Warner Brothers Announce The Matrix: Special Edit [Slashdot]
On April 29th, Warner Brothers will release a two-disc special edition of The Matrix, just in time for The Matrix Reloaded's release in theaters. The special edition DVD will include all of the features from the original DVD release, The Matrix Revisited, and new features as well. Retail will be $27.95, and here's the rundown on the special features:
Disc One:
Commentary by Carrie-Anne Moss, visual effects supervisor John Gaeta, and editor Zach Staenberg.
Isolated score track with commentary by Don Davis.
Making the Matrix documentary.
Follow the White Rabbit branching featurettes.
Take the Red Pill effects documentaries.
What Is Bullet Time? anatomy of Bullet Time.
What Is the Concept? music montage that shows the progression from concept to final effect.
Disc Two:
The Matrix Revisited
Six behind-the-scenes featurettes about The Matrix.
The Art Revisited: multiple still galleries.
The Animatrix: The Second Renaissance Parts 1 and 2
Preload: On the Set of Reloaded
What Is the Game videogame teaser.
Marilyn Manson music video.
The Matrix: Reloaded music sampler.
The Animatrix trailer.
Theatrical trailers and teasers.
TV Spots.
TheMatrix.com website preview.
DVD ROM:
Interactive screenplay with storyboards, clips, and more.
Are You the One? game.
From Strip to Screen essay.
Everybody Loves Kung-Fu Fighting! martial-arts movie featurette.
A sci-fi film retrospective, and more.
Website link.
Along with the announcement of the special edition DVD of The Matrix, new details have emerged about The Animatrix DVD that will hit stores on June 3rd. The DVD will retail for $24.95 and include a techno soundtrack featuring Juno Reactor, Death in Vegas, DJ Shadow and more. Also, it will include all nine Animatrix shorts that begin airing on TheMatrix.com next week.
[NOTE: The Animatrix is the anime series set in The Matrix.]
