S.H.I.E.L.D

They didn't take on my suggestion to call it "Avengers-Lite" though. [...]

Various casting news from the internet's archive marked 'the last 24 hours... or so' [...]

As a fan of, well, everything he’s done, I’m excited that “Buffy”, “Angel” and “Dollhouse” alum Joss Whedon has managed to find some time to venture back to the small screen this year. In addition to juggling his cinematic duties with Marvel’s big-screen universe, the “Avengers” helmer is shepherding the new spin-off series on “S.H.I.E.L.D”. [...]

But.... how is this possible!? [...]

I'm guessing there'll be a couple of recognizable/name characters announced further down the track; these are probably the smaller parts that are up for grabs, thus why they've started to do the rounds. [...]

Joss Whedon to co-write and possibly direct the new ABC series [...]