Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Alum Cheers Move to Disney+ With Daredevil & Co.
Though it doesn’t make Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. a part of MCU canon by any means (not that anything short of an act of Odin will), it’s still a pretty cool thing that the seven-season Marvel series is moving to Disney+ with (step-)sister series Daredevil, Luke Cage et al. [pmc_inline_gallery]
“Oh, I love it!” said former S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Elizabeth Henstridge, when TVLine asked her about calling Disney+ home alongside Marvel’s street-level heroes starting March 16.
“I mean, [Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.] living on is wonderful, especially somewhere like Disney+ where you can discover it amongst the other shows,” Jemma Simmons’ former portrayer continued. “If you like Daredevil, you’re probably going to like Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”
And as Disney+’s popularity continues to surge, being the home to so much MCU, Star Wars, Pixar and Disney fare, “New people can discover it there,” Henstridge said. “And then there is the nostalgia of being able to binge a show that has seven seasons, which is really cool.
“I’m really happy,” she said in conclusion. “It feels like a very good home for it.”
Fun fact: Former Marvel star Henstridge was on the phone with TVLine to talk about directing an episode of a DC series, The CW’s Superman & Lois (airing this Tuesday); we’ll give you much more on that in the days to come.
Of course, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. moving from Netflix to family-friendly DIsney+ is no big whoop, given the MCU-adjacent series’ pretty mild themes and language. But given the grittier nature of Daredevil and The Punisher (which on Netflix were rated TV-MA) and other series from the “Defenders” lineup, Disney+ will concurrently release an update to its Parental Controls in the U.S. that will prompt all subscribers to update their settings and thus “help ensure a viewing experience most suitable for them and their family.”
Meaning: Now that content ratings will include R and TV-MA material, Stateside subscribers will be given the option to select content ratings restrictions for each profile as well as to add a PIN to lock profiles.
Henstridge isn’t the only alum from any of the seven relocating Marvel series to happily christen the new Disney+ home. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. costar Clark Gregg quote-tweeted the announcement video with the message, “Let us…GO!,” while Daredevil‘s Deborah Ann Woll did same and cheered, “Yay!!!”
This is just a pilot. So many pilots fizzle. Milo is a winning male lead. So many new series start out with a bang, then next we hear, they’re canceled. I loved Stumptown, as did the critics. Covid got in the way. Let’s enjoy the journey, celebrate the wins.
…..huh?
What do you mean? Agent of shields ended years ago and is just moving to Disney+
THE SHOW IS CANCELLED. THEY’RE MOVING THE EPISODES TO DISNEY+.
AoS is still part of the MCU, just as an alternate timeline out there somewhere in the Multiverse.
Grow up. It’s not part of the mcu canon. Coulson is dead in the MCU. How can a show where he somehow survived being killed by Loki be in the same canon where that character is still dead? Just because the mcu is playing with the multiverse now doesn’t make that show canon. They are separate. Accept it.
Any show is canon now that there is a Multiverse, you nitwit.
Yeah, call me a nitwit, that helps your arguments so much. You are embarrassing, Ryan.
Fury and Hill ressurected Coulson and wiped his memories, but he got them back when Hydra kidnapped him.
You’re the embarassing one, notlan.
It’s part of the MCU canon because even though he died, he was resurrected thanks to TAHITI. It’s always been part of the MCU canon, it will always be part of the MCU canon, they are not separate, so maybe *you* should accept it.
Yeah, only agents of shields nerds think the show is apart of the mcu canon. If it was canon, the whole fandom would accept it. It would be an obvious yes. It would be something we all agree on. But hey keep fighting for something that is obviously not real, great way to use your time.
Movie fans not taking time for TV has NOTHING to do with what makes canon. That’s a ridiculous argument. Fury was on AoS. Maria Hill was on AoS. Lady Sif was on AoS. Fury shows up with a Helicarrier in a MOVIE that he got from Coulson’s SHIELD. Feige being petty toward the TV division has nothing to do with what was ACTUALLY ON SCREEN.
Nerd
David you’re out here calling people nerds while arguing about what’s canon in a comic book media franchise. Just think about that for a second, you dense mfer.
The events from the movies we’re mentioned too.
I’m certainly willing to admit AoS took place in a branch/deviant timeline rather than the “sacred timeline” (for those who watched Loki). But they existed somewhere in the multiverse, because EVERYTHING exists somewhere in the multiverse.
The only question is whether Kevin Feige sees value in bringing those characters back into the story someday.
After Spider-man No Way Home every Marvel live-action is canon. Not only you’re the one wasting time, you’re also lame af.
It IS an obvious yes to being part of MCU cannon. NUMEROUS actors and events from the films directly crossed over to AoS. Small connections from AoS and Agent Carter both came back into the films, specifically Edwin Jarvis in Endgame and the Kree cities in Captain Marvel, which were explicitly modeled off what appeared in AoS.
