Kevin Feige recently delved into the runtime of She-Hulk and other Disney+ MCU shows, teasing the episode count of the series.
Feige spoke to IGN about the upcoming series, how long it will run and how many episodes it will likely have. During Disney's Investors Day, it was announced that She-Hulk will be a half-hour comedy set in the legal world starring Orphan Black lead Tatiana Maslany. As such, it will follow a number of comic book story arcs featuring Jennifer Walters continuing her work as a lawyer while spending all of her time in Hulk mode. Now, the head of Marvel Studios has gone into more detail on the length of the first—and potentially only—season of the show.
"It's about six hours of content," said Feige. "Sometimes that'll be six episodes, sometimes that'll be nine episodes, in the case of WandaVision. Sometimes that'll be 10 episodes. You basically have 10 half-hour episodes, which is what She-Hulk ... will be."
"It all varies based on the story that we're telling and only based on the story that we're telling," Feige continued. "A lot of the reasons for... other things are the rules of, you need this many commercial breaks, you need this many episodes in a season, you need this many episodes to be able to resell it in syndication. There are lots of non-creative reasons for the way a story would be told. Now, there are ways to make all of that work. None of that was a factor when it comes to streaming [on] Disney+, so we got to just say basically, 'Here's what we're thinking, here's how we'd like to do it.'"
It was recently teased that the show will run more than six episodes, as WandaVision was previously said to run. But as Feige confirms here, the kickoff to Phase 4 of the MCU will indeed run for nine episodes, while it appears She-Hulk will be 10 half-hour episodes. That, of course, could change once filming begins, but it appears that each of the Disney+ live-action Marvel shows will feature a similar overall runtime.
Developed by Jessica Gao, Disney+'s She-Hulk stars Tatiana Maslany, Mark Ruffalo and Tim Roth. The series has yet to receive a premiere date on Disney+.
Source: IGN