Trailer: 'Avatar Extended Collector's Edition' Blu-Ray, Reveals Future Earth Opening

A trailer for the November 16th release of Avatar Extended Collector's Edition has found its way online and, in it, we get our first glimpse of the exclusive, alternative Earth opening that can only be found on the 3-disc set. This set is beyond epic and totally makes up for the bare bones, albeit it beautiful, Blu-ray and DVD release we got a few months back. "I told our team — let's do the ultimate box set of Avatar, with everything in it the fans could possibly want," James Cameron said in a press release. "There's an extended length cut that's sixteen minutes longer, plus documentaries, behind the scenes featurettes, artwork and over 45 minutes of deleted scenes. Everything worth putting into a special edition is in this set." Part of the "extended length cut" is this opening, which will surely help give the film even more scope. Hit the jump to check out the trailer and once again look at the incredible amount of features on this disc.

Here's the trailer for the Blu-ray with the extended footage.

One of the issues I had with Avatar when it was first released was that you never really knew what was at stake back on Earth. Well, even from the brief glimpse here, it looks like a very Philip K. Dick, dystopian, Blade Runner type existence which makes the lush world of Pandora seem that much more important. Point made.

Here is the full list of features on the Avatar Extended Collector's Edition Blu-ray and regular DVD. Click here for a better look at the box art.

AVATAR Extended Collection's Edition: 3-Disc Collector's Edition Blu-ray:

Disc One

  • Original Theatrical Version
  • Special Edition Re-Release
  • Collector's Extended Cut – 16 more minutes and exclusive alternate opening
  • Family Audio Track (All Objectionable Language Removed)

  • Original Theatrical Release
  • Special Edition Re-release
  • Disc Two

  • "Capturing Avatar" An in-depth feature length documentary with James Cameron, Jon Landau and cast and crew
  • Deleted Scenes – including over 45 minutes of new never-before-seen deleted scenes
  • Production Materials
  • Disc Three

  • Open "Pandora's Box" and go deeper into the filmmaker process
  • Interactive Scene Deconstruction: Explore the various stages of production through 3 different viewing modes
  • Production Shorts: 17 featurettes covering performance capture, scoring the film, 3D fusion camera, stunts and much more
  • Avatar Archives including original scriptment, 300 page screenplay and the extensive Pandorapedia
  • BD-live Portal with additional bonus materials
  • AVATAR Collector's Edition: 3-Disc Special Edition DVD:

    Disc One

  • Original Theatrical Version
  • Special Edition Re-release
  • Collector's Extended Cut – 16 more minutes and exclusive alternate opening
  • Disc Two

  • Original Theatrical Version
  • Special Edition Re-release
  • Collector's Extended Cut
  • Disc Three

  • "Capturing Avatar" An in-depth feature length documentary with James Cameron, Jon Landau and cast and crew
  • Deleted Scenes – including over 45 minutes of new never-before-seen deleted scenes
  • Source: Collider