J. August Richards SHIELD character revealed

[Black Eye Guy]

Tried to keep the title spoiler free, but if you are on social media and follow anyone Whedon or comics related this will have been spoiled.

The world of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. has been expanding at an exponential rate since the beginning of the pilot. With introductions for Dr. Franklin Hall, Victoria Hand, Donnie Gill and appearances for both Maria Hill and Nick Fury himself, the series shows no signs of slowing down when it comes to expanding the world of the MCU. Last week, during the semi-annual TCA tour, it was announced Thor’s Jaimie Alexander would be appearing in the 15th episode of the first season as her character, Lady Siff. But it now appears she won’t be alone.

In news released today, it’s been confirmed Thor villain Lorelei will be appearing on the Lady Sif episode, and that the character will be played by Elene Satine. In addition to that, it was also confirmed J. August Richards’ Mike Peterson, last seen being blown up at the hands of the woman in the flower dress, will be returning as Marvel character Deathlok in the episode airing February 4th (Stan Lee has also been confirmed to have a cameo in this episode). The extent and longevity of Richard’s role in the show is currently unknown.

“This is a major Marvel character appearing on TV, on film for the first time,” said Marvel Television head Jeph Loeb at a set-visit TCA event today regarding the appearance of Deathlok. Executive Producer Jeff Bell went on to add “You are in the back half of the movie… We set it up, now we’re going to pull the trigger.”

There’s a lot to process here. Two confirmed comic book characters debuting on television, a major crossover, promise of pay-off to set-up plotlines, it’s all very exciting for both fans of the show and fans of the MCU (and Marvel) in general.

The news of Deathlok also seems to further increase speculation on how Coulson is alive. Could those LMD theories hold more water than we initially thought? Hopefully we’ll know sooner rather than later.

http://www.nerdist.com/2014/01/confirmed-deathlok-and-lorelei-to-join-marvels-agents-of-s-h-i-e-l-d/

I have no clue who Deathlok is, but I'm glad J. has bigger role, it was cool that the show made it seem like Mike was a new character when there was so much speculation as to who he was, then later they reveal his arc is actually an origin story!

I'm more excited for Lorelei though, I want to see the SHIELD show expand more into the unexplainable world, rather then everything based in science so a Thor villain is a really cool addition!

 

[Kurai]

That should be awesome. However, I'm gonna have to wait to watch it because Channel 4 (the channel that broadcasts it over here) decided to wait until March to show the rest of the series, meaning that all the episodes that have been aired since January haven't aired over here yet

 

[Lyri]

There was a lot of speculation after the pilot about Mike's 'real' identity. There was a lot thrown around, from Luke Cage to Deadpool. Deathlok was one of the names I heard, so there's someone out there feeling very, very proud of themselves, lol.