'Hairspray' Forthcoming On HD DVD Plus Early Details...

New Line Home Entertainment has officially announced that they will release Hairspray on HD DVD soon, although it will not be day-and-date with the DVD release on November 20.

Bonus materials on the single-disc HD DVD release ($39.98 SRP) include:

• “Behind the Beat” picture-in-picture option allowing viewers to watch behind-the-scenes footage and on-screen commentary concurrently with the running feature
• Interactive “connectivity” experience with web-enhanced features (HD DVD-Exclusive)
• All new musical number, “I Can Wait”
• Feature-length audio commentary from director and choreographer Adam Shankman, star Nikki Blonsky and producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron
• Deleted scenes with audio commentary from director and choreographer Adam Shankman and star Nikki Blonsky
• “You Can’t Stop the Beat: The Long Journey of Hairspray” documentary
• “Step By Step: The Dances of Hairspray” featurette offering how-to dance instruction
• “Hairspray Extensions” featurette, giving viewers dance breakdowns
• Jump to a song with optional sing-along feature
• “The Roots of Hairspray” featurette
• Theatrical trailer

About the HD DVD-exclusive web-enhanced features... If the web-enabled features on Heroes: Season One or Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix HD DVDs are any indication, we may just see something exciting from New Line...

Further details will be revealed here when we've more...