Today Warner Bros Home Video announced that they'll be releasing "Batman Begins" on DVD on October 18, 2005 - just a couple of weeks before Halloween and in plenty of time for the holiday gift buying season.

Christopher Nolan ("Memento") directed the critically acclaimed film which stars Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne/Batman. "Batman Begins" also features Michael Caine, Cillian Murphy, Katie Holmes, and Morgan Freeman.

DVD ELEMENTS

The 2-Disc Deluxe Edition will include:
- Collectible 72-page comic book from DC Comics(TM)
- Detective Comics #37 -- The very first Batman story
- "Genesis of the Bat:" Batman incarnations from the mid-1980s to the present
- "The Journey Begins:" Creative concepts, story development and casting
- "Shaping Mind and Body:" Fighting style
- "Gotham City Rises" Production design
- "Cape and Cowl:" The new Batsuit
- "The Tumbler:" The new Batmobile
- "Path to Discovery:" Filming in Iceland
- "Saving Gotham City:" The monorail chase sequence
- "Tankman Begins:" A spoof on "Batman Begins"
- Confidential files character/weaponry gallery
- Still gallery of design ideas developed to market the movie
- "Batman Begins" mobile game and DVD-Rom weblinks

"Batman Begins" Synopsis:

"Batman Begins" explores the origins of the Batman legend and the Dark Knight's emergence as a force for good in Gotham. In the wake of his parents' murder, disillusioned industrial heir Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) travels the world seeking the means to fight injustice and turn fear against those who prey on the fearful.

He returns to Gotham and unveils his alter-ego: Batman, a masked crusader who uses his strength, intellect and an array of high tech deceptions to fight the sinister forces that threaten the city.

SOURCE: Warner Bros Home Video