Disney owned ABC Network has finally announced that the Joss Whedon-created television series centred on Marvel’s AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D., has been picked up. God knows why they’ve waited so long as it was always a surefire hit, considering it follows the same path as Marvel Studios’ blockbusting adventures. Adding to that fact, we have the first official cast still, logo and character badges from the show. The pilot was directed by Whedon with Clark Gregg, seemingly back from the dead, headlining as Agent Phil Coulson.
ABC has picked up Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD. More to come next week. Congrats! #AgentsofSHIELD
— ABCPublicity (@ABC_Publicity) May 10, 2013
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.
Source: S.H.I.E.L.D. TV
