Many of you have already gone out and bought your “Hoodwinked” DVD’s (as you should). But apparently there are a few different versions and promotions for it, depending on where you buy.

Being the writer, director and creator of this movie, naturally I am the last to know. I really didn’t know what would even BE on the DVD until I went out and bought my own copy. That’s right. I had to buy my own movie.

But I digress.

From what I have been told, there is a special TWO DISC version, available only at WALMART. This was to get prime placement (see massive, kick-butt display, pictured above). I must inform you that the second “bonus disc” is basically the Behind the Scenes special and an old project of mine called “Wobots.” So for those of you who already own “Wobots,” you’ll be buying it twice. What I’m really ticked about is that this two-disc Walmart version is the ONLY place you can get the half-hour Behind The Scenes special. Again, being the writer-director, I was naturally not consulted on this. It really is a nice piece, so pick it up there if you want to see it.

Then if you buy the DVD at TARGET, you get a “comic book” with it. I use the term “comic book” in quotes, since I believe it is just a smaller version of the “Hoodwinked” book created by Council Oak books. The book is a scrapbook layout, telling the story with lots of stills from the film. But it’s not a comic book. Not in the coolest sense.

And then you can purchase the DVD anywhere else and just get the movie with all the features that come on the single disc. This is a pretty complete disc, it just doesn’t have the Behind The Scenes special. Instead, it has a very watered-down 12 minute piece called “How An Animated Film Gets Made.” Several of the key filmmakers are suspiciously absent, but it’s still a decent documentary.

There were many other features that we thought were going to be on the disc, such as some art galleries and the lost (and fully animated) song, “Woods Go Round.” Maybe if the DVD sells well enough, we’ll be able to get a Collector’s Edition with all the whistles and bells on one product. But until then, go out and get one of these versions at a fine retailer near you.