CULVER CITY, Calif. -- Spider-Man 3 becomes the home entertainment event of the year when Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE) releases the international blockbuster on DVD October 30, in time for the holiday gift-giving season. Spider-Man 3 will be available in several versions for fans to collect including a single-disc release, a two-disc Special Edition release, PSP, and a three-pack DVD release which will include Spider-Man and Spider-Man 2 on DVD with collectible O-Ring packaging.

Also available is the Spider-Man High Definition Trilogy, a three-pack release of all three films on Blu-ray High-Def allowing fans an exclusive opportunity to collect both Spider-Man and Spider-Man 2 in high definition, along with Spider-Man 2.1 and Spider- Man 3. Spider-Man 3 will also be available as a stand-alone two-disc release on Blu-ray High-Def.

Grossing more than $888 million worldwide during its theatrical run, Spider-Man 3 set numerous records, including the biggest three-day total in box-office history ($151 million), biggest single day gross in box-office history ($59.8 million), and the #1 all-time worldwide opening ($231 million).

Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Academy Award nominee Rosemary Harris, and J.K. Simmons reprise their roles from the first two installments of the franchise under the direction of Sam Raimi. Joining the cast are Academy Award nominee Thomas Haden Church, Topher Grace, Bryce Dallas Howard, and Academy Award nominee James Cromwell. The producers are Laura Ziskin, Avi Arad, and Grant Curtis. The executive producers are Stan Lee, Kevin Feige, and Joseph M. Caracciolo.

The two-disc Spider-Man 3 Blu-ray High-Def and two-disc Special Edition DVD offer fans more than six hours of all-new bonus materials, including a trio of featurettes spotlighting the cinematic creation of the web crawler's greatest nemeses.

The two-disc's added value also has a trio of features on the creation of the spectacular stunts in the movie. The Stunts, wherein Stunt Coordinator/2nd Unit Director Dan Bradley and Stunt Coordinator Scott Rogers provide a behind-the-scenes peek at the various "gags" in the film including Wall of Water where the viewer is taken into the creation of one of the biggest stunts in the film. In addition, the discs offer bloopers, a Snow Patrol music video, and two audio commentary tracks with cast and filmmakers.