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ABC Builds Television Schedule Around Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

 

 

(Courtesy of:  USA Today)

 

 

ABC plans an all-new Tuesday schedule built around Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., a top prospect for fall that's one of a large crop of eight new series premiering on the third-place network.  Also due are a new drama on Sunday, a Once Upon a Time spinoff on Thursday and two new comedies surrounding Modern Family.


Among returning shows, only alien sitcom The Neighbors is moving; it will be paired with Tim Allen's Last Man Standing on Fridays.  "We're leaving intact our top shows," says ABC Entertainment chief Paul Lee, who calls the new schedule "a combination of stability and out-and-out ambition."  And it also spells the end of Dancing With the Stars' results show, Amid sagging ratings, both weekly Dancing episodes will be combined into a single two-hour Monday installment that features both performances and results.


S.H.I.E.L.D., from Joss Whedon (The Avengers) stars Clark Gregg, reprising his Avengers role as Agent Phil Coulson, who gathers a group of superheroes. It marks the first ABC show from Marvel since parent Disney acquired the comics giant.

 

 

 


 

 

 

 


 

 

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May 16, 2013

 

Marvel's Teases New Project: Hunger!

 

(Courtesy of: Comic Book Resources)

 

 

The future of Marvel's galactic science fiction is a little clearer after today, though it does remain somewhat shrouded in mystery.  As part of its August solicitations for comic shop releases, the publisher revealed that the project previously solicited under the name "Age of Ultron" #10UC will now officially be called "Hunger" and will be a four-issue mini series by the team of Joshua Hale Fialkov and Leonard Kirk.

 

The "Hunger" phrase was already tied to the project thanks to some purple-hued teasers that had fans theorizing on its meaning. Apparently, some imaginative fans took the #10U.C numbering as a nod to Japan's popular Gundam franchise, though the smart money for the teaser has been a tie-in to Marvel villain Galactus. Recently at a C2E2 panel, Marvel denied the former theory and carefully sidestepped the latter.

 

Meanwhile, the August solicits indicate that "Red She-Hulk" has been cancelled, which Marvel has confirmed to CBR. The Jeff Parker-written series earned accolades for its treatment of the female superhero idea, but that talk didn't appear to translate into strong sales. The book's final issue is July's #67, the conclusion of the "Route 616" arc.

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Robert Masello, Author of Bantam's The Romanov Cross, makes his first appearance on  Fictional Frontiers.  A genre-blending masterpiece, Robert's supernatural thriller weaves together the story of the deaths of the Russian royal family with the possibility of a global pandemic.

 

 

James Berardinelli, Founder of ReelViews (www.rrelviews.net)., returns in his monthly segment on Fictional Frontiers.  The nation's best online film critic, James discusses Iron Man 3, The Great Gatsby, and the latest Star Trek film, Star Trek: Into Darkness.

 

 

 

 

 

Celebrating our 200th episode on May 7, 2012, Fictional Frontiers wants to thank our worldwide audience!