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July 28, 2006 — X-Men: The Last Stand X-Men: The Last Stand
Though I think I would rather play X2: X-Men United any day over X3: The Last Stand, it is still nice to complete the collection the beginning of this October with the final installment coming to DVD.

According to Reuters, 20th Century Fox is expected to announce today that X-Men: The Last Stand will arrive on DVD on October 3 in two extras-laden editions

Fox, who hopes to pull in quite a bit off the DVD release of X3, has packed the DVD release with tons of extra features. One such highlight of the third X-Men movie's DVD debut: three alternative endings, each with optional commentary by director Brett Ratner. The single-disc DVD release also includes 10 deleted scenes; audio commentaries from Ratner, the writers and the producers.

To go unnecessarily beyond the call, Fox has also included a preview of the upcoming Ben Stiller movie A Night at the Museum (I think we call that 'synergy') and two hidden "Easter eggs," one of the Beast reciting Shakespeare and the other of the X-Jet landing in Washington.

Fox also is preparing a collector's edition that includes an exclusive 100-page commemorative book with an all-new story penned by Marvel Comics master Stan Lee. It is his first original Marvel Comics book in five years.

Fox will also include the new DVD among a trilogy box set.

Besides X-Men: The Last Stand, Fox has an entire slew of films prepping for DVD release including Ice Age: The Meltdown on November 21st.

Like the summer, the competition for DVD release dates over the next few months is expected to be tough.