On the forthcoming Blu-ray for Thor, Paramount and Marvel will release the first of a batch of short films called One-Shot. The first of which will be titled The Consultant and Marvel (via SlashFilm) has released a teaser clip featuring Clark Gregg as Agent Coulson and Maximiliano Hernandez as Agent Sitwell as they discuss plans on how to approach General Thunderbolt Ross, the character played by William Hurt in The Incredible Hulk.
A second short, titled A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Thor’s Hammer… is also said to be coming soon and One-Shot Co-Producer Brad Winderbaum describes the two shorts as such:
“A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Thor’s Hammer… picks up after Agent Coulson leaves Tony Stark’s lab in Malibu during Iron Man 2, and occurs before he arrives solo at the crater site in Thor. The Consultant takes place sometime after the plots of Iron Man 2, Thor and The Incredible Hulk, but before Marvel’s The Avengers.”
Winderbaum goes on to say, “If these first two One-Shots are well received, we will absolutely make more of them!” I guess these could become Marvel’s answer to the Pixar shorts that precede each of their animated features.
As I said, the full version of The Consultant short will be made available on the Thor Blu-ray on September 13. Watch the teaser clip directly below.
