The Dark Knight Trilogy Ultimate Collector’s Edition Officially Announced

[Mavrick]

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Christopher Nolan’s reimagining of the Batman franchise beginning with 2005’s Batman Beginsenjoyed phenomenal critical and box-office success.

Now on September 23, Nolan’s three Batman films – Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, and The Dark Knight Rises – will be released by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment as The Dark Knight Trilogy: Ultimate Collector’s Edition. The six-disc set will feature all three films with their existing extra content, two new featurettes and exclusive new collectible memorabilia. This must-own collection for fans of DC Comics’ Caped Crusader is available in premium packaging and will sell for £89.99RRP.

Disc 1 – Batman Begins Feature and Special Features
Disc 2 – The Dark Knight Feature
Disc 3 – The Dark Knight Special Features
Disc 4 – The Dark Knight Rises Feature
Disc 5 – The Dark Knight Rises Special Features
Disc 6 – Bonus Disc of New Special Features (details to follow)

NEW Special Features:

• The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy - The inside perspective on the fascinating story behind the creation of one of the most celebrated franchises and how it changed the scope of movie making….forever. Full of never-before-seen footage, rare moments, and exclusive interviews with Guillermo Del Toro, Damon Lindelof, Michael Mann, Richard Roeper, Zack Snyder and others.
  
• Christopher Nolan & Richard Donner: A Conversation - For the first time, Directors Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight Trilogy) and Richard Donner (Superman) sit down to discuss the trials and triumphs involved in bringing the two most iconic superheroes of all time to the big screen, and how Superman influenced Nolan when developing Batman Begins.
  
• IMAX® Sequences: The Dark Knight; The Dark Knight Rises - See your favorite scenes as they were intended in the original IMAX© aspect ratio
  
• Exclusive NEW Memorabilia:
  
• Premium Mattel Hot Wheels Vehicles: Bat, Batpod and Tumbler
• Newly commissioned collectible art cards by Mondo featuring Scarecrow, Joker, Bane, Harvey Dent, and Ra’s al Ghul
• 48-page hardcover book featuring production stills and behind the scenes images from all three movies

[bryanfury]

My God that looks tempting though schizoid as hell. For every good feature they've apparently added a poor one to counter it. To wit:

Good

- Donner and Nolan in conversation. Worth the box set alone
- Guillermo Del Toro
- The artwork and hardback book

Bad

- The cheap little two-colour toys
- Anything Damon Lindelof has to say
- The fact I have quad-dipped on these bloody films already!

[insomniac013]

Well that is the US version...I wonder what the UK version is gonna look like.

i still prefer the standard black trilogy box with the Bat logo on it. Nice and simple

[Dr. Humbert]

Big box full of toys and stuff I don't need. I'm passing.

I alredy have the simple US trilogy box set.

[Mavrick]

Originally Posted by insomniac013

Well that is the US version...I wonder what the UK version is gonna look like.

i still prefer the standard black trilogy box with the Bat logo on it. Nice and simple

If not the same then very similar like the French and Indian versions that were posted last month, The French and Indian one will have 9 discs vs the US 6, although the extra 3 discs are just DVD copies.

[geraint1990]

I was hoping for an extended cut/directors cut of the films, think i'll pass.

[Deelow537]

No more than $60 for me! I'll wait for a sale

[elvisranger]

it looks really great!!! But Im wondring about the price?? Still would be my 4 time buying those!!

[Natty]

All I want is the bonus disc, so it may be a case of wait until it's cheap enough, buy it, take out the disc and then sell it on.

[Monkeyspoons Revenge]

I may be tempted if films 1 & 2 have new transfers.

[JimDiGriz]

Originally Posted by Monkeyspoons Revenge

I may be tempted if films 1 & 2 have new transfers.

No mention of new transfers above so this is an easy pass. I really like The Dark Knight trilogy but not enough to buy this box set - Ive got the UK trilogy boxset already and thats good enough for me.

[fergusor]

Looks like another version of all the films for me, I'm starting to lose count of the number of discs I have for this trilogy

But they're my favourite films so I have to get them really!!

[tob]

Originally Posted by Monkeyspoons Revenge

I may be tempted if films 1 & 2 have new transfers.

There is no new transfers

[Geoff D]

I've always wanted to get a look at the 1.44 IMAX footage in proper HD. That might actually sway me!

[Indiana Jones]

I see the discs are stored in one of those book type packages like the Bond 50 set, awaits comments on how it will ruin the discs

[tob]

Originally Posted by Indiana Jones

I see the discs are stored in one of those book type packages like the Bond 50 set, awaits comments on how it will ruin the discs

just be careful when you handle the disc's I have the Bond set and have no problems when I take out and put back the discs.

[,deeii]

Now this looks tempting!

[Mavrick]

I probably will buy this just for that bonus disc, the fact I got the last box set free certainly helps

[VeZius]

Those toys confuse me.

Batpod: Don't remember it being gold coloured in the movie.

Tumbler: Don't remember it having orange parts in the movie.

Batmobile: The what? Isn't it called The Bat?

[Blu Manchu]

If this set has deleted scenes such as Bane' s training, then it's a definite purchase. If not, I'll likely stick with the steelbooks. I couldn't give a hoot about Nolan, who on a completely unrelated note allegedly doesn't believe dinosaurs ever existed or fossils are real, having a chat with Donner about Superman, or other random and unconnected film makers being interviewed about how much they love these films, and I can certainly live without little Hot Wheels toys. I guess time will tell as to what else exactly this set features, but I'm not holding my breath.