With the current television season ending and the idiot box being taking over by summer reality TV, we’ve switched gears at MHD to focus on movies and comic books- with the latter dominating. This piece of news concerns comic books adapted to the small screen.
TV Guide broke the news earlier this week that Marvel would be halting production of Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes after the shows second season (which is currently airing). The show is being replaced by two new Marvel animated show, Avengers Assemble (pictured left) and Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. Both shows will join the Ultimate Spider-Man series and will all share one Universe, with the characters expected to crossover between the shows. All three shows are expected to be put together in a Marvel Comics block on Disney XD (Disney of course owns Marvel).
Avengers Assemble will sport the team from Joss Whedon’s Avengers movie; Thor, Iron Man, Captain America, Hawkeye, Black Widow, and the Hulk, along with the new addition of the Falcon. The look and feel of the series will be more serious than Earth’s Mightiest Heroes. The cast in Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. will focus on Hulk, She-Hulk, Red Hulk, Skaar, and A-Bomb. Both new shows will start in 2013. Will you be watching? Are you disappointed about Marvel canceling Earth’s Mightiest Heroes? Let us know in the comments!
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Shared cartoon universe? Pretty cool!
Except for Hawkeye the other characters look same in Avengers Assemble. Do you know if they would actually continue the storyline of Avengers : EMH… I hope they do.
Marvel TV Head Jeph Loeb has hinted that the series would indeed be a continuation of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes but to expect big changes in the look, feel, and Avengers lineup. They have a bunch of stuff to change storywise to properly connect it to the Ultimate Spider-Man shows as they do some conflicting stuff in the two shows. It seems like they are gong to give EMH’s a grand ending before adapting the show into Avengers Assemble.
The time has come; Earth’s Mightiest Heroes ends its 52 episode run this Sunday!