Final Details! Hellboy II: The Golden Army on DVD & Blu-ray (Nov 11)

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Universal Home Entertainment has released final details for the upcoming DVD (and Blu-ray) editions of Hellboy II: The Golden Army. In addition to 1-disc DVD editions (Widescreen or Full-screen, available seperately), a 3-disc DVD special edition, and a 2-disc Blu-ray special edition, the film will also be packaged in a Limited Edition Collector's Set on both formats (see details below).

Arriving on November 11, the various editions are now available for pre-order on Amazon.com (see Cover Art for each further below).

Hellboy II: The Golden Army will be released on two DVD editions: standard 1-disc ($29.98), and 3-disc Special Edition ($34.98) - with the 3rd disc being a Digital Copy of the film - offering unique Lenticular packaging (for a limited time only).

For high-definition, Universal will release a 2-disc Blu-ray Special Edition ($39.98), which also includes a Digital Copy, and is BD-Live enabled, among other bonus features.

NOTE: the studio is also providing a deluxe Collector's Set, containing a Golden Army statue, limited edition poster, and an excerpt from the Journal of director Guillermo Del Toro (housed in a journal replica), with certificate of authenticity. The 3-disc DVD Special Edition Collector's Set (priced at $64.95), and the 2-disc Blu-ray Special Edition Collector's Set ($69.95) will be available for a limited time only.

Each special edition includes hours of bonus features! DVD and Blu-ray details are as follows:

Widescreen 1-disc DVD edition
* Widescreen version (16x9)
* Audio Commentary with director Guillermo del Toro
* Audio Commentary with cast members Jeffrey Tambor, Selma Blair & Luke Gross
* Deleted Scenes with optional Commentary by director Guillermo del Toro
* Set Visits (7 mini-documentaries provide viewers with unlimited access to the Hellboy II: The Golden Army set)
* Troll Market Tour with Guillermo del Toro (using sketches and backstage video, del Toro walks the audience through the creation of one of the film's most distinctive sets, the legendary Troll Market)
* Production Workshop
* Animated Comic Zinco Epilogue
* Comic Book Builder
* Still Gallery

Full-screen 1-disc DVD edition
* Full-screen version (4x3)
* Audio Commentary with director Guillermo del Toro
* Audio Commentary with cast members Jeffrey Tambor, Selma Blair & Luke Gross
* Deleted Scenes with optional Commentary by director Guillermo del Toro
* Set Visits (7 mini-documentaries provide viewers with unlimited access to the Hellboy II: The Golden Army set)
* Troll Market Tour with Guillermo del Toro (using sketches and backstage video, del Toro walks the audience through the creation of one of the film's most distinctive sets, the legendary Troll Market)
* Production Workshop
* Animated Comic Zinco Epilogue
* Comic Book Builder
* Still Gallery

Widescreen 3-disc DVD Special Edition:
INCLUDES ALL OF THE ABOVE CONTENT,
plus... Additional Features:
* Digital Copy (3rd disc)
* Prologue: a special introduction to the DVD from director Guillermo del Toro
* Director's Notebook: exclusive interviews, image scans and text from Guillermo del Toro's personal notebook
* Concept Art Gallery: original designs and concepts for Hellboy II: The Golden Army's costumes and sets
* Hellboy: In Service of the Demon: over 2 hours of footage that takes fans into the creation of this film
* Production Workshop: Professor Broom's Puppet Theatre: a special look inside the opening sequence of the film including storyboards and animatics
* Image Gallery featuring Teaser Banners, One-Sheets and Poster Explorations
* DVD Rom: Hellboy II: The Golden Army Script

