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They're showing Guardians of the Galaxy also,but won't have the trailer online,since there won't be any CG in it
I won't be surprised,the first trailer drops towards the end of the year.
Agents of SHIELD To Include Classic Inhumans In Season Four
Some big characters will be heading to Agents of SHIELD when the show's fourth season airs this fall. The series recently broke headlines during San Diego Comic Con as Marvel announced Ghost Rider would be coming to Agents of SHIELD. And, in an interview withio9, the show’s executive producers are teasing some familiar Inhumans may make a debut as well.
Up until now, Agents of SHIELD has been limited in what they could do with their Inhumans storyline. The show introduced the extraterrestrial descendants following an arc that left the agents aware of the Kree. Shortly afterwards, the world found itself threatened by mass terrigenesis, the process which turns Kree descendants into Inhumans. The foiled threat left Skye/Daisy Johnson imbued with seismic powers, but there are hundreds of other Inhumans just waiting to be seen. And, since Marvel Studios has now dropped their once-planned Inhumans film from their release schedule, executive producer Jed Whedon saysAgents of SHIELD has more room to expand its Inhuman lore.
“We do have a little more freedom,” he said. “We’ve told a couple of seasons of stories but now we do have some more freedom. So when we return to focusing on Inhumans, we’ll be able to do a little bit more.”
Even more excitingly, Whedon said the show’s newfound freedom will allow them to introduce some classic Inhumans to fans. Of course, many fans are hoping to see Black Bolt or Karnak, which is fair enough as those two guys are insanely important to the Inhumans. But, on a personal note, I'd like to see Lockjaw. I mean, we probably won’t see him, but it’d be a great nod to have the adorable telepathic pup cameo in an episode, you know?
http://comicbook.com/2016/07/27/agents-of-shield-to-include-classic-inhumans-in-season-four/
Some big characters will be heading to Agents of SHIELD when the show's fourth season airs this fall. The series recently broke headlines during San Diego Comic Con as Marvel announced Ghost Rider would be coming to Agents of SHIELD. And, in an interview withio9, the show’s executive producers are teasing some familiar Inhumans may make a debut as well.
Up until now, Agents of SHIELD has been limited in what they could do with their Inhumans storyline. The show introduced the extraterrestrial descendants following an arc that left the agents aware of the Kree. Shortly afterwards, the world found itself threatened by mass terrigenesis, the process which turns Kree descendants into Inhumans. The foiled threat left Skye/Daisy Johnson imbued with seismic powers, but there are hundreds of other Inhumans just waiting to be seen. And, since Marvel Studios has now dropped their once-planned Inhumans film from their release schedule, executive producer Jed Whedon saysAgents of SHIELD has more room to expand its Inhuman lore.
“We do have a little more freedom,” he said. “We’ve told a couple of seasons of stories but now we do have some more freedom. So when we return to focusing on Inhumans, we’ll be able to do a little bit more.”
Even more excitingly, Whedon said the show’s newfound freedom will allow them to introduce some classic Inhumans to fans. Of course, many fans are hoping to see Black Bolt or Karnak, which is fair enough as those two guys are insanely important to the Inhumans. But, on a personal note, I'd like to see Lockjaw. I mean, we probably won’t see him, but it’d be a great nod to have the adorable telepathic pup cameo in an episode, you know?
http://comicbook.com/2016/07/27/agents-of-shield-to-include-classic-inhumans-in-season-four/
http://www.denofgeek.com/uk/tv/marv...ents-of-shield-season-4-huge-synopsis-arrives
Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s season 4 synopsis teases Coulson's return to the field and the arrival of Ghost Rider...
Marvel and ABC have released this massive synopsis for Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 4, via CBR, recapping what's come before and teasing things to come:
“Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” returns with a vengeance for the fourth exciting season in an all new time period, Tuesday at 10:00 p.m. ET. In the aftermath of their journey to another planet, Director Phil Coulson (Clark Gregg) and the rest of the team were driven more than ever to put an end to the Hydra organization. Little did they know that they were up against the deadliest threat they’ve ever faced – an extremely powerful Inhuman, Hive, who was transported back from Maveth in the body of their worst enemy, Grant Ward. The team was able to thwart and kill Hive and take down Hydra, but they are all still mourning the death of fellow agent and Inhuman, Lincoln Campbell.
In light of the Sokovia Accords, and with Hydra obliterated, S.H.I.E.L.D. has been legitimatized again and no longer needs to operate in the shadows. Since the world presumes that Coulson is dead, the organization needed a new Director (Jason O’Mara) to be the face of the organization. Coulson finds himself back in the role as an agent and teamed with Mack (Henry Simmons), and together they are tasked with tracking down and confirming the presence of Enhanced people, aka Inhumans. They have been trying to track down and capture Daisy (Chloe Bennet), aka Quake, who has gone rogue in an attempt to atone for sins from the past. But with the world believing that Daisy is a dangerous outlaw who has taken down banks and bridges, the new Director has no qualms about taking her down for good. Agent May (Ming-Na Wen) is tasked with training specialist strike teams, and Fitz (Iain De Caestecker) and Simmons (Elizabeth Henstridge) have taken a big step forward in their relationship. But with Simmons’ new promotion as Special Advisor to the Director in Science and Technology, Fitz, as well as her former team members, finds it hard to confide in or trust her since she’s now the Director’s confidant.
Robbie Reyes (Gabriel Luna) will roar into the lives of Agent Coulson and the team as a junkyard mechanic who can turn on a dime into the terrifying Ghost Rider. Will Robbie be a friend or foe to S.H.I.E.L.D. – as well as the world, itself? Meanwhile, Fitz discovers that socially awkward genius and friend Dr. Radcliffe (John Hannah) has started putting the finishing touches on a new, secret invention.
“Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” stars Clark Gregg as Agent Phil Coulson, Ming-Na Wen as Agent Melinda May, Chloe Bennet as Daisy Johnson, Iain De Caestecker as Agent Leo Fitz, Elizabeth Henstridge as Agent Jemma Simmons and Henry Simmons as Agent Alphonso “Mack” MacKenzie.
“Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” was co-created by Joss Whedon, Jed Whedon & Maurissa Tancharoen, who also serve as executive producers along with Jeffrey Bell and Jeph Loeb.
Read more: http://www.denofgeek.com/uk/tv/marv...-season-4-huge-synopsis-arrives#ixzz4GTPfzqHw
Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s season 4 synopsis teases Coulson's return to the field and the arrival of Ghost Rider...
Marvel and ABC have released this massive synopsis for Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 4, via CBR, recapping what's come before and teasing things to come:
“Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” returns with a vengeance for the fourth exciting season in an all new time period, Tuesday at 10:00 p.m. ET. In the aftermath of their journey to another planet, Director Phil Coulson (Clark Gregg) and the rest of the team were driven more than ever to put an end to the Hydra organization. Little did they know that they were up against the deadliest threat they’ve ever faced – an extremely powerful Inhuman, Hive, who was transported back from Maveth in the body of their worst enemy, Grant Ward. The team was able to thwart and kill Hive and take down Hydra, but they are all still mourning the death of fellow agent and Inhuman, Lincoln Campbell.
In light of the Sokovia Accords, and with Hydra obliterated, S.H.I.E.L.D. has been legitimatized again and no longer needs to operate in the shadows. Since the world presumes that Coulson is dead, the organization needed a new Director (Jason O’Mara) to be the face of the organization. Coulson finds himself back in the role as an agent and teamed with Mack (Henry Simmons), and together they are tasked with tracking down and confirming the presence of Enhanced people, aka Inhumans. They have been trying to track down and capture Daisy (Chloe Bennet), aka Quake, who has gone rogue in an attempt to atone for sins from the past. But with the world believing that Daisy is a dangerous outlaw who has taken down banks and bridges, the new Director has no qualms about taking her down for good. Agent May (Ming-Na Wen) is tasked with training specialist strike teams, and Fitz (Iain De Caestecker) and Simmons (Elizabeth Henstridge) have taken a big step forward in their relationship. But with Simmons’ new promotion as Special Advisor to the Director in Science and Technology, Fitz, as well as her former team members, finds it hard to confide in or trust her since she’s now the Director’s confidant.
Robbie Reyes (Gabriel Luna) will roar into the lives of Agent Coulson and the team as a junkyard mechanic who can turn on a dime into the terrifying Ghost Rider. Will Robbie be a friend or foe to S.H.I.E.L.D. – as well as the world, itself? Meanwhile, Fitz discovers that socially awkward genius and friend Dr. Radcliffe (John Hannah) has started putting the finishing touches on a new, secret invention.
“Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” stars Clark Gregg as Agent Phil Coulson, Ming-Na Wen as Agent Melinda May, Chloe Bennet as Daisy Johnson, Iain De Caestecker as Agent Leo Fitz, Elizabeth Henstridge as Agent Jemma Simmons and Henry Simmons as Agent Alphonso “Mack” MacKenzie.
“Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” was co-created by Joss Whedon, Jed Whedon & Maurissa Tancharoen, who also serve as executive producers along with Jeffrey Bell and Jeph Loeb.
Read more: http://www.denofgeek.com/uk/tv/marv...-season-4-huge-synopsis-arrives#ixzz4GTPfzqHw
http://www.cinemablend.com/television/1542080/why-abc-passed-on-the-agents-of-shield-spinoff
Why ABC Passed On The Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. Spinoff
The Marvel universe is showing no signs of slowing down or shrinking over on Netflix, but back at ABC where it all began (in modern terms) with Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., it's a rougher road. When 2016 began, it looked as if we might end the year with both Agent Carter and the S.H.I.E.L.D. spinoff Marvel's Most Wantedaccompanying the spy drama. But neither one survived the spring, and now ABC president Channing Dungey has revealed why the Mockingbird-led adventure didn't make it out the gate.
Marvel's Most Wanted, at the end of the day, did not feel as strong as some of the other pilots that we shot. We talked about it with Marvel and we all came to an agreement that we wanted to figure out what the next show that we do together [is] and we all feel is as creatively strong as it can be.
That's a pretty candid response for why the network passed on the series, which other networks probably would have jumped at, given the Marvel branding behind it. But at least there is sound reasoning behind Dungey's words. ABC didn't strike ratings gold with Agent Carter with either of its two seasons, and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. could use a bigger audience itself, so there was definitely cause for hesitation when it came to picking another Marvel project. If only half of a modest audience is interested in a spinoff, that's hardly a sustainable model for the future.
As well, this allows everyone to go back to the drawing board as far as what ABC's next comic book output will be. There are a few things supposedly still in development, such as the comedy Damage Control and the shrouded-in-secrecy drama from 12 Years a Slave director and American Crime creator John Ridley, and Dungey told the crowd at the TCA press event (via IGN) that the network is still looking at projects they were working on before, as well as some "totally new ideas and IP." So one would assume that every single one of these ideas, should they make it to series, would necessarily be better than watching Bobbi, Lance and Delroy Lindo uncovering a conspiracy. That's logical, right?
At this point, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. is revving up for a gear shift for Season 4, changing up not only the cast but the structure at the heart of S.H.I.E.L.D. itself. (Bye-bye, Director Coulston!) Because actress Adrianne Palicki recently signed onto Seth MacFarlane's new Fox series coming next year, it's unclear whether or not she'll be back as Mockingbird in the future.
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 4 will blast its way onto ABC on Tuesday, September 20, at 10 p.m. ET. To see when everything else is coming to the small screen later this year, check out our fall TV schedule.
Why ABC Passed On The Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. Spinoff
The Marvel universe is showing no signs of slowing down or shrinking over on Netflix, but back at ABC where it all began (in modern terms) with Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., it's a rougher road. When 2016 began, it looked as if we might end the year with both Agent Carter and the S.H.I.E.L.D. spinoff Marvel's Most Wantedaccompanying the spy drama. But neither one survived the spring, and now ABC president Channing Dungey has revealed why the Mockingbird-led adventure didn't make it out the gate.
