Spider-Man Trilogy Returning to BD

Marvel.com revealed today that Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will be reissuing Sam Rami's original Spider-trilogy to Blu-ray on June 12, 2012.

The new discs will feature brand-new "collectible" packaging, a movie money redemption code to see The Amazing Spider-Man (out July 3, 2012), two completely new bonus features (plus classic extras previously not available on Blu-ray), and an Ultraviolet cloud streaming digital copy for each title.

Here's a look at the new box art for each film:

Below is a breakdown of what to expect in terms of bonus features:

Spider-Man (Re-Issue)

• NEW "Spider Sense Trivia Challenge" -- Rise to the ultimate web-slinging challenge as you test your "Spider-Man" movie knowledge in this over feature trivia game. Do you have the spider sense to achieve the highest score?
  
• NEW "The Spider-man Cutting Room" -- Create and share your own video using clips and music from the movie!
  Filmmakers and Cast Commentary Sam Raimi, Laura Ziskin, Grant Curtis, and Kirsten Dunst
  
• Visual Effects Designer & Crew Commentary John Dykstra & Special Effects Crew
  
• Tobey Maguire and J.K. Simmons Commentary
  
• "Spider-Man: The Mythology of the 21st Century"
  
• HBO Making of "Spider-Man"
  
• "Spider-Mania" an E! Entertainment Special
  
• Director Profile: Sam Raimi
  
• Composer Profile: Danny Elfman
  
• Costume Design Featurette
  
• Seven Behind The Scenes of "Spider-Man" Featurettes
  
• Screen Tests with Tobey Maguire, J.K. Simmons, and CGI Spider-Man
  
• Costume and Makeup Tests
  
• Gag/Outtake Reel
  
• Six Muti-angle Webisodes
  
• Music Video: "Hero" performed by Chad Kroeger and featuring Josey Scott. Performed by Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger, Saliva vocalist Josey Scott, Pearl Jam drummer Matt Cameron, and Theory Of A Dead Man guitarist Tyler Connolly
  
• Music Video: "What We're All About" performed by Sum 41

Spider-Man 2 (Re-Issue)

• Extended Version and Theatrical Version
  
• Commentary with cast and crew (Theatrical Version)
  
• Technical commentary (Theatrical Version)
  
• Commentary with Producer Laura Ziskin and Screen Writer Alvin Sargent (Extended Version)
  
• Blooper Reel
  
• 12 Part Making of -- Making the Amazing Featurette
  
• Hero in Crisis Featurette
  
• Ock-Umentary Featurette
  
• Five-Part Visual Effects Breakdown

Spider-Man 3 (Re-Issue)

• Commentary with Director and Cast
  
• Filmmakers Commentary
  
• Bloopers
  
• Concept Gallery: Sketches
  
• Concept Gallery: Paintings
  
• Concept Gallery: Sculptures
  
• Photo Gallery: Special Effects
  
• Photo Gallery: Director and Cast
  
• Music Video: "Signal Fire" by Snow Patrol

Unfortunately, no word yet on whether these reissues will boast remastered audio and video. The previous Spider-Man Blu-ray releases were a little spotty, with inconsistent audio specs and varying transfer quality. With some luck that will change with these new discs. It also seems some bonus features are missing from Spider-Man 3, most notably all the features on the second disc from the initial Blu-ray release. Hopefully that will change once Sony makes this release offical. If not, you might want to hold on to that disc. As always, we'll see.

Thoughts on the new "collectible" Blu-ray box art?


R.L. Shaffer is a writer for IGN Blu-ray and IGN TV. You can follow him on Twitter @rlshafferIGN or subscribe to his Facebook updates.

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