Given the way that the Watchmen movie was funded and thus its distribution carved up, the film was put out by Warner Bros in the US and Paramount in the UK. That, you'd suspect, may well be the reason why we're yet to even see the release of the Director's Cut in the UK on DVD or Blu-ray, and we wonder just how long it's going to take before we see this next release too.

Over in the US, Warner Bros has revealed that it will be releasing Watchmen: The Ultimate Cut on 3rd November, in a five-disc DVD or four-disc Blu-ray set. This is the version of the film that weaves in the deleted and extended scenes that were left out of the theatrical release, and also adds in the animated Tales Of The Black Freighter segments. Tales Of The Black Freighter has already enjoyed a standalone release in the UK, that we reviewed here, but now we get to see just how well it's going to work within the context of the film.

The running time of the Watchmen Ultimate Cut is set to test the power of your backside, though. It now runs to 3 hours and 58 minutes according to The Blu-ray Blog, and we suspect that the pause button will be used once or twice before the end credits roll.

Find The Blu-ray Blog story here. And let's see if we get this limited edition release in the UK at any point. We're not holding our breath, sadly...