With ABC set to team up with The Avengers director Joss Whedon for a superhero TV series set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, NBC is now looking to side with the bad guys as Deadline reports that the network has opted to move forward on a small screen adaptation of Adam Beechen and Manny Bello’s comic book title Hench, which will centre on an average guy who gets jobs temping as a henchman for supervillains in order to support his family.
Hench was originally optioned back in 2009 by Warner Bros. as a vehicle for comedian Danny McBride (Land of the Lost), and although it sounds like the perfect premise for a sit-com, this latest take from ABC and Universal TV is envisioned as “a high-concept drama” and will be executive produced by the creative team behind Prime Suspect USA – Peter Berg (Hancock), Sarah Aubrey (Friday Night Lights) and Alexandra Cunningham (Desperate Housewives) – with Cunningham also penning the script.
Originally published August 14, 2012. Updated December 6, 2019.
