Watchmen Blu-Ray on July 27th, Watch with Your Facebook Friends

July 27, 2009

We’re going to watch the Watchmen in HD, baby!

Three versions of the Watchmen are coming for home video. Regular single-disc DVD, deluxe 2-disc DVD and the mother of it all the deluxe 2-disc Blu-ray. And then in a new marketing twist, Dr. Manhattan will be on Facebook with you:

In an industry first, Warner Home Video is set to announce a plan to sync up “friend” networks on Facebook with the interactive community-screening features of Warners’ Blu-ray Disc releases, starting with the release of “Watchmen Director’s Cut.”

The studio partnership with the social network Web site will use the BD-Live interactive feature on high-def discs, allowing “Watchmen” purchasers to view the film simultaneously and share comments with their Facebook friends.

BD-Live has always allowed such “community screenings” via its “buddy list” function. But those lists now can be synched with Facebook’s friend networks for immediate access to a broad network of acquaintances.

The 2-Disc version is the 3 hour version Director’s Cut with 25 more minutes of footage! But before you rush out to pre-order it, it seems like there will be an “Ultimate Cut” that will incorporate the Black Freighter animation that was sold seperately pushing the runtime of Watchmen to 3 1/2 hours. ICV2 says this version may come out as early as this Fall, but most likely in time for Christmas shoppers.

Proposed artwork from DVDactive.