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ABC President Paul Lee broke the news that Agents of SHIELD spin-off Most Wanted has been ordered to Pilot with Lee expressing at the recent Television Critics Association press tour, “We love the script. We think it’s going to be great. We’re doing that in the next few months.”
The new series will follow Agents of SHIELD season 2 newcomers Bobbi Morse (Adrianne Palicki) and Lance Hunter (Nick Blood), whose short-time with the show has seen the two stars become fast favourites amongst fans. Series showrunners Maurissa Tancharoen and Jed Whedon explain how the pilot-order is a some-what sombre affair should the new show go to series.
“Logistically it does mean they’re going to be leaving to make that,” revealed Whedon. “They’re a part of our show. We definitely think they are capable of carrying an entire other show. That being said, it’s sort of bittersweet. We’re very excited about the new show.”
Tancharoen herself summed up the appeal of keeping Palicki and Blood in their current position, commenting: “It’s very bittersweet because we have a bunch of females on the show who kick ass. It was so nice to have Adrianne be one of them, and then also just when it comes to the humor, just having a moment of levity, Hunter was there to have those one-liners. … That was something we could always bet on.”
Although the prospect of another Marvel show joining the ever growing ranks is an interesting venture. Most Wanted certainly has an uphill struggle when considered that the characters often work best as counter-points to other drama summed up in Tancharoen own analysis of the characters.
What works in the new series favour however is that SHIELD producers Jeff Bell and Paul Zbyszewski both co-created Most Wanted while also writing the Pilot that the ABC president loved so much. With both men also serving as showrunners and executive producers should the series go-to-order, Hunter and Morse couldn’t be in better hands than those familiar with what makes their characters tick.
SHIELD fans shouldn’t worry however as both showrunners confirmed that the agents could make their return to home-soil. “We will miss them, but that doesn’t mean they’re gone forever because, as everything in the Marvel universe, it’s all one universe,” teased Tancharoen.
“We’re pretending that there’s no such thing as a pilot, that it’s only characters who live in a world where there’s superheroes. We just know at some point they’re going to have to go somewhere else,” added Whedon. “We have a lot of characters and we’re always introducing new characters, so while they’re going to be missed, we’re certainly not going to try to replace them in any way.”
In talking about Most Wanted both Tancharoen and Whedon revealed that the new show is “awesome.”
“It’s everything you anticipate as well as things you don’t expect at all,” imparted Tancharoen. “It’s just really nice to be able to dive into those characters, and Paul and Jeff have done that exceptionally well.”
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