Though Marvel never officially addressed the project, a streaming project inspired by Marvel Comics Strange Academy has been rumored to be in development for nearly three years. In January 2023, word emerged that the studio was considering using the project as a vehicle for Benedict Wong‘s Wong and Xochitl Gomez‘s America Chavez, following them after their adventures in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.
Almost two years passed before news about the project popped up again, with insider Daniel Richtman reporting that the newly branded Marvel Television was moving ahead with the adaptation. However, just a few months later, Deadline reported that the studio had paused development on Strange Academy, as well as Nova and Terror Inc. amid its shifting priorities, aka the Netflixification of its streaming service. Now, as 2025 comes to a close, it seems as though the studio may be looking to resurrect Strange Academy.
According to Richtman, Marvel Television has expressed renewed interest in developing Strange Academy and is currently looking for a new writer to take over the project.
Its unclear just how far into development the project ever made it during its first go around, but Echo scribe Amy Rardin was reported to have been working on it before Marvel pumped the brakes.
Created by Skottie Young and Humberto Ramos, Marvel Comics Strange Academy debuted in 2020 and focused on a new generation of magic users being trained in the mystic arts at a Hogwarts-esque school opened by Stephen Strange. Classes at Strange Academy were led by an array of Marvel mages including Doctor Voodoo, Wanda Maximoff, Wong, Magik and Agatha Harkness and covered a range of topics from astral projections to interdimensional geography to xenoanatomy.
Should the series make it out of development, it’s possible that Regan Aliyah‘s Zelma Stanton, who played a critical role in Marvel Television’s Ironheart, might have a featured role in the project as is the case in the comic.
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