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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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To be honest I wasn't a big fan of it and thought it a very poor rip off of the Days of Future Past idea...
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I never really thought about it because Alpha Flight spun out of X-Men, but Marvel probably has the rights to Alpha Flight. Though they probably have to share Northstar, Aurora, and Puck because it seems like Fox can use any mutant they want.
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Hasn't been renewed yet, but I would be surprised if Disney didn't keep it going. Especially with all the actors involved toward the end (Paxton, Patton Oswalt, etc). |
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Nice, my UVerse haas the last 4 episodes available on demand, starting with TAHITI. Think I'm gonna have t catch up to get prepared for Cap 2 this weekend.
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None of those three are mutants, for starters - in fact, none of the major characters are. Also, AF is led by someone in a powered suit, which could easily fit in with Iron Man, and they have a Dr. Strange-like Shaman, and a goddess very much like the Canadian version of Asgardians. They could easily put it in the Marvel movie universe - easier, most likely, than they could in X-Men.
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There is a storyline in which they are revealed to be, in fact, half-elves. I had forgotten that that turned out to be a lie perpetrated by - surprise surprise - Loki. So ya got me there - but, in my defense, they could easily envision them in the movie universe as elves, which would fit in nicely with a) Thor, and b) the current popular fascination with fairy tales.
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Well, it does appear that the events from Cap 2 will be carried over to this show.
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Have they said that if there will be a Fury or Cap cameo during this period?
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