'Avengers: Age of Ultron' Won't Feature Coulson, Agent Still 'Dead'; Joss Whedon Explains [VIDEO]
Sorry, Marvel fans, Coulson will not be in The Avengers: Age of Ultron.
In fact, Earth's Mightiest Heroes won't even know the new director is alive. For Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner), and Captain America (Chris Evans), Coulson's (Clark Gregg) death in The Avengers was as permanent as that of any other agent who fell fending of Loki and the chitauri.
If writer/director Joss Whedon has his way, the superhero collective will never know of the Tahiti Project, or it's most successful test subject.
"As far as I'm concerned, in this movie, Coulson's dead," Whedon informed Buzzfeed. "If you come back in the sequel and say Coulson's alive, it's like putting f***ing John Gielgud in the sequel to 'Arthur.' It mattered that he's gone. It's a different world now. And you have to run with that."
Coulson's death was the glue that pulled the disparate heroes together ahead of the Battle of New York, and the team's continuously fragile alliance could crumble with the knowledge that Fury's right hand man is still busy kicking HYDRA's collective butt.
Find out what else will (or won't) make the jump from Agents of SHIELD to Avengers 2 when Age of Ultron hits theaters on May 1. Click the video below to see a trailer for the upcoming release.
