Y’know, with all the interviews Marvel‘s wonder boy, Joss Whedon, has been giving lately I’m not really sure how much he’s working on that script for Avengers 2.  I mean, just sayin’. Anyway, in his latest interview with Moviefone, Whedon gushes about his “little, passion project” Avengers 2, and how he’s approaching the sequel differently than The Avengers,

I enter upon ‘Avengers 2′ with a different mindset than I did the first one. I feel like I know so well what it is that I want to accomplish, and like ‘Much Ado,’ I now have a real sense of the troop I’m working with and the strictures and the opportunities. My little passion, sidebar project comes out May 1st, 2015.

Yeah, sidebar project. A flick that will likely fly under the radar. Uh-huh, sure.

Hit the jump for more words from Whedon about the upcoming ABC series, Agents of SHIELD and what he thinks of James Gunn as Marvel’s choice for Guardians of the Galaxy director.

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Marvel has just released a TV trailer for its highly anticipated Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. series. As reported, Clark Gregg will be returning as resurrected Agent Phil Coulson. Rounding out his team will be combat and espionage expert Grant Ward (Bret Dalton), pilot/martial artist Melinda May (Ming-Na Wen), brilliant engineer Leo Fitz (Iain De Caestecker), genius bio-chemist Jemma Simmons (Elizabeth Henstridge), and a new recruit: Computer hacker Skye (Chloe Bennet).

This trailer will debut tomorrow night during the NBA Finals:

Source: Comingsoon.net

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While Kevin Feige may be the real man in charge of Marvel‘s cinematic and television future, it’s to Joss Whedon we’re all looking, wondering what’s coming next. Currently on the docket for Whedon is The Avengers‘ sequel and the TV series, Agents of SHIELD. And naturally, fans are assuming a crossover between the two is inevitable. Agent Coulson (Clark Gregg), who’s either been mysteriously resurrected or just as mysteriously never died, is appearing in SHIELD and was last seen in The Avengers. Is he the connection?

Barely, because there’s barely a connection between the two. Speaking with IGN after the ABC Upfronts last week about Agents of SHIELD, Whedon said,

They’re not The Avengers, they’re not the fancy ones. They’re the people that got sort of hit in the blowback of this super-world.

The show is about the six people who are in the show. And every week we’ll meet somebody that they have to deal with. Some of those people will be very sympathetic, some of them will be evil, some will be from the Marvel canon, some will reference it — but it’s not an Easter egg hunt. It really is just about the lives of these people as they’re dealing with this super-world.

So don’t expect Cap and Thor or Hulk to pop in from week to week. There will be references to these superheroes, these gods, but that’s the extent of it. SHIELD will focus very much on the team of Agents and that’s it. Though, he says there will be characters from Marvel canon appearing. Who do you think will show up on Agents of SHIELD?

Source: IGN via Blastr

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Joss Whedon has the Marvel Cinematic Universe in the palm of his hand. Sure, he only made one of the five films from Phase 1, but his film, The Avengers, is their crowning glory. He’s now working on The Avengers 2 as well as Marvel’s first ever television series, Agents of SHIELD. What future does he see for the MCU? And how will new characters affect it?

We know Scarlet Witch and her twin brother, Quicksilver – note, also Magneto’s kids, though mention of that may be prohibited due to FOX and their claim to the X-Men – will be included in The Avengers 2, but don’t expect them to sign up for the team right away. Whedon told IGN,

You know, they had a rough beginning. They’re interesting to me because they sort of represent the part of the world that wouldn’t necessarily agree with The Avengers. So they’re not there to make things easier. I’m not putting any characters in the movie that will make things easier.

Check, any new characters appearing in Avengers 2 will likely be adversaries before they become allies. Are we looking at one group of supers versus another? Or will there in the end be a threat large enough to unite them all?

And speaking of the team [IRON MAN 3 SPOILERS UPCOMING], how about their de facto leader, Tony Stark? He went through hell at the end of Avengers, and we see those experiences lingering during Iron Man 3. So much so, come the end of the flick he’s ready to swear off the superhero biz all together.

Well, I feel like in Iron Man 3, even though he said, ‘I’ve changed’ — he blew up his remote suits, but I don’t think anybody thinks he doesn’t have one anymore. The question is, if The Avengers are called, does he show up? And the answer is, ‘Yes!’

There would be no Avengers without Iron Man, at least in the MCU anyway. Lastly, what of SHIELD? How will we see Agents of SHIELD reflect the events of the MCU? Speaking with TV Fanatic, Whedon said,

We’re absolutely on top of all the movies. We never contradict, replicate – we will be flowing in between them, maybe occasionally we’ll throw something in that foreshadows [or] echoes but we’re very much beholden to the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

That’s right, we’ll be watching a little chunk of the MCU every Tuesday night once Agents of SHIELD begins airing this fall on ABC. What little teases do you think we’ll see included in SHIELD? And how about Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver? Friends or foes?

