'Batman Begins' coming to DVD on Oct. 18
Posted Wednesday, August 17, 2005 at 9:23 AM Central
by Tim Briscoe
Batman Begins, one of the summer's biggest box office hits and critically-praised films, will fly onto DVD on Oct. 18. Warner Home Video made the announcement yesterday of the film starring Christian Bale as the caped crusader.
Three DVD variants will be made available: two bare-bones releases, one in full-screen and one in widescreen formats; and a two-disc deluxe edition.
The deluxe set will contain some very interesting bonus features. The expanded release will also contain a reprint of Detective Comics #37, the very first comic to feature Batman.
Here is a full list of segments to be included on the expanded edition:
- Documentaries:
- Genesis of the Bat: Batman Incarnations from the Mid-1980s to the Present
- The Journey Begins: Creative Concepts, Story Development and Casting
- Shaping Mind and Body: Fighting Style
- Gotham City Rises: Production Design
- Cape and Cowl: The New Batsuit
- The Tumbler: The New Batmobile
- Path to Discovery: Filming in Iceland
- Saving Gotham City: The Monorail Chase Sequence
- Easter Eggs
- Featurette: Confidential Files Character/Weaponry Gallery
- Interactive Menus: INNER DEMONS COMIC: Explore the special features through an exclusive interactive comic book
- Other:
- Exclusive collectible 72-page comic book
- Detective Comics #27 - the very first Batman story
- Batman: The Man Who Falls - a classic story that inspired Batman Begins
- Batman: The Long Halloween - a chilling excerpt that also inspired the film
- DVD ROM Features: Batman Begins Mobile Game Demo & Weblinks
- Photo gallery
- Theatrical Trailer