While attending the ABC party at this year's TCA (Television
Critics Association), SHH managed to sit down with the producers of the
upcoming Marvel's Agent Carter show, Tara Butters and Michele Fazekas and talk
about the 8-episode series.
"…
SHH: How much did you inherit from the One-Shot and Captain America: The First Avenger?
Butters: Okay, I’m going to preface it that we have to be very
careful what we say regarding Marvel. They like a lot of secrecy, okay?
SHH: Yes, I know and I hope I can think of questions that you can actually
answer.
Fazekas: I will say, the nice thing about “Agent Carter” being
set in the ‘40s is it predates a lot of the Marvel universe. As you know, the
guys who wrote “Captain America” 1, 2 and are now writing 3, wrote the
pilot. So they know that universe very well. So I don’t feel like we’re
hamstrung by anything. I think there’s a lot of room to play and a lot of room
to be creative with the story.
Butters: And also, it allows us, the movies were such a
wonderful set up for the series. There is definitely something to draw on from
“Captain America” 1 and 2, and hopefully that there are characters and people
that are set up there that we’ll hopefully see in our universe. I think that
she’s such a wonderful character. She’s strong, she’s independent, but she’s in
a world where, after the war, strong and independent woman isn’t what people
want. So I think there’s a fun emotional story that we get to play with in the
series.
SHH: Have you by any chance been given a range of dates, like you’re golden
between 1944 and 1954, but don’t go past this particular year?
Fazekas: We do have parameters.
Butters: We’re starting after the war.
Fazekas: There is an end point to the series. That’s all I can
say.
…
SHH: Is anyone else besides Hayley confirmed?
Fazekas: We’ve hired our writing staff. Markus and McFeely, who
wrote the pilot, will be on the show as much as they can be. They’ll be working
on Captain America 3 as
well so we’ll take them as much as we can get ‘em. They’re great guys. We have
a great writing staff that we’ve worked with before on different shows, people
that we never worked with before. Chris Dingess, who’s another executive
producer who we worked with on “Reaper,” but directors and actors, we’re still
in the process of making those deals.
SHH: We would like to see Neal McDonough on the show.
Butters: Me too, I love Neal. I just watched Cap 1 again and he
stands out so much in that. He actually doesn’t have that much screen time. He
really is such a great character.
…
SHH: Because it’s a period piece, are the chances of movie
crossovers less likely? Also there isn’t a Marvel movie out before the last
time you’ll air.
Butters: Yeah, there’s no movie that will be premiering before
us that I know of that will be in the Marvel universe, other than Guardians of the Galaxy.
Fazekas: But I will say, Marvel is very much about synergy and
synergy between their properties. We know a lot of the writers on
“S.H.I.E.L.D.” because we worked with them on other shows. We know Jeff Bell,
we know Paul Z. We know Maurissa and Jed. We worked on “Dollhouse” with them.
So I think if there’s room for synergy, if there’s room for little things
between the shows, I think everybody’s open to that. If we can find it and it
makes sense, it’s organic and it doesn’t just look like a gimmick.
SHH: There hasn’t been a female headlined Marvel movie yet.
Do you think TV is the right place for the first Marvel female headliner?
Fazekas: Oh, I think ABC is the right place too. It’s
interesting, when we were talking to people about the show and hiring, I
remember talking to an editor and he was so excited for his young daughters to
see [it]. She’s essentially a superhero, even though she doesn’t have powers.
She’s a regular person, but it is sort of a way to tell a female superhero
story. So I’m very excited about that. I think ABC is the perfect place for
that.
Butters: If you look at how well “Alias” did for them for so
long, they’ve always had a strong connection with female driven shows. I think
that’s a very smart way for them to continue within the Marvel universe.
SHH: Are you in the process of binging on classic Marvel
comic books?
Butters: Oh yeah, I just finished “Winter Soldier” by Ed
Brubaker.
Fazekas: All the “Captain America” movies came from the Ed
Brubaker universe of comics. So it’s binging on those, it’s binging on all the
Marvel movies. Iron Man, The Avengers, all the “Captain Americas.” Even if we
don’t ever directly touch on it, it’s just good to have in your head.
…"
Marvel's Agent Carter
will debut on January of 2015, during Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 2
mid-season break.
Source - SHH
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