Arse-bot here. Starting this week I am going to start bringing you all the major DVD and Blu-ray announcements we get from the studios regarding future releases (not to be confused with Swank’s “Out Today on DVD” stuff). This will hopefully provide you with a little insight as to what you can expect ahead of time from your favorite films on DVD and Blu-ray. First up this week, The Crazies…
The Crazies
Release Date: June 29
Distributor: Anchor Bay Home Entertainment
Special Features:
- Audio commentary with director Breck Eisner
- “Behind the Scenes” featurette
- “Creepy Paranormal Pandemics” featurette
- “Crazy Make-Up Mastermind: Rob Hall in Action” featurette
- “Thematic Exploration of George A. Romero Films” featurette
- Storyboards
- The Blu-ray will also include a digital copy
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Batman: Under the Red Hood
Release Date: July 27
Distributor: Warner Home Video
Summary: Batman faces his ultimate challenge as the mysterious Red Hood takes Gotham City by firestorm. One part vigilante, one part criminal kingpin, Red Hood begins cleaning up Gotham with the efficiency of Batman, but without following the same ethical code. Killing is an option. And when the Joker falls in the balance between the two, hard truths are revealed and old wounds are reopened.
Special Features:
Single-Disc DVD-
- No Special Features
Two-Disc DVD/Blu-ray-
- Next Upcoming DCU Sneak Peak
- DC Showcase: Jonah Hex animated short
- “Robin: The Story of Dick Grayson” featurette
- 2 bonus episodes from Batman The Animated Series Season 1 handpicked by Bruce Timm
- “Robin’s Requiem: The Tale of Jason Todd” featurette*
- Digital copy*
*Blu-ray only
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Green Zone
Release Date: June 29
Distributor: Universal Home Video
Summary: Academy Award® nominees Matt Damon and director Paul Greengrass (The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Ultimatum) reteam in this action-packed thriller. Damon stars as Roy Miller, a rogue U.S. Army officer who must hunt through covert and faulty intelligence hidden on foreign soil before war escalates in an unstable region. Also starring Academy Award® nominees Greg Kinnear and Amy Ryan, Green Zone is “one hell of a thriller” (Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times).
Special Features:
- Commentary with Matt Damon and Director Paul Greengrass
- Deleted scenes
- “Inside the Green Zone” featurette
- “Matt Damon: Ready for Action” featurette
- Digital copy of the film
- BD-Live and U-Control features*
*Blu-ray onlyTentative Box Art:
Hamlet (Blu-ray)
Release Date: August 17
Distributor: Warner Home Video
Summary: “Hamlet has the kind of power, energy and excitement that movies can truly exploit,” actor/director Kenneth Branagh says. In this first full-text film of William Shakespeare’s play – shot on 65mm film and exhibited in Panavision Super 70, power surges through every scene. The timeless tale of murder, corruption and revenge is reset in a lavish 19th-century world, using sprawling Blenheim Palace as Elsinore and staging mich of the action in mirrored, gold-filled interiors. A landmark cast (Julie Christie, Kate Winslet, Billy Crystal, Robin Williams, Charlton Heston and more), the excitement of the Bard’s words and an energetic filmmaking style lift the story from its often shadowy ambience to fully-lit pageantry and rage.
Special Features:
- Introduction by Director/Star Kenneth Branagh
- Commentary by Kenneth Branagh and Shakespeare Scholar Russell Jackson
- “To Be on Camera: A History with Hamlet” featurette
- 1996 Cannes Film Festival Promo
- Shakespeare Movies Trailer Gallery
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