Source: /Film

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Last night the ABC Upfronts were held in where the network officially announces their fall line-up. Making appearances were both Joss Whedon and Clark Gregg promoting their newly signed series, Agents of SHIELD. You may have heard of it, it’s been a hot topic as of late. At the presentation Whedon made a few witty comments about the series and how it all came to be. Deadline reports,

“Last spring, [Disney top executive] Bob Iger sent us some bonus footage from The Avengers, with a simple question, ‘Is there a show here?” said ABC president Paul Lee. Reports say, Iger saw the Marvel short Item 47 and the impression it left on Disney’s CEO was the genesis for Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Standing on stage before the media at the ABC Upfront Joss Whedon began, “I’ll be brief. I was born…,” to a smattering of chuckles that then turned into widespread laughter when he quickly deadpanned, “I wasn’t born. I was grown in a lab… and fed on Marvel Comics — and that turned out OK for me.” Whedon kept the presentation moving, stating that “[The Avengers] worked because everyone felt included, ” and said that he hopes to bring that same sense of inclusion to the new television show. On actor Clark Gregg, Whedon couldn’t resist another joke, saying Gregg’s “an actor so talented even I couldn’t kill him [so] I built S.H.I.E.L.D. around him.”

Just can’t keep a good agent down, can ya? Entertainment Weekly snagged Gregg for a quick interview where they asked him about just that, how Coulson survives?

I thought they were pranking me a little bit because there was so much blood on the set of The Avengers. I kept waiting to see, are we going to shoot a version where [Loki] misses? And they didn’t, so I was really surprised to get that call and I wanted to make sure it didn’t do anything to undermine what we achieved there and when [writer-director Joss Whedon] explained the mystery and how they planned to deal with it, with Agent Coulson being around, I was very sold.

He’s back. He’s thinks he knows how he’s back. We’ll have to see.

SHIELD co-star Chloe Bennet added,

If you love The Avengers, if you love any of Joss Whedon’s work, you’re going to absolutely love the show. It’s about these people living in a super world dealing with being human. You see these superhero movies and you see the superheroes struggle but you don’t see how humans do in a world like that. That’s what will draw people in. It’s so human. And it’s so super and awesome still.

I don’t think I’m making any bold claims saying this show is going to be HUGELY popular. Coulson’s popularity alone will likely sustain them for a season, and from there, who knows!? Whedon wowed us all with The Avengers, but I like to think he’s at his best with a television series where more time can be spent with the characters. Are you totally pumped for Agents of SHIELD? I am!

Agents of SHIELD will air Tuesday nights at 8pm on ABC this fall.

Sources: Deadline via CBM, EW via Coming Soon

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A lot of attention paid to ABC’s announcement of their fall schedule today was about Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., but for the nerdy among us, there was something else that might interest you, the spin-off Once Upon a Time in Wonderland.

Starring Peter Gadiot, Sophie Lowe, and Michael Socha, this new Wonderland seems like a combination of the Tim Burton movie and Walter Murch’s Return to Oz, with Alice locked up in a looney bin for thinking her adventure in Wonderland was legit, and her almost believing it till a certain time conscience white rabbit makes a reappearance. The show will air Thursday nights at 8 starting this September.

Check out the first look at the show here:

What do you Bastards think of the new Wonderland?

Source: Bleeding Cool

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After all those pesky teasers we finally get the full, extended trailer for Marvel and ABC‘s Agents of SHIELD. Not only is this trailer significantly longer than those teases, but it sets up the premise of the series in where SHIELD is investigating super hero occurrences world wide. And, we now know Agents of SHIELD will be airing on Tuesday nights at 8pm. A coveted time slot that will see SHIELD competing with CBS’ reigning ratings king, NCIS.

Can I also add I’m especially excited for another Joss Whedon series on Tuesday nights. It just feels right.

Here’s its official synopsis,

Clark Gregg reprises his role of Agent Phil Coulson from Marvel’s feature films, as he assembles a small, highly select group of Agents from the worldwide law-enforcement organization known as S.H.I.E.L.D. Together they investigate the new, the strange, and the unknown across the globe, protecting the ordinary from the extraordinary. Coulson’s team consists of Agent Grant Ward (Brett Dalton), highly trained in combat and espionage; Agent Melinda May (Ming-Na Wen), expert pilot and martial artist; Agent Leo Fitz (Iain De Caestecker), brilliant engineer; and Agent Jemma Simmons (Elizabeth Henstridge), genius bio-chemist. Joining them on their journey into mystery is new recruit and computer hacker, Skye (Chloe Bennet).

Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Marvel’s first television series, is from executive producers Joss Whedon (Marvel’s The Avengers, Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Jed Whedon & Maurissa Tancharoen, who co-wrote the pilot (Dollhouse, Dr.Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog). Jeffrey Bell (Angel, Alias) and Jeph Loeb (Smallville, Lost, Heroes) also serve as executive producers. Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. is produced by ABC Studios and Marvel Television.

Agents of SHIELD will air Tuesdays at 8pm this fall on ABC. Now that we’ve got a proper look at the series, whatcha think?

