Marvel Exec Calls She-Hulk Top Performer, Hopes for More

Marvel Studios executive Brad Winderbaum has revealed that the 2022 Disney+ series "She-Hulk: Attorney at Law" ranks among the franchise's top performers, despite its polarizing reception among some fans, and expressed hope for future installments.

In a recent interview on The Escape Pod podcast, Winderbaum, head of television, animation, and streaming at Marvel Studios, described the show as one of their best-performing titles. "That's one of our best-performing shows. It just hit the general audience," he said. "There was a mismatch between the general audience response and the fan response." He acknowledged the online backlash but emphasized the series' success with broader viewers, noting it reached number seven on the Nielsen streaming charts, a milestone not achieved by some other MCU projects.

The nine-episode series, created by Jessica Gao and directed by Kat Coiro, follows Jennifer Walters, played by Tatiana Maslany, a lawyer who gains superhuman abilities after a blood transfusion from her cousin, Bruce Banner, the Hulk portrayed by Mark Ruffalo. Specializing in cases involving superpowered individuals, Walters balances her legal career with her new identity as...