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"The Avengers director Joss Whedon has insisted that he wants to play a key role on Marvel&amp;#039;s S.H.I.E.L.D. TV series. The forthcoming ABC drama focuses on an elite spy organisation and will star Clark Gregg as Agent Coulson, alongside Ming-Na, Elizabeth Henstridge, Iain De Caestecker and Brett Dalton.   Whedon told Entertainment Weekly that working on a sequel to The Avengers is his &amp;quot;number one priority&amp;quot; but added that he will be involved with S.H.I.E.L.D. as his &amp;quot;schedule allows&amp;quot;. &amp;quot;I have to maintain a fine balance between not hurting The Avengers... and [also] not be the guy who shows up once a month and undoes everything that&amp;#039;s been done by everyone else,&amp;quot; he explained. Whedon&amp;#039;s brother Jed will work alongside Melissa Tancharoen and Jeffrey Bell on the day-to-day production of S.H.I.E.LD. with Whedon himself serving as executive producer and also direct the show&amp;#039;s pilot episode. &amp;quot;One of the great things about having worked for so damn long is that there are so many people that I truly trust,&amp;quot; he said. Pacific Rim director Guillermo del Toro recently claimed that his own Marvel TV series - a show featuring the Hulk - has been put on hold by ABC. &amp;gt; Samuel L Jackson wants role in Joss Whedon&amp;#039;s S.H.I.E.LD. pilot &amp;gt; Joss Whedon&amp;#039;s S.H.I.E.L.D. pilot &amp;quot;very exciting&amp;quot;, says ABC boss Watch a clip from The Avengers below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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