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SHIELD TV Series not a Prequel to Avengers Film

By Philip Schweier
January 14, 2013 - 16:28

ABC has confirmed that Joss Whedon’s S.H.I.E.L.D. pilot will follow in the aftermath of the events portrayed in the Avengers movie.

“There is no question that it is part of the Marvel Universe” ABC Entertainment President Paul Lee told IGN during the Television Critics Association’s winter tour. “In fact, the story takes place after the battle for New York.”

Clark Gregg as Agent Phil Coulson

Filming of the pilot is expected to get underway Jan. 22, and is expected to address fan-favorite Agent Coulson’s resurrection. Though S.H.I.E.L.D. will have obvious connections to The Avengers, it also will stand on its own, Lee indicated.

“This is S.H.I.E.L.D. They’re following their own particular stories,” he said. “There are characters in it, Coulson, who clearly come from Avengers. So it’s part of the world, but we’re going to be very, very careful that we don’t tread on the toes of the features and build a whole new world. And that’s what Joss Whedon does better than anybody else. He’s built a world for us.”

Although Whedon himself isn’t offering any additional details, he does promise S.H.I.E.L.D. will possess the “spectacle,” – and super-powers – fans have come to expect from Marvel productions.

“You have to bring a bit of spectacle to it; it’s got to be bigger than your average cop show,” he told MTV. “But at the end of the day, it’s about the peripheral people. It’s about the people on the edges of the grand adventures. The whole point of the show is that even with all these big things, the little things matter,” he explained further.

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