Are Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Agent Carter lastly canon (once more)? Marvel govt Brad Winderbaum teases his hopes to make their ABC slate canon to the MCU.
Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Agent Carter have at all times sat in an fascinating place on the subject of being canon within the MCU. The exhibits have been initially pitched as utterly canon, filling within the gaps between key movies reminiscent of Avengers: Age of Ultron. Yet because the years went on, and Marvel received extra concerned with Netflix and even began planning their very own streaming service, the studio started to slowly distance themselves from the collection. For a time, they tried to disregard that the tasks have been ever canon in any respect!
Now it appears Marvel is as soon as extra planning to take their followers to Tahiti. When talking on the canon of their ABC exhibits like Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Agent Carter, Head of TV, Streaming, and Animation at Marvel Studios Brad Winderbaum revealed that he has excessive hopes to sq. the timeline of these exhibits with the present MCU.
“Well, I’ll tell you this, and put it to you like this,” Winderbaum spoke to ScreenRant. “It’s exciting for me to think about how to square those ABC shows with the canon. That, to me, if you know me and the way my brain works, that is fun territory to imagine.”
How Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. Fits Into The MCU
Some would think about that it’s fairly easy to simply slap the “canon” label on Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Agent Carter and name it a day, particularly given the exhibits have been initially meant to be canon. However, as Marvel distanced the MCU from the collection, the exhibits too distanced itself from the MCU. This included large established order modifications reminiscent of a worldwide terrigenesis, the debut of the Darkhold, and the Earth actually being torn aside.
It’s attainable that, with some work, many of those bumps may very well be squared away. Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. could even present Marvel a approach out of their controversial determination to make Kamala Khan a mutant within the MCU by merely saying she was an unknowing sufferer of the mass terrigenesis. However, given the studio is able to enter an period of mutants, it’s unclear how a lot time they’ll should untie this Gordian knot.
All seasons of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Agent Carter at the moment are streaming on Disney Plus. Stay tuned for the newest information concerning the way forward for the Marvel Cinematic Universe and ensure to subscribe to our YouTube channel for extra content material!