Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has announced that Spider-Man and Spider-Man 2 will get separate Blu-ray releases on November 16. The two films had previously only been available as part of the Spider-Man: The High Definition Trilogy box-set released in 2007. Unfortunately, the discs for Spider-Man and Spider-Man 2 included in the box-set did not contain any of the extensive special features that had previously been available on DVD. While special features have not yet been announced for Spider-Man 2, it seems pretty safe to assume the new edition will contain the special features previously missing in the box set.
Special features for Spider-Man include:
- Filmmakers and cast commentary
- Visual effects designer and crew commentary
- Tobey Maguire and J.K. Simmons commentary
- Spider Sense Trivia Challenge: Test your Spider-Man movie knowledge in this over feature trivia game (BD-exclusive)
- Historical Documentary – Spider-Man: The Mythology of the 21st Century
- HBO Making of Spider-Man
- “Spider-Mania,” an E! Entertainment Special
- Director Profile: Sam Raimi
- Composer Profile: Danny Elfman
- Behind the Scenes of Spider-Man: documentaries, featurettes, filmmaker profiles and more
- Screen rests
- Gag/outtake reel
- Webisodes
- Hero music video from Chad Kroeger featuring Josey Scott
- What We’re All About music video from Sum 41
- The Spider-man Cutting Room: Create your own video using clips and music from the movie and share it via BD-Live
- movieIQ: connects you to access real-time information on the cast, music, trivia and more while watching the movie
I’ve been looking forward to revisiting the Spider-Man trilogy and it looks like November will be a perfect time to do so. Plus, I’ll once again get to see the music video for Hero, the Chad Kroeger theme song to Spider-Man that played ad nauseum in the summer of 2001. Aww, memories.
