The Falcon and the Winter Soldier showrunner Malcolm Spellman is interested in bringing Deathlok to the Marvel Cinematic Universe – for the second time. Also known as Deathlok the Demolisher, many forms of the super-cyborg have appeared in the comics over the years. They are usually fatally injured characters that find themselves reanimated and empowered through advanced cybernetic technology.

Deathlok has appeared in the Marvel Cinematic Universe before – the character was an integral part of the first season of veteran Marvel TV series Agents of SHIELD back in 2013. This particular Deathlok came in the form of Mike Peterson (J. August Richards), an ordinary dad who gained superhuman strength from a variation of the dangerous Extremis drug in the pilot episode. Fatally injured on a mission with SHIELD, he was captured by Project Centipede (aka HYDRA) and turned into a cyborg assassin.  After being saved from HYDRA’s control, Deathlok continued to be an ally to Coulson (Clark Gregg) and the team in later seasons, last appearing in the show’s 100th episode, “The Real Deal.”

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Agents of SHIELD successfully adapted the Deathlok storyline in its very first season, bringing the character into live-action and therefore bringing the cyborg hero to the attention of thousands of new fans. Now, it seems Spellman is eager to bring a whole new version of Deathlok into the MCU. Speaking with Heroic Hollywood, the The Falcon and the Winter Soldier head writer and executive producer stated that Deathlok was the one character he would “love to do next.” Read the full quote below:

“My favorite character, the character I would most love to do next, would be Deathlok. But it would have to be right.”

Spellman also clarified that he was interested in a “different Deathlok” to the version of the character in Agents of SHIELD. Given that the series is now widely accepted to have branched off into a different timeline, bringing a new Deathlok into play probably wouldn’t be too much of a problem. Especially taking into consideration that Falcon and Winter Soldier is all about who will take up the mantel of Captain America next, Spellman is already used to navigating the complexities of heroic titles and identities in the ever-changing and evolving MCU.

After The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, there’s still a staggering eleven Marvel TV series in varying stages of development coming to Disney+ in the next few years. That could mean that there’s absolutely no room for any kind of Deathlok adaptation – but Marvel’s sandbox is so huge at this point that there are endless possibilities for places where the cyborg assassin could potentially pop up, whether in his own series or as a supporting character in another. Either way, Deathlok fans – including Spellman – can continue to hope that they will see the character in live-action again.

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Source: Heroic Hollywood

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