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The Dark Knight Trilogy Ultimate Collector’s Edition Officially Announced

After being rumoured last week, Warner Bros. has gone ahead and officially announced The Dark Knight Trilogy Ultimate Collector's Edition. Set to release on September 24th, the six disc box set will retail for $99.97, which is a very fair price if you ask me.

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After being rumoured last week, Warner Bros. has gone ahead and officially announced The Dark Knight Trilogy Ultimate Collector’s Edition. Set to release on September 24th, the six disc box set will retail for $99.97.

Check out the press release below for additional details:

Christopher Nolan’s reimagining of the Batman franchise beginning with 2005’s Batman Beginsenjoyed 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.

  • 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: Batmobile, 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.

For $100, this is a pretty fantastic deal. Even if you already own all three films on Blu-Ray, I think there’s enough additional material here to warrant a purchase. Besides, this is one of those Blu-Ray box sets that you kind of need to own if you consider yourself a Blu-Ray collector or just a fan of movies in general. I mean, it’s The Dark Knight Trilogy, how can you not want to pick this up as soon as it releases?

Tell us, will you be picking up The Dark Knight Trilogy Ultimate Collector’s Edition? Let us know in the comments below.