Marvel's Most Wanted, at the end of the day, did not feel as strong as some of the other pilots that we shot. We talked about it with Marvel and we all came to an agreement that we wanted to figure out what the next show that we do together [is] and we all feel is as creatively strong as it can be.
That's a pretty candid response for why the network passed on the series, which other networks probably would have jumped at, given the Marvel branding behind it. But at least there is sound reasoning behind Dungey's words. ABC didn't strike ratings gold with Agent Carter with either of its two seasons, and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. could use a bigger audience itself, so there was definitely cause for hesitation when it came to picking another Marvel project. If only half of a modest audience is interested in a spinoff, that's hardly a sustainable model for the future.
As well, this allows everyone to go back to the drawing board as far as what ABC's next comic book output will be. There are a few things supposedly still in development, such as the comedy Damage Control and the shrouded-in-secrecy drama from 12 Years a Slave director and American Crime creator John Ridley, and Dungey told the crowd at the TCA press event (via IGN) that the network is still looking at projects they were working on before, as well as some "totally new ideas and IP." So one would assume that every single one of these ideas, should they make it to series, would necessarily be better than watching Bobbi, Lance and Delroy Lindo uncovering a conspiracy. That's logical, right?
At this point, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. is revving up for a gear shift for Season 4, changing up not only the cast but the structure at the heart of S.H.I.E.L.D. itself. (Bye-bye, Director Coulston!) Because actress Adrianne Palicki recently signed onto Seth MacFarlane's new Fox series coming next year, it's unclear whether or not she'll be back as Mockingbird in the future.
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 4 will blast its way onto ABC on Tuesday, September 20, at 10 p.m. ET. To see when everything else is coming to the small screen later this year, check out our fall TV schedule.
I don't think a spinoff woul've been a good idea.
Agents Of SHIELD Season 4 To Be Edgier Says Marvel TV Head
Jamie Lovett
08/21/2016
CBR at Comic-Con International: San Diego 2016. "The show is pretty violent for something at 9 o'clock, but when we get to 10 o'clock, we're going to be just a little hair of something that I think people are going to really enjoy."
But a little bit more grit in the narrative isn’t the only change coming to Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. for Season 4. As teased in the epilogue to the Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.Season 3 finale, which jumped six months forward in the timeline, Daisy Johnson (Chloe Bennet) has defected from S.H.I.E.L.D. and is on the run. Daisy also committed a still unknown act that brought her to the attention of the media and earned her the headline-grabbing monicker "Quake” (Daisy’s codename in the Marvel Comics universe).
Now she’s being pursued by Phil Coulson (Clark Gregg), who is no longer the Director of S.H.I.E.L.D., and Mack (Henry Simmons), Daisy’s former partner and a former Director himself. Instead of either Coulson or Mack, there is a new Director, played by Jason O’Mara, calling the shots for the newly public S.H.I.E.L.D.
"You got a little tease at the end of last season that clearly something's happened to Daisy," Loeb said. "She seems to be on her own. That dang media has decided to name her Quake, so we have to find out if that's a good thing or a bad thing -- and clearly, S.H.I.E.L.D. is now hunting her. We're seeing that Coulson and Mack are now partners for some reason; they refer to each other as though they are equals. They refer to Phil Coulson as 'Agent Coulson.' They refer to 'the new director.' There are obviously going to be a lot more changes."
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 4 premieres Sept. 20 at 10 p.m. ET on ABC.
Jamie Lovett
08/21/2016
CBR at Comic-Con International: San Diego 2016. "The show is pretty violent for something at 9 o'clock, but when we get to 10 o'clock, we're going to be just a little hair of something that I think people are going to really enjoy."
But a little bit more grit in the narrative isn’t the only change coming to Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. for Season 4. As teased in the epilogue to the Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.Season 3 finale, which jumped six months forward in the timeline, Daisy Johnson (Chloe Bennet) has defected from S.H.I.E.L.D. and is on the run. Daisy also committed a still unknown act that brought her to the attention of the media and earned her the headline-grabbing monicker "Quake” (Daisy’s codename in the Marvel Comics universe).
Now she’s being pursued by Phil Coulson (Clark Gregg), who is no longer the Director of S.H.I.E.L.D., and Mack (Henry Simmons), Daisy’s former partner and a former Director himself. Instead of either Coulson or Mack, there is a new Director, played by Jason O’Mara, calling the shots for the newly public S.H.I.E.L.D.
"You got a little tease at the end of last season that clearly something's happened to Daisy," Loeb said. "She seems to be on her own. That dang media has decided to name her Quake, so we have to find out if that's a good thing or a bad thing -- and clearly, S.H.I.E.L.D. is now hunting her. We're seeing that Coulson and Mack are now partners for some reason; they refer to each other as though they are equals. They refer to Phil Coulson as 'Agent Coulson.' They refer to 'the new director.' There are obviously going to be a lot more changes."
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 4 premieres Sept. 20 at 10 p.m. ET on ABC.
Agents Of SHIELD EP Explains The Team's Season 4 State Of Mind
After Lincoln and Hive were blown to smithereens in the Season 3 finale of Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., we were shown a six month flash-forward that revealed Daisy (a.k.a. Quake) has abandoned S.H.I.E.L.D., becoming a vigilante and looks after Charles Hinton's widow and daughter, and Coulson is no longer the Director of S.H.I.E.L.D., but he is back in the field, paired up with Mack. However, we didn't what the rest of the team is up to, but per the official synopsis, Agent May (Ming-Na Wen) is training specialist strike teams and the Fitz-Simmons relationship is taking a step forward.
Clearly, Daisy isn't coping with Lincoln's death all that well and is tired of losing people that get close to her, so that explains her need to go off on her own, but how are the other characters coping with everything that unfolded last season?
