Item 47

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Item 47
Louis D'Esposito
Screenplay byEric Pearson
Based on
S.H.I.E.L.D.
by
Produced byKevin Feige
Starring
CinematographyGabriel Beristain
Edited by
Music byChristopher Lennertz
Production
company
Distributed byWalt Disney Studios
Home Entertainment
Release date
September 25, 2012 (2012-09-25)
Running time
12 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Item 47 is a 2012 American

his role from the film series. In Item 47, two civilians come across a Chitauri
gun and use it to commit crimes.

The short helped lead to ABC ordering a television series spin-off, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., which began airing in September 2013.

Plot

Bennie and Claire, a down-on-their-luck couple, find a discarded

Felix Blake
to retrieve the weapon and "neutralize" the couple. Agent Sitwell tracks the couple down to a motel room that gets wrecked in the subsequent confrontation, and the stolen money gets destroyed. Instead of killing the couple, Sitwell invites them to join S.H.I.E.L.D., with Bennie assigned to the R&D 'think-tank' to reverse engineer the Chitauri technology, and Claire becoming Blake's assistant.

Cast

Jesse Bradford (left) and Lizzy Caplan (right), newcomers to the MCU, starred in the film.

Production

Item 47 was directed by Marvel Studios co-president

Brad Winderbaum had for the third Marvel One-Shot involved the funeral of Phil Coulson after his death in The Avengers, but they opted in the end to not "rely" on Coulson yet again after having the two previous One-Shots focused on him.[5]

Release

Item 47 was released on The Avengers Blu-ray on September 25, 2012.[1] It will be included on the bonus-disc of the "Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase Two Collection" box set, which includes all of the Phase Two films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as well as the other Marvel One-Shots. The collection features audio commentary from D'Esposito, Hernandez, Welliver and Bradford, and was released on December 8, 2015.[6] The short became available on Disney+ on January 21, 2022 along with the other One-Shots and the Team Thor films.[7]

Reception

Andre Dellamorte of

CraveOnline said, "The short is largely a success: Hernandez, Bradford and Caplan are all in fine form although, Welliver seems saddled with a little awkward dialogue, particularly in regards to Coulson, which doesn't entirely sell."[9] Spencer Terry of Superhero Hype! said, "[Item 47] is easily the best one they've done, and I think that can be attributed to its length seeing as it's three times longer than the other One-Shots. With a longer run time, the short film doesn't have to rush to show us everything that it wants to – we get a clear understanding of both the S.H.I.E.L.D. perspective of the events and the robbers' point of view."[10]

Television series

Disney CEO Bob Iger greenlit a television series based on S.H.I.E.L.D. at ABC after watching Item 47.[3] Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. was officially picked up in May 2013.[11] Welliver, having been introduced in the One-Shot, reprises his role in the series as a guest star.[12]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Breznican, Anthony (July 3, 2012). "First Look: Marvel unveils top-secret 'Avengers' short film 'Item 47' – Exclusive". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on February 2, 2021. Retrieved January 13, 2014.
  2. ^ Burlingame, Russ (June 21, 2014). "Agent Carter One-Shot Composer Likely Headed to the TV Series". ComicBook. Archived from the original on November 29, 2014. Retrieved September 27, 2014.
  3. ^ a b Breznican, Anthony (July 11, 2013). "'Marvel One-Shot: Agent Carter' – First Look at poster and three photos from the new short!". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on December 25, 2013. Retrieved April 19, 2014.
  4. ^ Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe. Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: The Complete First Season Home media, bonus material: ABC Home Entertainment. 2014.
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  6. ^ Goldberg, Matt (October 23, 2015). "'Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase Two Collection' Unveiled; Contains First Look at Phase 3". Collider. Archived from the original on October 24, 2015. Retrieved October 23, 2015.
  7. ^ Zogbi, Emily (January 21, 2022). "Disney+'s MCU Hub Adds Every Marvel One-Shot". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on January 22, 2022. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
  8. ^ Dellamorte, Andre (September 20, 2012). "THE AVENGERS Blu-ray Review". Collider. Archived from the original on January 10, 2014. Retrieved January 14, 2014.
  9. CraveOnline. Archived from the original
    on January 16, 2014. Retrieved January 14, 2014.
  10. ^ Terry, Spencer (September 20, 2012). "Marvel's The Avengers Blu-ray Review". Superhero Hype!. Archived from the original on June 7, 2013. Retrieved January 14, 2014.
  11. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (May 10, 2013). "ABC Picks Up Marvel/Joss Wheden's 'S.H.I.E.L.D.' To Series". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on June 7, 2013. Retrieved May 10, 2013.
  12. Marvel.com. October 10, 2013. Archived from the original
    on February 28, 2014. Retrieved October 10, 2013.

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