
Spinning out of last year's The Avengers, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. has been developed by Joss Whedon (who also directed the pilot), Jed Whedon and Maurissa Tancharoen, and sees Clark Gregg back from the dead as Agent Phil Coulson, leading a cast that includes Ming-Na Wen (Stargate Universe) as Agent Melinda May, Brett Dalton (Killing Lincoln) as Agent Grant Ward, Iain De Caestecker (Coronation Street) as Agent Leo Fitz, Elizabeth Henstridge (The Thompsons) as Agent Gemma Simmons, and Chloe Bennet (Nashville) as Skye.
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. is set to begin airing this fall.