Warner Returns with a New & Old Classic on DVD
28 07 2007 |
| 300 director Zack Snyder with his wife, producer Deborah Snyder |
Warner Bros. returned later in the day; this time bringing out reps from their home video unit to talk about the DVD releases of 300 and Blade Runner: The Final Cut. For 300, the panel included director Zack Snyder, creator Frank Miller, actor David Wenham, producers Mark Canton, Gianni Nunari and Deborah Snyder. Star Gerard Butler thanked the fans for their support in making the film a phenomenon. The movie will be released next Tuesday on DVD, Blu-Ray and HDDVD. On the Blu-Ray disc, the film will feature a picture in picture presentation showing the movie along with the bluescreen footage. Snyder was again asked about Watchmen, which Miller referred to as the Moby Dick for comics, and he assured the crowd that they were making a faithful adaptation.
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| Blade Runner star Sean Young fields questions from the fans. |
Next up was a panel on the sci-fi classic Blade Runner. On hand were director Ridley Scott, actors Sean Young, Joanna Cassidy, Joe Turkel, James Hong, futurist Syd Mead, model maker Mark Stetson, production designer Lawrence G. Paull and DVD producer Charles de Lauzirika. The DVD will be release in three versions a two-disc version with the Final Cut and three hour doc on the film, a four-disc version with three versions of the film and the doc and a five-disc version presented in a special briefcase, including the three version as well as the work print. The entire panel expressed their gratitude for being lucky to have been involved in a classic. All the actors praised Scott as a genius. As for the changes, this isn’t a George Lucas update, the only major digital effect was replacing Cassidy’s face on-top of an obvious stunt double, which performed the stunt were the replicant crashes through the glass. Scott said he sat down with the film after not having seen it for years with a notepad, expecting to have a list of changes, but when the film was done he had nothing to change. The DVD comes out later in the year and the new Final Cut will have a limited theatrical run too.
