While Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. gets second season
There's been talk of Marvel parachuting Hayley Atwell's Agent Carter into her own solo stories for some time. The studio first mused further One-Shots like the one on the Iron Man 3 Blu-ray. Then, last autumn, there were rumblings of a developing TV series. The latter is now officially a going concern, with US channel ABC ordering the Captain America spin-off straight to series. They've also renewed Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. for its second season.
The Agent Carter One-Shot has served as a pilot of sorts, with the full series picking up Peggy's adventures immediately afterwards. It's set in 1946, and sees Peggy dealing with the emotional fall-out of losing Steve Rogers to his icy 'grave', while also battling workplace sexism, finding herself marginalised as the guys return from WWII. She'll be juggling admin for the Special Scientific Reserve while taking secret missions for Howard Stark (played in the films by Dominic Cooper, although his involvement here isn't yet confirmed).
THR's sources suggest that Agent Carter will be a 'short order' series, which means 13 episodes or fewer, compared to a full series' 22. The plan is for Atwell and co. to slot into the schedules when S.H.I.E.L.D. is on its between-season hiatus. She'll step into action following S.H.I.E.L.D.'s second season, with current intelligence suggesting the two shows will be linked in some way.
Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. meanwhile, while not quite the must-see blockbuster ABC had hoped for, has still been performing solidly. While it shed viewers following its hugely successful pilot (the biggest network drama premiere since 2009), it remains ABC's highest-rate first-year series, and was given a serious shot in the arm by the events of Captain America: The Winter Soldier. It disappointed some, but it's safe for the time being.
S.H.I.E.L.D. is still playing in the UK on Friday nights on Channel 4, with a few weeks of the season left to run.
from Empire News
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