Avengers Assemble (2012)

The biggest film of the year will take retailers by storm on 17th September 2012 when Avengers: Assemble is released on Blu-ray, Blu-Ray 3D and DVD by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment. As well as giving fans the chance to enjoy the exhilarating action and the movie's visually stunning special effects over and over again, Blu-ray audiences will also be treated to a host of behind-the-scenes insights and all new footage.

Coupled with box office takings that exceeded $1 billion globally after just 19 days - making it the third biggest movie of all time globally - Marvel Avengers Assemble is unquestionably a must own Blu-ray and DVD. Pre-order sales for the film's Blu-ray and DVD release underline how hotly anticipated this release is, racking up enough sales in three days of pre-orders to put it on track to be the second biggest week one in pre-order sales ever in the UK.

Exclusive to the Blu-ray edition is the highly anticipated all-new short - Marvel One Shot: "ITEM 47". The Avengers won the battle, but a few items were left behind... is the stark warning underlining this side story in which New York City is in ruins following the epic climax to Marvel's Avengers Assemble. Certain alien technology has been left behind. S.H.I.E.L.D. recovered all but one... a Chitauri weapon, aka "ITEM 47". Fans will only be able to find out what happens after Benny (Jesse Bradford) and Claire (Lizzy Caplan), stumble across the elusive weapon by watching the thrilling short exclusively on Blu-ray.

Also, for the first time, Marvel shares scenes that never made it into the cinematic version of the movie and invites viewers to the very early stages of pre-production on the film "Marvel Avengers Assemble". Included in the 90 minute documentary 'Building A Dream: Assembling the Avengers' is never before seen footage from 'Iron Man' as well as fascinating insight from director Joss Whedon and producer Kevin Feige on how they began creating the Marvel Cinematic Universe for what has been described as "the smartest, wittiest, & most unapologetically entertaining comic-book adaptation of the modern era" (Kevin Maher - The Times) and become one of the most anticipated and talked about movie events in the world.

When Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson), the director of an international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., encounters an unexpected enemy that threatens global safety and security, he finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster. Spanning the globe, a daring recruitment effort begins for Earth's mightiest heroes. Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), Captain America (Chris Evans), The Incredible Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), Thor (Chris Hemsworth) and two of the world's greatest assassins, Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) and Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner), must assemble to defeat Loki (Tom Hiddleston), the darkest villain the Earth has ever known.

Please note - Disc special features are subject to change, may differ from format to format and/or may differ from region to region.