I was wondering when this would happen (and it may have happened already and I just didn’t notice).

The Region 1 releases of “Hot Fuzz” will be a regular DVD and an HD-DVD. Sad thing is that the HD-DVD is gonna contain about a bazillion more special features than the regular DVD release will. And, in my opinion that sucks. Check it …

DVD Bonus Features:
01. Outtakes
02. Deleted Scenes with Filmmaker Commentary
03. The Man Who Would Be Fuzz: Simon Pegg and Nick Frost act out a hilarious Hot Fuzz scene as Sean Connery and Michael Caine!
04. Fuzz-O-Meter: Select this feature and the trivia meter will run as you watch the film.
05. The Fuzzball Rally U.S.: Tour Piece- Join Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright on their outrageous nationwide press tour.
06. Audio Commentary with Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright
07. And Many More Hilarious Features!

HD DVD Bonus Features includes all features listed above, plus:
01. Audio Commentaries
– The Sandford Police Service: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Jim Broadbent, Rafe Spall, Kevin Eldon and Olivia Colman
– The Sandford Village People – Kenneth Cranham, Timothy Dalton, Paul Freeman and Edward Woodward
– The Real Fuzz: Andy Leafe and Nick Eckland
02. We Made Hot Fuzz – “Making Of” Documentary
03. Speculative Video Blogs – 13 video blogs
04. Forensic: 8 Featurettes
05. Hearsay: Plot Holes and Comparisons
06. Special Effects: Before and After
07. Photographic Galleries
08. Falsified: “Dead Right”
– “Dead Right”: Edgar Wright’s First Cop Movie with Filmmaker Commentaries
– Am Blam: Making Dead Right

Crafty way to try and get the fan boys to upgrade to the HD-DVD format … right?

But, if you happen to have a Region Free player (like I do), you can purchase the 2-Disc Special Edition DVD from Region 2 and have all the special features that will be available on the DVD and HD-DVD releases here in the States.

Sheesh. I hope this doesn’t become the standard for Region 1 dvds.