Agent Carter Season 2 News: Everything We Know

Agent Carter season 2 is a go at ABC! The network will bring Peggy Carter and her corner of the Marvel Universe back for another ten episodes. Agent Carterseason 2 will once again air during the Agents of SHIELD break, much like season one did.

Agent Carter Season 2 Cast

It looks like a significant chunk of the supporting cast from season one will be back for Agent Carter season 2. James D'arcy will return as Edwin Jarvis, Enver Gjokaj is back as Agent Sousa, and yes, Dominic Cooper's Howard Stark will return.

Bridget Regan will return as Dottie. “Dottie is a true match for Peggy and Bridget plays this duplicitous role so compellingly,” said Marvel’s Head of Television Jeph Loeb in a statement.

Wynn Everett will play Whitney Frost, better known to Marvel fans as Madame Masque (who was recently used to great effect in issues of Hawkeye). Madame Masque is usually armored (and masked) and has skill with robotics, so it will be interesting to see how far they take that this year. The official word on Whitney Frost is that she's "a Hollywood actress and brilliant inventor," so it seems like some of that is on the table.

Speaking with SlashFilm, Agent Carter executive producer Tara Butters described their version of Madame Masque as "very much a Marvel villain that we co-opted a little bit like we did Dr. Fennhoff in the first season." Fennhoff was a slightly sideways version of Dr. Faustus from the comics, so expect something similar with Madame Masque.

"I think we’ve changed the look of her a bit obviously," Ms. Butters said. "We’ve made her an actress, which is very Hedy Lamar. She was a ‘40s siren actress who was also a scientific genius, so that’s part of what we’re mining with this character."

Since Madame Masque is the daughter of Count Nefaria, perhaps we'll see a little of him this year, too. Well, I can dream, right?

Currie Graham will play Calvin Chadwick, Whitney Frost's husband.

Lotte Verbeek will play Edwin Jarvis' wife, Ana, desribed as "free-spirited" and "who immediately befriends Peggy and helps her to adjust to life in Los Angeles."

Reggie Austin will play Jason Wilkes, "a quirky yet charismatic scientist who instantly charms Peggy."

Agent Carter Season 2 Story

We don't know that much at the moment, but there's an official synopsis, for starters: 

Dedicated to the fight against new atomic age threats in the wake of World War II, Peggy must now journey from New York City to Los Angeles for her most dangerous assignment yet. But even as she discovers new friends, a new home--and perhaps even a new love--she’s about to find out that the bright lights of the post-war Hollywood mask a more sinister threat to everyone she is sworn to protect.

The Los Angeles move is probably a good thing. Much of the Marvel Universe is already NYC-centric, and the New York sets on Agent Carter weren't the most convincing.

What else do we know?

There was also that teaser in the prison with Arnim Zola and Dr. Faustus/Fenhoff during the finale. It was a nice nod to some of the events of Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Agents of SHIELD season 2. Showrunners Michelle Fazekas and Tara Butters had a little to say about the their ideas for Agent Carterseason 2. 

Ms. Fazekas said: 

"We’ve certainly been talking about what a second season would look like, and there’s a lot of different ideas, but I don’t think just because you see Toby Jones at the end of this season that, “oh, next season’s going to be about Toby Jones.” That was really just to tie it into the Winter Soldier program. That being said, the best ideas will win the day, so I think once we really get into talking about a second season… we have a lot of ideas, and what’s great about the structure of this show is, you can tell so many different stories and go so many different directions."

As for what might be in store for Peggy in season two, Ms. Butters added: "We’ve talked about exploring more of Peggy’s past; how did she end up working for the SSR, what drove her to that? Just exploring Peggy — that’s the great thing about television, it allows you to explore these characters more in-depth than you get in a movie."

The whole interview over at Varietyis illuminating, and you should give it a read.

It also looks like Daniel Sousa has gotten quite a promotion at the SSR for Agent Carter season 2...

Production’s begun on #Marvel's #AgentCarter Season 2 and we’ve got your first look from the set! pic.twitter.com/ny2e0v1i6x

— Marvel Entertainment (@Marvel) September 3, 2015