More Heroes DVD details

August 28th is getting closer... so, in anticipation of the release of the season 1 DVD set, here are some further details on the special features, courtesy of our NBC friend:

-Unaired Pilot: The Tim Kring Cut with Audio Commentary – A full 73 uninterrupted minutes of the original, unaired, extended pilot episode, as Heroes’ creator Tim Kring first envisioned it, with a character never seen.

-The Making of Heroes: From concept to pop culture phenomenon, a behind-the-scenes look at the hottest new series on television

-Special Effects: The secrets behind the eye-popping visuals that give the Heroes their amazing powers.

-The Stunts: A back stage look at the show’s hair-raising stunts.

-Mind Reader: Matt Parkman’s mind reading abilities reveal your inner Hero with a series of simple tests.

-Profile of Artist Tim Sale: A look at the Eisner Award-winning comic book artist (Spiderman, Batman, Daredevil) behind much of the Manga-influenced artwork used in the show.

-The Score: Go behind the scenes with Wendy Melvin and Lisa Coleman (of Prince’s The Revolution) as they create their ASCAP Award-winning musical score.

-50 Deleted and Extended Scenes

Seven discs of Heroes goodness, and great for both Heroes super-fans and those who, for whatever reason, decided to watch 24 instead.

We also heard rumor of a few other features:

- Cast and Crew Commentaries

- Interactive character profiles

- Symbol Sightings: the ability to "discover the hidden helix symbol revealed throughout the series"

- Web enabling: the discs will also be web enabled, allowing for future downloadable content

- Tim Sale's art: will be featured on the menus. A preview of the menus can be viewed here.