Happy Anniversary, Edward and Bella! Today Summit and Lionsgate Entertainment announced that they will be celebrating another “Twilight” milestone, the fifth anniversary of the first film’s theatrical release on November 5, with the release of “Twilight Forever: The Complete Saga.” This 12 disc DVD set/10 disc Blu-ray set contains all five films plus the extended edition of “Breaking Dawn, Part 1.” The set will also include every special feature released on the DVDs so if you don’t have all the “New Moon” DVDs you can finally have all the features in one place.
There also is more than two hours of exclusive new, previously unseen material that includes a complete cast retrospective with new interviews; “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Character” which showcases previously unreleased behind-the-scenes moments on set; an exploration of the epic’s “Twilight FAN-omenon” (in which you may spot yours truly), and individually highlights of Edward and Jacob’s stories in “Twilight Forever: Edward’s Saga” and “Twilight Forever: Jacob’s Saga.” These new features will be available alongside the more than 10 hours of bonus material released via previous home entertainment editions that includes multi-part “making of” documentaries, behind-the-scenes featurettes, cast and crew interviews, deleted and extended scenes, photo galleries, red carpet footage, music videos and more.
The discs are package in a double-sided box with one side featuring Edward (Robert Pattinson) and Bella (Kristen Stewart) in the meadow from “Breaking Dawn, Part 2″ and the other side features a publicity shot of Jacob (Taylor Lautner). Inside the box all 10 or 12 discs are in a commemorative photo album highlighting iconic moments from the series.
I think the price is surprisingly low at $74.99 for the 10-disc Blu-ray set for the suggested retail price of $74.99, and $64.98 for the a 12-disc DVD set. The problem is, and I know most fans have this same issue, I already have all of these films, some multiple times.
So now that you have all the info, will you buy this ultimate collection? Is the two hours of new material and the packaging enough to entice you? For me the answer is yes because I don’t have the first three films on Blu-ray and I have to have everything “Twilight.” I was hoping for some more deleted scenes from the films though. What are you excited about seeing on this new set? What were you hoping would be on there that isn’t?
Here is the complete list of special features:
BLU-RAY & DVD SPECIAL FEATURES
ALL-NEW special features
Cast Retrospective with New Interviews
“The Twilight Saga: Breaking Character” – Previously unreleased behind-the-scenes moments with the cast
“Twilight FAN-omenon” featurette
“Twilight Forever: Edward’s Saga” and “Twilight Forever: Jacob’s Saga” – Highlights of Edward and Jacob’s stories in the epic story
Twilight feature film and special features
“The Adventure Begins: The Journey from Page to Screen” – a 7-Part Documentary (PIP available Blu-ray only)
Extended and Deleted Scenes with Director’s Introduction
Audio commentary with director Catherine Hardwicke and actors Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart
Music videos from Muse, Paramore and Linkin Park
“The Comic-Con Phenomenon” featurette
Cast interviews with Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Cam Gigandet, Edi Gathegi and Rachelle Lefevre
Premiere Red Carpet Footage with Cast Interviews
A Conversation with Stephenie Meyer
“Becoming Edward” featurette
“Becoming Bella” featurette
“Music: The Heartbeat of Twilight” featurette
Vampire Kiss Montage
Bella’s Lullaby Remix
Edward’s Piano Concert
The Twilight Saga: New Moon feature film and special features
6-Part Documentary
Audio commentary with director Chris Weitz and editor Peter Lambert
Deleted and Extended Scenes
“The Beat Goes On: The Music of The Twilight Saga: New Moon” featurette
“Team Edward vs. Team Jacob: The Ultimate Love Triangle” featurette
“Introducing the Wolf Pack” featurette
“Becoming Jacob” featurette
“Edward Goes to Italy” featurette
“Jump To Edward” and “Jump To Jacob” features
“Frame by Frame: Storyboards to Screen” featurette
Music videos from Death Cab for Cutie, Anya Marina and Mutemath
Behind-the-scenes Rehearsal with Muse
“Fandimonium” featurette
Exclusive Webcast Event footage
Premiere Red Carpet Footage with Cast Interviews
Extended Cast Interviews with Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner, Chris Weitz, the Cullen Family, the Wolf Pack and the Volturi
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse feature film and special features
The Making Of (6-Part Documentary) (PIP available Blu-ray only)
Audio commentary with Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart
Audio commentary with Stephenie Meyer and Wyck Godfrey
Deleted and Extended Scenes
Music Videos from Muse and Metric
“Jump To Edward” and “Jump To Jacob” features
Photo Gallery
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 Theatrical Version and Extended Version and special features
Includes Theatrical and Extended Versions of the film and the extended version has 8 minutes of footage not seen in theaters
“Love, Death, Birth: Filming The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1” a 6-Part Documentary (PIP available Blu-ray only)
“Jacob’s Destiny” featurette
Bella and Edward’s Personal Wedding Video
“Jump To Edward” and “Jump To Jacob” features
Music Videos from Bruno Mars, Christina Perri, The Belle Brigade and Iron & Wine
Audio commentary with director Bill Condon
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 feature film and special features
“Forever: Filming Breaking Dawn – Part 2” – 7-Part Making Of documentary
“Two Movies at Once” featurette
Audio commentary with director Bill Condon
Red carpet footage
Music Video from Green Day
“Tingles & Chills: Special Vampire Powers” featurette
“Carlisle’s Contacts: The New Vampires” featurette
“Judge, Jury & Executioner: Aro & the Volturi” featurette
“Being Charlie Swan” featurette
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 at Comic Con
Stars on the Black Carpet
“Twilight Forever: The Complete Saga” arrives in stores on November 5, 2013.