The creators of Reaper are quietly headed over to ABC to write and executive produce a new Agent Carter drama!
In news that we have all kind of sensed was coming after the Marvel One-Shot “Agent Carter” was simply announced for the Iron Man 3 Blu-ray, it appears that Marvel is preparing to make Hayley Atwell’s Peggy Carter the star of her own TV series.
In news freshly being reported by Deadline, the creators of Reaper, Tara Butters and Michele Fazekas, have been discretely scuttled to the officially unspecified Marvel drama at ABC. However, Deadline is openly reporting that it is known to be inspired by the “Agent Carter” short released last fall for home release and that Carter will feature prominently.
This is not the biggest shock, as Atwell has coyly admitted that she would jump at the opportunity to play the part previously. Saying in October, “I love the Marvel lot, they’re really great people to work with, so it would be nice to go back and work with them again. I’d definitely do it.”
Peggy Carter was the love interest of Steve Rogers in the 2011 franchise starter Captain America: The First Avenger. After her boyfriend was frozen in time—and only thawed out in 2012—it appeared likely that we had seen the last of the British OSS officer from her World War II setting. But apparently it is only the beginning with Butters and Fazekas writing and executive producing the project.