Source: /Film

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First off, I’m deciding from here on out to not give a toss about those damn periods in this series’ title, Agents of SHIELD. We all know SHIELD is an acronym for Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division, I don’t need to type six, senseless periods every time we discuss this show.

Okay, with that announcement out of the way, check out this short teaser for Agents of SHIELD featuring Phil Coulson (Clark Gregg) being Phil Coulson,

All right, so it’s ripped right from the longer teaser we saw this weekend, but it so perfectly encapsulates Coulson. And where normally fans would feel slighted to have such an emotional death made null and void, we’re all just really happy to have him back.

UPDATE! Here’s a second, short, mini-teaser. Welcome to Level 7,

Agents of SHIELD comes to ABC on Tuesdays this fall!

Source: Bleeding Cool

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Over the weekend, we posted a  grainy seven second clip for ABC and Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD.  The spot featured, what appeared to be, The Hulk smashing a car from a distance. We’ve discovered this the start of a viral marketing campaign for the Marvel television series involving a yet unknown group called Rising Tide.

By heading over to www.wearetherisingtide.com, viewers are given an insight into a group of conspiracy theorists hoping to prove the existence of S.H.I.E.L.D. It won’t be easy, seeing as over the entirety of the Marvel film universe, S.H.I.E.L.D. has maintained a state of anonymity. That doesn’t appear to shake this group of individuals judging by their mantra posted on the site:

WHO IS S.H.I.E.L.D.? WHAT ARE THEY HIDING? SUPER-POWERS ARE REAL. ALIENS EXIST. WHAT ELSE IS OUT THERE? WE WILL UNCOVER THE TRUTH. WE WILL NOT REMAIN SILENT ANY LONGER.

Included on the site is the once removed Youtube clip, along with several other clips. There are connections to the first and second Iron Man movies, as well as The Incredible Hulk, but others are clips completely new to us. Even with Rising Tide’s counterproductive footage, seeing as everyone knows about Iron Man, gamma monsters and Asgardians, the group still believes that S.H.I.E.L.D. is hiding more they let on. Guess we’ll find out more once Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. debuts later this year, but for now take a look at videos currently posted on www.wearetherisingtide.com.

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ABC Networks recently picked Agents of SHIELD, a spin-off television from Joss Whedon‘s The Avengers. Despite not having an official air date, ABC is already making it’s marketing push. Earlier today, a brief 7-second spot made it’s way around the interwebz, followed by a 30-second spot which aired during the  finale of Once Upon Time. The latter of which, you can watch below:

For television, this show looks great. Disney/Marvel have clearly put a lot of effort into it.  You can tell the pilot was written and directed by the great Whedon himself. There’s a very Whedon-esque vibe going on here, what with, the snappy action and dialogue that makes you smile. As you can see, Agent Coulson is very much alive, and in good form. I can’t say much for the other cast yet, but Coulson is obviously THE character to watch. It’s also a surprise to see snippets of The Hulk, Thor, Captain America and Iron Man tossed in there.  Makes you wonder how involved they’ll actually be? I’m sure, though, these fleeting few seconds is all we’re going to see of the A-Listers. Quick flashes here and there, to remind us that this show is intertwined with Marvels cinematic universe.

There’s a lot riding on this show. Not only is it Whedon’s return to the small screen, but this is also the first superhero show without superheros as the leads. That can be it’s greatest asset, or it’s biggest downfall. Will audiences care to watch a show about the background character from The Avengers?  Personally, I think it allows a lot of creative freedom. New heroes/characters can be explored, they can cross-promote the movies, they can run stories that aren’t big enough for the big screen and they can also develop totally new stories.

Bottom line, the series has so much potential. As long as it does not go the direction of Heroes did then we should be fine!

In case you missed it earlier, here’s the full description for Agents of SHIELD:

Clark Gregg reprises his role of Agent Phil Coulson from Marvel’s feature films as he assembles a small, highly select group of Agents from the worldwide law-enforcement organization known as S.H.I.E.L.D. Together they investigate the new, the strange, and the unknown across the globe, protecting the ordinary from the extraordinary. Coulson’s team consists of Agent Grant Ward (Brett Dalton), highly trained in combat and espionage, Agent Melinda May (Ming-Na Wen) expert pilot and martial artist, Agent Leo Fitz (Iain De Caestecker); brilliant engineer and Agent Jemma Simmons (Elizabeth Henstridge) genius bio-chemist. Joining them on their journey into mystery is new recruit and computer hacker Skye (Chloe Bennet). From Executive Producers Joss Whedon (“Marvel’s The Avengers,” ”Buffy the Vampire Slayer”); Jed Whedon & Maurissa Tancharoen, “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” pilot co-writers (“Dollhouse,” “Dr.Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog”); Jeffrey Bell (“Angel,” “Alias”); and Jeph Loeb (“Smallville”) comes Marvel’s first TV series. “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” is produced by ABC Studios and Marvel Television.

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