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Complete 'Heroes: Season One' HD DVD Specs Revealed
Fri Jul 27, 2007 at 12:13 PM ETTags: Universal, TV on High-Def, Comic-Con (all tags)
Universal has released the final details for its highly-anticipated HD DVD release of 'Heroes: Season One,' and as promised, it will come jam-packed with extras.
As we've previously reported, the studio had previewed at the Home Media Expo, but it held off on revealing full details until this week's Comic-Con show in San Diego.
Well, the show is here, and so are complete details on the 'Heroes' HD DVD. According to a new press release from Universal, the seven-disc HD DVD set will feature all of the supplements from the standard-def release (including a never-before-seen 73-minute version of the premiere episode, fifty Deleted and Extended scenes, and various featurettes), plus a suite of high-def extras.
Included among the HD DVD exclusives will be a Picture-in-Picture Cast & Crew Commentary (on eight episodes); a "Character Connections" feature, which will allow viewers to isolate scenes featuring their favorite Heroes; an interactive "Helix Revealed" to help fans spot the hidden symbol as it appears in scenes from the show; plus an Artwork Presentation, providing the ability to examine art from the show in detail.
As Universal's first "connected title," the 'Heroes: Season One' HD DVD will also feature several web-enabled features, including a Download Center, which will enable users to download exclusive trailers, clips and other content directly to their HD DVD players; and a Genetic Abilities Test, which will allow fans to create their own Heroes profile and upload it to the Heroes/NBC.com website to unlock yet more exclusive content.
Universal's 'Heroes'-related activities at Comic-Con don't end with this press release. The studio has set up a booth on the Comic-Con floor, where it is demo-ing the HD DVD's various features for fans, and as we've previously reported, a panel with the cast and crew is planned for Saturday. Needless to say, we'll let you know when/if any more details on this highly anticipated HD DVD release emerge.
Can't get enough 'Heroes'? Visit the dedicated thread for ongoing discussion of the 'Heroes: Season One' HD DVD in our Forums area.
- Related links:
- Heroes: Season One Press Release [TVShowsonDVD.com]
- Discs mentioned in this article: (Click for specs and reviews)
- Heroes: Season One (HD DVD)
- Earlier on High-Def Digest:
- 'Heroes' HD DVD Previewed at Home Media Expo (Jul 19, 2007)
- HD DVD and Blu-ray Titles to Take Center Stage at Comic-Con 2007 (Jul 10, 2007)
Comic-Con adds 'Dr. Strange' to High-Def Dance Card
Mon Jul 23, 2007 at 07:55 AM ETTags: Comic-Con, Comic Book Movies, Lionsgate (all tags)
Joining the list of already announced high-def disc-related sessions planned for this year's Comic-Con, Lionsgate and Marvel Comics say they will screen the upcoming Blu-ray release of 'Doctor Strange' for convention attendees.
Although the new direct-to-disc animated adventure from Marvel and Lionsgate isn't due to hit store shelves until August 14th, both companies have arranged a sneak peek for Comic-Con attendees on Friday July 27th.
As we've previously reported, 'Dr. Strange' is Lionsgate's second direct-to-disc Blu-ray release in cooperation with Marvel Comics, following 'The Ultimate Avengers Collection,' which was released to strong sales earlier this year.
According to a recent post on Marvel.com, the entire 95 minute feature will be shown on the big screen at Comic-Con, followed by a Q&A with the film's Supervising Director/Producer Frank Paur and Writer Greg Johnson.
Lionsgate and Marvel have also revealed additional specs for the Blu-ray edition of 'Dr. Strange,' which is now set to include English 7.1 DTS HD Master Audio and 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround EX Audio tracks, plus a wealth of supplements, including three featurettes, concept art and a trailer gallery.
For more details on this upcoming Blu-ray release, check out our 'Doctor Strange' Disc Details page, and be sure to watch for our full coverage of all the HD DVD and Blu-ray related activities at this year's Comic-Con later this month.
See what people are saying about 'Doctor Strange' in our forums area, or check out other recent discussions.
