Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (film)

Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.
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Based onNick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Written byDavid Goyer
Directed byRod Hardy
Starring
Music byKevin Kiner
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producers
ProducerDavid Roessell
CinematographyJames Bartle
EditorDrake Silliman
Running time90 minutes
Production companies
Budget$6 million
Original release
NetworkFox
ReleaseMay 26, 1998 (1998-05-26)
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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.

  1. ^ Brown, Todd (December 5, 2011). "Marvel In The 90's: NICK FURY AGENT OF SHIELD Review". Twitch Film. Archived from the original on December 8, 2011. Retrieved December 9, 2011.
  2. ^ John Kenneth Muir, The Encyclopedia of Superheroes on Film and Television, 2d ed. (2008), p. 407.
  3. ^ Cipriani, Casey (April 19, 2019). "The 10 worst Marvel movies ranked". Looper.
  4. ^ Michael Eury, Captain Action: The Original Super-Hero Action Figure (2002), p. 77.