What’s going on with the rest of the team on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.? — Kevin
In short, it’s business as usual when the show returns. “The one thing that you’ll really see across the board with all of our characters is that they’re just in ‘Let’s move mode – let’s just move on from what went down,’” EP Maurissa Tancharoen tells me. “Whether or not that’s just a coping mechanism or denial of all of the trauma that they’ve experienced, I think them being so functional will start to unravel.”
In light of the Sokovia Accords, and with Hydra obliterated, S.H.I.E.L.D. has been legitimatized again and no longer needs to operate in the shadows. Since the world presumes that Coulson (Clark Gregg) is dead, the organization needed a new Director (Jason O’Mara) to be the face of the organization. Coulson finds himself back in the role as an agent and teamed with Mack (Henry Simmons), and together they are tasked with tracking down and confirming the presence of Enhanced people, aka Inhumans. They have been trying to track down and capture Daisy (Chloe Bennet), aka Quake, who has gone rogue in an attempt to atone for sins from the past. But with the world believing that Daisy is a dangerous outlaw who has taken down banks and bridges, the new Director has no qualms about taking her down for good. Agent May (Ming-Na Wen) is tasked with training specialist strike teams, and Fitz (Iain De Caestecker) and Simmons (Elizabeth Henstridge) have taken a big step forward in their relationship. But with Simmons’ new promotion as Special Advisor to the Director in Science and Technology, Fitz, as well as her former team members, finds it hard to confide in or trust her since she’s now the Director’s confidant.
Robbie Reyes (Gabriel Luna) will roar into the lives of Agent Coulson and the team as a junkyard mechanic who can turn on a dime into the terrifying Ghost Rider. Will Robbie be a friend or foe to S.H.I.E.L.D. – as well as the world, itself? Meanwhile, Fitz discovers that socially awkward genius and friend Dr. Radcliffe (John Hannah) has started putting the finishing touches on a new, secret invention.
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. returns Tuesday, September 20 in its new timeslot, 10:00 PM ET on the ABC Television Network.
http://comicbook.com/2016/08/28/agents-of-shield-ep-explains-the-teams-season-4-state-of-mind/
After Lincoln and Hive were blown to smithereens in the Season 3 finale of Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., we were shown a six month flash-forward that revealed Daisy (a.k.a. Quake) has abandoned S.H.I.E.L.D., becoming a vigilante and looks after Charles Hinton's widow and daughter, and Coulson is no longer the Director of S.H.I.E.L.D., but he is back in the field, paired up with Mack. However, we didn't what the rest of the team is up to, but per the official synopsis, Agent May (Ming-Na Wen) is training specialist strike teams and the Fitz-Simmons relationship is taking a step forward.
Clearly, Daisy isn't coping with Lincoln's death all that well and is tired of losing people that get close to her, so that explains her need to go off on her own, but how are the other characters coping with everything that unfolded last season?
What’s going on with the rest of the team on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.? — Kevin
In short, it’s business as usual when the show returns. “The one thing that you’ll really see across the board with all of our characters is that they’re just in ‘Let’s move mode – let’s just move on from what went down,’” EP Maurissa Tancharoen tells me. “Whether or not that’s just a coping mechanism or denial of all of the trauma that they’ve experienced, I think them being so functional will start to unravel.”
In light of the Sokovia Accords, and with Hydra obliterated, S.H.I.E.L.D. has been legitimatized again and no longer needs to operate in the shadows. Since the world presumes that Coulson (Clark Gregg) is dead, the organization needed a new Director (Jason O’Mara) to be the face of the organization. Coulson finds himself back in the role as an agent and teamed with Mack (Henry Simmons), and together they are tasked with tracking down and confirming the presence of Enhanced people, aka Inhumans. They have been trying to track down and capture Daisy (Chloe Bennet), aka Quake, who has gone rogue in an attempt to atone for sins from the past. But with the world believing that Daisy is a dangerous outlaw who has taken down banks and bridges, the new Director has no qualms about taking her down for good. Agent May (Ming-Na Wen) is tasked with training specialist strike teams, and Fitz (Iain De Caestecker) and Simmons (Elizabeth Henstridge) have taken a big step forward in their relationship. But with Simmons’ new promotion as Special Advisor to the Director in Science and Technology, Fitz, as well as her former team members, finds it hard to confide in or trust her since she’s now the Director’s confidant.
Robbie Reyes (Gabriel Luna) will roar into the lives of Agent Coulson and the team as a junkyard mechanic who can turn on a dime into the terrifying Ghost Rider. Will Robbie be a friend or foe to S.H.I.E.L.D. – as well as the world, itself? Meanwhile, Fitz discovers that socially awkward genius and friend Dr. Radcliffe (John Hannah) has started putting the finishing touches on a new, secret invention.
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. returns Tuesday, September 20 in its new timeslot, 10:00 PM ET on the ABC Television Network.
http://comicbook.com/2016/08/28/agents-of-shield-ep-explains-the-teams-season-4-state-of-mind/
http://www.ew.com/article/2016/09/04/agents-shield-ghost-rider
Things are about to get fiery on Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
EW has an exclusive first look at Gabriel Luna as the flame-licked spirit of vengeance Ghost Rider, who will make his debut in the upcoming fourth season of the ABC super series.
“As always, we are going to put our own spin on the character,” executive producer Jed Whedon tells EW. “We are staying true to the comics in the places where we feel like it’s really important — we love the character’s family dynamic and the East L.A. kid in him.”
The introduction of Ghost Rider comes as the Marvel Cinematic Universe branches out into the strange and unexplained. “It started out with a guy building a suit using science, and then we met aliens that are the origin of the myths behind some of our gods, and this year Doctor Strange comes out,” Whedon says. “We’re opening it up even further to the world of things we don’t totally understand, or as Thor says, ‘Magic is science that we don’t understand.’ Well, we’re getting into some very, very fancy science.”
Adds EP Maurissa Tancharoen: “Our team will definitely be trying to science this guy with the flaming skull.”
Wonder why they chose the classic skull look instead of the comic version with the hole?
good question..
maybe the hole was TOO satanic?
Or they wanted to establish the classic image for more familiarity?
I like this. It's rad.
