The Winter Soldier Hayley Atwell/Peggy Carter back for Cap 2!

[The Caped Knight]

 

[Destined]

Beautiful! Snatch her up Chris, I mean if she's available of course. But yeah Steggy was so perf!

 

[Golgo-13]

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[boocherhix]

 

[TJByrum]

It's a damn shame Haley Atwell can't play a more modernized role in Marvel other than older Peggy.

 

[Bullseye1]

Amazing smile.

 

[Raiden]

It's a damn shame Haley Atwell can't play a more modernized role in Marvel other than older Peggy.

That's why I hope Agent Carter will be made because I really want to see more Hayley Atwell.

 

[Whiskey Tango]

CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER Writers Offer An Update On ABC’s AGENT CARTER Series

Highlights:

1) The first season will be set in 1946. So this is more cold war Peggy than World War II Peggy.

2) Haley Atwell is involved and ready to jump into television. This is great news, as she’s arguably the best part of The First Avenger outside of Steve Rogers himself, and her one shot is fantastic.

3) Markus and McFeely wrote the pilot script in addition to having Michele Fazekas and Tara Butters of Reaper fame show run if the project goes to series. This means the voice of the character will remain consistent across the medium jump.

4) The team is currently planning for a season that runs as a limited series event of 13 episodes that would continue with a brand new story set in 1947 and so on should it continue. Limited series events are all the rage right now, so that’s absolutely the best way to approach a show this ambitious.

5) Howard Stark would be a recurring character and Dominic Cooper is interested in coming back. The goal is to keep the show “the Peggy Carter show” and not make it a buddy-drama, thus explaining why Stark wouldn’t be a series regular.

 

[Raiden]

I think Agent Carter could work as a summer series when other shows are on hiatus, given that it is only 13 episodes per season. And letting it face-off against reruns would help its rating as well.

 

[Loki882]

Cold War Peggy, yes please. I hope that they can get Neal McDonough, Tommy Lee Jones, Derek Luke, etc to guest star at some point.

 

[Quasimod0]

If marvel was not also doing luke cage, iron fist, daredevil, etc, I wouldn't be as excited for this show. Because I had been wanting something different than government agents. I wanted a superhero show. So I'm glad we are getting a few of those too. Now I can really get excited for Agent Carter.

 

[Suzanne78]

CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER Writers Offer An Update On ABC’s AGENT CARTER Series

Highlights:

1) The first season will be set in 1946. So this is more cold war Peggy than World War II Peggy.

2) Haley Atwell is involved and ready to jump into television. This is great news, as she’s arguably the best part of The First Avenger outside of Steve Rogers himself, and her one shot is fantastic.

3) Markus and McFeely wrote the pilot script in addition to having Michele Fazekas and Tara Butters of Reaper fame show run if the project goes to series. This means the voice of the character will remain consistent across the medium jump.

4) The team is currently planning for a season that runs as a limited series event of 13 episodes that would continue with a brand new story set in 1947 and so on should it continue. Limited series events are all the rage right now, so that’s absolutely the best way to approach a show this ambitious.

5) Howard Stark would be a recurring character and Dominic Cooper is interested in coming back. The goal is to keep the show “the Peggy Carter show” and not make it a buddy-drama, thus explaining why Stark wouldn’t be a series regular.

Oh man oh man oh man…



MARVEL GIVE IT TO ME NOW!! This sounds so absolutely perfect and wonderful and my brain cannot fully process it, but pretty much they're giving her show the treatment I hoped they would!

ILU, MARVEL! ILU SO MUCH!

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Yes please.

 

[TheVileOne]

I agree with a limited series format.

The best thing about it is that it prevents crappy filler episodes.

 

[Xeno]

Oh man oh man oh man…



MARVEL GIVE IT TO ME NOW!! This sounds so absolutely perfect and wonderful and my brain cannot fully process it, but pretty much they're giving her show the treatment I hoped they would!

