Marvel has announced another Disney+ series, and this time, even viewers who have followed the franchise for years may need an explanation.
Zodiac is coming in 2028, bringing a spy thriller into Marvel’s television lineup. However, its title offers considerably less immediate recognition than Daredevil, Spider-Man, or another show featuring an established Avenger.
JUST ANNOUNCED AT NYCC: Marvel Television’s Zodiac is coming to Disney+ in 2028. https://t.co/PZ3RqguZVZ
— Marvel Studios (@MarvelStudios) October 8, 2026
No, Marvel has not started adapting newspaper horoscopes. There is an actual comic-book history behind the name, which includes a criminal conspiracy, twelve astrological identities, and connections to Nick Fury.
Which pieces will reach television remains a mystery.
With Marvel trimming other television projects, an unfamiliar name now faces the challenge of giving viewers a reason to tune in.
Marvel Keeps Its New Spy Series Under Wraps
Speaking at New York Comic Con, Marvel Television executive Brad Winderbaum confirmed the project’s genre and production plans. Casting is expected to begin within weeks, putting production in spring 2027 ahead of the planned release.
“It’s a spy thriller. We start shooting in London this spring,” Winderbaum said, according to the official announcement. “And for anyone who knows the comics, if you look closely at this title design, you’ll see a few clues about where we’re going.”
According to Entertainment Weekly, the unveiled logo incorporates part of the S.H.I.E.L.D. insignia. That suggests an espionage connection, although it does not establish which agents or familiar actors might appear.
Wonder Man – Disney+
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The announcement also follows Marvel’s cancellation of the previously renewed Wonder Man and its decision to end Daredevil: Born Again with season three.
That makes the choice noteworthy. Marvel is preparing to introduce an obscure property while closing the book on shows featuring characters audiences have already met.
So, What Exactly Is Zodiac?
The original Zodiac cartel made its team debut in The Avengers #72, cover-dated January 1970. Written by Roy Thomas with pencils by Sal Buscema, the issue brought the group into conflict with Earth’s Mightiest Heroes while continuing threads from Nick Fury’s comic adventures.
Its central gimmick is straightforward: twelve criminal leaders use identities corresponding to the zodiac signs, including Aries, Taurus, Gemini, and Scorpio.
As Marvel’s biography of Taurus explains, businessman Cornelius van Lunt financed and outfitted the original organization. Operating as Taurus, he helped build a nationwide criminal network seeking economic and political domination.
Image form West Coast Avengers #29 featuring Moon Knight and Taurus – Marvel Comics
Astrology shaped more than their costumes. Van Lunt eventually introduced rotating leadership, with control passing between members according to the prevailing astrological sign.
The Fury connection provides a more obvious foundation for television espionage.
One important Scorpio identity belongs to Jacob “Jake” Fury, Nick Fury’s brother. Marvel’s history of the Zodiac Key describes Jake wielding the powerful mystical object against the society and government his brother defended.
Later stories introduced android Zodiac members known as Life Model Decoys, demonstrating how quickly this criminal conspiracy could move from spy fiction into stranger Marvel territory.
Plenty of Material, but No Clear Road Map Yet
Zodiac has also appeared in more recent comics. Marvel’s The Amazing Spider-Man #9, published in 2016, launched the “Scorpio Rising” storyline, sending Spider-Man across Europe for a showdown with the organization.
That history gives Marvel several directions to explore. A covert criminal network could support surveillance, infiltration, competing loyalties, and agents who cannot trust their own organization. The more fantastical elements could expand that premise considerably.
Those are possibilities from the source material, however, rather than an announced synopsis. A S.H.I.E.L.D. reference in a logo does not confirm Samuel L. Jackson’s return or establish a continuation of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury in The Avengers – Marvel Entertainment, YouTube
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An unfamiliar title also gives Marvel room to introduce characters without requiring viewers to remember years of previous appearances. But obscurity alone is hardly a selling point.
For now, Zodiac has a genre, a production schedule, and decades of comics to draw from. The next challenge is explaining why audiences should care. Twelve villains with matching star signs might supply a premise, but they still need a compelling story.
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