Marvel's 'Inhumans' headed to ABC, with a first stop in IMAX theaters

A new ABC series, Marvel's The Inhumans, will get a first-of-its-kind premiere in IMAX movie theaters.

ABC Monday announced that a live-action edition of The Inhumans, based on the Marvel comics, will have a spot on its fall 2017 schedule, with a version of its first two episodes —filmed with IMAX digital cameras — will play in theaters for two weeks in early September 2017, just ahead of the TV launch. 

The Inhumans follows "a race of superhumans with diverse and singularly unique powers (that) were first introduced in Marvel Comics by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby in 1965," ABC says in announcing the plan. "Since that time, they have grown in prominence and become some of the most popular and iconic characters in the Marvel Universe. Marvel’s The Inhumans will explore the never-before-told epic adventure of Black Bolt and the royal family."

“The move, said Disney-ABC Television Group chief Ben Sherwood in a statement, "highlights Disney-ABC’s unrelenting commitment to finding new and creative ways to showcasing our very best programming and increasing global engagement and reach.”

Marvel Entertainment is a subsidiary of Disney.