The details for the DVD / Blu-ray Disc release of Tales of the Black Freighter, the animated movie adaptation of the comic-within-a-comic in Watchmen, have finally been released. The DVD and Blu-ray Disc versions of the animated companion piece to the Watchmen film will be released on March 24th, two weeks after the feature film hits theaters. The main character of the animated feature is voiced by Gerald Butler, who previously worked with director Zack Synder on 300. The best part of this whole thing for me is the fact that a live-action adaptation of Hollis Mason's Under the Hood will also be featured on the DVD and Blu-ray disc. I had no idea that this was even being worked on so it is a nice surprise.
Below you can find the complete list of features for both the DVD version and Blu-ray Disc version:
On both DVD and Blu-ray versions:
- Story Within a Story: The Books of the Watchmen- Exploring the comic-within-a-comic of Watchmen
- First Look at DC Universe's Animated Green Lantern DVD
- Chapter 1 of Watchmen Motion Comic (nice)
Exclusive to Blu-ray Disc:
- The Two Bernies- A scene from the Watchmen film not seen in theaters (I look forward to this; I love the Bernies)
- The "Why" of the Watchmen with Director Zack Synder
The sad thing is this is probably one of the four Watchmen DVDs / Blu-ray discs that I will end up purchasing. Let's face it; there's going to be tons of home video releases for this film and its many side projects. For those of you who do not know yet, there is a planned 3 and half hour Director's Cut DVD / Blu-ray planned in the future that intercuts Tales of the Black Freighter with the feature film. Who knows when that will actually be released though (I guarantee you it won't be the first DVD / Blu-ray release after the movie comes out).
Still, all of this is cool. I'm glad Synder is at least being true to his word here by getting this thing made and released.
Oh and we're about a month away from the big show. Get ready.
Source: /Film
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