I’ve made the point before, and I’m not going to elaborate too much on it again, but the decision to bring Agent Coulson (played by Clark Gregg) back from the dead (sort of) following "The Avengers" takes a bit of the sting out of Joss Whedon‘s movie. It was a motivating factor for the team to work together, but the fake out and the character’s re-emergence on "Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D." adds a hollow note to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Then again, nobody really dies in these movies, so maybe I shouldn’t be too shocked (see Loki in "Thor: The Dark World"). But if you think just because Agent Coulson is still kicking around that he might have a shot at going back to the big screen, you’d be mistaken.
While Whedon is totally fine with Coulson existing in the TV world, those feelings don’t carry over to the MCU, or his upcoming "Avengers: Age Of Ultron."
"As far as I’m concerned, in this movie, Coulson’s dead," he told Buzzfeed. "If you come back in the sequel and say Coulson’s alive, it’s like putting fucking John Gielgud in the sequel to ‘Arthur.’ It mattered that he’s gone. It’s a different world now. And you have to run with that." It would appear that Whedon has very strong feelings about that Dudley Moore comedy franchise from the ’80s too.
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In my opinion, if you’re going to bring Coulson back from the dead, might as well embrace it whole hog. Moreover, while Whedon may feel this way now, he’s leaving Marvel, and maybe Kevin Feige will have different thoughts on the future of Agent Coulson. After all, "Avengers: Infinity War" will be two movies long, so maybe they can squeeze him in.
Thoughts? You know where to leave ’em.
First, this article doesn\’t provide the full interview and statements. It\’s not that Whedon doesn\’t want Coulson in the film universe anymore, he didn\’t want Coulson in this particular film, and stated that the timing wasn\’t right for him to come back yet. He also went on to explain that Fury and Hill know, but the Avengers don\’t, and it\’s something Shield doesn\’t completely want them to know you. In my opinion, the perfect time to have Coulson pop back up, would be Civil War. That alone could be a big, believable reason for the team to start turning on each other since mutants aren\’t set up so prominently yet.
You\’d have to be a real dunce to think Coulson being dead in Avengers 2 is a spoiler.
Based on this and the Forbes article giving Feige\’s view, I wouldn\’t expect anything on Marvel\’s TV side to influence anything in the movies. Seems like the movies stand on their own — the TV showrunners reference characters and events in the films to provide a "Tie-in"
lol, that\’s hilarious
Headline should just be "Spoiler: Coulson is not in Avengers 2" ye miserable cur
In this issue Joss Whedon can talk a big game but he helped create Agent of SHIELD. Hell, he directed the series pilot.
Coulson will probably find his way back to the big screen once Agents of SHIELD as a series is over. Could easily see him showing up in Infinity War
It seems a little weird for Joss to shit all over Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.\’s existence, given that he\’s credited with being one of its "creators."
I don\’t think you can conceivably bank on audience goers having watched Agents of SHIELD (and really, who can blame them?) to suddenly have Coulson show up alive in the films with minimal to no explanation.