The Silver Surfer Rises On DVD And Blu-Ray

Last week Fox announced it’s upcoming slate for the rest of the year, accentuating the plans for the Blu-ray format, which Fox is using exclusively for its high definition format. One of the two headlining movies in the studio’s announcement was Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, which has now gotten some added details and a definitive release date.

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer will hit DVD in a single disc and double disc “Power Cosmic” edition, as well as a Blu-ray release on October 2nd. While the single disc is about as sparse as you’d expect, the “Power Cosmic” edition actually looks pretty loaded. I’m a little surprised that more isn’t being offered exclusively on the Blu-ray side, however. A trivia game and a strategy game isn’t exactly going to make me lose sleep about not getting a high definition version of this movie, and certainly isn’t going to make me want to change over from HD DVD.

Take a look at what you’ll find on the different editions as well as the package artwork for the standard edition/Blu-ray release:

• DVD Special Features:
• Commentary by director Tim Story
• Commentary by producer Avi Arad, writer Don Payne and film editors Peter S. Elliot and William Hoy
  
  Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer – The Power Cosmic Edition Features:
  Both commentaries, plus…
• Extended / Deleted Scenes (with optional commentary by director Tim Story)
• Family Bonds: The Making of Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer documentary
• Sentinel of the Spaceways: Comic Book Origins of The Silver Surfer featurette
• The FantastiCar: State of the Art featurette
• The Power Cosmic special effects featurette
• Character Design With Spectral Motion featurette
• Scoring the Fantastic featurette
• Interactive FantastiCar concept images gallery
• Theatrical Trailers
• Still Galleries (Behind the Scenes / Characters / Concept Art)
  
  Blu-ray Disc Specs:
  All of the above, plus…
• “Saving The World One Question at a Time” trivia game
• “Who Dares Defy Galactus?” multi-player strategy game
• D-Box motion sensor capabilities and several high-definition trailers.