Maybe his bike helmet will look like the New Skull.
But I think it's more the second.
This Shield version and New Rider are nothing more than an update of the Original 70's version anyway.
Modern look
In light of the Sokovia Accords, and with Hydra obliterated, S.H.I.E.L.D. has been legitimized again and no longer needs to operate in the shadows. Since the world presumes that Coulson is dead, the organization needed a new Director to be the face of the organization. Coulson finds himself back in the role as an agent and teamed with Mack, and together they are tasked with tracking down and confirming the presence of Enhanced people, aka Inhumans. They have been trying to track down and capture Daisy, aka Quake, who has gone rogue in an attempt to atone for sins from the past. But with the world believing that Daisy is a dangerous outlaw who has taken down banks and bridges, the new Director has no qualms about taking her down for good. Agent May is tasked with training specialist strike teams, and Fitz and Simmons have taken a big step forward in their relationship. But with Simmons’ new promotion as Special Advisor to the Director in Science and Technology, Fitz, as well as her former team members, finds it hard to confide in or trust her since she’s now the Director’s confidant.
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Posted September 19 2016 — 3:38 PM EDT
Big changes are ahead for the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
With S.H.I.E.L.D. stepping back into the public eye in the wake of the Sokovia Accords, government oversight has taken the organization in a new direction. There’s a new director (Jason O’Mara), who introduces a new set of rules and plenty of other new faces. In short, S.H.I.E.L.D. is very different, and that doesn’t necessarily sit well with the characters we’ve come to know and love — especially because chief among the new protocols includes hunting down enhanced individuals like Daisy (Chloe Bennet).
When the ABC super series returns, the former S.H.I.E.L.D. agent-turned-Robin Hood rogue is haunting her old stomping grounds in Los Angeles, where she’ll come across the Robbie Reyes (Gabriel Luna) incarnation of flame-licked spirit of vengeance Ghost Rider. It’s all part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe moving toward the unexplained, providing the show an opportunity to do the same. The show’s move to a later timeslot also ushers in a grittier and sexier S.H.I.E.L.D. Below, executive producers Jed Whedon and Maurissa Tancharoen tease what’s in store:
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Where does the new season pick up?
JED WHEDON: We pick up basically right after the six-month jump that we saw at the end of the last season, so we’re right on the heels of it.
Why is there a new director?
WHEDON: When we come back in the season premiere, there have been a lot of changes. Coulson reaching out to the president last year and putting them back on the road to legitimacy, because of that and because of the cascading events after the end of last year, things have changed. Why he’s not director and who the new director is, we will have to discover along the way. It has to do with S.H.I.E.L.D. being more legitimate.
Is there anything you can say about the new director?
WHEDON: He’s definitely got a different managing style. How he came to become director and what makes him qualified will be one of the mysteries we unspool.
How might the team feel about this new director?
MAURISSA TANCHAROEN: That will be made really clear in the first few episodes. With a new person in charge, there’s going to be policy changes, there’s going to be a shift in the dynamics between all of our characters, and we’re definitely exploring how each one of our team members reacts to the sudden shift in everything.
WHEDON: And Coulson may not be the only one who has a job title change.
How does Coulson feel about being an agent again?
TANCHAROEN: It will be something that the audience will discover whether or not Coulson stepping down was by choice. It may seem that he’s very comfortable in this place, whether or not it’s genuinely comfort or complacency is the question.
WHEDON: When we first met Agent Coulson back in the day, he was the everyman — he represented the everyman. Heavy is the head that wears the crown. He didn’t necessarily like the weight of that crown last year. He made some decisions he regretted, so he may feel a little more comfortable back in that old role and with some of that weight lifted off of his shoulders.
Are the motivations of S.H.I.E.L.D. different now with the rise of inhumans?
WHEDON: We used to keep this internal, but now there is global awareness of enhanced individuals. The Sokovia Accords have changed the public perception of our people. While our mission statement is the same that it always has been — which is to protect people from things that they don’t understand and to protect those people that we don’t understand from people — we still have that mission, but now there’s a whole political aspect that’s tied to the UN, the Sokovia Accords, and the public awareness that these people exist and what will their role be in our world?
What new challenge does that pose for Daisy?
TANCHAROEN: It’s definitely on their radar. She’s on S.H.I.E.L.D.’s radar and she’s on the run, so all of these new rules in place and the awareness of Inhumans, it does not bode well for her, especially her being an Inhuman.
Can you talk about her mindset when the show returns?
WHEDON: Lincoln said in his last moments that he believed that she was meant for more than this. They think that she is trying to prove to herself that that’s true and trying to do something that is worthy of his sacrifice. At the same time, she now has a fear that everybody she gets close to something bad happens to them. Her self-imposed exile is based both on a need to not have those rules that the Sokovia Accords are hanging over her head, so she can honor Lincoln’s belief in her, but also a desire to distance herself from people that she’s afraid will get hurt or she will hurt.
TANCHAROEN: She doesn’t have any attachments and she may believe that she has nothing to lose.
WHEDON: In terms of the strength of her power, we know from the past that your power comes with a price. It damaged her when she first used it and you have to learn to control it. No one is Superman, so part of her nothing-to-lose attitude has allowed her to unleash her power on a level that’s much more aggressive, but also maybe much more dangerous.
TANCHAROEN: Yeah, she’s in a place where she’s pushing herself beyond her limitations and whether or not that’s being self-destructive or just trying to be her own version of her best self, we’ll explore that question.
What does the Daisy and Coulson dynamic look like this year?
TANCHAROEN: Well, it will definitely be Coulson’s priority to try and find her. Where we go from there, we will see, because she may not want to have a relationship with anyone anymore, even him.
But she will have some interaction with Robbie Reyes?
TANCHAROEN: Right.
WHEDON: They do interact. There are now pictures on the internet that prove that they interact. [Laughs] We can say that there is a similarity between them. They both operate alone, they both live outside of the law, and so one can imagine that, in some way, their paths would cross because of that.
What brings Ghost Rider into this world?
