First impressions of the latest Marvel stab at TV, Inhumans have not been, to put it mildly, kind. The characters' outfits in particular have come in for some ridicule. The company is persisting, releasing the new look at the series via a poster.
Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby in 1965, the Inhumans were an outgrowth of experimentation conducted by the alien Kree early on in the Kree-Skrull War that took place millions of years in the past. Creating a station on Uranus, the Kree discovered sentient life on Earth and, intrigued by its genetic potential, began tinkering with us. Although successful, the experiments were abandoned due to a genetic prophecy that foresaw it leading to the demise of the Kree people. The Inhumans survived.
Anson Mount stars as the incredibly powerful Black Bolt, with Serinda Swan as Medusa, Iwan Rheon as Maximus (those are the three on the new poster), Ken Leung as Karnak, Eme Ikwuakor as Gorgon, Isabelle Cornish as Crystal, Mike oh as Triton, Sonya Balmores as Auran, Ellen Woglom as an unidentified character, and CG used to bring to life one-tonnne dog Lockjaw.
Though the original teaser image suggested a 21 September start for the series on TV (following the first two episodes premiering on IMAX screens on 1 September), the new image carries a small-screen launch date of 29 September. There's no sign yet of when or where the series might land in the UK.