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Star Trek DVD and Blu-ray details released!

Paramount Home Entertainment has finally released some details for the DVD and Blu-ray versions of (the incredibly awesome) Star Trek!

There will be a 2-dics DVD set and a 3-disc Blu-ray set being released on November 17.

Special features are going to include:

  • Commentary by director J.J. Abrams, writers Robert Orci and Alex Kurtzman, producer Damon Lindelof and executive producer Bryan Burk
  • Deleted scenes: "Spock's Birth", "Klingons Take Over Narada", "Young Kirk, Johnny, and Uncle Frank", "Amanda and Sarek Argue After Spock Fights", "Prison Interrogation and Breakout", "Sarek Gets Amanda", "Dorm Room and Kobayashi Maru (original version)", "Kirk Apologizes to the Green Girl", "Sarek Sees Spock" -All with optional commentary.
  • Four featurettes: "To Boldly Go", "Casting", "Aliens", "Score"
  • Gag Reel
  • Digital Copy

The Blu-ray release will include all of those special features, plus a few more:

  • Featurettes on the Starships, Gene Roddenberry's Vision, and The Sounds of Star Trek
  • Starfleet Vessel Simulator

Official box art for the releases have yet to be revealed, but I assure you I will post it when it becomes available.

For all you Trekkers and Trekkies out there, if you're anything like me November is a long ways off to wait for the release of this, but it's nice to know what's coming. Star Trek is not yet available for pre-order at Amazon.com, but you can sign up to be notified when it does.

UPDATE:
The awesome folks over at JoBlo have posted a more detailed break-down of what you can expect on the Star Trek DVD/Blu-ray:

DVD includes:

Disc 1:
o Commentary with director J.J. Abrams, writers Robert Orci and Alex Kurtzman, producer Damon Lindelof and executive producer Bryan Burk
o A New Vision - Featurette
o Gag Reel

Disc 2:
o Digital Copy
o Deleted Scenes with Optional Commentary
o Featurettes:
+ To Boldly Go Casting
+ Aliens
+ Score
o DVD-Rom:
+ STAR TREK® D-A-C Free Trial Game for XBOX 360®
+ Weblink to the STAR TREK® D-A-C Free Trial Game for PC
+ Weblink to the STAR TREK® D-A-C Free Trial Game for PlayStation® Network

Blu-ray Includes:

Disc 1:
o Commentary with director J.J. Abrams, writers Robert Orci and Alex Kurtzman, producer Damon Lindelof and executive producer Bryan Burk
o NASA News— This BD-Live feature gives viewers access to the latest NASA news about real space exploration.
Disc 2:
o Featurettes:
+ To Boldly Go
+ Casting
+ A New Vision
+ Starships
+ Aliens
+ Planets
+ Props and Costumes
+ Ben Burtt and the Sounds of Star Trek
+ Gene Roddenberry’s Vision
o Deleted Scenes with Optional Commentary
o Starfleet Vessel Simulator
o Gag Reel

Disc 3:
o Digital Copy
o STAR TREK® D-A-C Free Trial Game for XBOX 360®
o Weblink to the STAR TREK® D-A-C Free Trial Game for PC
o Weblink to the STAR TREK® D-A-C Free Trial Game for PlayStation® Network
 

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