Warner Brothers Officially Announces THE DARK KNIGHT TRILOGY: ULTIMATE COLLECTOR’S EDITION

After a few leaks and a couple weeks of speculation, Warner Brothers has officially revealed the upcoming Blu-Ray box set, The Dark Knight Trilogy: Ultimate Collector’s Edition which is scheduled to be released on Sept 24th of this year for a Standard Retail Price of $99.97.

See the full press release below:

Burbank, CA, July 1, 2013 – Christopher Nolan’s reimagining of the Batman franchise beginning with 2005’s Batman Begins enjoyed phenomenal critical and box-office success.

Now on September 24, 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 $99.97 SRP.

About the “Ultimate Collector’s Edition”:
Disc 1 – Batman Begins and Special Features
Disc 2 – The Dark Knight
Disc 3 – The Dark Knight Special Features
Disc 4 – The Dark Knight Rises
Disc 5 – The Dark Knight Rises Special Features
Disc 6 – Bonus Disc of New Special Features (details below)

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: The Movie) 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 Batmobile, Batpod and Tumbler Vehicles; Newly commissioned collectible art cards by Mondo featuring The Scarecrow, The Joker, Bane, Harvey Dent, and Ra’s al Ghul; and, A 48-page hardcover book featuring production stills and behind the scenes images from all three movies.