Marvel’s “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” to End After Upcoming 7th Season

Marvel’s long-running not-so-super hero series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. will be coming to an end after its upcoming seventh season on ABC, according to Deadline.

  • The news comes from San Diego Comic-Con where Marvel TV President Jeph Loeb will join the cast and executive producers of the series in Hall H for a panel later today.
  • Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. began its run in 2013 on ABC and has since had more than 130 episodes.
  • The show is currently in its sixth season, which will wrap up in early August.
  • The series stars:
    • Clark Gregg as Phil Coulson
    • Ming-Na Wen as Melinda May
    • Chloe Bennet as Daisy Johnson/Quake
    • Iain De Caestecker as Leo Fitz
    • Elizabeth Henstridge as Jemma Simmons
    • Henry Simmons as Alphonso “Mack” Mackenzie
  • Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. is the longest running Marvel TV series to date.

What they’re saying:

  • Jeph Loeb: “When you know that’s what you’re doing, you can take greater risks, of life and death. Those kinds of decisions suddenly now are real on the table because you’re not playing how do we undo this when we get to the next season. You’re playing that this is going to be the end of the story.”

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