Spider-Man 3 (R1) in October

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment have announced the Region 1 DVD release of Spider-Man 3 on 30th October 2007. The third in the hit comic book franchise sees Spidey face his personal demons as well as The Sandman, Venom and a new Green Goblin.

Available in single-disc ($28.97 SRP) and 2-Disc Special Edition ($36.95 SRP) versions features are detailed below…

Single-Disc DVD

• 2.40:1 Anamorphic Widescreen
• English and Spanish DD2.0 and DD5.1 Surround
• English and Spanish subtitles
• Bloopers
• Photo Galleries
• Snow Patrol Music Video
• Audio Commentary with Director Sam Raimi and Cast Members Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Thomas Haden Church, Topher Grace, and Bryce Dallas Howard
• Audio Commentary with Producers Laura Ziskin, Avi Arad and Grant Curtis, Editor Bob Murawski and Special Effects Supervisor Scott Stokdyk

2-Disc Special Edition - The 2-Disc Special Edition offers all of the above plus additional bonus materials to offer over six hours of extras. Extras found on the bonus disc include…

• Featurette: Grains of Sand - Building Sandman - details the challenges Sony Pictures Imageworks faced in creating the iconic villain
• Featurette: Re-Imagining the Goblin - plores the changes in the New Goblin character from page to screen
• Featurette: Covered in Black – Creating Venom - follows the cinematic creation of Spider-Man’s archrival
• Featurette: Hanging On…Gwen Stacy and the Collapsing Floor - where stunt coordinator Scott Rogers explores the logistics of the dangerous stunt performed by Bryce Dallas Howard
• Featurette: Fighting, Flying & Driving – The Stunts - wherein Stunt Coordinator/2nd Unit Director Dan Bradley and Stunt Coordinator Scott Rogers provide a behind-the-scenes peek at the various “gags” in the film
• Featurette: Tangled Web: The Love Triangles of Spider-Man 3
• Featurette: Wall Of Water - where the viewer is taken into the creation of one of the biggest stunts in the film
• Featurette: On Location Cleveland – The Chase on Euclid Avenue
• Featurette: On Location New York –From Rooftops to Backstreets
• Featurette: The Science of Sound
• Featurette: Inside The Editing Room
• Theatrical TV Spots From Around the World

Also available is a Spider-Man 3-Pack which brings together Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2 and Spider-Man 3 (we’re assuming these will be the single-disc editions) in one pack priced at $38.96 SRP.