Well, this is extremely disappointing. The UK (and presumably the rest of Europe) will not be getting Joss Whedon's commentary on the upcoming DVD and Blu-ray release of Marvel's The Avengers/Avengers Assemble. As you can see from the Tweets below, the ever reliable folks over at Empire Magazine confirmed the news earlier today.
If this is the price that those of us on this side of the pond have to pay for getting the DVD and Blu-ray a measly eight days sooner, I think most fans would agree that a wait of just an extra week or so would have been perfectly acceptable for the inclusion of such an essential extra. The excuse made by Disney just isn't good enough, and the fact that there are no plans in future to make this available to non-US residents is a pretty poor way to treat the UK fans who contributed over $80 million to its worldwide total at the box office.
Marvel Studios presents in association with Paramount Pictures Marvel’s The Avengers--the super hero team up of a lifetime, featuring iconic Marvel super heroes Iron Man, the Incredible Hulk, Thor, Captain America, Hawkeye and Black Widow. When an unexpected enemy emerges that threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, Director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster. Spanning the globe, a daring recruitment effort begins.
STARRING:
Chris Evans as Steve Rogers/Captain America
Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark/Iron Man
Chris Hemsworth as Thor
Jeremy Renner as Clint Barton/Hawkeye
Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Ramanoff/Black Widow
Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner/Hulk
Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury
Clark Gregg as Agent Coulson
Cobie Smulders as Maria Hill
Tom Hiddleston as Loki
RELEASE DATE: September 17th, 2012 (UK) September 25th, 2012 (US)
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