Heroes has been a major TV success since its first season debut in 2006 and thanks to the great fan base Universal announced the release of Seasons 1 and 2 on Blu-ray a few months back. The release is scheduled for the end of August, just before the start of season 3 on NBC. We now have more details and have a pretty good idea of what the Blu-rays will include. Heroes: Season One will have five BD-50 dual-layer discs (MSRP $69.98) and Heroes: Season Two, a shorter season because of the writter’s strike, has only four discs (MSRP $49.98).

Supplements on ‘Season One’ will match the previous HD DVD release, with a bevy of extras including the 73-minute Premiere Episode (with optional audio commentary by show creator Tim Kring), four featurettes (”Making Of,” “Special Effects,” “The Stunts,” “Profile of Artist Tim Sale”), an artwork presentation, and deleted scenes.

‘Season Two’ will include five featurettes ( “Heroes Season 2: A New Beginning,” “Takezo Kensei: Sword Saint,” “Genetics of a Scene,” “The Drucker Files,” “Generations After”), a series of additional NBC.com featurettes, deleted scenes, and a still gallery.

Here is the full specs:

Video Resolution

• 1080p

Aspect Ratio(s)

• 1.78:1

Audio Formats

• English DTS-HD Lossless
• Master Audio 5.1 Surround

Subtitles/Captions

• English SDH

Heroes: Season One

Disc 1

• Artwork Presentation; Hero Connections
• 73-Minute Premiere Episode with Audio Commentary by Show Creator Tim Kring
• BD-Live Enabled
• Making Of
• Special Effects
• The Stunts
• Profile of Artist Tim Sale
• The Score
• Deleted Scenes

Disc 2

• Artwork Presentation, Hero Connections
• Deleted Scenes

Disc 3

• Artwork Presentation, Hero Connection
• PIP Cast Video Commentaries
• Deleted Scenes

Disc 4

• Artwork Presentation, Hero Connection
• PIP Cast Video Commentaries
• Deleted Scenes

Disc 5

• Artwork Presentation, Hero Connection
• PIP Cast Video Commentaries
• Deleted Scenes

Heroes: Season Two

Disc 1

• Hero Connections - Bios, PIP Cast & Crew Commentaries
• Heroes Season 2 “A New Beginning”
• Takezo Kensei: Sword Saint
• BD-Live Enabled
• Hero Connections: Network
• My Scenes
• Deleted Scenes

Disc 2

• Hero Connections - Bios, PIP Cast & Crew Commentaries
• Genetics of a Scene
• Hero Connections - Network
• The Drucker Files
• My Scenes
• Deleted Scenes

Disc 3

• Hero Connections - Bios, PIP Cast & Crew Commentaries
• Tim Sale Gallery of Screen Art
• Hero Connections - Network
• My Scenes
• Deleted Scenes

Disc 4

• Hero Connecions - Bios, PIP Cast & Crew Commentaries
• Generations Alternate Ending
• Inside the Alternate Ending of Generations
• Hero Connections - Network
• My Scenes
• NBC.com Featurettes

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Now that Universal Studios Home Entertainment has shared their future plans for blu-ray, they announced they will be bringing the Emmy and Golden Globe nominated ‘Heroes’ to blu-ray. This is not the first time the “world saviors” will be introduced to high definition. In August last year ‘Heroes: Season One‘ was released on HD-DVD but with the death of the red format, it will be re-released along with ‘Heroes:Season Two‘ on blu-ray on August 26th. Of course this release date was no accident because the new blu-rays will hit stores just days before the three-hour premiere of the third season on September 15, 2008 on NBC starts. Details and specs have not yet been disclosed but as soon as they are we will update this post with more information, we do however expect ‘Heroes:Season One’ to have the same extras and featurettes as its first HD-DVD release.

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