Good news, Sons of Anarchy fans: No, the show’s not coming back sooner than September, but the first season DVD release has been announced – August 18 – and the box set will be loaded with commentary and other bonus features.

The show, which is a lot like The Sopranos, if Tony and company were Hell’s Angels instead of mobsters, was one of the best new dramas to hit the tube last year, with the whole main cast being Emmy-worthy: Charlie Hunnam, Katey Sagal, Ron Perlman, Maggie Siff and the scene-stealing Kim Coates.

And season two promises to be just as great, with punk rock star Henry Rollins joining the cast as a new resident of Charming, one who “poses a deadly threat” to the SAMCO crew. Keep an eye on series creator Kurt Sutter‘s blog for more scoop on season two, including photos from the set.

Meanwhile, here’s the official press release from Fox Home Entertainment on the Sons of Anarchy season one DVDs:

IN THE TOWN OF CHARMING, CALIFORNIA…
THEY ARE THE LAW

SONS OF ANARCHY

SEASON ONE

Ron Perlman, Katey Sagal And Charlie Hunnam Star In The Dark
FX Original Series, Riding Into Town On Blu-ray Disc And DVD
August 18 From Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

Special Features Include Gag Reel, Commentary, Deleted Scenes and Making of Featurettes

” …Intelligently constructed and handsomely executed.”
-Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times

CENTURY CITY, Calif. – One of the most critically acclaimed new series of 2008, Sons Of Anarchy Season One gets its motor running on Blu-ray Disc (BD) and DVD August 18 from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. From the creative mind of Kurt Sutter (The Shield) the series chronicles an international outlaw motorcycle club that brandishes their own kind of law in the fictional Northern California town of Charming. Charlie Hunnam (Nicholas Nickleby) stars as Jax Teller, a man whose love for the brotherhood is tested by his growing apprehension for its lawlessness thanks to the birth of his newborn son and the discovery of a life-altering journal written by his father years ago. Under the watchful eye of his force-of-nature mother Gemma (Katey Sagal; Married With Children) and his stepfather/club president Clay (Ron Perlman; Hellboy), Jax is forced to keep his friends close and his enemies closer as he slowly begins to distance himself from those he considers family. With white supremacists, gunrunning hoodlums, meth-dealing rivals and crooked cops, Sons of Anarchy is exciting, risky and downright chaotic.

Sons of Anarchy Season One BD and DVD include all 13 original episodes from the first season and is packed with daring bonus features including behind-the-scenes making-of featurettes, cast and crew commentary on select episodes, deleted scenes and gag reel. The BD will be available for a suggested retail price of $59.99 and the DVD will be available for $49.98. Prebook is June 9.

Synopsis:
FX Network’s original series, Sons of Anarchy, is an adrenalized drama with darkly comedic undertones that explores a notorious outlaw motorcycle club’s (MC) desire to protect its livelihood while ensuring that their simple, sheltered town of Charming, California remains exactly that. Charming. The MC must confront threats from drug dealers, corporate developers and overzealous law officers. Behind the MC’s familial lifestyle and legally thriving automotive shop is a ruthless and illegally thriving arms business. The seduction of money, power, and blood.

Blu-ray Disc Specs:
The Sons of Anarchy Season One Blu-ray Disc is presented in widescreen (1.78:1 aspect ratio) with English 5.1 Lossless and Spanish Dolby Surround Sound with English, Spanish and French subtitles. Episodes and special features included in the collection are as follows:

Disc One:
• Pilot (Commentary with Kurt Sutter, Charlie Hunnam, Ron Perlman and Katey Segal)
• Seeds
• Fun Town
• Patch Over
• Giving Back

Disc Two:
• AK-51
• Old Bones
• The Pull (Commentary with Kurt Sutter, Guy Ferland, Maggie Siff and Charlie Hunnam)
• Hell Followed
• Better Half

Disc Three:
• Capybara
• The Sleep of Babies
• The Revelator (Commentary with Kurt Sutter, Charlie Hunnam, Ron Perlman,
Kim Coates, Mark Boone Junior, Theo Rossi, Ryan Hurst, William Lucking, Johnny Lewis and Tommy Flanagan)

Special Features:
o The Making Of Sons of Anarchy Season 1
o The Ink
o The Bikes
o Casting Sons Of Anarchy
o Deleted Scenes
o Anarchy On The Set

DVD Specs:
The Sons of Anarchy Season One DVD collection is presented in widescreen format (1.78:1 aspect ratio) with English 5.1 Dolby Surround Sound plus English, Spanish, French, Brazilian Portuguese, Korean, Cantonese and Mandarin subtitles.

Disc One:
• Pilot (Commentary with Kurt Sutter, Charlie Hunnam, Ron Perlman and Katey Segal)
• Seeds
• Fun Town

Disc Two:
• Patch Over
• Giving Back
• AK-51
• Old Bones

Disc Three:
• The Pull (Commentary with Kurt Sutter, Guy Ferland, Maggie Siff and Charlie Hunnam)
• Hell Followed
• Better Half
• Capybara

Disc Four:
• The Sleep of Babies
• The Revelator (Commentary with Kurt Sutter, Charlie Hunnam, Ron Perlman, Kim Coates, Mark Boone Junior, Theo Rossi, Ryan Hurst, William Lucking, Johnny Lewis and Tommy Flanagan)
• Special Features:
o The Making Of Sons of Anarchy Season 1
o The Ink
o The Bikes
o Casting Sons Of Anarchy
o Deleted Scenes
o Anarchy On The Set