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Kristen Gudsnuk’s Henchgirl, published by Scout Comics, is in Development for Disney’s Freeform

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Scout Comics & Entertainment Inc. has announced that Henchgirl by Kristen Gudsnuk is now in development as a live-action television series at Freeform/Disney with screenwriter Alex Ebel attached to adapt.  The District and Scout Comics are attached to produce.  Lindsey Shockley is attached as showrunner.

You can catch our interview with Gudsnuk on our podcast Graphic Policy Radio from 2017.

Henchgirl, written and drawn by Gudsnuk, is the story of Mary Posa, who hates her job. She works long hours for little pay, no insurance, and, worst of all, no respect. Her coworkers are jerks and her boss doesn’t appreciate her. He also happens to be a supervillain. Cursed with a conscience, Mary would give anything to be something other than a Henchgirl! Beyond Henchgirl, Gudsnuk’s other works include the Making Friends graphic novel series published by Scholastic Books; the miniseries Modern Fantasy, written by Rafer Roberts; and the Minecraft graphic novel series Wither Without You, published by Dark Horse.

Alex Ebel is a genre-blending dramedy writer currently staffed on the reboot of the beloved 90s series Are You Afraid of the Dark for Nickelodeon. Her TV credits include The Astronauts, Deadly Class, and Blood Drive. Ebel is currently adapting Babysitter’s Oven for Nickelodeon. Her psychological thriller feature Mother of All Evil for MarVista Entertainment goes into production later this year.

Lindsey Shockley is onboard Henchgirl to EP and showrun. Shockley has been an executive producer on the ABC series Black-ish and Mixed-ish, has been nominated for three Emmy awards, and has developed multiple TV projects with ABC studios.

Ruben Fleischer and David Bernad are Executive Producing under their District banner.  They currently serve as EPs on NBC’s Superstore and Freeform’s The Bold Type.  ABC Signature, a part of Disney Television Studios, is the studio. Elias Gertler brought the project to the company and will oversee for The District.

Kristen Gudsnuck’s Henchgirl is being Developed for Television

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Scout Comics & Entertainment Inc. has announced that Henchgirl by Kristen Gudsnuck is now in development as a live-action television series with screenwriter Alex Ebel attached to adapt.  

Henchgirl, written and drawn by Gudsnuck, is the story of Mary Posa, who hates her job. She works long hours for little pay, no insurance, and, worst of all, no respect. Her coworkers are jerks and her boss doesn’t appreciate her. He also happens to be a supervillain. Cursed with a conscience, Mary would give anything to be something other than a Henchgirl!

Ebel is a genre-blending dramedy writer currently staffed on the upcoming Nickelodeon series Are You Afraid of the Dark.  Previously, she was a writer on the SyFy Network series Deadly Class and Blood Drive. On the film side, Ebel recently finished a psychological thriller for MarVista Entertainment entitled Mother of All Evil. She is currently adapting a feature rom-com from a New Yorker article about the first Tindr hookup in Antarctica. Ebel got her start in TV as a writer on VH1’s Pop Up Video. 

Gudsnuk is the co-creator and illustrator of the comic Modern Fantasy with Rafer Roberts, illustrator of the VIP series by Jen Calonita, from Little Brown, and creator of the Indie Bound Bestselling graphic novel series Making Friends, from Scholastic, with the sequel Making Friends: Back to the Drawing Board out this July.

Henchgirl joins numerous other Scout creator-owned series in development. The Mall is being developed with Ivan Reitman, Long Lost with Jessica Jones screenwriter/producer Jenny Klein, Fish Eye is currently in development with Little Engine, and Smoketown is being developed with writer/director Vaughn Stein.