August 29th, 2012
09:43 AM ET
ABC orders Joss Whedon's 'S.H.I.E.L.D.' pilotThe man who brought us a mega Marvel success this summer with "The Avengers" is aiming to do the same on the small screen. According to the Hollywood Reporter, ABC has placed a pilot order for "S.H.I.E.L.D.," which will be co-written by "Avengers" writer/director Joss Whedon and possibly also directed by him, if he has the time for it. (As it stands, Whedon already has an "Avengers" sequel to consider.) Inspired by the comic created by Jack Kirby, S.H.I.E.L.D. - the Strategic Hazard Intervention Espionage Logistic Directorate - is a secret law enforcement agency led by Nick Fury, who recruits aid from Iron Man, Thor, Captain America and the Hulk. The live-action series would be a return to TV for "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Firefly" creator Whedon, who has a three-year exclusive deal in place with Walt Disney.
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Ummm, In the MArvel Cinematic Universe, SHIELD stands for Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division. Nonetheless, I cannot wait for this show to become a reality!
Glad to see this won't be on FOX.
While do I wish this upcoming show all the best, and hope it will be good, It is premature to say that this show will be "good and worthwhile entertainment", simply because of the people involved in producing it. Heck, it hasn't even been written yet, much less filmed. The viewers and critics will decide only after it has been aired, whether it will be good, mediocre, or lousy, and not before then.
Heck yes!!!! Joss Whedon is a frickin' master.
great show ahead...
And there was much rejoicing ! ! !
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There are not words...ARE NOT WORDS for how excited I am about this.
myr also(nerves)-foch with me condukting he said voic and breathing are fine..just a polish.–nd u to obsrv
me with bnd...k? 12 piece bnd. ha!
the avengers was a bad movie
You guys need to understand the type of Money Avengers was looking at, they are already breaking the normal fabric of things by pulling off an Avengers theater re release this weekend weeks before the DVD/BLU RAY release, they made UNGODLY amounts of money. Importing a high octane action packed TV show to further enhance the Movie universe that will net them 10 times the amount Avengers did over the next 5 years is much more important than trying to make a project that "Might work".
Whedon is the man, they know this, They would not order a pilot and make him a possible showrunner AND director AND front man of Avengers 2 if they were not confident he was going to have the means to deliver and have fanboys drooling while he does it.
And Fangirls... don't forget us!!! 😀 I look forward to anything Joss helps in making or produces/showcases. >:3 This is going to be one amazing ride. <3
see u thursday-if this the right jo. lol
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There are not words...ARE NOT WORDS for how excited I am about this.
Screw all the other shows! Just let Whedon continue Firefly!
I second that!
The Samuel Jackson character interesting? Ha ha. You're kidding right? The original was a WWII veteran, and a member of the Howling Commandos. He's MUCH more interesting than putting in an obligatory black character with his name. If they wanted a black character, they could have used The Black Panther. He's been part of The Avengers any way.
How about bringing Nick Fury back as the caucasian man he was originally in the Kirby comics?
How about we keep the far more interesting Sam Jackson version? And let's not pretend he was changed solely for the movies; the film character is based on the Nick Fury from the Ultimate Marvel universe.
Most people (well, those with more than 3 teeth) see characters in terms of far more than skin color. For Fury, his defining characteristic is that he's a bad a$$. Hence, Samuel Jackson. If the fact that he is black ruined it for you, well, I'm sure they'll make a movie for people with your mentality any day now. Maybe Dukes of Hazard 2.
great guy and wonderful.
This is great news! Joss Whedon is Master of my universe! At last, some good and worthwhile entertainment will be returning to television. Go, Joss, GO!
was that u talkin at 3am? lol..Off today going to play outside. xo.
JoAnne Epps dean of Temple University law school should be on the Supreme Court.
Eliot Spitzer should be President and America will continue to be the Best Last Hope for Mankind!
the series should be about SHIELD team 6, as they carry the fight against hydra and aim and traitors in the American goverment.
in my day, S.H.I.E.L.D stood for Supreme Headquartes International Enforcement of Law Division.
they should commission a musical piece for shield, like the one battlestar galactica or superman has, something all Americans can hum all day long. that sticks in your head.
it opens with Fury taking cover behind some garbage cans as hydra agents are letting him have it. he checks out his cigar and says Damn, this was a good one as he throws it away, bites off the head of another cigar, sticks it in his mouth as he rises with a gun in each hand and giving it back to hydra.
S.H.I.E.L.D. was drawn by Jack Kirby, but created by Stan Lee.
he should remain in contact with all networks, one network can usually be a flat tire.
Of course the deal is with ABC – Disney owns MARVEL and Disney owns ABC – who else would the deal be with? Hard to contact other networks when the Mouse wants to keep all his stuff in house! Hopefully, they produce something good that people will want to watch!
please let this be a firefly and not a dollhouse. Please.
I have no clue why he bothers with the networks, he'd have better luck on cable.
Is that a good thing to wish? Firefly got cancelled after only 13 episodes.
maybe i'll audition-
If Agent Jimmy Woo is in it and gets a hot white actress as a love interest, I'll watch it.
will watch this guy is a amazing..
