Watchmen Director's Cut News!
On this news article(s) posted at Collider.com, Zack Snyder gives some more details about the Watchmen Director’s cut. This was at a Blu-ray presentation at Warner Bros. in Burbank to help promote “Watchmen: The Director’s Cut” and “300″ on Blu-ray.
First, he tells us that the Director’s Cut will be screened in select theaters “the weekend before Comic-Con in Los Angeles, Dallas, Minneapolis, and New York.” It will show for one weekend on one theater. Link with video. Apparently they made a “new poster” to promote the release, which I’m hoping isn’t exactly like the one sitting behind him.
Much love for the Blu-Ray from the interviewer:
The great thing about the discs is the choices you have. If you just want to watch the movies, they look amazing. But if you’re curious how the movies were made or what went on behind the scenes, both Blu-ray’s are filled with extras and interactive choices. The way they’ve set up the discs is as you watch them you can pick different options and they’ll either pop-up as the movie continues to play, or it’ll bring you to another section of the movie. The best part is when you’re done watching, you’re back at the exact point you left.
Based on what I saw, fans of both movies are going to have a geekgasm.
Now, the extras have already been discussed at length everywhere, so here is the other interesting bit of news:
The big news about this year’s Comic-Con is Zack is going to be showing the director’s cut of “Watchmen” and people who own the Blu-ray will be able to watch at home and have an interactive experience. That’s because people will be able to ask questions through their Blu-ray player, so if you aren’t going to the convention, this is your chance to participate.
Which has me thinking Blu-Ray sounds better and better and every day. Another interesting tip: apparently the Ultimate Edition that will be coming out on December will be basically this cut of the movie plus the scenes with the Bernies and Black Freighter spliced in.
Click here to read the whole story and watch video of the interview in which Zack talks about:
- Comic-Con plans – he’s planning on hosting an interactive screening where everyone can watch at home and interact with him at Comic-Con
- He talks about what’s great about the Blu-ray’s of Watchmen and 300
- Talks about some of the deleted scenes that are on the Blu-ray
- Talks about the other Watchmen Blu-ray that’s coming out in December.
