Exciting news, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. fans!!
We have learned that Season 2 cast additions to the main ABC and Marvel show Adrianne Palicki and Nick Blood are finalizing deals to headline the offshoot according to Deadline.
Palicki and Blood’s Lance Hunter and Barbara “Bobbi” Morse, aka Mockingbird, have quickly become fan favorites since joining Phil Coulson’s (Clark Gregg) team early this season. Lance is a quick-witted mercenary sharpshooter, while Bobbi worked undercover in HYDRA laboratories. Giving the spinoff a Mr. & Mrs. Smith vibe, Lance and Bobbi are former husband and wife who have let sparks fly in a push-pull relationship on the show.
The spinoff is supposed to be set up by events from this season of S.H.I.E.L.D. It is unclear whether that would involve the secret plan by Bobbi and Mack, which had been heavily teased going into the spring run of the show.
Developed by S.H.I.E.L.D. executive producer Jeffrey Bell and co-executive producer Paul Zbyszewski, the two are writing the script and plan to executive produce. The spinoff may film a promo or do a pilot. If it goes to series, Zbyszewski is expected to serve as showrunner.
The spinoff would air concurrently with S.H.I.E.L.D., but the question is whether to put them on schedule at the same time, the way ABC did with Once Upon A Time and Once Upon A Time In Wonderland. Using the spinoff as a bridge between the fall and spring portions of S.H.I.E.L.D., which was the original plan for the two Once series, would make more sense.
The Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. spinoff is one of two new Marvel series for ABC in the works, along with a drama written by John Ridley, that may be centered on Kamala Khan’s Ms. Marvel. ABC and Marvel also have midseason drama Agent Carter in contention for next season.
What do you think of this spinoff, S.H.I.E.L.D. fans? Are you excited to see more of Lance and Bobbi? Leave your comments below!
