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The show was just ordered to series and will be broadcast on ABC. Below is the official synopsis for the series:
"Marvel's Agent Carter," starring Captain America's Hayley Atwell follows the story of Peggy Carter. 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. Inspired by the feature films "Captain America: The First Avenger" and "Captain America: The Winter Soldier," along with the short "Marvel One-Shot: Agent Carter."
Read more at http://www.411mania.com/movies/news/322350/First-Promo-Image-and-Synopsis-Released-for-Marvel%5C%5Cs-Agent-Carter.htm#SSjGfBcBy1JPJwaj.99
"Marvel's Agent Carter," starring Captain America's Hayley Atwell follows the story of Peggy Carter. 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. Inspired by the feature films "Captain America: The First Avenger" and "Captain America: The Winter Soldier," along with the short "Marvel One-Shot: Agent Carter."
Read more at http://www.411mania.com/movies/news/322350/First-Promo-Image-and-Synopsis-Released-for-Marvel%5C%5Cs-Agent-Carter.htm#SSjGfBcBy1JPJwaj.99
The show was just ordered to series and will be broadcast on ABC. Below is the official synopsis for the series:
"Marvel's Agent Carter," starring Captain America's Hayley Atwell follows the story of Peggy Carter. 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. Inspired by the feature films "Captain America: The First Avenger" and "Captain America: The Winter Soldier," along with the short "Marvel One-Shot: Agent Carter."
Read more at http://www.411mania.com/movies/news/322350/First-Promo-Image-and-Synopsis-Released-for-Marvel%5C%5Cs-Agent-Carter.htm#SSjGfBcBy1JPJwaj.99
"Marvel's Agent Carter," starring Captain America's Hayley Atwell follows the story of Peggy Carter. 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. Inspired by the feature films "Captain America: The First Avenger" and "Captain America: The Winter Soldier," along with the short "Marvel One-Shot: Agent Carter."
Read more at http://www.411mania.com/movies/news/322350/First-Promo-Image-and-Synopsis-Released-for-Marvel%5C%5Cs-Agent-Carter.htm#SSjGfBcBy1JPJwaj.99
The show was just ordered to series and will be broadcast on ABC. Below is the official synopsis for the series:
"Marvel's Agent Carter," starring Captain America's Hayley Atwell follows the story of Peggy Carter. 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. Inspired by the feature films "Captain America: The First Avenger" and "Captain America: The Winter Soldier," along with the short "Marvel One-Shot: Agent Carter."
Read more at http://www.411mania.com/movies/news/322350/First-Promo-Image-and-Synopsis-Released-for-Marvel%5C%5Cs-Agent-Carter.htm#SSjGfBcBy1JPJwaj.99
"Marvel's Agent Carter," starring Captain America's Hayley Atwell follows the story of Peggy Carter. 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. Inspired by the feature films "Captain America: The First Avenger" and "Captain America: The Winter Soldier," along with the short "Marvel One-Shot: Agent Carter."
Read more at http://www.411mania.com/movies/news/322350/First-Promo-Image-and-Synopsis-Released-for-Marvel%5C%5Cs-Agent-Carter.htm#SSjGfBcBy1JPJwaj.99
The show was just ordered to series and will be broadcast on ABC. Below is the official synopsis for the series:
"Marvel's Agent Carter," starring Captain America's Hayley Atwell follows the story of Peggy Carter. 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. Inspired by the feature films "Captain America: The First Avenger" and "Captain America: The Winter Soldier," along with the short "Marvel One-Shot: Agent Carter."
Read more at http://www.411mania.com/movies/news/322350/First-Promo-Image-and-Synopsis-Released-for-Marvel%5C%5Cs-Agent-Carter.htm#SSjGfBcBy1JPJwaj.99
"Marvel's Agent Carter," starring Captain America's Hayley Atwell follows the story of Peggy Carter. 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. Inspired by the feature films "Captain America: The First Avenger" and "Captain America: The Winter Soldier," along with the short "Marvel One-Shot: Agent Carter."
Read more at http://www.411mania.com/movies/news/322350/First-Promo-Image-and-Synopsis-Released-for-Marvel%5C%5Cs-Agent-Carter.htm#SSjGfBcBy1JPJwaj.99
“Marvel’s Agent Carter,” starring “Captain America’s” Hayley Atwell follows the story of Peggy Carter.
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.
An Agent Carter series is just what the Marvel Universe needed.
For a while it didn’t look good for Peggy Carter fans, but it now confirmed that Marvel’s Agent Carter has been ordered by ABC.
Plus, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. is returning for a second season
– although, the name seems a little incongruent now that S.H.I.E.L.D. is all, well, kaput.
“Marvel’s Agent Carter,” starring “Captain America’s” Hayley Atwell follows the story of Peggy Carter.
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.
An Agent Carter series is just what the Marvel Universe needed.
For a while it didn’t look good for Peggy Carter fans, but it now confirmed that Marvel’s Agent Carter has been ordered by ABC.
Plus, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. is returning for a second season
– although, the name seems a little incongruent now that S.H.I.E.L.D. is all, well, kaput.
I certainly have big hopes for Marvel’s Agent Carter.
This move not only expands the Marvel Universe outside of the present
day, it addresses the serious lack of women in central roles.
There are
some wonderful female characters in the Marvel universe (Black Widow,
Maria Hill, Agent May, to name a few),
but they have all been side
characters.
