News Round-Up: Alan Wake, Blade II and Barbarella Blu-ray, Rob Zombie, The River

With this being a holiday weekend, we haven't come across any major news. However, we collected a number of small items that may be of interest. Continue reading to learn about Alan Wake's unreleased Night Springs episodes, Blade II and Barbarella on Blu-ray, The Lords of Salem, and The River:

Unreleased Night Springs Episodes from Alan Wake: Night Springs is The Twilight Zone-like series that is seen throughout Alan Wake. Remedy has released all of the episodes from the game, along with 3 episodes that weren't included. To watch them all, visit Joystiq at: http://www.joystiq.com/tag/night-springs/ [Thanks ROH]

Blade II Blu-ray: Blade II is getting a proper Blu-ray release on July 10th from Warner Bros. Included on the disc is an all-new commentary from Guillermo del Toro. Other Blu-ray exclusive bonus items include a Director's Notebook feature and a featurette with writer David Goyer. [Source: Blu-ray.com]

Barbarella Blu-ray: Paramount is bringing Barbarella to Blu-ray on July 3rd. Nothing is mentioned in the way of special features, except for the theatrical trailer. [Source: Blu-ray.com]

The Lords of Salem: Rob Zombie has posted some candid photos of him and Bruce Davison after wrapping up filming on The Lords of Salem: http://robzombie.com/2012/04/lords-of-salem-behind-the-scenes-wrapping-up-with-bruce-davison/

The River's DVD Release: Oren Peli's first season of The River will be available on DVD May 22nd.  The release will include bonus features such as deleted scenes, "making of" featurettes, and a blooper reel. The retail price is $29.99, but Amazon and select retailers are offering a pre-order in the $25 range.