DVDSnapshot.com has made The Crow: Stairway To Heaven DVD Box Set one its snapshot picks of the week.  To read the review they wrote up for the DVD please click here.

The Crow: Salvation will be showing this Monday, August 6^th at 11am EST/PST on the FX Cable Network.

Bryce Zabel, the executive producer of The Crow: Stairway To Heaven, has posted a new blog about his appearance last weekend at San Diego Comic Con. For those crow fans who enjoy a good cook book please check out The Hollywood Cookbook: Cooking For Causes put together by his wife and the wife of actor Don Most. There is even a few recipes contributed by Mark Dacascos in the cookbook.

Speaking of The Crow: Stairway To Heaven, Cherish Alexander formerly of The Painkillers has her own website and MySpace account. Her myspace page features streaming audio of My Bonnie and Goodbye which was used in The Crow: Stairway To Heaven. Cherish has also released her solo CD entitled “Fallen Awake” please visit her website for more information.

James O’Barr will be appearing at the Lazy Dragon Con in McKinney, TX this weekend, for more information click here. James O’Barr will also be appearing at Realms Con in Corpus Christi, TX August 24^th thru the 26^th. Visit James O’Barr’s myspace page for more information.

Just a quick reminder The Crow: Stairway To Heaven DVD Contest is still ongoing so please get your entry in today by visiting here.

TV Guide Presents The Crow: Stairway To Heaven – The Complete Series on DVD July 24, 2007!
 
In the heat of the summer, Arts Alliance America is proud to announce the long-awaited cult favorite, TV Guide Presents The Crow: Stairway To Heaven- The Complete Series on DVD. Merging action, fantasy and romance into a compelling tapestry, all 22 hours of the original episodes have been collected into a 5 disk DVD set and will hit stores July 24, 2007 for a suggested retail price of $39.95.
 
Bonus features on TV Guide Presents The Crow: Stairway To Heaven - The Complete Series include an audio commentary from series star Mark Dacascos and Executive Producer Bryce Zabel, a gag reel, the original dailies from three of the episodes, selections from the show’s original soundtrack, the Pilot Script, all 22 episode scripts, the original Bible and episode descriptions written by Bryce Zabel, a photo gallery and more.
 
We’re really excited to be releasing this fantastic program, said Joe Amodei, President of Arts Alliance America. We have heard from many fans who are thrilled that this cult favorite is being released on DVD. We have found some wonderful, never-before-seen special features that we know the fans will love.
 
“We set out to make a series that was faithful to the material that inspired it, but still was accessible to an entire new audience,” said Bryce Zabel, executive producer and creator of The Crow: Stairway to Heaven.  “It was a challenge finding that balance but fans of the original comic book and feature film soon joined with new television fans to make the series a success. Those of us who worked on it are thrilled that those same fans will now be able to watch it in order, at their own pace, without pre-emptions and schedule changes.”
 
In celebration of The Crow: Stairway To Heaven coming to DVD, CrowFans.com in conjunction with Arts Alliance America, and Bryce Zabel, the executive producer of The Crow: Stairway To Heaven will be giving away prizes.  These prizes include The Crow: Stairway To Heaven DVD Box Set autographed by Bryce Zabel and lead star Mark Dacascos, The Crow: Stairway To Heaven Emmy Nomination Committee VHS containing 2 episodes, and The Crow: Stairway To Heaven soundtrack which has never been for sale in stores and only given to the cast, crew, and friends of the show. To enter the contest just visit http://www.crowfans.com/ and click on the contest banner for more information on the contest and The Crow: Stairway To Heaven DVD Box Set.

To purchase your own copy of The Crow: Stairway To Heaven on DVD click here.

Hey everyone, do not forget, Bryce Zabel and Mark Dacascos will appear at San Diego Comic Con on Friday July 27th between 2 and 4 pm in the autograph section of the convention. This is perfect timing because the box set for STH comes out Tuesday, July 24th (next week!!). You can purchase a copy of the set and then take it to the convention and get it signed by Mark and Bryce.

To go along with the release of STH on DVD, Arts Alliance America and Bryce Zabel have provided some nice items for a contest that Crowfans.com is running. Details are still being worked out. The prize list has been finalized and is listed below.

So you are asking “How do I enter?”. Easy, by being a member of The Tides of Sin Discussion Board or by submitting your email address in the contest entry form found here . There will be 11 winners of some very nice items. The prize list includes:

3 Autographed DVD Box Sets & The Crow: Stairway To Heaven soundtracks
1 DVD Box Set & The Crow: Stairway To Heaven soundtrack
1 The Crow: Stairway To Heaven soundtrack
4 DVD Box Sets
2 Emmy Nomination Video

Here is the final list of DVD extras that will be included in the 5-disk set:

Commentary with Bryce and Mark on the first 2 episodes - “The Soul Can’t Rest” and “Souled Out”, gag reel, Production Dailies from: “A Gathering Storm”, “Death Wish” and “Dead to Rights”, script & original episode descriptions for ALL 22 episodes, Photo Gallery, Mark Dacascos Filmography, The Crow: Stairway to Heaven Original Score by Peter Manning Robinson and reprints from Kung Fu Magazine story about Mark and The Crow.

