‘E.T.’ Coming To Blu-ray In October

The 30th anniversary edition of the much-loved classic “E.T.” is coming to Blu-Ray this October.

The film was re-released in theaters in 2002 to celebrate its 20th anniversary but Spielberg made some changes to the movie that was not well received.  He “updated” the movie’s visual effects and gave E.T.’s face a CG makeover, added back in a couple deleted scenes, and switched out the rifles held by police officers chasing down Elliott and his bicycle buddies with walkie talkies.

Even South Park famously mocked the decision. Last year, Spielberg admitted that it was a mistake to make those changes and vowed that the Blu-ray release would just be the 1982 theatrical version of the film.

The movie will have two new bonus featurettes, one chronicling the day-to-day events of making the movie, the other a new interview with Spielberg reminiscing on the movie.

Those two deleted scenes will be available separately from the cut of the film and many of the bonus features from the previous DVD release of E.T.will be available on the Blu-ray as well.