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[Rappy]

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It was revealed earlier this month that Joss Whedon had signed an exclusive deal with Marvel Studios to, among other things, help develop a new live action series for Marvel Television at ABC. Today, Deadline has revealed that, now greenlit by ABC, the series will be titled "S.H.I.E.L.D." and will focus on the top secret defense organization featured throughout the Marvel cinematic universe.

Whedon will write the pilot alongside his brother, Jed Whedon, and Maurissa Tancharoen (who previously worked with Whedon on "Dollhouse" and "Doctor Horrible's Sing-Along Blog". All three will also join Jeffrey Bell and Jeph Loeb as executive producers. The site notes that Whedon may also direct the pilot, but that nothing is confirmed at this time.

It remains to be seen which, if any, actors and/or characters from the Marvel Studios films are planned to appear on the show, though it's very likely that "S.H.I.E.L.D" will have direct ties to future Marvel Studios cinematic entries, including the Whedon scripted and directed Marvel's The Avengers 2, set for release on May 1, 2015.

http://www.comingsoo...ws.php?id=94160

[siah1214]

Please summer glau

[Mathachew]

siah1214, on 29 August 2012 - 01:44, said:

Please summer glau

Not if you want the show to survive!

[Rappy]

Jeph Loeb a name I remember, he worked on "Heroes"

[Growled]

Mathachew, on 29 August 2012 - 01:47, said:

Not if you want the show to survive!

I love Summer but everything she is in has the kiss of death.

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As if there was an option. The Walt Disney Company owns Marvel and ABC. No chance they would allow the property to go to another network.

[Baines]

Sounds great.

(Item 47 spoiler)  I wonder if LIzzy Caplan will be joining the cast? I hope so, she's awesome.  

The only problem I can see with this show is if particular episodes or seasons directly relate to particular movies. If somebody watches the show but hasn't seen one of the movies it could be confusing, not to mention potentially spoiler-tastic. Then there's international issues such as out of sync movies and tv show airdates.

Then again, Joss is pretty familiar with handling multiple properties at the same time and keeping them in sync, he did it with Buffy and Angel.

[kaotic]

Growled, on 29 August 2012 - 01:57, said:

I love Summer but everything she is in has the kiss of death.

Really? She was on Alphas twice now and it's still going and will probably get a s3.

I can't wait to see the show, I'm sure it'll be awesome!

[burnsflipper]

Growled, on 29 August 2012 - 01:57, said:

I love Summer but everything she is in has the kiss of death.

Alphas is still going, and she appeared in a couple of episodes, she had some bad luck, but there's no such thing as a curse. Of all things, the curse would be the crappy network that is FOX.

[Rappy]

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“The storyline for the proposed series will be largely "autonomous" from the "Avengers" sequel feature. The series will revolve around the activities of the SHIELD org governing body for the superheroes featured in "Avengers.”

[ahhell]

Hells yeah! TV has been missing a Joss Whedan show.

[Rappy]

Baines, on 29 August 2012 - 03:49, said:

(Item 47 spoiler)  I wonder if LIzzy Caplan will be joining the cast? I hope so, she's awesome.  

I enjoyed Item 47  I hope they use the agents from the film as well 

[Rappy]

Joss Whedon's S.H.I.E.L.D. TV Series to Feature New Characters

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"It's new characters" Whedon stated. "It needs to be it's own thing. It needs to be adjacent, but you don't want to do a show where you're constantly going, 'Iron Man just left, but he was totally here a minute ago.' You want them to do their own thing. What does S.H.I.E.L.D. got that the heroes don't have? To me, it's that they're not superheroes. But they live in that universe. Even though they're a big organization, that makes them underdogs and that's interesting to me."

[SMELTN]

man so when are we looking for this? Next Fall?

[Rappy]

SMELTN, on 12 September 2012 - 19:30, said:

man so when are we looking for this? Next Fall?

IMDB says 2013 so I would presume Fall