Between Marvel Studios and Marvel TV, the people at the House of Ideas are all about innovation and putting forth the most creative product possible. That reigned especially true this past winter as the TV branch of the company released Agents of SHIELD: Slingshot, a six-part digital mini-series released entirely online — of which, the longest episode was just six minutes long.
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Now, Marvel has another award to add to the trophy case as Slingshot has won a Webby Award for ‘Drama: Long Form or Series.’ It should be noted that the Webby Awards focus strictly on digital-only projects, and the awards organization considers anything with a run-time over five minutes “long form.”
According to the Webbys (via MCU Exchange), a long form drama consists of “serial content dedicated to dramatic material premiered on the Internet. Entries must consist of one or more episodes over 5 minutes in total to qualify for this category…”
Slingshot saw actress Natalia Cordova-Buckley reprise her role as Elena “Yo-Yo” Rodriguez, as she runs into a moral dilemma trying to complete a mission on her after she was required to sign the Sokovia Accords, thanks to the events during Captain America: Civil War.
The digital series also saw Clark Gregg, Chloe Benet, Jason O’Mara, Ming-Na Wen, Iain De Caestecker, Elizabeth Henstridge, and Henry Simmons all reprise their roles from the main Agents of SHIELD show.
With Marvel now winning awards for creating digital shorts — the entire run time for the whole digital series was just around half an hour — it seems as if it’d be a new way the company could build character development for some of the lesser known characters involved in their property, while keeping costs low and allowing everything to remain in canon.
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The regular cast features Clark Gregg as Agent Phil Coulson, Ming-Na Wen as Agent Melinda May, Chloe Bennet as Daisy Johnson, Iain De Caestecker as Agent Leo Fitz, Elizabeth Henstridge as Agent Jemma Simmons, Henry Simmons as Agent Alphonso “Mack” MacKenzie and John Hannah as Holden Radcliffe.
The guest cast includes Brett Dalton as Grant Ward, Mallory Jansen as Madame Hydra/Aida, Jordan Rivera as Hope Mackenzie, David Weiss as serious man, Patrick Cavanaugh as Burrows, Zach McGowan as The Superior, David O’Hara as Alistair, Ben Cain as Hydra agent, Andy Comeau as Hydra doctor, and Kavita Patil as Mrs. Lee.
Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD was co-created by Joss Whedon (The Avengers, Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Jed Whedon & Maurissa Tancharoen (Dollhouse, Dr.Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog), who also serve as executive producers along with Jeffrey Bell (Angel, Alias) and Jeph Loeb (Jessica Jones, Daredevil). Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. is produced by Marvel Television and ABC Studios.
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