Spoiler alert: Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield are now MCU canon as alternate Peter Parkers. By the same rules, every Marvel property ever is canon in a similar way. That’s how a multiverse works.
It’s not deluded, it’s called keeping up with the story.
Wow, rude and a know-it-all. Quite the combination. You have no clue what Marvel has planned so I’d suggest you shut yer yap about things of which you know nothing.
That was @Nolan by the way.
Your comments section could use some fine-tuning there, TV Line.
He didn’t survive. He was dead, and then resurrected.
AoS is and always has been MCU cannon.
It’s not an alternate universe. It is the same universe as the mainline MCU films, and it always was.
The screen jumped, was commenting on This is Us star Milo V landing a pilot.
Maybe This Is Us is part of the Marvel multiverse….
With the tie-ins the movies, AoS is absolutely canon at least until they time-traveled. Fury wouldn’t have gotten a working Helicarrier without Coulson’s SHIELD. Not to mention all the MCU characters that were guests ON THE SHOW. Sometimes REPEATEDLY.
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Feige headbutting with Perlmutter for years doesn’t erase what was actually on the show or that Marvel was repeatedly specific about things that could and could not be on AoS when and at what times.
It’s still canon, no matter how much the haters (especially those writing these pieces at TVLine) deny it.
Yeaaah
BUT please release the last two seasons of AoS on bluray already !!!! Only available in Japan….
What makes you think Agents of Shield isn’t part of the MCU canon? It doesn’t sound like you actually watched the series. It was literally developed as a complement to the events in the movies. The hydra takeover happened at the same time, Nick Fury was on both, Coulson’s character arc spanned between the films and the series.
Making the Netflix series canon requires no heavy lifting. Not as true of AOS. After the snap, they seemed to abandon any concept of coherent continuity.
The Future, jump did help keep it inclined, as they skirted around events of the snap, being that no big names were around in aos. Post time jump made it where they could possibly be in both or an alternate timely. Pre jump especially in early years they were very much involved, that and the agent Carter show
Agents of SHIELD is part of the MCU. You don’t need to watch it, just like you don’t need to read every Marvel comic, but it’s still in the same universe.
In Season 1 alone we got follow-up on The Avengers (Coulson), Iron Man 3 (EXTREMIS/Centipede), Thor: The Dark World (the team is at the cleanup in London), Captain America: The Winter Soldier (the HYDRA Uprising, even the way Fury escapes his car is revealed to be because an invention of Fitz). And then we also got Lady Sif and Nick Fury showing up.
And before anyone goes “It’s in a different timeline from Season 5 onwards”, that’s also not the case in the end, as they use the same Quantum Realm form of time travel to return to the original timeline.
And regarding SHIELD not being the movies since Captain America: The Winter Soldier. That’s not an issue either, as SWORD apparently was running around in the MCU since the 90s and we didn’t see them before WandaVision.
And were does this leave the other shows? Well, the events of Daredevil Season 2 are referenced in a news ticker in Agents of SHIELD and the same motor gang, the Dogs of Hell, shows up in both shows. In Jessica Jones Season 1 a women pulls a gun at Jessica because of the Battle of New York in The Avengers and in Season 3 a character is send to Captain America: Civil War’s The Raft. In Luke Cage a guy is selling footage of the Battle of New York and a villain uses tech from Iron Man 2’s Justin Hammer. Cloak & Dagger are further removed, but Detective O’Reilly says she’s worked with Detective Misty Knight who in turn says the same in Luke Cage. Cloak & Dagger then show up in Runaways, which also has a lot of hints to Doctor Strange, like the “Dormammu eyes” and Agents of SHIELD’s Darkhold. “But the Darkhold in WandaVision looks different!” That doesn’t matter, because if it’s pages can change why not its cover. Not to mention that nobody makes an issue about recasting (Edward Norton and Mark Ruffalo) or actors playing different parts (Gemma Chan).
Does all the above need to be referenced in the movies/Disney+ outings be completely followed in future projects? No, because the comics don’t do that either. Just don’t make any hard contradictions.
Yes, AoS is absolutely MCU cannon. It is beyond absurd to claim otherwise. Daredevil had fewer connections than AoS by a MILE and yet still, is MCU cannon.
Stop spreading this ridiculous BS
What I hate is rather than just saying when the Agents were thrown back into the past from the distant future, that they were no longer following the MCU timeline. They tried to retcon the entire series. Coulson found Loki’s staff, the event that sent the Avengers into Sokovia for Age of Ultron in the first place.
I guess this is a US thing because Agents of SHIELD has been on Disney+ in the UK for the last couple of years. That’s where we got the final season.