Paramount Home Entertainment has announced that Beowulf will arrive on DVD and HD DVD on February 26, 2008. Paramount will release both a theatrical and director’s cut of the film which features the voices of Ray Winstone and Angelina Jolie.

The only extra feature on the theatrical cut will be A Hero’s Journey: The Making of Beowulf featurette. The Director’s Cut will include that, along with a Beasts of Burden featurette, a Origins of Beowulf featurette, a Creating the Ultimate Beowulf feaurette, an Art of Beowulf featurette, additional scenes, trailers, and easter eggs.

The HD-DVD release will feature a high definition transfer, along with 5.1 Dolby Digital Plus, and 5.1 Dolby TrueHD tracks. All of the above extra material will be included, along with a Conversation with Robert Zemeckis, further featurettes on the stunts, art design, props and a couple of extra additional scenes.

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