Marvel is at it again. Following on the footsteps of their past One-Shots, A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THOR’S HAMMER and THE CONSULTANT, Marvel is set to release another short film in conjunction with the release of their titanic blockbuster THE AVENGERS later this year. While the other two were fun and showed some “behind-the-scenes” goings-on, this one will focus on a couple that literally has a piece of the battle fall into their laps.
Check out the first clip below and be sure to pick up your copy of THE AVENGERS on Blu-Ray to see the entire thing. To see some previous photos from the short, be sure to check out our previous Weekly WRAP!
ITEM 47 is directed by Louis D’Esposito and stars Lizzy Caplan, Jesse Bradford, Maximiliano Hernández and Titus Welliver.
SYNOPSIS: Lizzy Caplan and Jesse Bradford star as a down-on-their-luck couple who find one of the discarded alien guns from the finale to The Avengers — and proceed to make some incredibly bad decisions. This is the longest, most elaborate of the Marvel shorts so far, and could be a first step toward using short-subject films to dive deeper into the Marvel universe and introduce beloved but less-familiar superheroes to the mainstream.
Item 47 refers to the gun itself, which S.H.I.E.L.D. would like very much to retrieve from the hapless young troublemakers. “The world is topsy-turvy now. There’s been an alien invasion, and things are crazy,” explains Marvel Studios co-president Louis D’Esposito, who directed the film himself. “So when this gun literally fell into their lap, this is a sign: We’re going to rob a few banks, we’re going to buy a boat, we’re going to the Caribbean, and all our problems will be solved.”
Two S.H.I.E.L.D. agents (Maximiliano Hernández, returning from Thor and The Avengers, and Lost’s Man in Black Titus Welliver, making his Marvel debut) are given the job of cleaning up the mess and stopping this modern Bonnie and Clyde (not coincidentally named Benny and Claire.)
ITEM 47 is set to hit shelves as part of THE AVENGERS Blu-Ray on September 25, 2012.
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