Are 'Hercules' And 'Speedball' Coming To AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D.?

Are 'Hercules' And 'Speedball' Coming To AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D.?

With Mockingbird set to make her debut in 3 weeks, additional information has surfaced which may indicate that another couple of popular Marvel characters are on their way to Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. Click on for more..

By 0megaDaGrodd - Sep 30, 2014 08:09 AM EST
Filed Under: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Source: Oh No They Didn't

Actor and frequent Joss Whedon collaborator Fran Kranz (Cabin In The Woods, Much Ado About Nothing) recently tweeted (and then deleted) and interesting list of names.  Luckily, the guys over at OhNoTheyDidnt were able to screencap the tweet.  Needless to say, it's VERY intriuging.

Robbie Baldwin became known as Speedball after his body was bombarded with interdimentional energy during a freak accident.  Gifted with an exterior shell of kinetic energy, Speedball eventually becomes a member of the New Warriors, a team of young heroes including Night Thrasher, Namorita, Nova, Marvel Boy and Firestar.  The team would later be involved in a reality show gone wrong which results in the destruction of a small neighborhood and leads into Marvel's Civil War.  In a fit of guilt for surviving the incident, Baldwin ditches the Speedball moniker and takes up the name Penance as a member of Norman Osborne's Thunderbolts


In other speculatory news, the fourth episode of Season 2 will feature Maya Strojan as Agent 33.  Agent 33 is notable for being a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent in the comics who recruited Hercules in order to do battle with Ares and the Warhawks.  While it may seem a stretch to believe Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., the showrunners confirmed to Zap2it this past February that they have "discussed taking their SHIELD agents to fictional Marvel worlds," but specified that "they're gong to roll out new universes slowly as they want the characters to fully exist in their own world first."

What characters would you guys like to see pop up in season 2 of Marvel's Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.?
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imaginejim
imaginejim - 9/30/2014, 8:18 AM
Awesome news if true!
Scorn
Scorn - 9/30/2014, 8:18 AM
Interesting, I would like to see Hercules.
AstonishingArachnid
AstonishingArachnid - 9/30/2014, 8:28 AM
Speedball seems likely. Hercules, not so much. They may just introduce him as a superhuman with incredible strength that claims to be Hercules but I doubt they'll introduce another race like the Asgardians.
PAF
PAF - 9/30/2014, 8:30 AM
I saw this days ago but YES to Fran Kranz. He is awesome.
JoJo1982
JoJo1982 - 9/30/2014, 8:31 AM
Wow!!! This season is really showing it's potential!!!

Speedball........ Can we see a New Warrior movie very soon
MightyZeus
MightyZeus - 9/30/2014, 8:36 AM
That would be awesome if Hercules where to finally be a part of the MCU through AoS.
Dmon
Dmon - 9/30/2014, 8:37 AM
SPOILER ALERT:





























This show still sucks....
yossarian
yossarian - 9/30/2014, 8:38 AM
Gusto is into speedballs.
TelaVizion
TelaVizion - 9/30/2014, 8:45 AM
Wrecking Crew
DEVLIN712
DEVLIN712 - 9/30/2014, 8:46 AM
This is Kranz for anyone wondering


Awesome find @0mega, Kranz looks just like I'd pictured a live action Speedball. Let's just hope he doesn't blow up a neighbourhood, that didn't go down so well last time...
McGee
McGee - 9/30/2014, 8:49 AM
Gusto is into speed and balls...yes.
SKOne
SKOne - 9/30/2014, 8:50 AM
Both Bobbi Morse and Raina are linked to Ka-Zar as well, so it would not surprise me if he appears or they even end up going to the Savage Land.
PAF
PAF - 9/30/2014, 8:55 AM
DEAD at you using ONTD as a source! What you know about ONTD, huh?
superotherside
superotherside - 9/30/2014, 9:00 AM
If they can have more stuff like Absorbing Man and less stupid agents being the main characters, it should be better.

The problem is most of their recurring characters are more interesting than their main cast!
Bekss
Bekss - 9/30/2014, 9:03 AM
Speedball would be cool.

They could put Hercules just as someone with powers, he's not that big of a character and another world would be too much
mendigoblindado
mendigoblindado - 9/30/2014, 9:05 AM
fran Kranz reminds me of Shaggy from Scooby doo .

i think Joe Manganiello could be Hercules.
McGee
McGee - 9/30/2014, 9:05 AM
Dmon....the producers confirmed that last month. It's not a spoiler.
Dedpool
Dedpool - 9/30/2014, 9:15 AM
@ mendigoblindado - Watch "Cabin in the Woods" and that's all you'll see him as. I was watching it yelling at the tv "Listen to Shaggy Dammit!!" He'd be a great Robbie Baldwin.

And Manganiello has always been my choice for Herc.
JoJo1982
JoJo1982 - 9/30/2014, 9:17 AM
@ mendigoblindado

Lol u should see Franz in Cabin in the woods then

Also I agree with Joe playing Hercules, since True Blood series is done, he'll be perfect for the role
Dmon
Dmon - 9/30/2014, 9:19 AM
@McGee I believe it! lol
Baka
Baka - 9/30/2014, 9:25 AM
Oh snap son!
TheBeard
TheBeard - 9/30/2014, 9:41 AM
Would love to see the Olympians introduced in the MCU but there has been no hints/Easter eggs about them so yeah, this Hercules is just a guy with super strength most likely.

If this is true anyway.
Sulti1274
Sulti1274 - 9/30/2014, 9:41 AM
hercules dosen't deserve to be in the series, he deserves his own film
sKeemAn
sKeemAn - 9/30/2014, 9:45 AM
Exciting news. They are finally starting to bring more comic characters to the show.
McGee
McGee - 9/30/2014, 9:46 AM
@Dmon

Also...if you read the books, you knew this was coming.
sKeemAn
sKeemAn - 9/30/2014, 9:50 AM
I am currently on speedballs. its as strong as Hercules
Pasto
Pasto - 9/30/2014, 9:52 AM
D-Did @0megaDaGod make....a news article?

*Gasp*
IsaiahBradley12
IsaiahBradley12 - 9/30/2014, 9:53 AM
MWEH
NightForce
NightForce - 9/30/2014, 10:06 AM
HERCULES!!! Speedball!!! Omg Please be true!!!
NightForce
NightForce - 9/30/2014, 10:13 AM
Wtf where are my comments??
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