Details continue to emerge about the TV pilot Joss Whedon is directing for ABC’s fall schedule. In addition to giving it the new name Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., they’re making it completely clear that Clark Gregg’s Agent Coulson will be the lead character, and much more. From their online press kit:
Fresh from his role in the summer’s box office smash, MARVEL’S THE AVENGERS, Agent Phil Coulson (Clark Gregg) returns to the worldwide law enforcement organization S.H.I.E.L.D. He puts together a small, highly trained, team of Agents to tackle the cases that haven’t been classified yet, the new, the strange and the unknown. That team consists of straight arrow Agent Grant Ward (Brett Dalton), an expert in combat and espionage; pilot and martial artist Agent Melinda May (Ming-Na Wen); and brilliant if socially awkward scientists Agent Leo Fitz (Iain De Caestecker) and Agent Jemma Simmons (Elizabeth Henstridge). They’ll be joined by civilian new recruit and computer hacker Skye (Chloe Bennet).
Prepare for an epic adventure that showcases the hope and wonder of the human spirit. This is a world of Super Heroes, aliens and the unusual – of action, spectacle and world spanning stories. The show will speak to the human condition through the lens of our very human, non-powered S.H.I.E.L.D agents – that together we are greater than we are apart, and that we can make a difference in the world.
It remains to be seen how they plan to resurrect Agent Coulson, particularly since Joss Whedon’s reputation is less for bringing characters back to life than the other way around, if you know what I mean.
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