AKA Jessica Jones - Luke Cage To Feature In ABC TV Series

It looks like Jessica Jones is still in line to become a layered Seriable character.

It’s been a while since we heard anything substantial on the status of AKA Jessica Jones, a story about a former superhero who hangs up her costume to become a private detective. However, speaking to I AM Rogue, writer Melissa Rosenberg (Dexter, Twilight) said she’s hoping to get the project powered-up for next fall:

“It’s still sitting at ABC and we’re hoping to get on the schedule for next fall. I love this character. That is an incredibly damaged, dark, complex female character that kicks ass. That’s my favorite thing about it.”

Rosenberg claims the TV series will retain the superhero elements of the Brian Michael Bendis Marvel comic book series on which it’s based:

“Yeah absolutely, but Jessica Jones is actually a former superhero with PTSD, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. My psychologist father-in-law said, ‘I don’t know why all superheroes aren’t PTSD.’ It’s a trip. So she is wrestling with having this damaged past and still trying to contribute something to the world.”

Rosenberg’s small-screen telling of AKA will include Luke Cage, who is Jones’ boyfriend in the comic books, and their child, Danielle:

“Luke Cage is in there. Absolutely, I love that character. [Danielle] would be way down the road. When you give your superheroes babies it gets very complicated. I went through that on Dexter, although it gives you some new interesting storytelling.”

We’ll continue to keep an eye on the development of AKA Jessica Jones as there seems to be enough ongoing character and story aspects there to put it in the Seriable Potential category.

Source: I Am Rogue | HT: Splash Page