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Kevin Feige may be the architect of Marvel ’s picture creation , but before that , he was trying to get DC’sStargirla TV show of her own .
That surprising anecdote was revealed duringSan Diego Comic - Con 2018 , as part of a panel announcing thatStargirl would be the fourth lively - action at law seriescoming to the DC Universe streaming help . A long clock time amount for Geoff Johns - so long , in fact , that Kevin Feige was at his side make up the first pitches .
During the SDCC panel focused on Geoff Johns ' upcoming comic books and television show growth , moderator and DC Co - Publisher Dan DiDio spoke about Johns ' shift away from his executive position and back to writing and producing - and the unique combining represented by Stargirl , his first DC world :
Geoff Johns : I always wanted to do this , I always loved amusing and I loved TV and film , and I always wanted to fuse the two , to be capable to do that . And Stargirl being the first character I create , I always wanted to do a Stars and S.T.RI.P.E. TV show . Like when I first– I pitched you that !
Dan DiDio : I know you did !
Geoff Johns : When I first meet Dan he was at this animated company call Mainframe , that did ReBoot . I met him and I pitched him Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E .. I state , ' This would be a smashing telecasting show . '
For those only familiar with Stargirl based on her caption of Tomorrow visual aspect , the version launched by John ’s was Courtney Whitmore , the daughter of a gilded years hoagie ’s crony . Deciding to take up the style of that hero , the Star - Spangled Kid , and having her Fatherhood become up in a S.T.R.I.P.E. ( Special Tactics Robotic Integrated Power Enhancer ) getup , the pair conduct their own amusing asStars and STRIPE .
But that was n’t until 1999 , with the prescribed accounting take Johns shift the same ides to DC , fork out a substantial level , graduated to JSA , and the relaxation is account . But a few year before then , it seems Johns already had that same pitch quick - and he was n’t alone :
Dan DiDio : Let me just intercept and tell apart that little story there . I was set up up , by the elbow room [ Laughs ] . I call back I was having a meeting with Richard Donner . And Geoff Johns and … ?
Geoff Johns : … Kevin Feige .
Dan DiDio : … and Kevin Feige show up at my room access . I ’m like , ' Who are these two kids ? I need to fulfil Richard Donner . '
Geoff Johns : Yeah , and we pitch him Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E.
Dan DiDio : And they pitched me whiz and S.T.R.I.P.E .. And I thought , ' That ’s with child , but I still want to meet Richard Donner . '
At the metre both Johns and Feige were working as assistants to The Donner Company ( chair by Richard and Leslie Schuler Donner ) . While it ’s unclear if Johns intended to take his pitch to DC for approval should he have find an concerned company elsewhere , the pitch shot prove unneeded for either of the man making it . By the time Johns was working his way of life up the DC rank , Feige was getting celluloid likeX - MenandDaredevilunder his belt . A decade or two afterward , they would ( shortly ) be heading up motion-picture show studios as the unity who get pitched TO .
A strange twirl of fate , but one more reason to have gamey hopes forStargirlnow that it ’s finally on its fashion .
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