Marvel movie fans, if you were as stoked as I was about getting your Phase One Blu-ray set in a couple weeks, try not to Hulk out: the release has been delayed by about half a year.
The 10-disc package was to include all six Marvel Studios films - Iron Man, Iron Man 2, The Incredible Hulk, Thor, Captain America: The First Avenger, and The Avengers - in cardboard sleeves featuring artwork that was exclusive to the set, special features, 3D versions of the latter three films, and prop replicas from each movie, all wrapped up in a replica of a S.H.I.E.L.D. briefcase with a light-up Tesseract inside. Pretty sweet. When I was at Comic-Con and saw the set on display at the Marvel booth, I may have drooled. Just a little.
Unfortunately, the briefcase used in the film was not made by the prop department, but rather a German luggage company. News broke last week that said company had filed suit against Marvel for failing to secure permission to replicate the case. Pre-orders were halted indefinitely.
Hope for a swift settlement has essentially been eliminated by parent company Disney's statement that they will not be able to make the September 25th release date and are now striving to get the set out in a new package, by Spring 2013. The statement also promised even more content than was originally advertised, presumably to make up for the delay.
For those who placed their orders through Amazon, a similar statement has been posted on the product page.
The release of The Avengers on DVD and Blu-ray has not been affected and will take place as scheduled.
A bummer, to be sure, especially since the delay will be so lengthy. However, it could be worse: you could be one of the people in charge of putting the package together.
For more information, including more complete versions of Disney and Amazon's statements, check out IGN.
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