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Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D....this fall on ABC
Josh Whedon is involved. I'm in!
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/liv...-agents-520903 It's official: Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. is on the air at ABC. The Joss Whedon drama based on the Marvel Comics property has landed a series order at the Disney-owned network, ABC announced Friday. The ABC Studios project is based on Marvel Comics' secret intelligence organization that has appeared in countless titles, including Iron Man, Captain America and The Ultimates, since being introduced in the 1960s. The military law-enforcement agency's moniker stands for Strategic Hazard Intervention Espionage Logistic Directorate, which also has evolved over time in the comics. Whedon is on board to co-pen the pilot alongside his brother Jed Whedon and Jed's wife, Maurissa Tancharoen; the trio previously teamed on the three-part web series Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog. Avengers and Buffy the Vampire Slayer mastermind Whedon directed the pilot, which has had ABC social media accounts for months. S.H.I.E.L.D. is executive produced by Joss Whedon, Jed Whedon, Tancharoen, Jeffrey Bell and Marvel TV's Jeph Loeb. ER's Ming-Na stars as Agent Melinda May, The Avengers' Clark Gregg reprises his role as Agent Phil Coulson, Killing Lincoln's Brett Dalton is set as gruff rising star Agent Grant Ward, Elizabeth Henstridge as science whiz Agent Gemma Simmons and Iain DeCaestecker as tech guru Agent Leo Fitz, with Nashville's Chloe Bennet set as Skye, a superhero-obsessed woman. Since the project was first announced in August, it has been a clear front-runner to land on ABC's 2013-14 schedule. ABC Entertainment Group president Paul Lee told reporters in January that the project was being fast-tracked and he was "very hopeful" that the entry with a "great script" would go "Marvel has the ability to bring the whole family around it," Lee said at the time. "Joss has great relationships around it. There's a lot of real funny male-female relationships and flirtations, but it's also Joss and Marvel, so there's a lot of action to it." "My boss Bob Iger buys Marvel, and how wonderful is it for ABC to be able to use the core talent from that and not use the Marvel brand but the Avengers franchise for a show that is not exactly about the Avengers but is attached to it?" Lee said, noting that Whedon was already working on scripts at the time. ABC will start a major marketing push for the high-profile project with a sizable built-in fan base Sunday, May 12, airing a first look at 8 p.m. ahead of the season finale of Once Upon a Time. |
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12-09-2014, 10:19 PM | #481 |
Shaken. Not stirred.
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Kick ass
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12-09-2014, 10:34 PM | #482 |
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In case anyone missed the significance, Skye is
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12-09-2014, 10:45 PM | #483 |
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And Kyle MacLachlan is
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12-09-2014, 10:47 PM | #484 |
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And Agent Triplett is
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12-09-2014, 11:11 PM | #485 |
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Not a good season to be a black dude on agents of shield.
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12-09-2014, 11:37 PM | #486 |
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Although I guess Mack's okay. But still...
So who or what is raina now? http://marvel.wikia.com/Raina_%28Earth-616%29 ? Pretty great episode. Amazing how far they've come since the first half of season 1. We all thought it was going inhumans and damned if they didn't in a big way. They've gone from being Captain America 2's bitch to introducing the world behind a big film scheduled for 2018. |
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12-10-2014, 08:34 AM | #487 |
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I don't think she's that character. They could shoehorn just about any character in there - Tigra, perhaps - or they could just make her someone new.
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12-10-2014, 09:09 AM | #488 |
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That was actually someone else's speculation, I apparently left that part out last night. Although I think a character like that is closer than tigra. I don't see her coming out of this as a hero.
Whithall's death seemed a bit anticlimactic, in retrospect. I wonder if he'll show up again,or if that was just a cheap plot device. |
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12-11-2014, 02:11 AM | #490 |
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12-11-2014, 11:41 AM | #491 |
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As whom? And where?
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01-06-2015, 06:32 AM | #493 |
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Should probably give her her own thread but I'm lazy.
Agent Carter premieres tonight, for anybody who hasn't had abc on for a few months. Early word is that it's good. |
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