Warner Home Video has some exciting plans to release deluxe editions of Batman Begins to tie in with the forthcoming release of the new film, The Dark Knight. Here is the official WB press release:
BATMAN BEGINS
FIRST TIME ON BLU-RAYâ„¢ HI-DEF JULY 8
Two Limited Edition Gift Sets and Single Edition Blu-rayâ„¢
Hi-Def
Celebrate this Summer’s Theatrical Release of The Dark Knight
Blu-rayâ„¢ Hi-Def Limited
Edition Gift Set extras include The Dark
Knight Prologue, a 32-Page Booklet featuring an exclusive comic adaptation
of The Dark Knight Prologue, a Batman Begins Motion
Art Lenticular, 5 Collectible Batman
Begins Postcards and $7.50 “Movie Cash†to see The Dark Knight in theaters
Burbank, Calif., March 17, 2008 – Batman
Begins catapults into the high definition age on July 8th
with the Blu-rayâ„¢ Hi-Definition release
from Warner Home Video. “Batman Begins†has already been well received in high
definition as the HD DVD release is the top catalog HD seller.
Three new
DVD editions -- two on Blu-rayâ„¢ Hi-Definition
and one in Standard Definition -- will be released prior to the July 18th
nationwide theatrical release of Warner Bros. Pictures’ The Dark Knight.
Leading the Blu-rayâ„¢ Hi-Def pack is the Batman Begins Limited Edition Gift Set ($49.99 SRP).
The single disc Blu-rayâ„¢ Hi-Def Gift Set also includes The Dark Knight Prologue (the first six minutes of the
film), a Batman Begins motion art
lenticular, a 32-page booklet including an all-new DC Comics comic book
adaptation of The Dark Knight prologue, exclusive photos, script pages and
story boards. This Gift Set will also include five Batman Begins collectible postcards with
never-before printed key art from the theatrical release, as well as $7.50 “movie
cash†towards the purchase of an adult ticket to see The Dark Knight in
theatres.
A single disc Blu-rayâ„¢ Hi-Def version ($28.99 SRP) of
Batman
Begins will also be available. This also features The Dark Knight prologue.
Batman Begins Limited Edition Gift
Set will also be
available in a 2-Disc Standard Definition ($39.92 SRP) version. This Gift Set
will include a 128MB Batman branded
flash drive, five Batman Begins collectible postcards with never-before printed
key art from the theatrical release, as well as $7.50 “movie cash†towards the
purchase of an adult ticket to see The Dark Knight in theatres.
When director Christopher Nolan set out to re-imagine the Batman
franchise with the origin story in 2005, Batman Begins enjoyed phenomenal critical and box office success with a
worldwide gross of $372MM.
About Batman Begins
Batman Begins explores the origins of the Batman
legend and the Dark Knight’s emergence as a force for good in Gotham.
In the wake of his parents’ murder, disillusioned industrial heir Bruce Wayne
(Christian Bale) travels the world seeking the means to fight injustice and
turn fear against those who prey on the fearful. He returns to Gotham and unveils his alter-ego: Batman, a masked
crusader who uses his strength, intellect and an array of high tech deceptions
to fight the sinister forces that threaten the city.
About The Dark Knight
The Dark Knight reunites director
Christopher Nolan and star Christian Bale, who reprises the role of Batman/Bruce Wayne in his continuing war on
crime. With the help of Lieutenant Jim Gordon (Gary
Oldman) and District Attorney Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart), Batman
sets out to destroy organized crime in Gotham
for good. The triumvirate proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves
prey to a rising criminal mastermind known as The Joker (Heath Ledger), who
thrusts Gotham into anarchy and forces the
Dark Knight ever closer to crossing the fine line between hero and vigilante. The
Dark Knight releases in theaters July 18, 2008.
About DC Comics
DC Comics, a Warner Bros.
Entertainment Company, is the largest English-language publisher of comics in
the world and home to such iconic characters as Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman
and the Sandman. These DC Super Heroes and others have starred in comic books,
movies, television series (both animated and live-action) and cyberspace,
thrilling audiences of all ages for generations. DC Comics' web site is located
at www.dccomics.com.