First revealed with the announcement that Marvel's The Avengers box-office phenomenon will hit shelves on DVD and Blu-ray September 25th, Apple's iTunes has debuted a preview for The Avengers Initiative: A Marvel Second Screen Experience app. Including screenshots and additional details, check it out below.
Enter the S.H.I.E.L.D. database on your second screen device accessing personnel files, comic book origins and exclusive interactive content. Become a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent and participate in the Item 47 Comic-Con experience either remotely or in the field. Examine the confidential files of the Avengers. Updates throughout the summer will provide even more access to the S.H.I.E.L.D. database.
Designed specifically for the iPad and iPhone, Disney/Marvel promises bi-weekly content updates up until September, when it becomes weekly updates of interactive comic books, character profiles, and much more before the DVD/Blu-ray release, again on September 25th!
Marvel Studios presents in association with Paramount Pictures “Marvel’s The Avengers”--the super hero team up of a lifetime, featuring iconic Marvel super heroes Iron Man, the Incredible Hulk, Thor, Captain America, Hawkeye and Black Widow. When an unexpected enemy emerges that threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, Director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., 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.
Starring Robert Downey, Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner and Samuel L. Jackson, & directed by Joss Whedon from a screenplay by Joss Whedon, “Marvel’s The Avengers” is based on the ever-popular Marvel comic book series “The Avengers,” first published in 1963 and a comics institution ever since. Prepare yourself for an exciting event movie, packed with action and spectacular special effects, when “Marvel’s The Avengers” assembled on May 4, 2012. The film is distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. In addition to "Marvel's The Avengers," Marvel Studios will release a slate of films based on the Marvel characters including "Iron Man 3" on May 3, 2013!; and “Thor 2” on November 15, 2013.