It has been half a decade since Brokers of SHIELD season 7 got here to an finish, marking itself because the longest-running Marvel Cinematic Universe TV present. Regardless of starting as a derivative from 2012’s The Avengers, Marvel Studios has but to formally acknowledge the sequence’ place within the total canon.
Throughout Brokers of SHIELD‘s current reunion at New York Comedian Con, the canon debate was introduced up, with Phil Coulson actor Clark Gregg having a really highly effective response to it. The MCU veteran, plain and easy, acknowledged: “There’s some individuals who discuss canon… You possibly can go f*** your self. We’re happy with what we did. We’re proud, actually deeply proud, of the connection we’ve with folks such as you who come go to and cling with us.“
Gregg was a recurring participant all through the MCU timeline in Section 1, whereas additionally fleshing out SHIELD’s existence within the franchise, main as much as The Avengers film. Whereas he was killed by Loki (Tom Hiddleston) within the 2012 entry, the ABC drama introduced him again to life and gave him a number one position, as Marvel Tv was starting its division.
All through Brokers of SHIELD, there are quite a few tie-ins to a number of films, together with a setup for Avengers: Age of Ultron. Gregg additionally got here again to the large display screen as Coulson via 2019’s Captain Marvel, exhibiting him as a youthful agent in 1995.
Whereas the Marvel-Netflix exhibits have turn out to be formally canonized to the remainder of the MCU, the Brokers of SHIELD present is an even bigger thriller, given how Marvel Studios’ Kevin Feige spoke about it as being related to the timeline when the spy-drama was airing on ABC. Different sequence, reminiscent of Cloak & Dagger and Runaways, have but to be acknowledged.
Throughout an interview with ScreenRant on December 18, 2024, Brad Winderbaum from Marvel Tv burdened that they have been attempting to get the ABC exhibits extra correctly into the canon. The Head of TV, Streaming, and Animation acknowledged: “I am going to let you know this, and put it to you want this. It is thrilling for me to consider the best way to sq. these ABC exhibits with the canon. That, to me, if me and the way in which my mind works, that’s enjoyable territory to think about.”
At DragonCon 2025 on August 31, Brokers of SHIELD actress Chloe Bennet, who performs Daisy Johnson, a.okay.a. Quake, expressed how she thinks the ensemble sequence will make a comeback down the road. The star additionally took a jab at one of many worst-received MCU Disney+ exhibits, following rumblings that she can be in it:
Chloe Bennet: I am not enjoying a bit. This is not a joke. I don’’ know something; they have not requested me. If they might, me, I am unable to maintain a secret, I’d let you know guys. We’re not actually thought-about canon. I believe the present will make some bizarre, random comeback. Like if it will get placed on one other streamer or one thing. However as of now, no, and I agree that I might have been in Secret Invasion, however I wasn’t. Most likely would have been higher.
Relying on how issues play out, the Brokers of SHIELD characters might pop up earlier than or after Avengers: Secret Wars, particularly because the MCU is eying a reset after the Section 6 finale forward of Section 7.
- Launch Date
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2013 – 2020-00-00
- Showrunner
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Jed Whedon
- Administrators
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Kevin Tancharoen, Jesse Bochco, Billy Gierhart, Vincent Misiano, Bobby Roth, Nina Lopez-Corrado, Brad Turner, David Solomon, Eric Laneuville, Kate Woods, Kevin Hooks, Milan Cheylov, Ron Underwood, Roxann Dawson, Wendey Stanzler, Clark Gregg, David Straiton, Holly Dale, John Terlesky, Joss Whedon, Stanley M. Brooks, Keith Potter, Dwight H. Little, Elodie Keene
- Writers
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Monica Owusu-Breen, Sharla Oliver, Lauren LeFranc, James C. Oliver, Rafe Judkins, Matt Owens, Mark Leitner, Iden Baghdadchi, Shalisha Francis, Chris Dingess