WHEDON: As always, we are going to put our own spin on the character — some of it with long-term goals and some of it with production concerns in mind. We are staying true to the comics in the places where we feel like it’s really important. We love the character’s family dynamic and the east L.A. kid in him; that’s something that is dear to us. But in terms of plot, we want that to be different, so reading the comic will not be a road map for what we have coming out. In terms of fitting him into our world, the MCU has branched out over the years. It started out with a guy building a suit using science and then we met aliens that are the origin of the myths behind some of our gods, and this year Doctor Strange comes out. We’re opening it up even further to the world of things we don’t totally understand, or as Thor says, “Magic is science that we don’t understand.” Well, we’re getting into some very, very fancy science.
TANCHAROEN: Our team will definitely be trying to science this guy with the flaming skull.
WHEDON: Right, we think with the MCU moving in that direction, it opens up our show to something that presents as very strange and very different. Also, tonally we’re moving to 10 o’clock. We think that there’s a grittier aspect to our show. There’s obviously been plenty of heartbreak and plenty of emotion, but we think that there’s a grittier, and at times, a sexier vibe to our show this year. The last reason he fits onto our show is that Marvel said, “Do you guys want Ghost Rider?” And we said, “Yeah.”
With that in mind, are you guys going to tie-in to either Doctor Strange or Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2?
WHEDON: Our ties are at times very direct and at times are more thematic. The tie this year will feel more of a reflection of the movie, less an interweaving plot. As that movie hits the world, it comes at the right time in our show, and you will see some of those same ideas being explored.
TANCHAROEN: The same questions that our team is exploring leading up to the premiere of Doctor Strange, perhaps some of those concepts will be reflected in the movie and then carried through.
WHEDON: Hopefully some of the questions that we’re asking will be answered by it and then pose some new themes and ideas for us to explore.
What does Simmons’ promotion mean for her role on the team?
WHEDON: As we know, Fitz and Simmons are in a relationship now, so we’re going to play with that dynamic and what it’s like to work with the person that you’re in love with, something that we’re only roughly familiar with. [Laughs]
TANCHAROEN: We said that this new director may come with new policy changes, new rules. Simmons being someone who works closely with the new director and is good at following the rules, that may cause some tension with the rest of our team. Because she is trying to abide by these rules, whether or not she’s trying to be a goodie two shoes or if she’s doing it for some other reason [remains to be seen].
What can we expect to see for Fitz?
WHEDON: John Hannah is returning as Dr. Radcliffe and we like the dynamic of the two of them playing together. While Fitz’s girlfriend/lab partner has her plate full, he has found a new friend in Dr. Radcliffe. We like the mentor/mentee vibe between the two of them. They’re both very funny. He’s diving head first into his work in response to the fact that his lab partner is off doing the same, but as you can imagine, things will get complicated.
What can you tease about the introduction of Life Model Decoys this year?
WHEDON: We’re slowly rolling out that concept. As we said, Doctor Strange will introduce some new ideas, but we’re starting to lay the first brick in the yellow brick road to that and we want to slowly play with the morality of building these things, whether or not we even should and the scientific questions that come along with it. [That’s] the first step that we explore before we inevitably get into other things.
TANCHAROEN: It’s made very clear in Age of Ultron when diving into the world of A.I. that things may not go as planned, so whether or not we continue that theme you will see.
What role is AIDA playing this season?
WHEDON: The idea initially is the temptation of science. [Viewers] will come to learn that everybody is pretty focused — regardless of what they’re doing — on making sure what happened at the end of last year doesn’t happen again. They don’t want to have people that they love have to sacrifice themselves for the good of mankind, so there’s a temptation that science can solve all those problems. That’s one of the themes that we will explore with Fitz, Radcliffe, and Simmons.
TANCHAROEN: With Radcliffe specifically, all of his intentions are essentially altruistic. In the world that we met him in, with body modifications and things like that, it’s all to improve humanity and to extend the life of humanity. With the introduction of AIDA, that shifts the progression of his story.
WHEDON: He’s eager to prove that he was in a bad circumstance and that he’s not a bad guy. Fitz and Simmons recognize that sooner than some, but that’s what we’ll be playing AIDA, his desire to prove that he can make something that is truly only going to serve the good. Whether or not it ends up that way, we’ll see.
So we’ll see a more serious side to LMDs before we see two Coulsons in same room, then?
WHEDON: Sure, you can put it that way.
What’s in store for Mack this season?
WHEDON: With Mack and Coulson, we love that dynamic between the two of them, and him being put in more of a leadership position or equal footing with Coulson. He doesn’t love that. We’ve met Mack’s brother and we know a little bit about his history, but we’ll learn a lot more about him this year.
May is training new S.H.I.E.L.D. strike teams. How does she feel about that?
WHEDON: Awesome. She, like everybody else, is focused on making sure that the problems that they ran into at the end of last year don’t happen again, so this is her way of doing it. “If I can prepare everyone to be as prepared as I am, then we are in a better situation.”
TANCHAROEN: The one thing that you’ll really see across the board with all of our characters is that they’re just in let’s move mode — let’s just move on from what went down. Whether or not that’s just a coping mechanism or denial of all of the trauma that they’ve experienced, I think them being so functional will start to unravel.
What can you tease about the new villain in season 4?
WHEDON: At the end of the last year, we introduced the Watchdogs. With the Sokovia Accords and shifting perception of power in the public’s view, there’s a real threat there with people who don’t believe that these people should be treated fairly or believe that they are freaks or believe that they don’t belong here, which resonates with some of our present day dynamic in the world. But they will present and grow into a more formidable threat. At the same time, with the introduction of Ghost Rider, he exists and has the world that he rolls in, and some of that will be dragged into our world.
Like the serial killer spirit of vengeance inside him from the comics?
WHEDON: Well, he has a host of problems and maybe some of those problems will become our problems.
TANCHAROEN: Yeah, one of his problems is very obvious. You can’t deny it’s a problem.
http://www.ew.com/article/2016/09/19/agents-shield-season-4-spoilers
This show is crack, thanks fam for putting me on 
Thoroughly disagree.
