AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 6 Will See Lou Diamond Phillips Direct An Episode; New Cast Image Released

AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 6 Will See Lou Diamond Phillips Direct An Episode; New Cast Image Released

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. will premiere its sixth season this May, and we have now learned that Lou Diamond Philips will direct an episode. Plus, a new image of the main cast from Season 6 has been released.

By HeavyMetal4Life - Mar 28, 2019 03:03 PM EST
Filed Under: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Source: EW
Marvel's long-running Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. will premiere its sixth season sometime in May, shortly after the release of Avengers: Endgame. While much of the season is shrouded in mystery, we do know that there will be a time-jump from the end of Season 5. The series will take place in a post-Phil Coulson world, with half of the team under the supervision of Director Mack on Earth and the other half in deep space searching for cryo Fitz.

It was revealed last year that Clark Gregg, in addition to portraying Not-Phil Coulson, would be directing the season premiere 'Missing Pieces,' and that VFX supervisor Mark Kolpack and exectuvie producer Garry Brown would also be jumping behind the camera to direct. Now, thanks to EW, we know that the upcoming season will host another notable figure behind the camera: veteran actor and director Lou Diamond Philips.

Philips (Young Guns, Longmire) will direct the fifth episode this season. He told EW the following during a S.H.I.E.L.D. set visit in September:

I got the call when I was directing Fear of the Walking Dead down in Austin: ‘Would you direct an episode of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.?’ ‘Yeah, done.’ Instant answer, because of the world, because it’s Marvel. It’s big. It’s comic-book stuff. It’s action. It’s mythology. It’s science-fiction. It’s all of that rolled into one. And of course my old friend Ming-Na was on it. That’s crazy, that’s wonderful!

As the actor notes, Philips will reunite with fellow Stargate Universe co-star Ming-Na Wen. and his excitement for this reuninon was matched by the Agent May actress, who revealed to EW how happy she was to work with her friend again. 

When they told me he was directing, I was just so happy. We had so much fun [on Stargate]. That was a very special two years for us up in Vancouver — for me, Lou, and the whole entire crew.

EW also released an exclusive image that provides a new look at the main cast of season 6.


There are a few intriguing details in the image: Not-Phil Couslon is keeping his distance from May, Director Mack is holding Fury's toolbox, the team is playing some kind of Poker-like game on a table with symbols that look Kree-like, and there is an interesting sword secured to the front of said table. And, of course, Deke is stealing the game chips. 

Be sure to tune into new Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. this May. 
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HeavyMetal4Life
HeavyMetal4Life - 3/28/2019, 1:32 PM

HeavyMetal4Life
HeavyMetal4Life - 3/28/2019, 3:06 PM
SHIELD costume designer has slowly been revealing segments of Quake's new suit.

https://www.instagram.com/whitneyhg/
hummingbird68
hummingbird68 - 3/28/2019, 3:34 PM
@HeavyMetal4Life - Chloe basically looks hot in anything - or is that just me
HeavyMetal4Life
HeavyMetal4Life - 3/28/2019, 3:36 PM
@hummingbird68 - don't worry, its not just you... ;-P
bkmeijer2
bkmeijer2 - 3/28/2019, 3:22 PM
I still kinda dislike they are moving forward with Clark Gregg as a cast member that is not Coulson (Not-Coulson and Holo-Coulson). And my hype also has dropped a lot since it’s obvious it’s not really canon at all
HeavyMetal4Life
HeavyMetal4Life - 3/28/2019, 3:24 PM
@MalseMarcel - "since it’s obvious it’s not really canon at all"

Uggh, not this nonsense again.

DarkArrow19
DarkArrow19 - 3/28/2019, 3:28 PM
@HeavyMetal4Life - Clark Gregg not playing Coulson? Good God I need to catch up on this show.
HeavyMetal4Life
HeavyMetal4Life - 3/28/2019, 3:30 PM
@DarkArrow19 - oh shit, you didn't know? When did you last watch? Yeah bro, you've got to get caught up!! You've got no idea what you're missing out on buddy.
bkmeijer2
bkmeijer2 - 3/28/2019, 3:31 PM
@HeavyMetal4Life - Yeah I know it’s a often heard complaint, but it’s simple one of the reasons I’m not as hyped as a used to be.
HeavyMetal4Life
HeavyMetal4Life - 3/28/2019, 3:33 PM
@MalseMarcel - yup, it is an often heard, factually incorrect complaint centered around a notion that is blatantly and obviously false.
hummingbird68
hummingbird68 - 3/28/2019, 3:36 PM
@MalseMarcel - I think the earth bound team of agents will be deal with many people appearing that are known to be dead, Coulson will be just one of them.
bkmeijer2
bkmeijer2 - 3/28/2019, 3:49 PM
@HeavyMetal4Life - thats indeed a discriptive correct way of saying it. It just sucks the movies just don’t recognize the tv shows
HeavyMetal4Life
HeavyMetal4Life - 3/28/2019, 3:54 PM
@MalseMarcel - lol. But Captain Marvel did have multiple references to SHIELD... like, a whole bunch.
bkmeijer2
bkmeijer2 - 3/28/2019, 4:09 PM
@HeavyMetal4Life - Yeah, that’s true, but I want a hard reference. Like in Endgame someone mentioning the Chicago situation from the season 5 finale or something like that
HeavyMetal4Life
HeavyMetal4Life - 3/28/2019, 4:14 PM
@MalseMarcel - Captain Marvel had multiple references and connections. Just because a movie doesn't essentially say "this happened on Agents of SHIELD in season 5" (you get what I'm saying) doesn't mean that canon is thrown out the window. The references, the connections, the characters that crossover from movies to tv, they all exist.
DarkArrow19
DarkArrow19 - 3/28/2019, 3:27 PM
Off topic: so glad baseball is back. Dodgers handling as usual. Don’t choke this time guys.
TheBeard
TheBeard - 3/28/2019, 3:34 PM
@DarkArrow19 - As a Red Sox fan, i have to post this...

DarkArrow19
DarkArrow19 - 3/28/2019, 5:53 PM
@TheBeard - it’s okay I can’t argue it haha
NinnesMBC
NinnesMBC - 3/28/2019, 3:30 PM
I'd like to see any of the actresses direct too, like Ming-Na Wen.

I wonder why Fitz' arms are covered. And Mack has that cube-of-secrets that belonged to Fury and Coulson.

The color of the picture makes it seem as if it was out some Blade Runner or some Noir element.
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