Kevin Feige Says Tony Doesn't Know Agent Coulson Is Still Alive In IRON MAN 3

Kevin Feige Says Tony Doesn't Know Agent Coulson Is Still Alive In IRON MAN 3

For those hoping we'd get a clue to how Agent Coulson survived his apparent death at the hands of Loki in the first Marvel Studios film post-Avengers, you may be a bit disappointed.

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By MarkJulian - Mar 05, 2013 06:03 PM EST
Filed Under: Iron Man
Source: via Collider






When it was first announced that Agent Coulson (Clark Gregg) would be returning for ABC's S.H.I.E.L.D. many assumed that it would be as a hologram, Life Model Decoy or that the show would take place before The Avengers. However, when ABC network president Paul Lee stated that the show would takes place after The Avengers there was a puzzling outcry from the Marvel fanbase. There's been small but growing chatter that Coulson might turn up in Iron Man 3 as a quick reestablishing of his character before the pilot aired. However, Feige has lowered the odds of that happening significantly with his response to a question during Marvel Iron Man 3 roundtable Q&A with various press outlets. Does he know that Phil Coulson is alive and on S.H.I.E.L.D., was the question put to Feige who responded, Does Tony know that? No. For those having fun cooking up theories about how Coulson returns, you probably shouldn't expect to get any answers in Iron Man 3.

And as a bonus, parting shot, Feige also praised The Runaways script from Iron Man 3 script writer Drew Pearce calling it "an amazing draft" but a project that Marvel has ultimately decided not to make.

For all the latest on ABC's S.H.I.E.L.D. stay tuned to CBM. I suspect we should be hearing news on the project sooner rather than later. Marvel's Iron Man 3 hits US theaters May 3rd.



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Release Date: May 3, 2013
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antman8o8
antman8o8 - 3/5/2013, 6:50 PM
when was it announced that he was alive?! the S.H.I.E.L.D. pilot????
LAXtremest
LAXtremest - 3/5/2013, 6:51 PM
So is he answering if Coulson survived??
jackdawak
jackdawak - 3/5/2013, 6:51 PM
WELL THAT EXPLAINS IT!!
HongKongPooey
HongKongPooey - 3/5/2013, 6:54 PM
what the hell?! Coulson is alive?!?!? When was this revealed?!?!?!
iZinDiaN
iZinDiaN - 3/5/2013, 6:54 PM
He's still alive? WTF. LOL.
LAXtremest
LAXtremest - 3/5/2013, 6:54 PM
I hope Coulson is used in flashbacks or something.
TayDee
TayDee - 3/5/2013, 6:58 PM
Well shit, I didn't even know
NoAssemblyReqd
NoAssemblyReqd - 3/5/2013, 6:58 PM
The fact that Coulson is headlining the S.H.I.E.L.D. show has been known for months. That it takes place post-Avengers is a relatively new development, but it's still pretty old news.

I wonder if other countries will get the show (assuming it's picked up) at the same time it airs in the States, or if there will be a delay.
THEDARKKNIGHT1939
THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - 3/5/2013, 6:59 PM
Why is he alive? The [frick]...
ToTheManInTheColdSweat
ToTheManInTheColdSweat - 3/5/2013, 7:00 PM
how the [frick] is coulson still alive. this hack fiege forced whedon to kill him off and now wants him back. death is [frick]ing cheap has crossed over to mcu.
bazinga85
bazinga85 - 3/5/2013, 7:01 PM
They should've left him dead.
NoAssemblyReqd
NoAssemblyReqd - 3/5/2013, 7:01 PM
Actually, it was Whedon (and his brother) who wanted Coulson back, which is an odd reversal of what usually happens when Joss is writing.
laughterman26
laughterman26 - 3/5/2013, 7:02 PM
coulson can never die, only be slowed down. HE IS THE CHUCK NORRIS OF THE MARVEL UNIVERSE.