Loved this intro to the season nice table setter to get the season going!
Good start to the season. I'm feeling the new strike team with Mai (sp?) leading.
Ghost Rider was cool. I'm happy they didn't wait until three episodes in before revealing him.
Ghost Rider was cool. I'm happy they didn't wait until three episodes in before revealing him.
He's better than Nicolas Cage.
easily.
This part alone trumps the Ghost Rider movies
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Needs to Get a Lot Crazier—And Soon
LAST SPRING, THE Marvel Cinematic Universe saw a curious reversal: The big tentpole movie, Captain America: Civil War, was a small personal story about a dispute over one man, Bucky Barnes. Meanwhile, the supposedly smaller TV show, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., was about an ageless monster named Hive and his crazy scheme to set off a gene bomb that would turn billions of people into enslaved mutants. And last night, that same show became the new home of the Marvel Universe’s weirdest hero, the flaming-skull-headed Ghost Rider.
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. was supposed to be Marvel’s most down-to-earth corner. A show about a team of regular people, without superpowers, Agents was going to be about smaller threats and human-scale problems. But by now, it’s clear that Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. is at its best when it’s totally off-the-chain crazy.
However, despite the appearance of that flaming skull—and the hints that Ghost Rider was using his famous Penance Stare on people—last night’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.season premiere was a little… slow. The show seems to be making a concerted effort to get back into its box, focusing on stories about the bureaucracy of the superhero world (there was a lot of talk about security clearances and procedures) and tales about teams of agents hunting down superhumans and strange artifacts. In fact, the biggest mystery in the season opener is the identity of S.H.I.E.L.D.’s new director, who’s thrown the organization into chaos.
Meanwhile, we didn’t get nearly enough Ghost Rider, and only a few hints of his Satanic backstory. (Plus I’m slightly sad that he’s the muscle car-driving Robbie Reyes version of the character, rather than the motorcycle-riding Johnny Blaze.) Thus far, he’s being treated like just another one of the show’s endless “enhanced” vigilantes and baddies, and he really needs to bust loose next week to get things back in action.
Going Back to Crazytown
Regardless, I have little doubt this show is heading back to crazytown. Every one of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’s first three seasons began small and contained, with a season opener that was just a lot of putting pieces on the board. Every year, this show seems determined to swear off the bug juice for good—and then it falls off the wagon, big time. I have faith in this show’s lack of restraint.
And that inability to hold back is part of the fabric of the show. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. has placed its narrative chips on a loony premise that can’t be kept small and contained—and that the Marvel movie universe has decided to ignore, leaving it for TV entirely. Back in Season 2, the Inhumans (who are basically mutants) put some Terrigen crystals into the ocean—and anybody with latent Inhuman DNA who eats those crystals gets superpowers. The crystals are apparently in fish oil capsules, and last season we saw projections that within a year or two, untold thousands of people could be joining the ranks of Inhumans. If S.H.I.E.L.D.’ agents are going to be in the position of dealing with all of them, it seems highly unlikely the show will be stuck doing paperwork much longer.
And really, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. has been at its best when it’s given us gloriously over-the-top villains, complete with scenery-chewing and ludicrous schemes. We already covered Hive, who inhabited the body of the psycho ex-agent Grant Ward (Brett Dalton) and had a gloriously creepy habit of turning Inhumans into his addicted servants. But there was also Bill Paxton’s completely bonkers John Garrett, a cyborg S.H.I.E.L.D. agent who turned out to be a Hydra goon. And Season 2 gave us Whitehall, a sadistic Nazi scientist who gained eternal youth by doing vivisection of Inhumans. This show has a proud legacy to live up to.
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Chloe Bennet as Daisy aka QuakeABC
The Sokovia Accords Straightjacket
If there’s one reason for concern about Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., it’s the fact that this show seems to be putting on the straitjacket of the Sokovia Accords. Introduced inCaptain America: Civil War, the Accords are a treaty that requires all superpowered people to register with the United Nations—and then not use their powers without the approval of a UN subcommittee or something. One of the show’s main heroes, Daisy aka Quake (Chloe Bennet), is on the run because she doesn’t want to sign the Accords and register. And meanwhile, the superpowered Yo-Yo Rodriguez (yes, really) is told not to use her powers without bureaucratic approval.
People complaining about bureaucracy is never interesting, unless it’s a riff on Terry Gilliam’s Brazil.
The trouble is, the Sokovia Accords are an inherently boring concept. You know how I know? Because Captain America: Civil War was supposedly a movie entirely about them, and they’re barely mentioned in the second half of the film. You could remove the Sokovia Accords from Civil War, and the movie would hardly change at all—you could still have the same conflict over what to do about Bucky, with the same players on either side. The Accords were supposed to be the film’s entire premise, but they were swept under the rug at incredible speed, as if by a million super-brooms.
The Sokovia Accords lend themselves to a handful of storylines. There’s the possibility that there’s a superpowered person who hasn’t registered with the government, and S.H.I.E.L.D. agents have to bring them in. Or the possibility of a superpowered person who is registered and uses their powers without permission, and agents have to have a tribunal or whatever. And then there’s what happened last night, which is lots of scenes of people complaining about all this new bureaucracy. (People complaining about bureaucracy is never interesting, unless it’s like a riff on Terry Gilliam’s Brazil.)
And meanwhile, since Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. launched, television superheroes have gone from an endangered species to the top of the food chain. Arrow (which already existed when Agents started) has given rise to two more colorful spinoffs—and now there’s Supergirl, also in the same universe. Gotham has pitched its circus tent squarely in the most 1960s-influenced, wild-and-weird part of the Batman universe. And some of Marvel’s best stories—Daredevil, Jessica Jones, and soon Luke Cage—are happening on Netflix. Five years ago, you could legitimately ask if larger-than-life superheroics could work on TV, but that’s no longer even a question.
