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SUPERHEROES, TELEVISION, Marvel
The upcoming season of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. already promises to be something different, which is a good thing. The last two seasons have been heavy with Inhumans and to me, it's been a bit boring. Season 4 will see the debut of Ghost Rider to the extended MCU in the form of Robbie Reyes played by Gabriel Luna. The Official AoS Twitter posted a new trailer that shows a lot more of Ghost Rider in action with the Agents. Check it out below:
In an episode of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. that acts as a direct lead in to Avengers: Age of Ultron, we got to witness possibly one of the best fight scenes on television. Arrow and Daredevil are known now for their stunt prowess, and not many people are expecting much from that Marvel TV show over on ABC. But check out this nugget:
We found out recently that Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. would possibly be getting its only spin-off series, but we were left in the dark as to who it would star and on what the story could possibly be focused. Today The Hollywood Reporter has shed a little light as to who might at least be in the cast. Current AoS stars Adrianne Palicki (Bobbie Morse/Mockingbird) and Nick Blood (Lance Hunter) are being reported as possibly the two leads.
It was announced earlier this week by Marvel Entertainment that Drea de Matteo (The Sopranos, Sons of Anarchy, Californication) would be joining the cast of Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. as a villain. She will portray Karla Fay Gideon who is described as "a Gifted woman with a grudge to bear against S.H.I.E.L.D. who joins forces with Skye's father."
This will be the year of Comic Book TV shows. We've had shows in the past, notably Wonder Woman, The Incredible Hulk, and Smallville. More recently we have Arrow and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. but this year we will see Gotham, Constantine, and The Flash join the fold. Netflix will premiere five shows available to stream from Marvel Television, Daredevil being the first in 2015 and then Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Iron Fist and eventually The Defenders. And now we're getting word that DC is shopping the idea of a Supergirl television show in the near future.
They hinted towards this at SDCC with Patton Oswalt's humorous video clip, now its official. Barbara "Bobbie" Morse aka Mockingbird has been cast and the actress playing her is Adrianne Palicki (Supernatural, G.I. Joe, Friday Night Lights.) This isn't her first foray into the televised adventures of superheroes. She was cast as Wonder Woman in the failed NBC pilot by David E. Kelley back in 2011. She was also in the failed WB pilot for Aquaman, as Nadia an evil type character. Now she'll join the amazing cast of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and play an important Marvel character...important to Hawkeye's love life at least.
Yesterday we got news from the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. panel at SDCC about some new cast members joining the show. Lucy Lawless (Xena, Battlestar Galactica, Spartacus) will be portraying long time agent Isabelle Hartley. Nick Blood will play a mercenary character named Lance Hunter. Reed Diamond (Dollhouse, 24, Much Ado About Nothing) is going to be the main villain of Season 2, Daniel Whitehall aka Kraken. And with this intro video before the panel started, Patton Oswalt hints at another character we may see.
DC fans have a lot to look forward to this fall. Not only is Arrow returning to the CW for its third season, but The Flash is joining the CW line-up. Over on FOX, the world of Gotham will hit the small screen. And not to be outdone in the battle of network geeks, NBC has Constantine, primed and ready for the airwaves.
Last week on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., still reeling from the aftermath of HYDRA's infiltration of S.H.I.E.L.D., we find Coulson's agents being sheltered by Agent Eric Koenig (expertly portrayed by Patton Oswalt.) While they get organized, Agent Garrett (equally as exceptionally played by Bill Paxton) was freeing a whole mess of bad guys from "The Fridge." One of those bad guys was Marcus Daniels, otherwise known to Marvel fans as Blackout.
First there was a movie. It wasn’t great, but it was memorable. I saw the movie on VHS for the first time and thought…meh. It didn’t blow me away, but the reason it was memorable was because of the title. Buffy the Vampire Slayer. It was intriguing and different. I can’t say I remember the advertising for the film and it wasn’t something I was looking forward to seeing, but I loved the horror and vampire genre so I wanted to see it. It starred Kristy Swanson, Donald Sutherland, Paul Reubens, Luke Perry, Hilary Swank, David Arquette, Rutger Hauer and in an un-credited role even Ben Affleck. It didn’t do great and after it was made into a show we found out it wasn’t made with Joss Whedon’s vision in mind. That was the summer of 1992.
The Dark Knight graced our televisions screens way back in the 1960’s with Adam West starring as our Caped Crusader. (And you’ll soon be able to own the collection on DVD.) Since then, he hasn’t been on television in a live action series. Due to Warner Brothers or DC Comics not wanting there to be any discrepancies in the story telling between the big screen and what may get produced on television, we’ve been deprived the glory of seeing The Bat on television. But should this really be a concern anymore?