Joss Whedon Jokes That Coulson Is Still Dead; Says The "Television Series Is Just A Fever Dream"
We've had a lot of talk as of late regarding the death of Agent Phil Coulson and whether or not he will appear in another big screen film. Well, Avengers: Age Of Ultron director Joss Whedon jokes about the character's resurrection in Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. in a new interview...
I'm sure you watched The Avengers film and saw that Agent Coulson was killed by Loki. Then, a few months later Agent Coulson was resurrected and a new television series was created titled, Marvel's Agents of SHIELD. Avengers: Age of Ultron Director Joss Whedon already revealed that he disliked that decision, but now while talking with IGN, he revealed that as far as the movies go, Agent Phil Coulson is indeed, dead and the TV series does not tie-in to the movies. “Yeah he’s dead. The entire television series is just a fever dream. It’s a Jacob’s Ladder moment he’s having at the point of death, but we don’t give that away until after season seven. And there’s a snow globe. Now I’ve given it away. Bollocks!” Whedon joked.
Aside from the jokes, Joss Whedon then revealed why he made this decision to keep Agent Coulson dead. “It’s a weird little yes and no. As far as I’m concerned in the films, yes he’s dead. In terms of the narrative of these guys [The Avengers] his loss was very important.” He then added, “When I created the television show, it was sort of on the understanding that this can work and we can do it with integrity, but these Avengers movies are for people to see the Avengers movies and nothing else.” Whedon then adds that it would not make any sense to have Coulson pop back up and reveal to the Avengers that he’s alive. "It would neither make sense nor be useful to say ‘Oh and by the way remember me? I died!’”
Besides Coulson's death, Whedon revealed a few reason why he thought making a Shield television series wasn't a good idea. "I think actually the movie people were a little bit cross about the TV show. They were sort of like ‘Well you can have this but not this. And this but not that.’ It’s complicated enough as it is without me adding another layer of complication. We also created a TV show called S.H.I.E.L.D. right before they made a movie where they destroyed S.H.I.E.L.D.. So everybody’s having a GREAT time!”