Starring: Ron Perlman

2-Disk Special Edition DVD

Released: 27th July 2004
SRP:
$28.95
Further Details: Columbia has announced the theatrical edition of Hellboy which stars Ron Perlman, Doug Jones and Selma Blair. This new Guillermo del Toro directed film will be available to own from the 27th July this year, for around $28.95. As well as an anamorphic widescreen presentation and Dolby Digital 5.1 track, the two disc set will include a Cast Commentary with Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, Rupert Evans and Jeffrey Tambor and a Creator Commentary with director Guillermo del Toro and co-executive producer Mike Mignola.

Other extra material will include a DVD comics feature which contains eight branching DVD comics by Mike Mignola, an onscreen look at the Hellboy comic books with the creator and a Hellboy: The Seeds of Creation twenty-seven part documentary which focuses on bringing Hellboy from the script to the screen. Completing the package will be a Right Hand of Doom: Set Visits viewing option, which gives viewers the option to branch out from the film to a short featurette showing what life was like on the set during that day of shooting, a scene deconstruction with Guillermo del Toro, a feature-length storyboard track, weblinks, filmographies, tv spots and trailers.




HELLBOY DVD

Disc One:
• Video introduction by Guillemo Del Toro.

• 2 Viewing modes:'Right Hand of Doom' and 'Branching DVD Comics' options. With the 'Right Hand of Doom' viewing, whenever the icon appears during the film, selecting it will take you to a Behind the Scenes footage at the making of the particular scene.
With the 'Branching DVD Comics' viewing option, whenever a character is introduced in the Hellboy film, an icon appear and upon activating, leads the view to Mignola animations drawn especially for the DVD.
• Audio commentary between Del Toro and Mike Mignola.
• Audio commentary with the cast including Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, Jeffrey Tambor and Rupert Evans.
• A feature length storyboard track.
• A collection of animated shorts titled 'From the Den'.
• Hellboy recommendations and DVD Rom content.

Disc 2:
• Video introduction by Selma Blair.
• 2 hour in depth documentary.
'Hellboy: Seeds of Creation'. Which tracks the film history from the comic book roots to day to day production on the film and more.
• Deleted scenes with optional director's commentary.
• Character bios written by Del Toro.
• Multi-angle storyboard comparisons and Motion Board animatics.


At the present time this DVD is only available in region 1 format, and although the SRP is $28.95, lower prices can be found at the following websites.

dvdempire.com - $19.99

amazon.com - $20.27

And for UK fans with multi-region players
playusa.com - £16.99

UK Region 2 release date: January 10, 2005