 Chris Dingess also serves as a showrunner.In March 2014, Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely, writers of the "Captain America" films, stated that they envisioned the series, which had not yet been greenlit, as a limited series of approximately 13 episodes.By April 2014, there were indications that the series would be ordered straight to series, bypassing a pilot order, and would air between the late 2014 and early 2015 portions of "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.