Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. [US] Spoilers

Bullseye1 · 29-08-2012 7:11am #1

Just announced.
http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=35011

Joss Whedon to direct and co write pilot. It would be interesting to see if some of the movies characters would make some appearances. Certainly Coulson and Maria Hill could be regulars especially if they set this pre-Avengers.

Oh and I know it's tv series and not a film but I thought it might be no harm posting a thread here since there is a following of comic book movies here.

johnny_ultimate · 29-08-2012 11:43am

Moved to TV - more than enough superhero film threads in film at the moment without expanding to other mediums!

don ramo · 29-08-2012 11:47am

ABC in america have ordered a S.H.I.E.L.D pilot that Josh Whedon will write and could possibly direct,

http://ie.ign.com/articles/2012/08/29/pilot-ordered-for-abcs-joss-whedon-marvel-tv-series-and-its-shield

this is a big risk for Marvel to take, but seeing at how successful the Avengers franchise is this could expand even further on the Marvel universe, and the series could be used a vehicle to lead us into each film, with Marvel releasing a film practically every 6 months for each individual character, and it looking like a single Avengers film every 3 or 4 years,

this could be epic if done right, and with Whedon himself involved in the pilot, it could easily go to series, and with his vested interest in The Avengers franchise he could have a lot of involvement in the series,

29-08-2012 12:46pm

New Joss Whedon TV show? Excuse me while I have a slight nerdgasm.

wes · 29-08-2012 1:36pm

Fingers crossed that this will be good, but then Joss Whedon is involved, so there probably isn't any need for that.

29-08-2012 1:40pm

I hope they find an excuse to swear in Chinese.

DeWitt · 29-08-2012 3:00pm

Amy Acker. Amy Acker. Amy Acker.

JP Liz V1 · 29-08-2012 10:17pm

Nathan Fillion Nathan Fillion Nathan Fillion

Richard Dower · 29-08-2012 10:28pm

This could be the biggest and buzzed pilot ever!....surpassing Wonder Woman, i ope the actor who died in Avengers gets cast as the lead, Coulson....he was great!

This is very much like a played straight Men In Black....if you''ve seen Item 47 there are 47 alien tech/items out there, they could prequel it....each week tryna recover an item etc.

Item 47 had Titus Welliver, Lizzy Caplan + that guy fom Buffy has was bofing Anya...Brendan something.

don ramo · 30-08-2012 12:24am

Richard Dower wrote: »

This could be the biggest and buzzed pilot ever!....surpassing Wonder Woman,
i ope the actor who died in Avengers gets cast as the lead, Coulson....he was great!

This is very much like a played straight Men In Black....if you''ve seen Item 47 there are 47 alien tech/items out there, they could prequel it....each week tryna recover an item etc.

Item 47 had Titus Welliver, Lizzy Caplan + that guy fom Buffy has was bofing Anya...Brendan something.

spoilers man, also item 47 is fairly self contained, the storyline doesnt leave much room for expansion

also as i said its only gotten a pilot order, no doubt it will be a very expensive show to make, so its all down to how cheaply they can make it,

also it would be great if they got cobie smulders in as hill in the series, if HIMYM ends this year she might get cast, i dunno if shell try her hand at films afterwards or what, itd be cool if they could get an avenger or two to pop up every so often, it might be in their contracts for all we know :cool:

don ramo · 30-08-2012 10:26pm

whedon is more or less saying hell drop by from time to time if the show gets picked up to series, hes not gonna be the show runner, he does have another film to get to work on like:D

http://insidemovies.ew.com/2012/08/30/joss-whedon-talks-s-h-i-e-l-d-tv-series-plus-the-avengers-back-in-theaters-labor-day-weekend/

pixelburp · 30-08-2012 10:43pm

I said it already in another thread, but this will be an interesting acid-test of just how much stomach audiences have for the superhero genre. It's one thing to get bums on seats for thrill-rides in the cinema, another to get them behind a TV show. 'Proper' superhero telly is practically non-existent - the costumes, capes & operatic variety that is - and when they have tried it with shows like The Cape, they've tended to be garbage. I'm presuming though that the sheer calibre of money, clout & names behind the pilot will give it a better chance than most.

Given it'll be focused on SHIELD, I guess the arc of the show will be more along the lines of Fringe or the like: following a crack team of agents investigating various Marvel-related threats & shenanigans, maybe bring in friends & foes from the comics that are too B-list for the cinema.

don ramo · 31-08-2012 12:41am

pixelburp wrote: »

I said it already in another thread, but this will be an interesting acid-test of just how much stomach audiences have for the superhero genre. It's one thing to get bums on seats for thrill-rides in the cinema, another to get them behind a TV show. 'Proper' superhero telly is practically non-existent - the costumes, capes & operatic variety that is - and when they have tried it with shows like The Cape, they've tended to be garbage. I'm presuming though that the sheer calibre of money, clout & names behind the pilot will give it a better chance than most.

Given it'll be focused on SHIELD, I guess the arc of the show will be more along the lines of Fringe or the like: following a crack team of agents investigating various Marvel-related threats & shenanigans, maybe bring in friends & foes from the comics that are too B-list for the cinema.

smallville was extremely successful and ran for 10 season

:o,

but yeah i could see something along the story telling of fringe possibly working, its gonna be a big ask, not only to get a solid cast and a good writing crew together but imagine how much itll cost to make also,

pixelburp · 31-08-2012 8:04am

don ramo wrote: »

smallville was extremely successful and ran for 10 season :o,

See my caveat about being complete garbage

and besides, even Smallville for the most part kept its superheroes behind closed doors & as shadow'y, guarded secrets: I'm talking about TV worlds where superhero exist & are very public in saving the world and doing their thing. Costumed heros have tended not to work on TV

Richard Dower · 02-10-2012 2:07pm

Character details: http://tvline.com/2012/10/01/joss-whedon-s-h-i-e-l-d-casting/

DeWitt · 02-10-2012 2:25pm

Coulda be fake. Whedon is known for false sides during auditions.

