Marvel’s ‘Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ Returns This May
ABC’s sole Marvel television series, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., is back for another 13 episodes this season. But in a nice surprise, it’s looking a lot like the series is set to resume much earlier than previously believed.
Prior reports put the premiere window for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. in July 2019, but it looks like we’re going to get it two months early. As a Valentine’s Day gift to Marvel fans, it was announced that the show would be returning a little sooner than expected with a little montage of kisses throughout the show’s run:
It's #ValentinesDay? Copy that, hot lips. ? #AgentsofSHIELD pic.twitter.com/xCscCiGB0o
— Agents of SHIELD (@AgentsofSHIELD) February 14, 2019
The teaser does not specify when in May the series is set to return, but the point that matters is that the show will be set after the events of Avengers: Endgame, meaning that the show is not going to concern itself with having half of its cast being dusted and subsequently un-dusted. With the airdate for the premiere moved up, it ought to get the jump on Spider-Man: Far From Home in showing just what the Marvel Cinematic Universe is going to be like after Phase 3’s epic conclusion. Hopefully, that future includes more connectivity to the movies.
In the latest season of the Marvel series, the agents have to persevere without their original leader and face strange new threats in a world where S.H.I.E.L.D. is more needed than ever.The new season stars Ming-Na Wen, Chloe Bennet, Iain De Caestecker, Elizabeth Henstridge, Henry Simmons, Natalia Cordova-Buckley, Jeff Ward, and Clark Gregg. Gregg is in an interesting position in that his character, Phil Coulson, is appearing in a film (Captain Marvel) for the first time since the show began back in 2013 . However, Gregg is not portraying Coulson this season (as the character has passed away between the fifth and sixth seasons of the series), but a mysterious doppelgänger.
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 6 will air in May 2019. The show has also been renewed for a Season 7, which does not yet have a release window.
Grant Davis is a freelance writer who has covered entertainment news for more than seven years. His articles have frequently appeared in Star Wars News Net as well as as other entertainment-related websites. As someone who grew up on Star Wars and comic book movies, he’s completely thrilled with the current era of genre entertainment.
