Month: March 2009 (Page 3 of 7)

‘Underworld: Rise of the Lycans’ Blu-ray announced

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment announced today that Underworld: Rise of the Lycans, the prequel to the Underworld series, will be available on Blu-ray Disc, DVD & PSP this May 12, 2009.

Underworld: Rise of the Lycans is loaded with bonus features, including Filmmaker Commentary, plus three behind-the-scenes featurettes: “The Origin of the Feud: Lucian and Sonja,” featuring interviews with cast members Rhona Mitra, Michael Sheen and Bill Nighy; “Re-Creating the Dark Ages: The Look of Underworld: Rise of the Lycans,” in which director Patrick Tatopoulos discusses his transition from series’ special effects supervisor to director; and “The Making of Underworld: Rise of the Lycans,” which traces all aspects of Lycans’ journey from script to screen, and the “Deathclub” music video by William Control.

Exclusive to the Blu-ray Disc are such features as Picture-in-Picture, and “Lycanthropes Around the World,” an interactive map which highlights the locations of documented werewolf sightings around the world, and a Digital Copy of the film for PC, PSP, Mac or iPod.

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Mamoru Oshii’s “The Sky Crawlers” coming to Blu-ray

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will release The Sky Crawlers on Blu-ray Disc and DVD May 26, 2009. From Mamoru Oshii, the world-acclaimed director of Ghost in the Shell, comes the story of an endless war with heroes too young to understand the meaning of their battles.

This anime adventure brings to life dogfights from the epic air battles described in Hiroshi Mori’s best-selling novel in Japan. Special features include featurettes on animation and sound design, and the research behind bringing real sights and sounds to life in anime. Exclusively available on the Blu-ray version is an interview with director Oshii.

The Blu-ray Disc version of The Sky Crawlers is BD-Live enabled, allowing users to get connected and use the disc as a key to unlock exclusive content and features via an Internet-connected Blu-ray player.

‘Incendiary’ debuts on Blu-ray Disc May 5

London is rocked by a shocking terrorist bombing in Incendiary, debuting on Blu-ray and DVD May 5 from Image Entertainment. Starring Oscar nominee Michelle Williams and Ewan McGregor, the thriller details an adulterous woman whose life is torn apart when her husband and infant son are killed in a suicide bombing at a soccer match while she is with her lover.

Incendiary was written and directed by Sharon Maguire, based on the novel by Chris Cleave.

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‘Valkyrie’ Blu-ray invades retailers May 19

The true story of the German Resistance’s attempted coup and assassination of Adolf Hitler reveals itself when “Valkyrie” is released on Blu-ray Disc and Special Edition DVD with Digital Copy on May 19th from MGM Home Entertainment.

Tom Cruise stars as the German nationalist Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg, the mastermind behind the “July 20 plot” to eliminate the art school reject turned dictator Adolf Hitler.

With over three hours of special features, the Valkyrie Blu-ray Disc includes commentary by director Bryan Singer and Tom Cruise, behind-the-scenes featurettes, and more.

Valkyrie Blu-ray Disc will be presented in widescreen format with English 5.1 DTS HD Master Audio; Spanish & French 5.1 Dolby Digital; and Spanish, French, Cantonese, Korean, Mandarin & Brazilian Portuguese subtitles.

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