Widescreen 2-disc Blu-ray Special Edition:
* Widescreen version (16x9)
* Audio Commentary with director Guillermo del Toro
* Audio Commentary with cast members Jeffrey Tambor, Selma Blair & Luke Gross
* Deleted Scenes with optional Commentary by director Guillermo del Toro
* Set Visits (7 mini-documentaries provide viewers with unlimited access to the Hellboy II: The Golden Army set)
* Troll Market Tour with Guillermo del Toro (using sketches and backstage video, del Toro walks the audience through the creation of one of the film's most distinctive sets, the legendary Troll Market)
* Production Workshop
* Animated Comic Zinco Epilogue
* Comic Book Builder
* Still Gallery
Additional Features:
* Prologue: a special introduction to the DVD from director Guillermo del Toro
* Director's Notebook: exclusive interviews, image scans and text from Guillermo del Toro's personal notebook
* Concept Art Gallery: original designs and concepts for Hellboy II: The Golden Army's costumes and sets
* Hellboy: In Service of the Demon: over 2 hours of footage that takes fans into the creation of this film
* Production Workshop: Professor Broom's Puppet Theatre: a special look inside the opening sequence of the film including storyboards and animatics
* Image Gallery featuring Teaser Banners, One-Sheets and Poster Explorations
* DVD Rom: Hellboy II: The Golden Army Script
BD Exclusive Interactive Features:
* BD-Live: My Chat (using your internet-connected player, host a text chat with your friends who also own Hellboy II: The Golden Army on Blu-ray while you watch the movie in synchronization!)
* Sneak Peek of Wanted (watch never-before seen footage from the explosive action movie starring Angelina Jolie and James McAvoy)
* My Scenes Sharing (show your friends your favorite scenes from Hellboy II: The Golden Army via BD-Live)
* Comic Book Builder (create an original downloadable Hellboy adventure by selecting still images from the movie, dropping them into comic book layouts and adding text - the result can be e-mailed to friends or published via BD-Live buddy lists)
* U-Control: Universal's exclusive signature feature U-Control allows viewers to delve into the making of the film with the click of the remote (without ever leaving the movie)
* Scene Explorer: Schufften Goggle View (view scenes from the film as it progresses from storyboards and early renderings of the visual effects to the final film)
* Director's Notebook (fans will get an interactive glimpse at the director's personal journal and view how early thematic concepts evolved into the final film - includes an introduction by Guillermo del Toro)
* Set Visits (interactive vignettes provide information about key moments in the film)
Comic Book Back-Story Interactive Feature (clickable motion pages provide backstories of the film's characters)
* Includes DIGITAL COPY (2nd disc)
(BD-50 Dual-Layer Disc/BD-25 Single-Layer Disc, AVC-MPEG4 encode)

Film Synopsis:
Saving the world is a hell of a job. Believe it or not - he's the good guy!

The mythical world starts a rebellion against humanity in order to rule the Earth, so as Hellboy and his team returns they must save the world from the rebellious creatures. Now, as the creatures who inhabit the spiritual realm gear-up for an all out attack on the human plane, the only one capable of saving the Earth is a tough-talking hellspawn rejected by both worlds.

HELLBOY II: THE GOLDEN ARMY begs any number of referential mash-ups to be used as description of its outlandish tonal and stylistic qualities. It's a little like a romantic and sophisticated live-action Ninja Turtles movie imbued with a cracked version of H.P. Lovecraft's monster storytelling. It's a feature-length version of STAR WARS's Mos Eisley Cantina mixed with a scrappy, proficient passion for creature design reminiscent of Ray Harryhausen. It's also kind of director/co-writer Guillermo del Toro's HELLBOY (2004) wrapped in a blanket of his PAN'S LABYRINTH.

This sequel is all these things, but none of them can accurately capture the singularity of a movie which, in some ways, stands alone in its ability to capture the crass and literary luridness of reading a comic book. It's filled with gross creatures bursting with humanity, dark poetry, and slapstick comedy; in one scene, an argument between Hellboy and Johann Krauss, a formless gas contained in a mobilized suit, escalates to the point of Tom-&-Jerry-like violence. As Hellboy himself--a heartfelt anti-hero who regularly eliminates supernatural threats as an agent for the U.S. Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense alongside girlfriend Liz (Selma Blair) and comrade Abe Sapien--Ron Perlman again embodies the role with the kind of pathos and humor that one can only expect from a horned, red-skinned Hell-spawn who loves kittens and acts like a hardboiled detective who happens to watch TV and drink a lot of canned beer.

HELLBOY II's rather interesting antagonist, Prince Nuada, isn't just an evil dude. In the mold of the complex villains typically found in Hayao Miyazaki's animated fairy tales, his intentions of restoring control over Earth to an Elvish race by regaining the key to unlock the indestructible Golden Army are at least based on a legitimately noble sentiment before megalomania kicks in.

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