Joss Whedon Discusses "S.H.I.E.L.D: TV Series"

A month or so back it was confirmed that a new TV spin-off to the BIG-screen "Avengers" film was in the works with Joss Whedon attached to helm the pilot episode. It was then confirmed that the untitled TV show would be a S.H.I.E.L.D based live-action series that would be set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). Whedon was then confirmed to be directing the first episode and stay on as a potential producer or like Nolan to the new "Superman" film...........A GODFATHER TO THE SHOW!!!
Now Joss Whedon has came out and discussed details on this new series. Here's what he said, 

“It's trucking right along. I’m writing it with Jed Whedon and Maurissa Tancharoen, my brother and sister-in-law who worked on “Dollhouse” with me. And we’re planning to shoot it just as soon as we can get it up and running. It’s an ensemble show, so we’ve gotta find the right cast. We found a way to structure it so that what we’re dealing with are agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. who are the humans in a superhero world and how they deal with that and how it makes them vulnerable.”

And here's what he said about the show characters being brand-new and will not feature any of the BIG-screen superheroes,
  

   “It's trucking right along. I’m writing it with Jed Whedon and Maurissa Tancharoen, my brother and sister-in-law who worked on “Dollhouse” with me. And we’re planning to shoot it just as soon as we can get it up and running. It’s an ensemble show, so we’ve gotta find the right cast. We found a way to structure it so that what we’re dealing with are agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. who are the humans in a superhero world and how they deal with that and how it makes them vulnerable.”

Even though Whedon has said that the show will feature whole set of new characters, it's still be strongly rumored that Clark Gregg's Agent Coulson will pop up in either flash back sequences or that the show may be a prequel to the whole MCU. It's also been rumored that the cast from Marvel's short film "ITEM 47" will pop up to in some sort of a way.