Marvel Studios will once again explore the cosmic side of the MCU with a new movie based on the superhero Nova. It just wasn't an announcement that was ready to be fully unveiled during the Hall H panel at San Diego Comic-Con.

On Saturday at San Diego Comic-Con, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige unveiled Ghost Rider and Black Panther 3 alongside updates on Avengers: Doomsday. A movie about Nova was conspicuously absent despite being previously reported by Deadline, but we learned more about it soon after.

In a post-panel interview with Brandon Davis, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige was asked if a Nova movie was happening. After a publicist present told Feige that Marvel had said "not a damn thing" about Nova, Feige told Davis, "Not a damn thing, but it's a movie." While playful, this is the first official confirmation that a Nova adaptation is in the works.

News of a Nova movie was reported earlier this month, with screenwriter Michael Waldron attached to pen the feature. Waldron is a veteran of Marvel's recent phases, having created Loki, written Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, and co-written Avengers: Doomsday. A previous version of Nova was reportedly in development as a Disney Plus series, but that got scrapped.

Nova is traditionally Richard Rider, a member of the Nova Corps — which already appeared in the first Guardians of the Galaxy and counts Glenn Close, John C. Reilly, and Peter Serafinowicz among its ranks. They're an intergalactic police force, and Rider is one of their standout members.

He's also the only surviving centurion member when the Corps gets hit badly by Annihilus in Annihilation, a standout Marvel Comics event that helped set the stage for the eventual Guardians of the Galaxy stories that James Gunn's films would take inspiration from.

Next up for Marvel this year is Spider-Man: Brand New Day in July, VisionQuest in October, and Avengers: Doomsday in December. A Nova movie likely won't arrive until 2029 at the earliest, because Avengers: Secret Wars, Ghost Rider, and Black Panther 3 are all expected before it.