I don't know if this will work.....I'm a huge fan of the Avengers, but what they should at least do is run short movie teasers (20-30 seconds) on ABC leading up to the movies in 2013-2015. Would get comic geeks to tune in to shows they normallly wouldn't touch with a 10 ft pole.
I just want FIREFLY to return to my TV screen, and another SERENITY movie to hit the BIG screen. Same actors. Was cool to see Jane and Mal on CASTLE, but that show is fluffy and could never come close to what was done with the Firefly `verse! BROWCOATS UNITE!
I'll only watch this is Clark Gregg (Agent Phil Coulson) is in it and it's real, not a cartoon or "live action" whatever that means.
You don't know what "live action" means? Wow.
Live-action = real
yeah of course i expected some racist to have a problem with sam jackson. Sorry other people exist other than whites!
I loved Sam Jackson as Nick Fury, but please READ THE COMIC!!! Nick Fury WAS originally white, I think they should leave the background of all these stories alone, enough of this PC junk!
i am having dinner with ffbay but shield is up..maybe a small smackie. gotta get back to testing the waters.. waiting for 6.
JOSH WHEDON IS THE MAN!!! I LOVE EVERYTHING THING HE DOES
where is monkeycig? this is too easy ... its just too dam easy...
your so right richww2 ..
Avengers being the biggest movie of the year = time to cash in while you can. I can see the quality of this series, the follow up individual movies for each superhero, and everything else going down hill very quickly as the studios will want to cash in as quickly as possible. Look at what has already happened to the 2nd Hunger Games movie.
and a wonderful man
A three year exclusive deal with Walt Disney? Really? I know Joss is popular but I doubt that Walt came back from the grave to personally pen an agreement with him.
The deal was made with Walt's frozen head.
Is this the best humor you can come up with? Please, for the sake of your future children, keep your night-shift at the supermarket.
Don't yield, back SHIELD!
he's a fine person and i hope he becomes even more successful.
lets see:
attention and no insults – no attention with insults for years....you do the math.
and no 879 to worry about.
lets see:
attention and insults - no attention with insults for years....you do the math.
This is going to SUCK BALLS!!!
Shiny..
Here's hoping they at least run it in order and don't cancel it before it can finish.
(I wonder what character Jewel Staite could play 🙂
Ahhhhh, I see what you did there. Will Nathan Fillion star? If not he should!!
later.
It's good that Josh won't have high expectations in working a TV shows since he's done that already and understands the limitations from money to production aspects. However, being away from TV for so long, he's likely to get frustrated not being able to do what he's done on the big screen.
Hopefully, they will go with the great Original Nick Fury and not the ridiculous Samuel Jackson revisionist version
It's set in the movie continuity, so it's still the Ultimates/Jackson version.
Yeah! Bring back the Hoff!
Please, please, please, please, don't tell me you are referring to that thing David Hasselhoff did.
great director!
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no presre–should run like peace of cake
If I was Bristol Palin I'd drive over to the nearest meat processing plant and get in line with the rest of the heifers.
The inspectors don't accept any cows infected with Mad Cow Disease. Amirite?
serenity..great.
This sounds expensive!!!! I can only imagine the pressure he will be under to bring in high enough ratings to pay for a show this expensive!
Long live the Browncoats!
Well, ABC does have Fillion over "wasting" his time on Castle – and the movie helped kill off most of the cast's dead weight.
I'd take a Firefly reboot any time Disney wants to do something that would actually excited, rather than dismay, the comic-con base of the genre.
SHIELD will not fit on a small screen, exspectations will be too high, performance too low. Go take a look at the "Blade" series to show how that breaks down.
Can't wait to see Ron Glass as Nick Fury!
It is going to be really lame if it is not all the same actors from the movie. Really lame.....
Well, I seriously doubt that the movie actors would be available for a weekly tv series.
Secondly, how can you even gauge how it will be until you have seen it?
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This has potential, the question is how does he make it work with the movie franchise he is also helming. SHIELD/Avengers tend to occupy a lot of the same creative space...
Since it won't be airing on FOX it might actually get a chance to grow. Great news!
Or NBC, which is also fabulous at shuffling schedules around until they kill off perfectly good shows.
Let it be! YEEEEEEEEEEES!!
Sounds good to me! This is something I can actually get behind. I'm so sick of reality shows. It's nice to see a program with a creative plot line again. I wonder if they will get David Hasselhoff to play Nick Fury. (Just kidding!)
Whoops, sorry about that. Post wouldn't go through, then it did. Weird!
Sounds good! This is something I can actually get behind. I'm so sick of reality shows. It's nice to see a program with a creative plot line again. I wonder if they will get David Hasselhoff to play Nick Fury. (Just kidding!)
I will watch anything Josh puts on TV. The man is a genius!
...Then, taking the "S" from his shirt, Letterman turns unknown Josh Whedon, into JOSS Whedon, famous writer and director!
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So, I am just really excited about this! Finally, a show that will be worth watching!