New Info On The Characters Created For Joss Whedon’s ‘S.H.I.E.L.D.’ TV Series
Marvel generated a good bit of excitement by announcing thatThe Avengersdirector (andBuffyandFireflyhead honcho)Joss Whedonwould make not onlyThe Avengers 2, but would act as executive producer of a TV show chronicling the exploits of S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, and act as a general smoke-shrouded godfather to Marvel’s film slate.
The details onS.H.I.E.L.D.have been thin so far, with Whedonsayingthe show “came together very organically,” and noting that the show will feature all new characters, rather than importing personalities from Marvel’s films. Now, however, we know a bit more about four of the core characters, and taken together they may sound like a pretty familiar bunch to Whedon’s fans.
Backtracking a bit, Whedonsaid not long ago,
It’s new characters. It needs to be its own thing. It needs to be adjacent [to the movies]. 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 go off on their own thing, and say, well, what has S.H.I.E.L.D. got that the heroes don’t have? And part of that for me is, they’re not superheroes, but they live in that universe. That makes them a little bit — even though they’re a big organization — underdogs, and so that’s really interesting to me.
TonightTV Linescored casting details which reveal a few things about the characters:
I’ve already seen a few jokes about Whedon reassembling/reworking the crew of Firefly for this show, and sure, there are some recognizable “Whedon” elements in there. But it’s pretty early to be making the easy call; let’s at least see who gets cast.
We’re still waiting to hear precisely what role Whedon will take in the S.H.I.E.L.D. pilot. He could end up directing the opener, and will co-write with brotherJed WhedonandMaurissa Tancharoen(Dollhouse). We don’t have a premiere date at this point, and likely won’t for a while longer.
