Watch (More?) Watchmen

Paramount UK are teasing with a set date for multiple Watchmen DVD and Blu-Ray releases, no solid word on which version of the film you'll be ponying up for though. The cads! Will we be offered the extended Director's Cut immediately? Or can we expect a nefarious drag-out launch with milestone releases scattered down the unfolding year? Fingers crossed for the former, although I think we can expect the complete 'graphic novel' edition with integrated animation elements to be held over for a Christmas double-dip. Prove me wrong Paramount! Although a deeply flawed take on Moore and Gibbons' tights and fights (review here), I have been hankering to give Zack Snyder's take another spin. For all the dribbling brutality, Snyder did manage a sucker punch or two.

UPDATE: The Hollywood Reporter carried a story yesterday about the US Warner Bros Blu-Ray edition of Watchmen carrying a live synch-up commentary option for Facebook pals. Really Warners, you spoil us. Social networking claptrap aside, the article confirms Watchmen's home video release schedule. Expect the theatrical edition on a single disc release, with the Director's Cut on two disc DVD and Blu-Ray. I shouldn't think Paramount will go to the trouble to create it's own platter. Gratefully port! No word on the Black Freighter edition though, Christmas I tells ya!