ILU, MARVEL! ILU SO MUCH!

I want an Agent Carter series so much. We lucked out because Louis D'Esposito loves Peggy and Hayley so he pushed for the One-Shot to set up a series. And we've further lucked out with Markus & McFeeley on board to write the pilot and shape the series because they created Peggy and understand her perfectly. I am so looking forward to their continuation of Peggy's saga.

Starting Peggy off as a field agent who has to struggle against the attitudes of the time as well as fight SHIELD's enemies is a brilliant way to go. In the 1940 there were women in the OSS and British intelligence who were pioneers in the field of counterintelligence, but most of them were pushed out after the war. Julia Child was famously a high ranking OSS operative. Exploring the career of a brilliant, capable woman who had to fight for everything she earned will make for a compelling story.

 

[herolee10]

Ah...too bad Steve had to get frozen.

I wonder if they'll ever reveal as to whether Peggy was able to completely move on with her life and if she went on to meet someone else and eventually have a family of her own.

It'd be kind of sad and tragic if she had remained single for most of her life due to her work and her inability to move past from her feelings for Steve.

 

[R_Hythlodeus]

I want an Agent Carter series so much. We lucked out because Louis D'Esposito loves Peggy and Hayley so he pushed for the One-Shot to set up a series. And we've further lucked out with Markus & McFeeley on board to write the pilot and shape the series because they created Peggy and understand her perfectly. I am so looking forward to their continuation of Peggy's saga.

Starting Peggy off as a field agent who has to struggle against the attitudes of the time as well as fight SHIELD's enemies is a brilliant way to go. In the 1940 there were women in the OSS and British intelligence who were pioneers in the field of counterintelligence, but most of them were pushed out after the war. Julia Child was famously a high ranking OSS operative. Exploring the career of a brilliant, capable woman who had to fight for everything she earned will make for a compelling story.

I actually would love to see a Hedy Lamarr like character on the show. Famous actress that invents espionage devices in her free time.

 

[Ksb36]

Ah...too bad Steve had to get frozen.

I wonder if they'll ever reveal as to whether Peggy was able to completely move on with her life and if she went on to meet someone else and eventually have a family of her own.

It'd be kind of sad and tragic if she had remained single for most of her life due to her work and her inability to move past from her feelings for Steve.

First of all, what an incredibly good looking couple they make. WOW. I'm sorry, but I don't think EVC holds a candle to her. I am heart broken that she's not playing Sharon.

Secondly, it is well known that Peggy and Gabe Jones were, if not the first, then among the first, interracial couples in comics. This would be such a fantastic story line for the writers to explore and I am sure that Hayley and Derek Luke (assuming they could get him back) could really sink their teeth into a period piece dealing with societal strictures and mores of the 1940s.

Fingers crossed Agent Carter is a go.

 

[Raiden]

I want an Agent Carter series so much. We lucked out because Louis D'Esposito loves Peggy and Hayley so he pushed for the One-Shot to set up a series. And we've further lucked out with Markus & McFeeley on board to write the pilot and shape the series because they created Peggy and understand her perfectly. I am so looking forward to their continuation of Peggy's saga.

Starting Peggy off as a field agent who has to struggle against the attitudes of the time as well as fight SHIELD's enemies is a brilliant way to go. In the 1940 there were women in the OSS and British intelligence who were pioneers in the field of counterintelligence, but most of them were pushed out after the war. Julia Child was famously a high ranking OSS operative. Exploring the career of a brilliant, capable woman who had to fight for everything she earned will make for a compelling story.

I think having a series based on a female agent set in the 1940's is terrific, but it is also a challenge because not many series have a female protagonist in a post-WW2 era. I hope they will surround Agent Carter with strong supporting characters and compelling villains, so it will capture the imagination of both young and older audience alike. Maybe they could also have Sabastian Stan reprising his role as WS who gets thawed out occasionally and do battles against Carter and the early formation of SHIELD, as well.

