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In news that has the entire superhero-loving world aflutter, Bob Iger has revealed on one of them fancy conference calls to investors that Joss Whedon will be returning to write and direct "Avengers 2", help shape the direction of Phase 2 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (which kicks off with "Iron Man 3" next May), and also oversee (which probably just means come up with a few ideas for millions of dollars) the creation of an Avengers-universe based TV show for ABC.
Realistically, this show will not feature any of the actual Avengers, but be more of an "Item 47"-based show where people living in the Avengers world dealing with the day-to-day dealings of a world with superheroes. I'd venture to guess it would be centered around S.H.I.E.L.D., since there are several human characters that could be done on a TV budget. Plus, Samuel L. Jackson would probably show up with the promise of six Snickers bars and a $25 gift card to Applebees. Seriously, that guy will be in anything.
But with Marvel's historic ability to low ball their talent, the fact that they're stepping up to the plate and securing a man as talented as Joss Whedon for the foreseeable future honestly shows how committed to quality they are.
