Daredevil DVD

[filmcritic]

"Daredevil" is on 2 discs and it's loaded with extras. It also has a commentary from the director.

[markums2k]

Thanks.

[filmcritic]

You should check out the documentaries though. They're the best parts of the whole DVD.

[Ghostboy]

Yes, at long last, you too can learn the behind the scenes secrets of making a really crappy superhero movie.

[markums2k]

I wonder how they did that shot with Ben and thing and falling off the thing.  I mean, I've just never seen anything like it...

[MacGuffin]

You know what, I have to admit, the director and producer commentary track is very good; interesting throughout without falling into boring lulls. Discussions range from battles with the studio over the look and actions of the Daredevil character, technical aspects of the film and on-set antedotes. They aren't even afraid to admit how displeased they are with the way some of the poorly digital Daredevils and a city translight look and turned out.

[Banky]

any news on the special edition?

[MacGuffin]

any news on the special edition?

From DVDAnswers (03/02/04):

We can exclusively reveal that Fox have delayed the director's cut of Daredevil until next year. The film, which stars Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner was originally scheduled for a release in its uncut form this coming April. The disc itself is expected to introduce a number of new scenes (including the ones with Coolio) as well as an all new commentary with writer/director Mark Steven Johnson. No reason has been given for the delay I'm afraid, but if we hear anything we'll pass the word on. Stay tuned.

[Banky]

thanks

[MacGuffin]

Update:

Fox Home Entertainment has officially announced the director's cut of Daredevil which stars Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner and Colin Farrell. This brand new single-disc release will be available to own from the 30th November this year, and should set you back around $19.98 in total. The film will be presented in 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen along with English DTS 5.1, Dolby Digital 5.1, Spanish Dolby Surround and French Dolby Surround tracks. The only extra material will be a new audio commentary by director Mark Steven Johnson and Avi Arad and a Making of the Director's Cut featurette. As for the director's cut itself, around twenty-minutes of additional footage has been added, bringing the total runtime to 124 minutes.

[MacGuffin]

Is Fox Rebooting Daredevil?
Source: ComingSoon

These days, there are a lot of new sources for news and scoops and one of the oddest ones might be the local comic shop who have become the go-to place for actors hoping to get coveted roles in the latest superhero movie.

The blog for the Los Angeles-based store Golden Apple Comics spotted one such actor when "Battlestar Gallactica" star Katee Sackhoff went there to buy every single comic featuring Typhoid Mary she could get her hands on with "hopes to get a part for a marvel movie."

Comic fans will realize right away that Typhoid Mary is the longtime foe (and lover) of Marvel's Daredevil, a mutant with a multiple personality who develops various powers depending on which personality inhabits her at the time. She was created by Ann Nocenti and John Romita Jr., first appearing in their run with Daredevil #254.

That makes one wonder whether 20th Century Fox and Marvel Studios are already looking into possibly relaunching Daredevil on the big screen, following the Mark Steven Johnson version starring Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner, which came out in 2003. Natassia Malthe played Typhoid in the 2005 spin-off Elektra with Garner. Typhoid also appeared in the early "Deadpool" comics, so this might be for the Deadpool spin-off with Ryan Reynolds.

Check out Golden Apple's blog post here and decide for yourself whether a relaunch of Daredevil is happening much like The Incredible Hulk last year, and then let us know how you feel about it below.