Director Joss Whedon plans to get more involved ‘Agents of SHIELD’ after ‘Avengers 2’
Joss Whedon has signed a contract with Marvel that extends through 2015, encompassing his work on Avengers: Age of Ultron and consulting on Marvel’s other features. Whedon co-created and directed the new spinoff show Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
The filmmaker admitted to EW that he plans on becoming more involved with Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. once he’s finished with The Avengers 2, noting that he doesn’t intend to tackle any giant endeavors like his proposed Hamlet adaptation post-Ultron.
“If everything works out according to plan, S.H.I.E.L.D. will be on when the movie is over and then I’ll already be too busy [to do something like Hamlet].”
Speaking of S.H.I.E.L.D., Whedon admitted that his Avengers clout only goes so far, as he received his fair share of notes from ABC when developing the pilot.
“They gave me a ton of notes. We’ve jumped through every hoop. There’s no trust in television. But there’s been nothing but encouragement and excitement about what exactly you’re trying to do. So you take the notes. You don’t take all of them. But you never walk in expecting not to get any.”
Agents premiered this week on ABC.
The Avengers: Age of Ultron opens in theaters on May 1, 2015.
