HellBoy: The Director's Cut Special Edition now available

If the more-than-satisfying 2 disc set of HellBoy wasn't enough for you, Sony Pictures released the Director's cut on DvD featuring over 13 minutes of reworked and extended footage (dayum!), and other than taking the extras from the 2 disc set it adds a whole new lot.
The extras are -

Disc One:
Disc one:
-All-new Commentary by Guillermo del Toro, Exclusively for the Director's Cut;
-Video Introduction by Guillermo del Toro;
-Branching DVD Comics drawn by Mike Mignola;
-"Right Hand of Doom": Set Visits;
-Storyboard Track;
-DVD-ROM: Printable Original Screenplay Script, Supervisor's Book, Director's Notebook;

Disc Two:
-Video Introduction by Selma Blair;
-"Hellboy: The Seeds of Creation" A 2 1/2 hour documentary on the making of the film. Includes The Origin of the Comic, Prosthetic Effects, Visual Effects, Set Design, Stunts and more; 
-Deleted Scenes with optional commentary by Guillermo del Toro;
-Character Bios written by the Director;
-Motion Board-a-matics;
-Animatics;
-Multi-Angle Storyboard Comparisons;
-Maquette 3-D Character Sculptures Video Gallery;
-Poster Explorations;
-Trailers and TV Spots;
-Weblink to Hellboy Merchandise;
-Filmographies;

Disc Three:
-Video Introduction by Ron Perlman;
-Video Commentary with Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, Jeffrey Tambor and Rupert Evans;
-Production Workshops with Commentary by Guillermo del Toro;
-Q&A Archive: Comic Com 2002;
-Scott McCloud: A Quick Guide to Understanding Comics;
-Interactive Director's Notebook;
-Photo Gallery;
-Mike Mignola Artwork Photo Montage;
-Widescreen Presentation;
-Makeup and Lighting Tests;
-Conceptual Art Galleries;
-Comic Book Artist Pin Ups.   

Languages are English and French 5.1 in Dolby Digital,  with corresponding subtitles. 

The new set also includes an Excerpt From the Diary of Grigori Rasputin comic drawn by Mike Mignola, the original creator of the HellBoy comic book series.

The news at the HellBoy official site

2 comments:

  1. Ya mean for the Blu-Ray trilogy? I'll surely make one when I get it and do a review.

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