MARVEL News: Agent Carter Cancelled and MARVEL’s Most Wanted not Picked Up

It has come as no surprise but still sad to read that ‘Agent Carter’ has been dropped by ABC after two seasons. The writing was on the wall when lead star Hayley Atwell signed to star in new ABC series ‘Conviction’ and the unlikely ability to film two TV shows at same time. Poor ratings for second season is being blamed but the show was a hit with fans as it told the adventures of Peggy Carter’ after WW2 and leading to the foundation of SHIELD.

The proposed spin-off show ‘MARVEL’S Most Wanted’ failed to be picked up after its pilot episode. After their exit from Agents of SHIELD, Most Wanted was going to focus on the pairing of Bobbi Morse aka Mocking Bird and Lance Hunter played by Adrianne Palicki and Nick Blood. Time will tell if they are brought back to Agents after it was confirmed for a new season.

MARVEL News: Agent Carter Season 2 Episode 1 Clip Released

Next week sees the return of MARVEL’s ‘Agent Carter’ as Season 2 launches in the US on ABC. To celebrate the two hour season 2 premiere, a new clip has been released showing Peggy up to her old tricks!

Agent Carter and Director Sousa have to get creative in order to gain access to Isodyne labs in a new clip from the two-hour “Marvel’s Agent Carter” season premiere event Tuesday, January 19 at 9:00 PM ET on ABC! 

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MARVEL News: Agent Carter SDCC 2015 Panel

 

Agent Carter Comic Con Panel with Hayley Atwell, James D’Arcy, producers Tara Butters, Michele Fazekas, Chris Dingess, Louis D’Esposito & Marvel’s Jeph Loeb. Season 1 review and Agent Carter Season 2 panel.

*Bonus Nerd HQ panel with Hayley Atwell and James D’Arcy with Clark Gregg and Chloe Bennet

MARVEL News: First Poster and Synopsis for ‘Agent Carter’ Season 2

 

Entertainment Weekly has had the exclusive reveal of the first poster for the Second Season of ‘Agent Carter’. In casting news, joining the returning Hayley Atwell as Peggy Carter’ will be James D’Arcy as Edwin Jarvis and Enver Gjokaj as Agent Daniel Sousa.

We also have the season synopsis which will see the action move to LA

“Dedicated to the fight against new atomic age threats in the wake of World War II, Peggy must now journey from New York City to Los Angeles for her most dangerous assignment yet. But even as she discovers new friends, a new home — and perhaps even a new love — she’s about to find out that the bright lights of the post-war Hollywood mask a more sinister threat to everyone she is sworn to protect.”

Season 2 will air later this year on NBC, at time of writing there is no UK and date but as FOX UK is showing Season 1, hopefully they will also get Season 2.

MARVEL News: First Trailer for ‘Agent Carter’ is Released

MARVEL used last night’s ‘Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ to debut the first trailer for the eight episode series of ‘Agent Carter’.

#AgentCarter is coming to ABC Tuesdays this January.https://t.co/SjrLrVABgM

— Agent Carter (@AgentCarterTV) October 29, 2014

Airing in January, the show will focus on the early days of S.H.I.E.L.D. where Peggy Carter from ‘Captain America: The First Avenger’ working alongside Howard Stark, the father of Tony Stark following World War II.

MARVEL News: Howard Stark to Feature in ‘Agent Carter’ ?

Dominic Cooper first played the role of Howard Stark, father of Tony ‘Iron Man’ Stark in ‘Captain America: The First Avenger’. He was seen again in a quick cameo role during the MARVEL One Shot ‘Agent Carter’ which eventually led to it becoming a fully fledged TV series to be aired in 2015. The TV show will feature Hayley Atwell reprising her role of Agent ‘Peggy’ Carter.

During a recent interview with Atwell for British tabloid, The Telegraph, Atwell has all but confirmed that Cooper and the character of Howard Stark will be a part of her new series:

“He’s incredibly naughty. So I’m going to start the pranks as early as I can. He will come up with some very good ones, too.”

Source – Dark Horizons

‘Agent Carter’ will be an eight episode series adding to the second season of ‘Agents of SHIELD’ which was confirmed just before it’s first season ended. MARVEL have a busy TV schedule planned for MARVEL shows with five more heading straight to streaming provider NETFLIX starting with Dardevil.

MARVEL News: Hayley Atwell Confirms ‘Agent Carter’ 8 Episode Run

In a video interview for MARVEL’s Youtube Channel, main actor and star of ‘Agent Carter’, Hayley Atwell has revealed that the series will air in January 2015 on ABC and will run for eight Episodes:

MARVEL News: First ‘Agent Carter’ Poster and Sysnopsis

Quickly following up on the announcement that ‘Agent Carter’ has been picked up for a full TV series after the popularity of it’s MARVEL One Shot short film, ABC have released its first artwork above, as well as a new synopsis for the TV show, which is really no different from the One Shot tone.

“It’s 1946, and peace has dealt Peggy Carter a serious blow as she finds herself marginalized when the men return home from fighting abroad.

Working for the covert SSR (Strategic Scientific Reserve), Peggy must balance doing administrative work and going on secret missions for Howard Stark all while trying to navigate life as a single woman in America, in the wake of losing the love of her life, Steve Rogers.”

 

MARVEL News: Agents of SHIELD Gets 2nd Season, Agent Carter to Full Series

There has been huge speculation over the future of MARVEL’s ‘Agents of SHIELD’ TV series. Ratings have been hit and miss for this TV series used to bridge the gaps between ‘Avenger’ big screen films and is approaching its season finale next week. Joss Whedon, who controls the Avenger film universe and also ‘Agents of SHIELD’ even commented on the reality of what happens should the show not be renewed for a second season. Well over night, ABC have confirmed that it will in fact get a second season next year, making it a big part of the Phase three of Avenger Films following ‘Age of Ultron’.

In breaking news @ABCNetwork renews #AgentsOfSHIELD and picks up #AgentCarter" to series: http://t.co/uoovRPMgnx pic.twitter.com/sNB4ulVdhR

— Marvel Entertainment (@Marvel) May 9, 2014

As their tweet also announces, MARVEL will be producing a full TV Season based on ‘Agent Carter’. Fans of Captain America will recognise her as the British agent involved in the Super Solider Serum programme which created the First Avenger, Captain America. Carter was also a love interest for Steve Rogers, and featured in Captain America: The Winter Soldier, where Steve visits Carter in hospital, 50 years after Cap was frozen in ice.

MARVEL filmed a “One Shot”, a short film produced as a DVD extra for Iron Man 3, which tells the story of how Carter becomes the head of SHIELD following the War and loss of Captain America. This will no doubt serve as a prequel to the Avenger Universe and will tie in with the HYDRA storyline used in ‘The Winter Soldier’ and formed the basis of the main storyline running through the late stage of ‘Agents of SHIELD’.