The U.K. Avengers DVD/Blu-ray will not include director Joss Whedon’s commentary that is included in the U.S. edition due to time constraints.
According to Empire Magazine, the U.K. edition of The Avengers Blu-ray/DVD will not include director commentary that Joss Whedon recorded. Apparently Disney have told them that the commentary was recorded too late for the U.K. Avengers DVD/Blu-ray for it to be included and they decided not to delay the release.
Disney have told us that Joss Whedon recorded his commentary too late for the UK Avengers DVD/Blu-ray. They chose not to delay release…
— Empire Magazine (@empiremagazine) August 29, 2012
Empire then followed up with a tweet confirming that there were no plans for a future Avengers DVD/Blu-ray to be released with the director’s commentary. We assume this also means any units sold in Europe will not include director Joss Whedon’s commentary.
Currently there are no plans for a future Avengers DVD/Blu-ray that will include Whedon’s commentary. It’s Shawarmageddon all over again!
— Empire Magazine (@empiremagazine) August 29, 2012
This news comes just hours after The Avengers Phase One collector’s edition was pulled from Amazon.com due to a patent lawsuit. It looks like things aren’t going very smoothly for this release. So, would our U.K. fans rather have waited another week to get The Avengers on DVD/Blu-ray? We definitely think it would have been worth the wait to have the director’s commentary included.
If you must have the director’s commentary for The Avengers, most DVD/Blu-ray players allow you to set it to “region free” mode and it will allow you to play the U.S. version if you’re able to obtain a copy.
Check out the most recent behind-the-scenes clips that will be included in the film’s DVD/Blu-ray. The Avengers DVD/Blu-ray will hit stores in the U.K. September 17 and a week later in the U.S.