Welcome to The Extras! A daily dose of all the smaller movie related news, clips and just plain cool stuff that you might have missed! Last Updated: September 11, 2012

Yeah, yeah. Not exactly ground breaking news, is it? Ever since The Avengers handed Marvel/Disney a licence to start printing money, many people just assumed that Whedon would be returning, despite his non-committal mutterings. So the news that he’l be shepherding the next big movie comes as no surprise. What is surprising though, is that before then, Whedon will be …

You know how after you throw a party, you clean up the next day as best you can, but like a week down the line, you have some guests over again and embarrassingly they somehow find stale chips in the weirdest nooks and crannies? Well, Marvel’s latest One-Shot short film, Item 47, is sort of like that. Except, instead of …

Marvel’s Phase One Blu Ray collection – with it’s shiny packaging and Blu Ray blockbusters – already got most of us geeks salivating uncontrollably at all its contained awesomeness, but now some further details have been revealed which sounds even cooler. Along with these details, also included are the gorgeous artworks to be used as the film sleeves as well …

Marvel have released some great short films in the form of A Funny Thing Happened On the Way To Thor’s Hammer and The Consultant, found on the Captain America and Thor Blu Rays, respectively. Called One-Shots, they serve to expand on scenes, or bridge the gap between films. And with Marvel’s biggest film, The Avengers, getting it’s own hi-def release soon, it’s only …