Warner Bros. will release the 5-disc DVD ($43.87) and 4-disc Blu-ray ($59.99) editions of Watchmen: The Ultimate Cut on November 3rd for a limited time — only 70,000 units being produced. The previously released Watchmen DVD’s & Blu-ray have already sold over 2.1 million copies.

WATCHMEN: The Ultimate Cut »
(Limited Edition Collectors Set)
THE COMPLETE STORY AS IT WAS MEANT TO BE SEEN! — A brand new cut of the film never seen in theaters includes Tales Of The Black Freighter woven into the director’s cut of the film.

Special features will include:
Disc 1:
• Watchmen: The Ultimate Cut film (215 mins)
• 2 All-New Audio Commentaries with Zack Snyder and illustrator Dave Gibbons
Disc 2:
Over 3 Hours of Special Features
• The Phenomenon: The Comic that Changed Comics (RT: 28:50) – Learn how the subversive, thematically complex, award winning comic that changed literature, inspired analytical debate, and won countless fans, was created.
• Real Super Heroes, Real Vigilantes (RT: 27:28) – Explores the fascination and psychology behind real-world vigilantes and where that behavior crosses over into actually donning the hood and behaving as superheroes.
• Mechanics: Technologies of a Fantastic World (RT: 16:46) – The creators of Watchmen had a great understanding of engineering and science, allowing for plausible mechanics in their characters tools and the world itself. This featurette will guide the viewer through the filmmakers process of turning these technologies into cinematic reality.
• Watchmen: Video Journals
• My Chemical Romance video Desolation Row (RT: 3:16)
• Under The Hood (RT: 36:00) – A retrospective look on the biography by Hollis Mason – the original Nite Owl – and the world of those who stood for hooded justice.
• Story Within A Story: The Books of Watchmen (RT: 26:00) – Weave through the nuanced layers of detail to see how a comic-within-a comic acts as parallel commentary to the acclaimed work of Literature, Watchmen.
Disc 3:
• Digital Copy of the Theatrical Version
Disc 4 & 5:
• Watchmen: The Complete Motion Comic (325 mins)

The 4-disc Blu-ray edition will also have BD-Live features and the entire Watchmen: The Complete Motion Comic will be on disc 4.

The WATCHMEN: The Ultimate Cut is a new and final version of the blockbuster film from Zack Snyder. This version weaves Tales of the Black Freighter into the Watchmen Director’s Cut film that makes this the perfect gift for every die hard fan of the graphic novel.

Be the first to own the must-have collectible for Watchmen fans when WATCHMEN: The Ultimate Cut arrives on Blu-ray and DVD on November 3 from Warner Home Video. From director Zack Snyder, this new and complete version of the action-packed blockbuster weaves Watchmen: Tales from the Black Freighter, the animated story-within-a-story into the Director’s Cut of the film, creating a true ultimate version of the critically acclaimed story.

Available in a limited quantity of 70,000, WATCHMEN: The Ultimate Cut also features new commentary by Dave Gibbons and Zack Snyder along with almost 3 hours of extras, including Hollis Mason’s animated tell-all, Under the Hood. Also included is Watchmen: The Complete Motion Comic.

Overseen by “Watchmen” illustrator Dave Gibbons and produced by Snyder, Watchmen: The Complete Motion Comic contains all 12 chapters of “Watchmen,” the most celebrated graphic novel of all time, adding motion, voice and sound to the book’s strikingly drawn panels, spanning everything from the mysterious demise of the Comedian to the crisscrossed destinies of loosely allied superheroes to their fateful impact on the world.

From DVD Town