Sean Marshall Talks of Marvel bringing the Inhumans to the big screen once struck a favorable cord with comic book readers, but after the long wait & confirmation of the transition of big screen talks to small screen talks was grounded, all fans could do was wait. The introduction to the Inhumans via Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. kept fans hyped to see their beloved characters on-screen for the first time.
Marvel surprised fans with a teaser poster for the upcoming Inhumans series on ABC. Take a look at the teaser poster below. The cast for the series includes Anson Mount as Black Bolt, Serinda Swan as Queen Medusa, Ken Leung as Karnak, Iwan Rheon as Maximus, Eme Ikwuakor as Gorgon, Mike Moh as Triton, Sonya Balmores as Auran, Isabelle Cornish as Crystal, & Ellen Woglom.
Here’s a summary of the Inhumans:
At the beginning of the Kree-Skrull War, millions of years ago in Earth time, the alien Kree established a station on the planet Uranus, a strategic position between the Kree and Skrull empires. Through their work at this station, they discovered that sentient life on nearby Earth had genetic potential invested in it by the alien Celestials. Intrigued, the Kree began to experiment on Earth’s then-primitive Homo sapiens to produce the genetically advanced Inhuman race. Their goal was apparently twofold—to investigate possible ways of circumventing their own evolutionary stagnation, and to create a powerful mutant race of soldiers for use against the Skrulls.[17] Although their experiments were successful in creating a strain of humanity with extraordinary abilities, the Kree abandoned their experiment because a genetic prophecy had predicted that the experiments would eventually lead to an anomaly who would destroy the Kree Supreme Intelligence.[18]
Their test subjects, the Inhumans, went on to form a society of their own, which thrived in seclusion from the rest of humanity and developed advanced technology. Experiments with the mutagenic Terrigen Mist (a process known as Terrigenesis) gave them various powers, but caused lasting genetic damage and deformities. This led to a long-term selective breeding program in an attempt to mitigate the effects of these mutations.
Attilan’s society and culture are predicated on a conformist belief system which permits individuality as it applies to genetic development and physical and mental ability, but demands rigid conformity in that each member of society is assigned a place within that society according to those abilities following exposure to the Terrigen Mist. Once assigned, no Inhuman, no matter how great or powerful, can change their place within this rigid caste system.[19][20] Although a member of the Royal Family, Crystal married outside the Inhuman race to the mutant Quicksilver.[21]
The Inhumans are led by their king, Black Bolt, and his Royal Family, consisting of Medusa, Karnak, Gorgon, Triton, Crystal, Maximus the Mad, and the canine Lockjaw.
The Inhumans will release the first two episodes on Friday September 1st in IMAX theaters, with the following 8nepisodes arriving on ABC in the fall of 2017.
