Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. | |
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Based on | Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. |
Written by | David Goyer |
Directed by | Rod Hardy |
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Music by | Kevin Kiner |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
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Producer | David Roessell |
Cinematography | James Bartle |
Editor | Drake Silliman |
Running time | 90 minutes |
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Budget | $6 million |
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Network | Fox |
Release | May 26, 1998 |
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Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (stylized as Nick Fury: Agent of SHIELD and Nick Fury: Agent of Shield) is a 1998 American television superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Nick Fury.[1] It was first broadcast on May 26, 1998 on Fox, intended to be a backdoor pilot for a possible new TV series.[2][3] Written by David Goyer,[4] and directed by Rod Hardy, the film had a $6 million production budget. It stars David Hasselhoff as Fury, a retired super spy who is approached to return to duty to take down the terrorist organization HYDRA, who threaten to attack Manhattan with a pathogen they have reconstituted known as the Death's Head virus. Lisa Rinna plays Contessa Valentina "Val" Allegra de Fontaine, and Sandra Hess plays Andrea von Strucker / Viper. It was released on DVD on September 30, 2008. The film was met with a largely negative reception.