Skerries · 02-10-2012 4:49pm

DeWitt wrote: »

Amy Acker. Amy Acker. Amy Acker.

she's currently the bad guy in Person of Interest

JP Liz V1 · 02-10-2012 7:56pm

Wheddon likes to work with same group actors so of course anyone from Buffy, Angel, Dollhouse and Firefly will be linked

I'd like Enver Gjokaj and Adam Baldwin to be cast

Colmo52 · 13-10-2012 10:49pm

F*ck Yeah. Clark Gregg to reprise his role as Coulson

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/nycomicconnews.php?id=95880

13-10-2012 11:02pm

Will Samuel L. Jackon also make an appearance, I wonder?

don ramo · 13-10-2012 11:05pm

any word on an actual air date for this yet, are we gonna see it at some point in 2013

pixelburp · 13-10-2012 11:21pm

Colmo52 wrote: »

F*ck Yeah. Clark Gregg to reprise his role as Coulson

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/nycomicconnews.php?id=95880

Better spoiler this, just to protect the overly sensitive:

Well that announcement leaves two possibilities really, doesn't it? Either Coulson wasn't actually dead, in which case Whedon is committing a fairly cheap, cardinal sin of storytelling, or else it's a prequel of some kind. I hope it's the latter because the former just undercuts a lot of the movies pathos.

don ramo · 13-10-2012 11:27pm

pixelburp wrote: »

Better spoiler this, just to protect the overly sensitive:
Well that announcement leaves two possibilities really, doesn't it? Either Coulson wasn't actually dead, in which case Whedon is committing a fairly cheap, cardinal sin of storytelling, or else it's a prequel of some kind. I hope it's the latter because the former just undercuts a lot of the movies pathos.

not much need for spoilers, cause we know noting about how the show is gonna play out, and your giving your opinion,

it would make sense for it to be a prequel, that way when you get a big bad guy the S.H.I.E.L.D team will have to deal with the problem themselves, and not just give stark a buzz to take care of it, im more interested in whether hawkeye or black widow will make an appearance if it is a prequel,

Icarus Wings · 13-10-2012 11:56pm

don ramo wrote: »

not much need for spoilers, cause we know noting about how the show is gonna play out, and your giving your opinion,

it would make sense for it to be a prequel, that way when you get a big bad guy the S.H.I.E.L.D team will have to deal with the problem themselves, and not just give stark a buzz to take care of it, im more interested in whether hawkeye or black widow will make an appearance if it is a prequel,

Interesting to see if they will focus entirely on the classic "soldier/agent team" element taking on lesser known and once-off villians from the comics (kind of like NCIS, with a clear emphasis on the team) or a show focussed on building up the less famous hero types.

Hard to see them including the "big" names in the series, as those will probably be saved for individual movies. I'd love to see the likes of Nova, Cable, Luke Cage and Dr. Strange. I'll be shocked if there's no appearance of Bucky...although don't know how that would fit into the continuum.

pixelburp · 14-10-2012 12:48am

don ramo wrote: »

not much need for spoilers, cause we know noting about how the show is gonna play out, and your giving your opinion,

it would make sense for it to be a prequel, that way when you get a big bad guy the S.H.I.E.L.D team will have to deal with the problem themselves, and not just give stark a buzz to take care of it, im more interested in whether hawkeye or black widow will make an appearance if it is a prequel,

Well I just spoilered it in case there were those who hadn't yet seen the film, and it could be argued it's not a prerequisite to discussing the TV show. That said I suppose it's hard to take this announcement and not talk about the characters arc in the film.

I suppose the most obvious arc to take with the prequel idea could be its formation - how SHIELD went from being AN-Other agency in Iron Man 1 to the globe-spanning powerhouse it was in Avengers.

Greyjoy · 15-10-2012 2:12pm

The series could still be set post-"Avengers" by having SHIELD deal with smaller threats that would be under the Avengers' radar (like the "Item 47" short film : a pair of bank robbers get their hands on a alien weapon left behind in NYC).

If that is the case then as much as I love the character I think it's a huge mistake to bring back Coulson (for similar reasons to Pixelburp in post #22).

Richard Dower · 25-10-2012 3:23am

Ming Na cast,,,,saw her last on SGU: http://tvline.com/2012/10/24/marvel-shield-casts-ming-na/#utm_source=copypaste&utm_campaign=referral

Richard Dower · 14-11-2012 3:13am

Two more actors cast: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/elizabeth-henstridge-iain-de-caestecker-shield-joss-whedon-389604

Richard Dower · 28-11-2012 7:41pm

More cast added, pretty sure this'll be picked up by someone.

http://tvline.com/2012/11/27/shield-tv-show-casts-brett-dalton/

don ramo · 28-11-2012 7:51pm

would love to see someone like lance reddick and john noble from fringe get on this show, have noble in charge of the division and reddick in charge on the ground, and maybe yvonne strahovski from chuck also, and maybe get brian cranston from breaking bad in as the series bad guy,

pixelburp · 12-01-2013 4:53pm

Well that answers that then - the pilot will be set after the events of The Avengers; so naturally the next question is how Coulson fits in. I guess he's either alive or present in flashback:

http://www.slashfilm.com/marvels-s-h-i-e-l-d-takes-place-after-the-avengers-how-does-agent-coulson-fit-in/

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