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Avengers alum Clark Gregg will reprise his role as Agent Phil Coulson in the network's adaptation of the Marvel comic series, Marvel announced Saturday at New York Comic-Con.

Gregg, who previously co-starred on The New Adventures of Old Christine, played the character -- a member of the elite task force -- in Iron Man, Iron Man 2, Thor and voiced the role in Disney XD's Ultimate Spider-Man.

The casting brings Agent Coulson back to life after the character died in Disney's The Avengers.

From ABC Studios, the project is based on the long-running comic created by Jack Kirby and revolves around the secret military law enforcement agency dubbed S.H.I.E.L.D., which stands for Strategic Hazard Intervention Espionage Logistic Directorate.

Whedon is on board to co-pen the pilot alongside his brother Jed Whedon and Jed's wife Maurissa Tancharoen; the trio previously teamed on the three-part web series Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog. Avengers and Buffy the Vampire Slayer mastermind Whedon will direct the pilot, should his schedule permit.

Production on the live-action project will begin immediately, with the Whedon brothers and Tancharoen executive producing alongside Jeffrey Bell and Marvel TV's Jeph Loeb.

S.H.I.E.L.D. marks Whedon's return to the small screen. He most recently served as showrunner onDollhouse, in addition to cult favorites Buffy andFirefly. Tancharoen and Jed Whedon were writer-producers on Dollhouse as well as Starz'sSpartacus.

In the comics, S.H.I.E.L.D. revolves around unit director Nick Fury, who recruits Iron Man, Captain America, The Hulk and Thor to form a team to stop Thor's adopted brother Loki. The organization made its debut in Strange Tales #135, which was published in August 1965.

ABC ordered the project to pilot in late August, just three weeks after Disney CEO Robert Iger announced Whedon would create a Marvel-related TV series for ABC.

Whedon has already signed on to direct Disney's The Avengers 2, set to bow May 1, 2015.

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S.H.I.E.L.D. Pilot Ordered By ABC

Pandora — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 13:48:58 +0000

Earlier this month, alongside the great rejoicing that came with the news that Avengers writer-director Joss Whedon would return for the sequel, there was the announcement that part of the creative maestro’s big deal with Marvel was to oversee a long-gestating TV series set in the studio’s universe. Well, we now know that the show will be focused on S.H.I.E.L.D and US network ABC has ordered a pilot.

The show will, as many have predicted, follow what the movies call the "Strategic Homeland Intervention Enforcement and Logistics Division" and will chronicle the organisation’s activity, albeit on a lower budget (think X-Files instead of X-Men) and almost certainly without appearances from the super-powered likes of Captain America (though some of the characters may crop up come ratings sweeps time). Is it too much to hope that it’ll take place in a pre-Avengers universe so Clark Gregg’s Coulson will enjoy some more screen time? The plot specifics, however, remain under wraps.

To say that Whedon has some experience with TV is sort of like saying Usain Bolt knows how to run a bit. So it’s heartening to hear that the Buffy / Angel / Firefly mastermind will be involved as much as he can, given that he’s also going to be busy overseeing phase 2 of the Marvel cinematic master plan and the Avengers’ next adventure. The show's early details currently call for him to direct the pilot, but that’s assuming he has time.

He’ll have some truly qualified help on the scripting front, with Dr Horrible co-writers (and brother / sister-in-law) Jed Whedon and Maurissa Tancheroen on board to act as writer-producers along with Jeffrey Bell (who has worked on Alias and V, but was also a part of the Angel staff). Marvel’s Jeph Loeb, himself no stranger to the Whedonverse having worked on the short-lived Buffy animated series, is also overseeing things.

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SHIELD Movie To Follow Avengers

Peter Oberth — Thu, 13 May 2010 17:04:28 +0000

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We may well be completely Marveled-out by the time The Avengers has finally been and gone. But that's a nine-picture deal that Samuel L Jackson has signed with the House of M to play Nick Fury, the head honcho of Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division (in the films - it stands for something else in the comics). Talking to Radio Big Boy, Jackson has confirmed that "The Avengers starts shooting sometime next year, and after that there'll be a big SHIELD movie."

SHIELD is the - sometimes sinister - espionage agency, running out of an enormous helicarrier, which employs super and non-super agents, and has a nifty line in android replacement technology. It's anyone's guess which plot from the comic's 45 year history might be ripe for adaptation (post your ideas below). 2004's Secret War arc would be a strong contender, but does result in Fury going mysteriously AWOL, which would rather negate the "starring Samuel Jackson" plan.

It's also unclear which of the organisation's 3000 agents might take centre-stage alongside Fury, although Jackson hints that "War Machine will turn up a lot" in future Marvel instalments. We guess we might also expect to see Scarlett Johansson's Black Widow and Clark Gregg's Agent Coulson returning for duty.

All speculation at this point, but one thing's certain: the days of David Hasselhoff in the eyepatch are long gone.

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