Agents of SHIELD - ABC Developing Spin Off *Updated*

Update: 10th April Below is an update with a few more details from Deadline.

I hear the project, first reported by EW, would feature cast members from the mothership series, with the talent deals currently being worked out. That is the strategy used for the Arrow-Flash spinoff series, now in the works at the CW, also for next season.

Noone would comment but I hear the Marvel spinoff was developed by S.H.I.E.L.D. executive producer Jeffrey Bell and co-executive producer Paul Zbyszewski, who are currently writing the script and would executive produce. ABC is not expected to make a formal greenlight call on the project until the script comes in, with the hope being to be able to do that before the upfronts.In that case, the network might announce the new series at its upfront presentation, along with a promo. In the spinoff goes to series, I hear Zbyszewski is expected to serve as showrunner.

Details on the offshoot’s plot are sketchy, but I hear it could air concurrently with S.H.I.E.L.D.

Source:

Deadline

Original Article

Huge news for Agents of SHIELD fans. Not only is a third season of the action-adventure series pretty much guaranteed, but Marvel is quietly developing a spinoff for ABC.

We’re told a spinoff is being developed by SHIELD executive producer Jeffrey Bell (Angel, The X-Files) and SHIELD writer Paul Zbyszewski (Lost, Hawaii Five-0).

We don’t know is which characters from the current series will be moving over to the proposed spinoff – so let the speculation being on that. There won’t be an implanted pilot episode this season directly setting up the spinoff, either (like how CW launched The Flash out of Arrow). However, story elements that are still to come on SHIELD this year will be used to lay the groundwork for the potential new series. So by the end of the season – assuming the details for this project haven’t already leaked, which is rather unlikely – the spinoff concept should be clear.

Source:

EW