Abrams/EW](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Natalie Abrams/EW Aug 21, 2015 6:08 PM UTC ABC is close to a deal for a Mockingbird-centric pilot called _Marvel’s Most Wanted_, EW has confirmed. Earlier this year, ABC was developing an _Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D._ spinoff starring Adrianne Palicki and Nick Blood, who play the formerly married duo Agent Bobbi Morse and mercenary Lance Hunter. But the network decided [not to move forward](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/05/08/agents-shield-spinoff-not-moving-forward) with the project when announcing its new shows at upfronts, with ABC entertainment president Paul Lee [noting](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/05/12/agents-shield-spinoff) that the characters had helped _S.H.I.E.L.D._ hit its “creative stride.” As first reported by [_Variety_](http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/marvel-mockingbird-spinoff-series-most-wanted-adrianne-palicki-nick-blood-abc-1201574713/), the new project is no longer a spin-off, but will focus on the character’s continued adventures. It’s unclear whether the potential show will be introduced with a backdoor pilot on _S.H.I.E.L.D._ The project is being developed by _S.H.I.E.L.D._ executive producer Jeffrey Bell (_Angel, The X-File_s) and _S.H.I.E.L.D._ writer Paul Zbyszewski (_Lost, Hawaii Five-0_). Marvel’s Jeph Loeb would also executive-produce. With the Mockingbird pilot and John Ridley’s [top-secret project](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/04/17/marvel-john-ridley) also in the works, Marvel could have as many as four shows in primetime soon with the return of _Agent Carter_ in midseason and _Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D._ in the fall. _This_ [_article_ ](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/08/20/abc-marvel-most-wanted-palicki-blood)_originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://www.ew.com) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4006557/marvels-most-wanted-mockingbird-pilot-abc/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4006557/marvels-most-wanted-mockingbird-pilot-abc/"},"headline":"Marvel's Most Wanted Close to Getting a Pilot at ABC","datePublished":"2015-08-21T18:08:50.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T10:21:33.553Z","description":"It will be focused on Mockingbird","url":"https://time.com/4006557/marvels-most-wanted-mockingbird-pilot-abc/","keywords":["Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4f45b563703ac5a3/69886062e20a870b9fa8cdee/marvel-mockingbird-abc.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Natalie Abrams/EW"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4f45b563703ac5a3/69886062e20a870b9fa8cdee/marvel-mockingbird-abc.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"marvel mockingbird abc","caption":"marvel mockingbird abc","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4006557/marvels-most-wanted-mockingbird-pilot-abc/","name":"Marvel's Most Wanted Close to Getting a Pilot at ABC"}}]}] ```