Finally – finally – we have something from Marvel that is named after a woman. You can’t imagine how excited that one, single fact makes me.
Equally exciting, but not surprising, is that Hayley Atwell is confirmed to be returning to the role she originated in The First Avenger –
It would not have been the same without her.
What do I want to see in ‘Agent Carter’?
What do I want to see in ‘Agent Carter’?
We have already had a taste of just what Agent Peggy Carter can do in Marvel one shot Agent Carter, included on the Iron Man 3 Blu-ray.
In the short, which takes place a year after the events of The First Avenger,
Carter is the only woman at a Strategic Scientific Reserve office.
She is forced to deal with daily sexism, is called “Captain America’s old flame,” and when she does a job better than any of the men can, she is lambasted.
It isn’t looking good for Peggy, until Howard Stark (Dominic Cooper) calls up and offers her a promotion – helping him to run S.H.I.E.L.D.
Given the synopsis ABC has provided, it is likely that the events of the Agent Carter one shot will in a sense book-end the Agent Carter spinoff.
I can’t see Carter immediately promoted, and anyway, I think we all want to see her secret, probably illegal, missions.
But mostly, I want to see her dealing with the rampant sexism that was commonplace following World War 2.
A woman like Carter, who held a great deal of responsibility during the war, would not deal well with the men who came home and promptly attempted to usher her back out again.
As we saw in the one shot, Carter’s problem is not that she is working in an office, or even that she is no longer in charge.
It is that she is being continuously passed over for missions she is clearly qualified for based entirely on her gender.
This is new territory for Marvel, and I hope they don’t shy away from it.
We should see Carter celebrated as a complex, kick-ass, qualified woman, who also happens to be suffering from a heartbreak,
rather than a Damsel In Distress masquerading as a Strong Female Character.
How does ‘Agent Carter’ fit into the Marvel Universe?
Peggy Carter is confirmed to appear in Avengers: Age of Ultron coming to theaters in 2015, in a 1940s flashback with Steve Rogers (Chris Evans).
And rumors are already flying that Agent Carter will air during the mid-season break
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 2 will take between the fall and spring of next season.
That means that there is sure to be a connection between the events of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Agent Carter and Age of Ultron.
Let’s not forget that Peggy Carter was one of S.H.I.E.L.D.’s founders,
and there is every possibility that something happened in the 1940s that will affect our (ex-)S.H.I.E.L.D. team and the Avengers in the present day.
If Captain America: The Winter Soldier taught us anything, it is that we should not underestimate the impact that Marvel’s films can have on their television series – and vice versa.
For this reason alone, Carter’s Ultron cameo might be a lot more than just another sweet scene between Carter and her superhero beau.
I'm just as excited as you to see what they come up with for her. It was nice to see her in the Winter Soldier even if it was in old clips and as an elderly woman.
ReplyDeleteThis looks like it has potential to be great! :)
ReplyDeleteI'm all for stronger women role models, although I'm more likely to see the movie. I usually enjoy the comic movie remakes just because.
ReplyDeleteI would think a lot of women who were pushed out of jobs when the war was over felt the same. Second class.
David:
ReplyDeleteIt's neat that AVENGERS 2 will have a cameo flashback of Agent Carter and Steve Rogers, too. Hydra will be in the TV series, too.
Trisha:
Yes, the social commentary plus the heroics may make a great series.
D.G.:
I really enjoyed the first CAPTAIN AMERICA movie because of her -- and that she fell for Steve Rogers when he was small and frail.
Yes, women who excelled in hard jobs during WWII found they were marginalized and mocked once the war was over. A true shame.
The way that the Marvel movies and the TV show are gaining traction off of one another reminds me of MTV and music. Back when MTV first launched, the artists that knew how to work it used those videos to propel their songs even higher on radio charts. And when the song was from a soundtrack the MTV, radio, movie combo bounced off one another in a blockbuster sort of way.
ReplyDeleteI think that part of the reason this has been so successful for AGENTS OF SHIELD is Joss Whedon. He is comfortable in both movies and television and can see the advantage of working them together. Very much looking forward to Agent Carter on the small screen.
She can fit into my universe, period. she is a strong character and if done right, maybe names we know like stark, whomever the grandfather to the new person on the SHIELD team... I think it will work and if not she can come to my house for tea, stay as long as she would like.
ReplyDeleteWe should see Carter celebrated as a complex, kick-ass, qualified woman, who also happens to be suffering from a heartbreak, rather than a Damsel In Distress masquerading as a Strong Female Character.
ReplyDeleteFrom your blog to the producers' ear, Roland. There truly are other ways to show female vulnerability. Although, I tried to do that with my first novel and it didn't go over well. That's why I primarily write men now. :)
VR Barkowski
Hi Roland .. well I didn't know any of this - I occasionally watch an episode for light relief ... now I'll watch Carter as she grows - we hope ... and her post-war timing should be interesting ... and finding out how Shield fits in ...
ReplyDeleteCheers Hilary
Robin:
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed Joss' work on SERENITY and FIREFLY. If AGENT CARTER can give women an intelligent woman for the female audience to root for, I think it will do great.
VR:
Sadly, publishers and studio heads are terribly old-fashioned! :-(
Hilary:
If you hadn't already guessed -- I am a big kid at heart. Pulp thrills for me and no gore! :-)