- Related links:
- Doctor Strange Screening at San Diego Comic-Con [Marvel.com]
- Discs mentioned in this article: (Click for specs and reviews)
- Doctor Strange (Blu-ray)
- Ultimate Avengers Collection (Blu-ray)
- Earlier on High-Def Digest:
- HD DVD and Blu-ray Titles to Take Center Stage at Comic-Con 2007 (Jul 10, 2007)
- Lionsgate to Conjure Up 'Dr. Strange' on Blu-ray (May 16, 2007)
HD DVD and Blu-ray Titles to Take Center Stage at Comic-Con 2007
Tue Jul 10, 2007 at 12:02 PM ETTags: Comic-Con (all tags)
High-def early adopters attending this year's Comic-Con in San Diego will be treated to a first look at several of this fall's most eagerly anticipated high-def releases.
The newly-published schedule for this year's genre fest reveals at least three upcoming next-gen titles that will be getting the Comic-Con treatment when the annual conventional rolls into San Diego late this month.
As we first reported earlier this morning, kicking things off on Thursday July 26th is what organizers are calling the "worldwide debut" of the upcoming high-def disc release of the original 'Star Trek' series. The one hour session, dubbed "Star Trek - The Original Series: As You've Never Seen It" promises to be an interesting one, featuring a preview of the fully remastered HD DVD (which has yet to be given a street date), and a panel that includes Rod Roddenberry, son of the Star Trek creator.
Next up, on Friday July 27, producer Joel Silver and Spanish director Victor Garcia will preview the next-gen editions of 'Return To House on Haunted Hill,' due on HD DVD and Blu-ray this October. As we've previously reported, this direct-to-disc sequel from Warner is slated to include new "Navigational Cinema" technology that will enable the viewer to make seven choices as the story unfolds, leading to over 90 different iterations of the film.
Finally, at what's sure to be a packed session on Saturday July 28th, the entire cast of 'Heroes' will join co-executive producer/comic book writer Jeph Loeb and series creator Tim Kring for a session that is expected to include a first-ever look at the August 28 HD DVD release of 'Heroes: Season One.'
Needless to say, we can expect more than a few juicy tidbits to come out of each of these sessions. If you can't make it to San Diego to see them in person, not to worry -- we've got you covered. Watch this space for complete coverage of all the Blu-ray/HD DVD news to come out of Comic-Con: 2007. Stay tuned!
See what people are saying about this story in our forums area, or check out other recent discussions.
- Related links:
- Comic-Con International: San Diego [Official Site]
- Discs mentioned in this article: (Click for specs and reviews)
- Heroes: Season One (HD DVD)
- Earlier on High-Def Digest:
- New 'Star Trek' HD DVD Details Revealed (Jul 10, 2007)
DVD Producers Hedge Bets in High-Def Format War
Mon Jul 24, 2006 at 02:05 PM ETTags: Industry Forecasts, Comic-Con (all tags)
With studio enthusiasm for standard DVD extras cooling, the future of supplemental content on the next-gen high-def formats appears uncertain, said the industry's top producers to fans at Comicon in San Diego this past weekend.
As a part of the annual DigitalBits.com DVD-producer panel last Saturday, July 22, at the convention, industry vets including Robert Meyer Burnett ('X2,' 'Chronicles of Narnia'), Charlie de Lauzirika ('Alien Quadrilogy,' 'Gladiator,' 'Blade Runner') and TV DVD guru Scott Devine ('Friends,' 'La Femme Nikita,' 'Batman Beyond') fielded questions from fans in attendance, including studio "burn out" of extras on DVD.
"The truth is, studios are bored of special features... They'd rather get rid of them all together," said Burnett. "It's very expensive to send a crew to work on DVD extras for a big movie like 'Narnia,' and there's no real cost-benefit analysis for the studios."
That has led the major studios to increasingly issue separate movie-only and feature-loaded special editions of top titles on standard DVD, said Burnett, a trend which has in part led to the lack of exclusive extras on early Blu-ray and HD DVD releases. And it is a situation which may not change for the foreseeable future as the studios decide on a gameplan, said panelists.
"I don't think [extras on high-def formats] is going to be very stable for a long time," said Charles de Lauzirika, when asked what, if any, kinds of exclusive content DVD producers are currently working on for the next gen formats. "The studios are still working it out."
- Related links:
- DVD Producers Straddle Mature, Emerging Markets [Home Media Retailing]
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