Exclusive: Paul Scheer talks Marvel hopes & The League future
Ever since his breakout work as part of the beloved comedy troupe Human Giant, Paul Scheer has literally been the man about town, appearing in everything from FX/FXXâs The League to Piranha 3D and while chatting with the comedian for his work in the upcoming crime thriller, Archenemy, ComingSoon.net explored Scheerâs hopes for his future with Marvel and a possible reunion of the fantasy football comedy.
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For fans of the powerhouse comic book studio and those with a Disney+ account, Scheerâs appearance in the streaming platformâs docuseries Marvelâs 616 proved to be a pleasant surprise, especially for those who know of his past with Marvel as both a writer on multiple issues of Guardians Team-Up and Deadpool Bi-Annual #1, among others, and appearing as a fictionalized version of himself in The Astonishing Ant-Man #4.
With his episode, in which he starred and directed, focusing on a look back through the forgotten characters of Marvel and his compiling of a pitch for a TV series based on Simon Furmanâs Brute Force, but Scheer didnât take this research lightly and revealed he his desire to work with the studio one day, be it for his envisioned adaptation or another project.
âI love Marvel, I just do, Iâm a fan and I love what theyâre able to do in really letting directors put their stamp on things,â Scheer warmly related. âFor me it would be a dream to work with them, whether it be Brute Force or something else, I donât know how quickly Marvel is going to be jumping into animated anything, they seem like theyâre reinventing their entire plan right now of how they want to do their television. So, for me, Iâm happy to wait, but to do anything in that Marvel universe would be a blast.â
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Following its conclusion in 2015 on the Fox-owned cable network, talks have occasionally surfaced from the stars and creators of The League about a possible revival or reunion in the future and though Scheer confirms he and the rest of the cast are certainly more than ready to return, he warns that fans should expect to wait longer for the right reasons.
âWe definitely talked about it in this time, especially during this COVID time as people are reuniting for fundraisers and things like that,â Scheer explained. âWe really wanted to make sure that we did it the right way, you know, we canât really do a live reading because the show was improvised, we want to figure out what we could do. Thereâs an element to the way people are Zooming that we thought would be an interesting thing. The way that I say it is this, âDonât count on it, but donât count it out either.â We want to come together, we will come together, I donât know when we will have that happen, I think we have to find the right way to do it, because whenever you do come back you want to make sure that it feels like itâs giving everything that people want. As a fan, itâs something that Iâm very aware of, you donât want to just do something thatâs slapdash and rather us all get on Zoom and shoot the shit. If weâre going to do something thatâs real or like a movie for Netflix, then weâre going to make sure we do it the right way.â
Created by Jeff and Jackie Schaffer and debuting in 2009, the semi-improvised series focused on a fantasy football league, its members and their everyday lives in Chicago, Illinois. In addition to Scheer, the main cast for the series included Mark Duplass (The Morning Show), Stephen Ranazzisi (Paul Blart: Mall Cop), Nick Kroll (Big Mouth), Jon Lajoie (Letâs Be Cops) and Katie Aselton (Legion), with its seven-season run seeing a number of major recurring and guest stars including Brie Larson (Captain Marvel), Seth Rogen (An American Pickle), Jason Mantzoukas (Big Mouth), Janina Gavankar (The Way Back), Rob Huebel (Childrenâs Hospital), Leslie Bibb (Tag), June Diane Raphael (Long Shot) and many more.
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Scheerâs episode of Marvelâs 616 is currently available to stream on Disney+ while Archenemyis set to hit select theaters, digital platforms and VOD on Friday and can be pre-ordered here!
