Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Regarding SWORD, something to keep in mind is that Fox and Marvel seem to be a lot more willing to swap characters as of late. Ego the Living Planet was originally tied up in the Fantastic Four rights, but they were able to work out a deal. Likewise Fox didn't have the TV rights to the X-men in their original deal, but they've been able to work one out anyways.

So even if SWORD was originally tied into the X-men rights, we are in an era where that in itself doesn't mean we can rule them out.

Another possibility is that there are specific characters affiliated with SWORD that are tied into the X-Men rights, but the organization itself is shared. The Skrulls are in a similar situation where specific Skrull characters are tied in to the Fantastic Four rights, but the Skrulls as a species are shared.

Also keep in mind that we don't know the exact deals made, TV rights and Film rights don't have to come alongside each other (as the X-men thing shows) and what we have found out about the deal made seems to indicate that it's not that detailed. Remember we've had several character sbecoem shared because it was unclear who had the rights to them, so it's possible that the IP ownership for SWORD was unclear and as nobody wanted to litigate they just decided to share the IP.

We do know that Fox and Marvel sued each other over the question if the contracts contains TV rights or not. Hint: The answer is no but because Marvel couldn't afford a drawn out court case back then, then settled the issue by agreeing that Marvel has the rights but isn't able to do TV shows which ride in the tailcoat of Fox's success. So at least theoretically Marvel can use whoever and whatever they want in their TV shows, but it is not worth to p... off Fox over it, so they have to tread carefully.

Basically, every time Fox or Marvel want to make an X-Men television show, it needs to be a Fox/Marvel co-production. Which is why Legion and The Gifted are also produced by Marvel Television and Jeph Loeb is, technically, in charge of them.

As great as this finale was, I can't help but feel like they missed the opportunity for Ghost Rider Coulson to whip out a flaming cyber hellfist.

Yeah!

That would've been great. Hellfist and hellshield. Bonus points if Coulson actually says the words 'sword and board'.

To bad that there was no opportunity to let Coulson ride Lola while he was possessed. A flying flaming car would have been awesome!

FLAMING. CYBER. HELLFIST.

That would be a sight to behold indeed.

But Jemma Simmons Ghost Rider

What's this? Oh nothing, just Hellfire and Ghost Rider singing a duet about how hot it is.

The show will return right after Inhumans. I'm wondering if this means it'll come back earlier in November or if we still gotta wait until January. Either way I'm glad to hear some news about it.

edited 6th Aug '17 1:56:30 PM by clockworkboy

We already knew that thought.

The timing is too bad...if they would manage to squeeze in 11 episodes before Christmas, they could turn episode 100 in a proper Christmas or new year special....

That is assuming that they have planned something special for episode 100.....

Lance Hunter will be returning in Season 5. No word on if he will return as a regular or not, but it'll be good to see him again.

Unfortunately no Bobbi Morse, given her actress is busy on The Orville for Fox. I hope they don't split up offscreen or anything.

I'd be fine with them splitting up offscreen. Their characters were always at their weakest when they had to interact with each other. They're both much more interesting in their relationships with literally everyone else in the cast.

I'd certainly rather they split offscreen than have a Bus Crash.

I hope to god they don't pull a bus crash. At the very least I want Bobbi to have a cameo if they can work around her actress's schedule.

Well they seemed to have an On Again Off Again Relationship anyway, so it could work.

I could picture him telling horror stories about She Devil Bobbi again (just like early season 2) and the team being like "yeah, right".

edited 8th Sep '17 4:44:52 PM by ZheToralf

I liked Bobbi and Hunter together. But there is no need to act as if they are joined by the hip either.

Oh no....I never really liked Hunter, but I really despised him in Season 3. He was a total idiot and an outright jerkass there, especially when he suggested that Fitz should just let Will die because he is competition.

And without Bobby interacting with him, the only interesting part about him is gone too. Hopefully he won't rejoin the team full-time.

The Orville is getting bad reviews so maybe we'll see Bobby show up after all if it flops.

So, you think Marvel is going to release the Most Wanted pilot?

If it doesn't mess up anything, it would be neat....but I doubt it.

I would also like it if Bobby and Hunter would just keep popping up in different Marvel shows (if their presence fits) but I guess I am hoping for way too much.

that woul be awesome.