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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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10-11-2013, 10:50 PM | #151 |
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10-12-2013, 12:01 AM | #153 |
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10-12-2013, 12:46 AM | #154 |
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10-12-2013, 12:48 AM | #155 |
Shaken. Not stirred.
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10-15-2013, 06:45 PM | #156 |
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Episode is better tonight
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10-15-2013, 07:23 PM | #157 |
Back again, again.
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You thought tonight's was better? I thought the main guest actress couldn't act to save her life, the plot was simplistic and anticlimactic, the special effects sucked, and every character was being really stupid.
Oh, also
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10-15-2013, 09:10 PM | #158 |
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Tonight's seemed like the weakest so far to me.
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10-15-2013, 09:20 PM | #159 |
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I am fine giving shows a season to build. Networks should not give up so easy with internet viewership and dvds..
It would be great if it were a hit from the start, but that shit is lightning in a bottle. Hell even that goes wrong after heroes season 1. |
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And creating DVD boxed sets isn't inexpensive, either. Quote:
Finding an audience can be difficult but it's up to the network execs to make the decisions to cut or extend programs, as their careers depend on being "right". |
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10-20-2013, 10:09 AM | #161 |
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I actually think the opposite: While I enjoyed the second episode of the season best so far, the team is beginning to build chemistry. We're also learning that Coulson's transformation is likely deeper than first thought.
And Bear is killing the score. He's the best TV composer in the business and by a wide margin, IMO. |
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10-20-2013, 10:49 AM | #162 |
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For example, one million hits on YouTube generates less than $3500 dollars so even at 10 million views, you're looking $35k. That's nothing. I don't know Amazon's fee structure but I assume it's similar to Apple's iTunes, which takes 35% of all downloads. |
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The team chemistry is getting better, but I expected that. It's the hallmark of a whedon show. |
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10-22-2013, 11:33 AM | #165 |
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So Skye turns traitor tonight?????
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