Ultimate Blu-ray for Harry Potter Movies 3 and 4

Warner Home Video has announced that on October 19 it will release Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: Ultimate Edition and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: Ultimate Edition. Like the UEs of Sorcerer's Stone and Chamber of Secrets, released in 2009, each title will feature a new chapter of "Creating the World of Harry Potter," a unique 8-hour documentary series with never-before-seen footage, intriguing stories and the definitive insider look behind the films.

Each Harry Potter Ultimate Edition contains three discs filled with hours of special features. Also included are collectibles such as a book featuring over 40 pages of movie stills, production sketches, concept paintings and behind-the-scenes insight. The Ultimate Editions also feature collectible character cards and a bonus Digital Copy of the film.

Creating the World of Harry Potter Part 3: Creatures (included in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: Ultimate Edition) features never-before-seen footage of the creature shop and includes never revealed concept drawings and interviews with creators who describe the quest to create real creatures with emotional power to move the adventure forward. Go behind the scenes with Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson as they interact with a marvelous menagerie from magnificent Buckbeak to malevolent Dementors. Watch creatures develop from page to sketch to model to screen. Discover how actors are transformed from humans to rats and werewolves. Witness Voldemort's evolution from grotesque, infant-like creature to the Darkest Force of all.

Creating the World of Harry Potter Part 4: Sound & Music (included in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: Ultimate Edition) shows how musical themes for Harry, Hedwig, Luna and Lord Voldemort define each character's identity. Learn how sound effects experts create the crunch of footsteps on snow and the whoosh of a flying broomstick. Visit recording studios and see how each composer brings his orchestral vision to the films. Plunge into fun as Daniel gets the sound of underwater. Feel the magic as music is added to a scene, intensifying the emotion and steering the story.

Full contents follow:

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

  Disc 1: The Movie
  Disc 2: Creating the World of Harry Potter Part 3: Creatures
  Disc 3: Additional Special Features: Featurettes – Creating the Vision: an interview with J.K. Rowling and the filmmakers, Conjuring a Scene: Creating Buckbeak and the Dementors for the screen; Additional Scenes and more
  BD-Live
  48-Page Creatures Photo Book
  Two Collectible Character Cards: Hermione Granger, Sirius Black
  Year 3 Lenticular Card
  Digital copy

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

  Disc 1: The Movie
  Disc 2: Creating the World of Harry Potter Part 4: Sound & Music
  Disc 3: Additional Special Features: Featurettes – Preparing for the Yule Ball; conversations with the Cast; Reflections on the Fourth Film; and more
  BD-Live
  44-Page Sound & Music Photo Book
  Two Collectible Character Cards: Ronald Weasley, Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody
  Year 4 Lenticular Card
  Digital copy

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Clash of the Titans Blu-ray Announced

Warner Home Video has officially announced and detailed the 2010 version of Clash of the Titans, which is set for release on a Blu-ray/DVD/Digital Copy combo pack on July 27. The Blu-ray will exclusively feature an alternate ending, plus Warner's Maximum Movie Mode. A Blu-ray 3D version has not been announced at the time.

Special features include:
 
  Maximum Movie Mode with Sam Worthington, Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes and director Louis Leterrier: includes enhanced scene breakdowns, enhanced VFX breakdowns, on-the-spot vignettes, close-up views of the Kraken, the Scorpiochs, Medusa, stuntwork, filming locales and more.
  Sam Worthington - an Action Hero for the Ages: a dedicated actor morphs into a lean fighting machine for a mythic movie
  Alternate ending: Perseus confronts Zeus on Mount Olympus

Отредактировано буровик (2010-07-15 19:24:31)

House Season 6 Blu-ray Announced

Universal Studios Home Entertainment has announced that it will start giving the high-definition treatment to its award-winnning medical series House on Blu-ray with the release of House: Season Six, which is scheduled for August 31. This season set will include all 21 episodes in five BD50 discs.

