At the TCA (Television Critics Association) press tour today, after months of reports about the project, ABC finally gave official confirmation that they are working on a potential Agent Carter TV series, which would star Hayley Atwell as Peggy Carter, the character introduced in Captain America: The First Avenger.

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ABC president Paul Lee revealed the script for Agent Carter has come in and described it as “great.” He also confirmed that Michele Fazekas and Tara Butters, the creators of Reaper, were involved, with the pilot written by Thor: The Dark World and Captain America: The Winter Soldier writers Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely. Without saying he’d ordered a pilot yet, Lee did state that Agent Carter, “Has a great chance of showing up on the network.”There was, essentially, already an Agent Carter pilot in the form of the short Atwell starred in on the Iron Man 3 Blu-ray – establishing how she began working for the earliest incarnation of SHIELD. Dominic Cooper and Neal McDonough both appeared in their Captain America: The First Avenger roles, as Howard Stark and Dum Dum Dugan, and both have said they’d be up for appearing on the potential series as well.Lee also commented upon Marvel’s recent deal to launch multiple new series on Netflix, including Daredevil, Luke Cage, Iron Fist and Jessica Jones. Lee remarked, “We’re thrilled to do that deal,” noting, “That’s our studio. We’ll be co-producing.”

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I had the chance to speak to Butters shortly after, who clarified that when it came to Agent Carter, “We’d be coming on as showrunners and being a part of the series. We’re very excited to be included in the Marvel family and to be a part of ABC Studios.”I asked if the period setting Peggy Carter exists in was an appeal for Butters and Fazekas and she Butters replied, “Absolutely. It’s one of the things that drew Michele and I to the project, because she’s such a strong, wonderful character if you’ve seen the one-shot and we’re just very happy to be involved.”Butters’ husband, Marc Guggenheim, is actually one of the main executive producers on Arrow. Asked about the fact that she’s now working on a Marvel project while her husband works for a DC series, she remarked, “We’re a Marvel/DC family. We’re all inclusive!”