So let’s hope Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. doesn’t let the Sokovia Accords sideline its superhuman characters for long. We’ll be counting the weeks until this show gives us another deranged villain, and gets back to its real strong suit: total insanity.
https://www.wired.com/2016/09/agents-s-h-e-l-d-needs-get-lot-crazier-soon
LAST SPRING, THE Marvel Cinematic Universe saw a curious reversal: The big tentpole movie, Captain America: Civil War, was a small personal story about a dispute over one man, Bucky Barnes. Meanwhile, the supposedly smaller TV show, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., was about an ageless monster named Hive and his crazy scheme to set off a gene bomb that would turn billions of people into enslaved mutants. And last night, that same show became the new home of the Marvel Universe’s weirdest hero, the flaming-skull-headed Ghost Rider.
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. was supposed to be Marvel’s most down-to-earth corner. A show about a team of regular people, without superpowers, Agents was going to be about smaller threats and human-scale problems. But by now, it’s clear that Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. is at its best when it’s totally off-the-chain crazy.
However, despite the appearance of that flaming skull—and the hints that Ghost Rider was using his famous Penance Stare on people—last night’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.season premiere was a little… slow. The show seems to be making a concerted effort to get back into its box, focusing on stories about the bureaucracy of the superhero world (there was a lot of talk about security clearances and procedures) and tales about teams of agents hunting down superhumans and strange artifacts. In fact, the biggest mystery in the season opener is the identity of S.H.I.E.L.D.’s new director, who’s thrown the organization into chaos.
Meanwhile, we didn’t get nearly enough Ghost Rider, and only a few hints of his Satanic backstory. (Plus I’m slightly sad that he’s the muscle car-driving Robbie Reyes version of the character, rather than the motorcycle-riding Johnny Blaze.) Thus far, he’s being treated like just another one of the show’s endless “enhanced” vigilantes and baddies, and he really needs to bust loose next week to get things back in action.
Going Back to Crazytown
Regardless, I have little doubt this show is heading back to crazytown. Every one of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’s first three seasons began small and contained, with a season opener that was just a lot of putting pieces on the board. Every year, this show seems determined to swear off the bug juice for good—and then it falls off the wagon, big time. I have faith in this show’s lack of restraint.
And that inability to hold back is part of the fabric of the show. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. has placed its narrative chips on a loony premise that can’t be kept small and contained—and that the Marvel movie universe has decided to ignore, leaving it for TV entirely. Back in Season 2, the Inhumans (who are basically mutants) put some Terrigen crystals into the ocean—and anybody with latent Inhuman DNA who eats those crystals gets superpowers. The crystals are apparently in fish oil capsules, and last season we saw projections that within a year or two, untold thousands of people could be joining the ranks of Inhumans. If S.H.I.E.L.D.’ agents are going to be in the position of dealing with all of them, it seems highly unlikely the show will be stuck doing paperwork much longer.
And really, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. has been at its best when it’s given us gloriously over-the-top villains, complete with scenery-chewing and ludicrous schemes. We already covered Hive, who inhabited the body of the psycho ex-agent Grant Ward (Brett Dalton) and had a gloriously creepy habit of turning Inhumans into his addicted servants. But there was also Bill Paxton’s completely bonkers John Garrett, a cyborg S.H.I.E.L.D. agent who turned out to be a Hydra goon. And Season 2 gave us Whitehall, a sadistic Nazi scientist who gained eternal youth by doing vivisection of Inhumans. This show has a proud legacy to live up to.
Chloe Bennet as Daisy aka QuakeABC
The Sokovia Accords Straightjacket
If there’s one reason for concern about Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., it’s the fact that this show seems to be putting on the straitjacket of the Sokovia Accords. Introduced inCaptain America: Civil War, the Accords are a treaty that requires all superpowered people to register with the United Nations—and then not use their powers without the approval of a UN subcommittee or something. One of the show’s main heroes, Daisy aka Quake (Chloe Bennet), is on the run because she doesn’t want to sign the Accords and register. And meanwhile, the superpowered Yo-Yo Rodriguez (yes, really) is told not to use her powers without bureaucratic approval.
People complaining about bureaucracy is never interesting, unless it’s a riff on Terry Gilliam’s Brazil.
The trouble is, the Sokovia Accords are an inherently boring concept. You know how I know? Because Captain America: Civil War was supposedly a movie entirely about them, and they’re barely mentioned in the second half of the film. You could remove the Sokovia Accords from Civil War, and the movie would hardly change at all—you could still have the same conflict over what to do about Bucky, with the same players on either side. The Accords were supposed to be the film’s entire premise, but they were swept under the rug at incredible speed, as if by a million super-brooms.
The Sokovia Accords lend themselves to a handful of storylines. There’s the possibility that there’s a superpowered person who hasn’t registered with the government, and S.H.I.E.L.D. agents have to bring them in. Or the possibility of a superpowered person who is registered and uses their powers without permission, and agents have to have a tribunal or whatever. And then there’s what happened last night, which is lots of scenes of people complaining about all this new bureaucracy. (People complaining about bureaucracy is never interesting, unless it’s like a riff on Terry Gilliam’s Brazil.)
And meanwhile, since Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. launched, television superheroes have gone from an endangered species to the top of the food chain. Arrow (which already existed when Agents started) has given rise to two more colorful spinoffs—and now there’s Supergirl, also in the same universe. Gotham has pitched its circus tent squarely in the most 1960s-influenced, wild-and-weird part of the Batman universe. And some of Marvel’s best stories—Daredevil, Jessica Jones, and soon Luke Cage—are happening on Netflix. Five years ago, you could legitimately ask if larger-than-life superheroics could work on TV, but that’s no longer even a question.
So let’s hope Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. doesn’t let the Sokovia Accords sideline its superhuman characters for long. We’ll be counting the weeks until this show gives us another deranged villain, and gets back to its real strong suit: total insanity.
https://www.wired.com/2016/09/agents-s-h-e-l-d-needs-get-lot-crazier-soon
It's cool. I liked Robbie. But the fight scenes without Ming Na were............bland