The majority of the extras will be included on the 5th disk a long with the final two episodes of the series. The commentary track with Bryce and Mark will be on the 1st disk.

THE CROW: STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN complete series is available July 24th. You can pre-order the set from Amazon.

Thanks to Tim from Arts Alliance America.  Bryce Zabel and Mark Dacascos will appear at San Diego Comic Con on Friday July 27th between 2 and 4 pm in the autograph section of the convention.  I’ll find out if they will have copies of The Crow: Stairway To Heaven for sale there otherwise purchase a copy before you go to the convention and have it autographed by Bryce Zabel and Mark Dacascos.

Hey folks, here is something cool to tide you over for the weekend. Thanks to Tim and Frank we have cover art for disk 5 of the STH set as well as a menu shot from disk 5. It is great that we get a 5 disk release!  Also, look for Mark at Comic Con this year.  Enjoy.

Earlier today I received a package courtesy of Bryce Zabel the executive producer of The Crow: Stairway To Heaven.  The upcoming contest so far has 2 Emmy Nomination Videos which contains the episodes of “The Soul Can’t Rest” and “Birds of a Feather”.  Another item we have which is extremely rare and hard to find is 5 copies of The Crow: Stairway To Heaven soundtrack which was never released to the public.  More details about the contest will be coming in the next few weeks including how to enter. 

For our Crow fans who love to cook or like to support worthwhile causes please considering purchasing “The Hollywood Cookbook: Cooking For Causes” which was put together by Jackie Zabel (the wife of Bryce Zabel) and Morgan Most (the wife of actor Don Most).  The cookbook also contains recipes for an entire meal by Mark Dacascos.  Please remember $5 of every purchase goes to charity!  Click here to purchase ”The Hollywood Cookbook: Cooking For Causes” because I’m sure it would mean a lot to Bryce and Jackie Zabel, and the people who depend on these charities.

We have talked about what will be on the DVD boxed set for THE CROW: STAIRWAY to HEAVEN, here is an update on what will not as well as an update on two of the features that will be present.

There will not be a behind the scenes featurette. According to Bryce Zabel, exec Producer and writer for STH let us know there was never anything shot for this kind of feature when STH was in production. Beyond that, usually “making of” type features tend to be a rights nightmare. For those who don’t remember, the Crow collectors series DVD box set was minus Alex Proyas and David Schow due to them not signing off on anything that used their likeness or voice (the reason behind that changes depending on which person involved you ask). It would cost Arts Alliance more than what they probably are willing to invest if they were to try and do a new making of/behind the scenes featurette.

According to Arts Alliance they are still ironing out the details on how the instrumental score will be embedded on the disk. There has been a push for this to be available via IPod/Mp3 compatible files on the DVD-ROM portion of the disk. We will see how that turns out.

As far as the audio commentary track recorded for the show, Bryce Zabel had the following to say…..

“The way the commentary works is Mark and I were in an audio booth with earphones and microphones. They show the first two episodes and you talk as you see them. So, yes, your comments are tied to what you see, but you are also free to “roam” based on your inspiration. It came out very nicely everyone says.”

This sounds like it will be one of the gems on the set.

Stay tuned to ABaHB and CrowFans.com for more information on The Crow: Stairway To Heaven Box Set.

Earlier this morning I received an official list from Tim over at Arts Alliance America the company in charge of putting together The Crow: Stairway To Heaven DVD box set.  This list is not the final list as there is a couple more features being worked out.   

“The Crow: Stairway to Heaven” Special Features 

1. Gag Reel
2. Production Dailies from the following episodes “Death Wish”,”Dead To Rights” and “A Gathering Storm”
3. The Pilot Script
4. Original Episode Descriptions
5. Photo Gallery
6. Mark Dacascos Filmography
7. Audio Commentary for “The Soul Can’t Rest” and “Souled Out” by Bryce Zabel and Mark Dacascos
8. The Crow: Stairway To Heaven Original Score by Peter Manning Robinson
“Main Title”, “101 Opening”, “Sonya Says See Ya”, “How To Fix It”, “Albrecht’s Map”, “Telling A Story”, “When I Was Twenty”, “See, Land, Asylum”, and “End Credits”

Arts Alliance America has opened up a MySpace page to help promote The Crow: Stairway To Heaven DVD Box Set.

To purchase The Crow: Stairway To Heaven DVD Box Set click here.

Recently heard from a representative from Hart Sharp Video and a long with the previously mentioned commentary from Bryce and Mark on the first two episodes and a “making of”, we can also look forward to a gag reel (supposed to be pretty funny), a large amount of dailies and more photos and possible other extras. They are also trying to get permission to reprint some articles on Mark that appeared over the past few years.

All in all, this is shaping up to be an excellent release for fans of the show. This is great news. In the past, THE CROW and DVD have been synonymous with disappointment. Perhaps that tide is turning.