S.H.I.E.L.D - Whedon Talks About Its Approachability

While still several months away from airing on ABC this fall, information on Marvel’s The Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. has been steadily leaking out. With Joss Whedon shepherding its development fan boy anticipation is very high. The biggest question on everyone's mind is Agent Coulson's death or lack of at the end of the Avengers and how he returns to S.H.I.E.L.D. (Source: ew via superherohype)

Well, it's a very interesting explanation... We're gonna earn it, that's not something you take lightly.

Whedon also shares how the show will work for people who have not viewed the movies:

It's very important to me that the show stands on its own, that people who never saw any of the movies can tune in and enjoy it. We like being a part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, we like having all of the mythos to play off of. But if the show was 'You just missed Tony Stark, wow, he was just here!' it would be the most unsatisfying show ever. We have a new ensemble, apart from Clark, it's all people I've never worked with before, but I'm really excited about them, I'm really proud of them and I think people are just going to want to see them every week.

EW tried to probe J. August Richards' character's identity, to which Whedon responded:

I'm not going to say who he's playing, but he's certainly cranky as you can tell from the trailer. It's great, he came in to guest star and he tears it up. He's got that kind of energy, he's so much fun, and such a lovely guy.

I hope we get a new trailer for the show because the last one was pretty much a teaser.