X-Men: First Class Announced And Detailed For Blu-ray

Disc Announcements, News

In an early announcement to retailers, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment has sent word that its summer blockbuster X-Men: First Class, based on the Marvel Comics franchise X-Men, will be coming to DVD and Blu-ray on Friday, September 9, 2011.

The Blu-ray will be available in two versions with premium packaging. One of the packages will include Professor X on the cover, while the other features Magneto. In addition to the packaging, the Blu-ray will contain more than two hours of features plus ten Marvel X-Men Digital Comics. As for audio/video specs, the film will be presented with a 2.40:1 (16:9) anamorphic widescreen presentation with English 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio.

Special features on the X-MEN: FIRST CLASS Blu-ray include:

o 10 Marvel X-Men Digital Comics with exclusive X-Men: First Class Backstory Comic

o Cerebro Mutant Tracker: The complete interactive Mutant Database with interactive videos giving fans the ability to learn about their favourite mutants in the X-Men film franchise

o Children of the Atom: An eight-part behind-the-scenes featurette, charting the film from pre-production through post-production, including visual effects techniques and cataloguing X-Men transformations through prosthetic make up and costume design

o X Marks the Spot: An interactive feature allowing viewers the opportunity to learn more about specific scenes with talent interviews and behind-the-scenes footage

o Extended and Deleted Scenes

o BD-Live Portal with additional Cerebro Mutant Tracker profiles

o Composer’s Isolated Score

o Theatrical Trailer

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