Month: May 2008 (Page 1 of 5)

Beowulf Blu-ray slashing its way into stores this July

Paramount has announced that the computer animated Beowulf is coming to Blu-ray on July 29th. The movie was previously released on DVD and HD DVD. Video will be presented at 2.35:1 1080p AVC with a 5.1 Dolby TrueHD soundtrack.

Bonus features include: 17 featurettes ranging from a look at the stunts to the origins of Beowulf, deleted scenes, a theatrical trailer and other hidden surprises.

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Madagascar and Shrek the Third get Blu-ray release

Dreamworks has announced that they will release Madagascar and Shrek the Third for Blu-ray on September 16th. No specs or special features have been announced yet, except for Shrek the Third which will include the same bonus features as the HD DVD release.

Shrek the Third special features include lost scenes, a behind-the-scenes featurette, music video, animation video jukebox and much more.

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Transformers finally heading to Blu-ray

Paramount has confirmed the recent rumors that a Transformers Blu-ray was scheduled for release later year.

Paramount has set September 2, 2008 as the date to mark on your calendars for some high-def robot action. The Blu-ray will include an audio commentary with director Michael Bay, featurettes, an art gallery, theatrical trailers, and easter eggs.

No word on whether or not all the HD DVD content will be included on the Blu-ray version, although Paramount did confirm that the disc will be BD-Live-enabled, so you know they’re planning something.

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Starship Troopers 3: Marauder Blu-ray announced

Casper Van Dien reprises his role as “Johnny Rico” in STARSHIP TROOPERS 3: MARAUDER, the third installment in the popular sci-fi series. Written and directed by Ed Neumeier (screenwriter and co-producer of Starship Troopers and RoboCop, in his directorial debut), STARSHIP TROOPERS 3: MARAUDER will be available August 5, 2008 on Blu-ray, DVD and UMD for PSP.

The Blu-ray and DVD come with tons of bonus features, including the featurettes “Evolution: The Bugs of Starship Troopers 3: Marauder” and “Enlist: Marauder’s Mobile Infantry”, a Filmmaker Commentary and a Director & Cast Commentary, and an all-new extended version of the music video, “It’s a Good Day to Die.”  Exclusive to the Blu-ray is BD-Live interactive feature “Put Yourself in the Film: Join the Fight!” allowing users to upload a photo, become a trooper and insert themselves into key scenes in the film as well as the “Marauder Mode – Picture in Picture” feature, which, through graphics, text and pop up video, provides unique insight into the film’s characters and story while expanding on the general mythology of the Starship Troopers universe. The DVD version includes a Bonus Digital Copy of the film that consumers can unlock and play on their PC and/or PSP.

The original ‘Starship Troopers’ on Blu-ray will be available for the first time with all-new special features, including “FedNet Mode” Picture-in-Picture/Graphic-in-Picture with loads of extra content inside the sci-fi satire and beyond. Additionally, a “Recruitment Test” trivia challenge to test fans on their Troopers skills and BD-Live interactive feature “Put Yourself in the Film: Join the Fight!”

All three films in this franchise will be available for the first time together as a Blu-ray Trilogy Pack, as well as a DVD Trilogy, available on August 5.

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Sony announces 3 horror Blu-ray movies

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is bringing Halloween frights to July with the release of three horror movies on Blu-ray. The Exorcism of Emily Rose, I Know What You Did Last Summer and Urban Legend will each be available July 22, 2008, with features that include deleted scenes, director commentary, horror shots, music videos, featurettes and more.

The Exorcism of Emily Rose

Attorney Erin Bruner takes on both church and state when she is assigned to defend a priest in court. The prosecution alleges murder, but the priest denies any wrongdoing, claiming the young victim needed spiritual help with her demons and that she died after he performed an exorcism. Through the course of the trial Bruner must piece together the turn of events—all seemingly logical, but still eerily supernatural—that led to the death of Emily Rose. What she discovers will test her belief in science, faith and the battle between good and evil.