also im thinking that, coulson was a life model decoy in avengers, they make him like vision/ cyborg or that they give him some kind of super soilder serum, freeze him and then bring him back.some kind of shit like that.
antman8o8
antman8o8 - 3/5/2013, 7:02 PM
they are gonna use that L.M.D. card and run with it...happy to see Phil is back (wait why is he PHIL) but his death had meaning and needed to be done as was explained. still lol come on Marvel!!! at least he isn't Vision lol
2gold
2gold - 3/5/2013, 7:03 PM
Wow..Nick Fury is an epic prick then. Lied to the Avengers, lied to his own agents and now he'll expect them to trust him. Of course Tony knew he was a liar but Phil? That is going to ouch him.
drummerian
drummerian - 3/5/2013, 7:04 PM
SPOILER ALERT
Darkknight23
Darkknight23 - 3/5/2013, 7:04 PM
So the avengers were brought together because of a lie?
TheRedSkull
TheRedSkull - 3/5/2013, 7:04 PM
I'm assuming in the Avengers 2, the group will realise that Coulson isn't dead and hence will cause more turmoil within the group.

It's a great idea, as long as it's handled well. As for the S.H.E.I.L.D show, they better work on how to make his return and fake death good enough. I have faith though
lapress
lapress - 3/5/2013, 7:05 PM
ah maN! NO rUNAWAYS?!
TheRedSkull
TheRedSkull - 3/5/2013, 7:06 PM
And there isn't really strong enough of a referrence in The Avengers to suggest how he survived...so yeah this show has got a lot of work to fill those cracks
TheRedSkull
TheRedSkull - 3/5/2013, 7:07 PM
@lapress...I know right?...
MarkJulian
MarkJulian - 3/5/2013, 7:07 PM
Wow, did you guys really not know Agent Coulson was the lead in the S.H.I.E.L.D. show?
THEDARKKNIGHT1939
THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - 3/5/2013, 7:09 PM
This is so so stupid. The only way to bring the Avengers together was to fake someones death? ughh leave him dead. Makes his death more meaningful.
campblood
campblood - 3/5/2013, 7:09 PM
clone ?
NoAssemblyReqd
NoAssemblyReqd - 3/5/2013, 7:12 PM
The opening scene of S.H.I.E.L.D:

Yinsen and Dr. Erskine are having a beer in an odd, smoke-filled bar. In the corner with a box of bowling trophies is old Ben Parker.

In walks Agent Coulson, dazed and confused. The bartender puts down the glass he has been polishing and looks Coulson square in the eye.

"You don't belong here, son."
JDUKE25
JDUKE25 - 3/5/2013, 7:12 PM
So Coulson is alive?





Bad enough we get this crap in comics....
campblood
campblood - 3/5/2013, 7:13 PM
maybe they have spare coulsons being fed a constants feed of the active bodies experiences thoughts and senses and as soon as the body dies another activates essentially giving coulson a form of immortality

kind of a better version of the venture bros set up
OrgasmicPotatoe
OrgasmicPotatoe - 3/5/2013, 7:14 PM
He is still alive because he never died. I think it's fairly simple, now all you guys have to do is wait for the S.H.I.E.L.D. TV series to eplain that, so you can tell me.
JatevinM
JatevinM - 3/5/2013, 7:14 PM
The whole Coulson thing has been known for months
OrgasmicPotatoe
OrgasmicPotatoe - 3/5/2013, 7:15 PM
Though I wish he was kept dead. First time I got to know that character was in Thor, in which I thought he was a complete asshole and wanted to put a bullet in his brains the whole time. His and Rachel Dawe's death were the most satisfying (to me) in recent superhero movies.
DocDrop
DocDrop - 3/5/2013, 7:16 PM
All the pilot has to do is open with a scene of Coulson being rushed into emergency surgery where he barely survives & is in a coma, sequestered away for a few months while everyone thinks/thought he was dead, until he wakes up. BINGO! Problem solved...
Pheezmatic
Pheezmatic - 3/5/2013, 7:18 PM
U all have no imagination!...how can he stay dead if he was never dead to begin with!!??? stoopidys...
IronNuts2
IronNuts2 - 3/5/2013, 7:19 PM
Or he was a Skrull spy and they get him back in avengers 2? or does that not jive with continuity?
lnTylerWeTrust
lnTylerWeTrust - 3/5/2013, 7:19 PM
Just leave him dead Marvel. I want to SEEEE TRAGEDY!!!!
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 3/5/2013, 7:20 PM
No see that won';t work because

WE SAW HIM BREATH HIS LAST DAMN BREATH IN THE AVENGERS!

Cheyne stoking, expired, an ex agent, cold, staring eyes. He. was. DEAD.

So yes, bringing him back is mind numbingly stupid.
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