Warner head talkes new Special Editions for Superman sequels
One year after Disc World first broke the story, the group of diehard Superman fans who lobbied Warner Home Video to release Superman II as a speacial edition DVD may just be about to get their wish. With Brian Singer's Superman Returns expected in June 2006, Warner Home Video has confirmed plans to release special edition discs of each of the three Superman movie sequels (the original Superman The Movie received substancial special edition treatment on its debut in 2001).
"They'll either come out around the theatrical release date of Superman Returns," confirmes Neil McEwan, the managing directory for Warner Home Video in the UK, "Or worse case around the DVD release in the United States. It's just the perfect timing. We'd be silly to wait until 2007 or 2008... when we can capitalise on the general interest in Superman that would be overwhelming because of the new movie."
The announcement, due later this year, will confirm whether scenes starring Marlon Brando and Christopher Reeve, that had long been considered lost, will be a part of hte new retail package.