Today in superhero TV show news…
Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD, returning for its second season this September, has added another castmember who isn’t Lucy Lawless (no, we’re still not over that amazing news).
“British actor Simon Kassianides (Quantum Of Solace) has joined the second season of Marvel’s Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. in a major recurring role,” writes Deadline. “He will play Bakshi, a confident right-hand man who’s not afraid to do the dirty work.”
Meanwhile, on the DC side of things, producer Danny Cannon spoke to Digital Spy at Comic-Con and got him to reveal another villain they plan to incorporate into Gotham – Mr. Freeze.
My first conversation with [showrunner] Bruno Heller about the villains in this show is always that they need to be very credible and relatable and the science behind them needs to be real.
So I had a couple of stories that I’d held onto – real, true stories – and one of them just related to Mr Freeze. I know a real way to create an origin story.
The sense I got from the Gotham folks at SDCC is they have a lot they want to do but not much set in stone considering they haven’t even aired the pilot yet.
The CW’s The Flash is also bulking up its cast. E! Online reports they’ve cast Kelly Frye as Bette Sans Souci, aka Plastique, but that the character will debut in the fifth episode of Arrow Season 3. Here’s the background she’ll be getting:
A bomb disposal expert in Iraq who, following exposure to the energy released by the S.T.A.R. Labs meltdown, Bette now has the ability to turn any object she touches into an explosive device. On the run from the shadow forces in the U.S. government trying to turn her into a human weapon, she finds an ally in fellow meta-human The Flash.
So, much like Danielle Panabaker’s character on The Flash, she’ll at least start out as a friend before becoming a foe.
- The CW Casts DC Comics’ Wildcat For Season 3 of Arrow
- New The Flash Teaser Keeps With Theme of Goofy Fun, Has a DC Villain Easter Egg
- Gotham News Roundup: Two More Villains, “Ivy Pepper” Explained, And Insight Into The Riddler’s Psyche
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