 

[Loki882]

The big problem with that is that BOTH Howard Stark and Colonel Phillips are backing her. Star even personally ordered her to Washington to help them RUN SHIELD. She's one of the highest ranking SHIELD agents at this point. The interracial relationship, yeah that'd be cool to see. I want them to take advantage of the Cold War setting to do cool stuff.

 

[Suzanne78]

I agree with a limited series format.

The best thing about it is that it prevents crappy filler episodes.

That's been the biggest frustration for me with AoS. I love the show personally, but I feel that there's a truly great 9-13 episode run within the whole twenty-two episode order. It's been awesome lately, but man, several episodes earlier this season drug it down.

But this is why I watch a lot more cable, non-network series and British series. I like the shorter seasons; it forces the runners to tell very definitive story arcs, doesn't burn out the audience with poor writing, etc.

 

[Xeno]

The big problem with that is that BOTH Howard Stark and Colonel Phillips are backing her. Star even personally ordered her to Washington to help them RUN SHIELD. She's one of the highest ranking SHIELD agents at this point. The interracial relationship, yeah that'd be cool to see. I want them to take advantage of the Cold War setting to do cool stuff.

Why is having Stark & Philips' backing a problem? In a military/paramilitary organization, there are always going to be plenty of men who will harass, demean and sabotage a woman in their midst. My mom was a noncom during wartime and I have other female relatives who served. Even men my mom outranked would go after her if they felt like it. That's the way it was (and probably still is). The same would be true of a woman in Peggy's position. The support of her superiors might even make the agents she's working with more resentful and likely to try to undermine her, not less.

And it isn't as if Stark or Philips are going to be with Peggy day-to-day, watching her back. She will be working as a field agent, where she'll have to depend on her own resources. There are many potential situations where the men around her can backstab her if they want to, without fear of immediate repercussions. Howard and Philips would expect Peggy to be strong enough to handle most of the crap that came her way on her own, anyway. There would be no use in grooming her to lead SHIELD if she wasn't capable of dealing with the bastards who come along with the job. That doesn't mean overcoming the obstacles in her way won't be a struggle for her, though.

 

[Ant-manic]

First of all, what an incredibly good looking couple they make. WOW. I'm sorry, but I don't think EVC holds a candle to her. I am heart broken that she's not playing Sharon.

i don't know that she'd look as good; as a blonde.

 

[Raiden]

Why is having Stark & Philips' backing a problem? In a military/paramilitary organization, there are always going to be plenty of men who will harass, demean and sabotage a woman in their midst. My mom was a noncom during wartime and I have other female relatives who served. Even men my mom outranked would go after her if they felt like it. That's the way it was (and probably still is). The same would be true of a woman in Peggy's position. The support of her superiors might even make the agents she's working with more resentful and likely to try to undermine her, not less.

And it isn't as if Stark or Philips are going to be with Peggy day-to-day, watching her back. She will be working as a field agent, where she'll have to depend on her own resources. There are many potential situations where the men around her can backstab her if they want to, without fear of immediate repercussions. Howard and Philips would expect Peggy to be strong enough to handle most of the crap that came her way on her own, anyway. There would be no use in grooming her to lead SHIELD if she wasn't capable of dealing with the bastards who come along with the job. That doesn't mean overcoming the obstacles in her way won't be a struggle for her, though.

Exactly. Even Steve Rogers, as Captain America, has superiors like Nick Fury, Pierce, and other high-ranking SHIELD officials. Just because Agent Carter has people she has to answer to doesn't mean she's not important, especially she's the central figure in her own show.

 

[Ms. Marvel]

@Ksb36

Peggy and Sharon are not the same person. Personality wise and appearance wise they are two different people, so they should be played by two different people.

Would it not look a bit weird to people if Cap started a relationship with someone who looks and sounds exactly like his old girlfriend?