SAN DIEGO -- ABC took the wraps offMarvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. today, giving the new drama its first public screening at Comic-Con. It premieres Sept. 24.
What the pilot showed was a team of highly skilled but not superpowered agents under the suddenly alive and kicking Agent Phil Coulson (Clark Gregg), who died in The Avengers movie.
The episode explained the revival of the character, who appeared to have a grand time getting around, whether by team plane or his vintage, souped-up Corvette, Lola.
One surprise was the appearance of How I Met Your Mother's Cobie Smulders as Agent Hill, a character she played in The Avengers.
The pilot screening hadn't been announced, but many expected it. The audience, stoked to see the first episode, responded enthusiastically, with many rising to their feet to applaud as it ended.
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Avengers director Joss Whedon is an executive producer of the series, which started shooting last week. He co-wrote and directed the pilot and the episode reflected his style, down to its humorous touches.
"I have that feeling that I have not had for a long time where I have assembled this extraordinary ensemble of ridiculously talented and soon-to-be-very-full-of-themselves people," Whedon said after the screening. "The endless possibilities that we have between them, among them, in their pasts, in their futures ... the things we've taken from the Marvel universe, that we're bringing to the Marvel universe, this is a show that has so much history and so much to make. I guess I'm a little excited."
The series, which started shooting this week, follows a team of skilled agents who investigate strange occurrences across the globe for S.H.I.E.L.D. (Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics division).
Agents include combat and espionage pro Grant Ward (Brett Dalton); pilot and martial artist Melinda May (Ming-Na Wen); engineer Leo Fitz (Iainc); and biochemist Jemma Simmons (Elizabeth Henstridge). Skye (Chloe Bennet), a computer hacker who comes to Coulson's attention during the pilot, eventually joins the team.
Although the agents don't have super powers, they run into people with them, as is the case in the pilot.
Whedon said other Marvel characters may pop up in the series. "We may see some people and we may see some new people from the Marvel universe that are not yet cinematic. The most important thing to me is we get to see these people who are here every week," he said, referring to the series cast.
Gregg appeared to get emotional when talking about amazing recovery of Coulson, a familiar character in Marvel films.
"I can't believe this is happening to me," he said, before thanking the fans for his revival. After Coulson's death in the film, "I was really pleased and proud at the run the guy had, and then ... geeks around the world were just not going to hear that, see. And all over the web was #CoulsonLives.' And that just means everything to me."
SOURCE : http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2013/07/19/agents-of-shield-gets-comic-con-world-premiere/2570255/
What the pilot showed was a team of highly skilled but not superpowered agents under the suddenly alive and kicking Agent Phil Coulson (Clark Gregg), who died in The Avengers movie.
The episode explained the revival of the character, who appeared to have a grand time getting around, whether by team plane or his vintage, souped-up Corvette, Lola.
One surprise was the appearance of How I Met Your Mother's Cobie Smulders as Agent Hill, a character she played in The Avengers.
The pilot screening hadn't been announced, but many expected it. The audience, stoked to see the first episode, responded enthusiastically, with many rising to their feet to applaud as it ended.
MORE: Compete coverage of Comic-Con 2013
Avengers director Joss Whedon is an executive producer of the series, which started shooting last week. He co-wrote and directed the pilot and the episode reflected his style, down to its humorous touches.
"I have that feeling that I have not had for a long time where I have assembled this extraordinary ensemble of ridiculously talented and soon-to-be-very-full-of-themselves people," Whedon said after the screening. "The endless possibilities that we have between them, among them, in their pasts, in their futures ... the things we've taken from the Marvel universe, that we're bringing to the Marvel universe, this is a show that has so much history and so much to make. I guess I'm a little excited."
The series, which started shooting this week, follows a team of skilled agents who investigate strange occurrences across the globe for S.H.I.E.L.D. (Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics division).
Agents include combat and espionage pro Grant Ward (Brett Dalton); pilot and martial artist Melinda May (Ming-Na Wen); engineer Leo Fitz (Iainc); and biochemist Jemma Simmons (Elizabeth Henstridge). Skye (Chloe Bennet), a computer hacker who comes to Coulson's attention during the pilot, eventually joins the team.
Although the agents don't have super powers, they run into people with them, as is the case in the pilot.
Whedon said other Marvel characters may pop up in the series. "We may see some people and we may see some new people from the Marvel universe that are not yet cinematic. The most important thing to me is we get to see these people who are here every week," he said, referring to the series cast.
Gregg appeared to get emotional when talking about amazing recovery of Coulson, a familiar character in Marvel films.
"I can't believe this is happening to me," he said, before thanking the fans for his revival. After Coulson's death in the film, "I was really pleased and proud at the run the guy had, and then ... geeks around the world were just not going to hear that, see. And all over the web was #CoulsonLives.' And that just means everything to me."
SOURCE : http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2013/07/19/agents-of-shield-gets-comic-con-world-premiere/2570255/
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