Blu-ray Special Features Include:
Director Commentary with Scott Derrickson, Featurettes: Genesis of the Story, Casting of the Movie, Visual Design and Deleted Scenes.

I Know What You Did Last Summer

In a small fishing town, Julie James, Helen Shivers, Ray Bronson and Barry William Cox are celebrating their last summer together after graduating high school. Their fun screeches to a halt when they accidentally hit a stranger on a dark, winding road. Thinking they killed him, they panic and decide to bury the truth – and the body. One year later, however, a note shows up saying, “I Know What You Did Last Summer.” When a dark figure wielding a large hook begins to stalk them, the foursome quickly learns that some things don’t always stay buried. Consumed with terror, the teens desperately try to figure out who they killed and who this shadowy murderer might be. But the task proves difficult when they start getting picked off in murderous revenge.

Blu-ray Special Features Include:
Filmmakers’ Commentary with Director Jim Gillespie and Editor Steve Mirkovich, Director’s Short Film: Joyride, Featurette: “Now I Know What You Did Last Summer”, Music Video: “Hush” by Kula Shaker.

Urban Legend

A group of students at a quaint New England college are taking a class in urban myth and folklore. After class one day they recount urban legends turned deadly, including the alleged murders of 25 students at their own college by a psychology professor. At the forefront of this group is Natalie Simon, an academically-gifted student who is joined by her best friend Brenda Bates, party boy Parker Riley, jokester Damon Brooks and aspiring journalist Paul Gardener. Soon after this discussion these friends and their classmates start to be brutally killed and somehow Natalie is connected to every one. Certain dark truths bubble up from Natalie’s past and she must use this knowledge in order to stop the violence – before she becomes the subject of her very own urban legend.

Blu-ray Special Features Include:
Director Commentary and Making-of Featurette.

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Nim’s Island Blu-ray announced

Fox Home Entertainment announced today that Nim’s Island, a story of self-discovery and friendship starring Abigail Breslin, Jodie Foster and Gerard Butler, will debut August 5th on DVD and Blu-ray.

Breslin plays the lead role of Nim, a girl living a high-tech Robinson Crusoe existence on a remote island with her scientist father and her exotic animal friends… a life that mirrors that of her favorite literary hero – Alex Rover, the world’s greatest adventurer. When Nim’s father goes missing at sea during an expedition leaving Nim alone on the island, a twist of fate brings her together with Alexandra, the reclusive author of the Rover books. Now, together they must draw courage from their fictional hero, Alex Rover, and find strength in one another to protect Nim’s Island.

Nim’s Island is presented in widescreen (2.35:1 aspect ratio) on a single-layer disc with English 5.1 DTS HD Lossless Master Audio, Spanish/French Dolby Surround 5.1 with English and Spanish subtitles. The Nim’s Island Blu-ray Disc includes the standard-def bonus features from the DVD version (deleted scenes, commentary, featurettes) plus the following BD exclusive content:

Nim’s Spyglass BonusView Mode (which enables picture-in-picture playback of behind-the-scenes production footage and cast/crew interviews)

Interactive Set-top Games: Write Your Own Alex Rover Adventure, Coconut Soccer Game, Seaside Shuffle Shell Game and Nim’s Island Trivia Track.

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Beetlejuice Blu-ray announced

Beetlejuice, from creative genius Tim Burton, starring Michael Keaton, Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis and Winona Ryder returns on DVD and Blu-Ray September 16 in a newly remastered 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition. Packaged in a new lenticular o-sleeve, Beetlejuice 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition will also include three Beetlejuice cartoons from the TV series which was produced by Burton and ran for four seasons. The Blu-ray version will also include a soundtrack sampler CD.

The three Beetlejuice cartoon episodes included are:A-Ha, Skeletons In The Closet and Spooky Boo-tique.

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