Pilot Ordered for ABC's Joss Whedon Marvel TV Series - And it's S.H.I.E.L.D.

We now know what the big Marvel TV series is that Joss Whedon is helping bring to ABC, which is set inside the Marvel Cinematic Universe and tied into the Avengers – It’s S.H.I.E.L.D.

Deadline broke the big news, revealing S.H.I.E.L.D. has officially been given a green light for a pilot by ABC. Whedon will co-write the pilot and possibly direct it as well. Writing with him will be his brother, Jed Whedon and Jed’s wife, Maurissa Tancharoen. Jed Whedon and Tancharoen wrote Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog with Joss Whedon and were most recently writers on Spartacus.

Executive producing along with the Whedon brothers and Tancharoen will be Marvel TV head Jeph Loeb and Jeffrey Bell. Bell is another former Whedon collaborator, having been the showrunner on Angel in its final seasons - making it likely he could serve as showrunner on S.H.I.E.L.D. if it gets a series pickup. (Whedon will be a bit too busy prepping Avengers 2 to serve in that capacity, one would assume)

With the pilot already greenlit, it’s looking very possible that S.H.I.E.L.D., should it get a series order (and it has to... right?), would be on the schedule for fall 2013.

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Check Out a Deleted Scene From The Avengers

The Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase One Blu-ray box set and The Avengers Blu-ray are just over one month away. In anticipation of this massive release, Marvel/Disney have been slowly unveiling little teases to keep fans enticed, including a sneak peak at the new Marvel short, Item  47:

Today, another tease popped up on EW in the form of an extended scene. You may recall that odd exchange between Bruce Banner (Mark Ruffalo) and the security guard (played by the legendary Harry Dean Stanton) following the action set piece on the hellicarrier in which Banner "Hulked" out. It should come as no surprise that this exchange originally lasted a little longer. Take a look:

What do you think? Good call that they deleted the scene, or bad call? Sound off in the forums below.

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