SUBMITTED BY Typhon24

May 1, 2004 —

According to Amazon.ca, the 2 disk 'Hellboy' DVD is currently slated for a July 27th, 2004 release date. The 2 disk set is said to be packed, according to director Guillermo del Toro, who promises a ton of behind-the-scenes looks at the work that went into the film, ranging from concept art to special effects tests to on-set peeks at the Prague production itself. Here's an excerpt from our own interview with Mr. del Toro on what to expect in the 2 disk set:

GDT: There's a lot of stuff, there's so many...I mean, we have interactive digital comics that Mike [Mignola] did, we have the whole program about the BPRD, we have three commentary tracks - we're gonna have the actors, who we're gonna have on an isolated screen, we're gonna have my commentary with [director of photography] Guillermo Navarro, we're gonna have a commentary with Mike Mignola, we have an interview with Mike Mignola and with me about comics and pulp detectives, we have a great feature with Scott McCloud about comics and film, which is very neat. And on top of all of that, we have all the regular extras that you might expect. We have cartoons that are playing in Hellboy's room isolated in their own little chapter. We have the UPA cartoons of Gerald McBoing Boing, and the Telltale Heart, which are masterpieces. We also have an isolated score track...it's really gonna be loaded.

In addition to that, an extended 3 disk set, with an additional 20 minutes of footage inserted into the film itself, is expected to follow before the end of the year, likely looking at a December release. Plans are currently to pack the 3 disk set with a new bust from Sideshow Toys, featuring Hellboy weilding his trusty sidearm The Samaritan.