This was a busy week for Marvel news. We got new casting news for Agent Carter and Agents of SHIELD. There were also casting rumors for Luke Cage and Doctor Strange. We also got news about some possible cameos in Agents of SHIELD, Mockingbird being promoted, and a look at Hank Pym's company.
Agent Carter Now Filming
The highly anticipated eight episode Agent Carter series started filming early this week. Hayley Atwell will star in the series but we also got news of another familiar face returning to the show. Marvel announced that Dominic Cooper will reprise his role as Howard Stark in the Agent Carter television series.
New Characters Coming to Agent of SHIELD?
Marvel is trying to drive up viewership for Agents of SHIELD and one of the best ways to do it is to incorporate more Marvel characters. This week speculation that characters like Speedball and Hercules could make an appearance in the show. Fran Kranz, who has worked with Whedon on many projects, tweeted (and then deleted) this week that Robbie Baldwin is coming to Agents of SHIELD. Marvel has also added Maya Stojan as Agent 33 in the show. In the comics Agent 33 is the one who recruits Hercules to join the Avengers.
Ant-Man has Lots of Grey
An interview done by Corey Stoll became popular this week in which he talked about the grey areas of Ant-Man. Stoll told Clevver Movies that everyone in the movie is in shades of grey. He also said that Yellowjacket is not the traditional villain and that he does not really know that he is a villain. Could this mean that Yellowjacket could turn into a hero down the road?
Pym Technologies Logo
This week an extra on Ant-Man decided to post a picture of him in costume on Instagram. Unfortunately for him, he has been fired. The picture was a bit revealing. As you can see, the picture revealed the name and logo of Hank Pym's company, Pym Technologies. This is the first look we have gotten for anything from the set of Ant-Man.
Episode 2 of Agents of SHIELD
Agents of SHIELD continues to push forward in its second season. This week gave us "Heavy Is The Head", where we saw the team hunt down the Absorbing Man. You can read our full review of the episode here which also includes a preview for next week's episode.
Tim DeKay Joins Agents of SHIELD
Marvel continues to add to the Agents of SHIELD season 2 cast this week by adding the brother of ex-HYDRA agent Grant Ward. Tim DeKay will join the show in episode 6 as Senator Christian Ward. Do you think he will be a friend or foe of SHIELD?
Mockingbird Moving to Big Screen?
Adrianne Palicki's Agents of SHIELD debut is quickly approaching. She has been asked many questions about what exactly her role will be and while we know she will start off as a member of HYDRA, many of us want the folks at Marvel to move her to the big screen. According to Palicki, that has been discussed and continues to be discussed. I would love Palicki to be in Avengers: Age of Ultron or Captain America 3, what would you like?
Dule Hill as Luke Cage?
One of the weirdest rumors of the week came courtesy of a user on ComicBookMovie.com. The user "rageduck" claimed to have inside sources who told him that the star of Psych, Dule Hill, had been cast as Luke Cage for Marvel's upcoming Netflix series. The casting seemed strange at the time and within 12 hours that report was proven to be false. Dule Hill himself tweeted that he has not been cast in the role and the article that started it all was removed from comicbookmovie.com.
Phoenix Out as Strange
Earlier this week, Collider.com reported that Joaquin Phoenix was going to be our Doctor Strange and it was just a matter of time before Marvel made the announcement. A few days later though, Joaquin Phoenix and Marvel decided to part ways after not being able to agree to a deal. Marvel had been looking at Phoenix since Comic-Con but his unwillingness to sign a long-term deal and weariness about doing a movie involving a lot of green screen and special effects ultimately was too much to overcome. Marvel will likely look back to previously rumored actors like Benedict Cumberbatch, Tom Hardy, Jared Leto, and more to fill the role.
Daredevil Logo
Marvel announced a while back that the Daredevil cast would be present at New York Comic Con. They revealed this week that the cast will be doing a meet and great and signing autographs when the convention kicks off next week. With that announcement, they revealed the official logo for the Daredevil Netflix series, which you can see on the left.
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