The Dark Knight finally has a release date on DVD: Dec. 9. When I did my fall preview a few weeks ago, Warner Home Video had not yet announced the year’s biggest movie for home viewers — although it was widely expected to arrive in time for Christmas, as I noted then.

The early indications are that the two-disc set ($35) and Blu-ray release ($36) will not have as many extras as Tuesday’s Iron Man DVD, which I wrote about on Sunday. Here is what will be on The Dark Knight discs, according to Warner:

2-Disc Special Edition:

* Gotham Uncovered – How Christopher Nolan and his team developed the new Bat-suit and Bat-pod and composer Hans Zimmer musically characterized The Joker’s reign of chaos.
* The Dark Knight IMAX® Scenes - View these 6 action-packed sequences - shot on the largest format possible - in their original IMAX framing, just as they were intended
* Gotham Tonight - 6 episodes of Gotham Cable’s premier news programÂ
* The Galleries: Poster art and production stills
* Digital Copy of the Feature Film   

Blu-ray Disc:

Disc 1 – Movie with Focus Points
* Gotham Uncovered: Creation of a Scene – Director Christopher Nolan and creative collaborators unmask the incredible detail and planning behind the film, including stunt staging, filming in IMAX®, and the new Bat-suit and Bat-pod.
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Disc 2 – Special Features
* Batman Tech  – The incredible gadgets and tools (in HD)
* Batman Unmasked: The Psychology of  The  Dark   Knight  – Delve into the psyche of Bruce Wayne and the world of Batman through real-world psychotherapy (in HD)  Â
* Gotham Tonight – 6 episodes of Gotham Cable’s premier news program Â
* The Galleries – The Joker cards, concept art, poster art, production stills, trailers and TV spots
* Digital Copy of the Feature Film

As with the Iron Man DVD, the glaring omission among the extras is a commentary track, although even the rest of the supplements don’t seem as substantial. Expect a better Batman package in time for Christmas 2009.

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