Special features include:

  U-Control - A Beginner's Guide to Diagnostic Medicine: multi-disc picture-in-picture feature
  Commentaries on the following episodes:
    "Broken", with director/executive producer Katie Jacobs, writer/executive producer Russel Friend & writer/executive producer Garrett Lerner
    "5-to-9", with series star Lisa Edelstein and writer/executive producer Thomas L. Moran
    "Wilson", with series star Robert Sean Leonard and writer/supervising producer David Foster, M.D.
  Featurettes:
    Before "Broken": featuring Hugh Laurie and shot on location with no script and no plan, experience House's emotional journey at Mayfield Psychiatric Hospital from an all-new up close and intimate perspective as originally envisioned by director/executive producer Katie Jacobs in a never-before-seen original short.
    A Different POV - Hugh Laurie Directs: Hugh Laurie does double duty as Dr. House and director of the episode "Lockdown."
    New Faces in a New House: a discussion about the challenges and opportunities that are presented when a show must hire more than 30 new actors to perform pivotal roles in an extremely important episode.
    A New House for House: An in-depth feature highlighting the amazing Mayfield hospital set from the two-hour season premiere episode, "Broken." Crazy Cool Episode – Epic Fail: features amazing visual effects from the episode "Epic Fail." (BD-exclusive)
  BD-Live
  My Scenes
  Pocket Blu

Отредактировано буровик (2010-07-15 19:43:57)

Roger Corman's Cult Classic collection: Piranha (Joe Dante, 1978)

Piranha marked the solo directorial debut of Joe Dante, after a long apprenticeship under Roger Corman's tutelage at New World Pictures, and also marked the first produced screenplay of future indie-film icon and two-time Academy Award nominee John Sayles.

The Piranha Blu-ray features the iconic vintage cover art from the film's original 1978 movie poster, and the art from the original international poster for the reverse cover.

Special features:

  Audio commentary with director Joe Dante and producer Jon Davison
  Behind-the-scenes footage
  "The Making of Piranha" featurette with new interviews from Roger Corman, Joe Dante, Dick Miller, Belinda Balaski and many More Bloopers and outtakes
  Piranha trailer with commentary by producer Jon Davison – Courtesy of Trailers from Hell
  Stills gallery with photos and posters from around the world
  Behind-the-scenes stills gallery featuring photos from Phil Tippett's personal collection
  Additional scenes from the network television version
  Radio and TV spots
  New World trailers

Dollhouse Season 2 Blu-ray

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment has set a street date of October 12 for the Blu-ray release of Dollhouse: Season 2, the second and final installment of Joss Whedon's sci-fi TV series, starring Eliza Dushku. Those who preorder this three-disc set at Comic-Con will receive a "very cool, very limited lithograph."

Special features incllude:
  Commentaries on three episodes:
    "Vows", by sho creator Joss Whedon
    "Belonging", by writers Jed Whedon and Maurissa Tancharoen
    "Getting Closer", executive producer and episode writer Tim Minear (BD-exclusive)
  Featurettes:
    Defining Moments
    Looking Back
    Outtakes
    Deleted scenes

Отредактировано буровик (2010-07-15 19:55:56)

The Peacemaker Announced on Blu-ray

Paramount Home Entertainment has announced The Peacemaker for Blu-ray release on September 21. This 1997 action thriller, starring Nicole Kidman and George Clooney, was the first live-action production from Dreamworks SKG, but it it didn't live up to its blockbuster aspirations, with a box office gross of only $41 million.

Special features include:

  Stunt Footage
  From the Cutting Room Floor...
  Theatrical Trailer (in HD)
  Easter Eggs

The Hangover Blu-ray Gets Extreme

Warner Home Video has announced The Hangover: Extreme Hangover Edition for release on Blu-ray on October 12. This re-release of the R-rated sleeper hit of 2009 contains an exclusive, never-before-seen 28-page wedding album featuring missing photos from the ill-fated Vegas wedding and more incriminating photos from the lost camera that you couldn't see in theaters, as well as new BD-Live content. SRP is $49.99.

Special features include:

  Picture-in-Picture commentary featuring Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis, Ed Helms and Todd Phillips
  FOUND! A stash of incriminating photos exposing the events that culminated in an unforgettable night of mayhem (new)
  The Madness of Ken Jeong
  The Dan Band!
  Gag Reel
  Three Best Friends Song
  Map of Destruction
  Action Mash-Up
  BD-Live
    Iron Mike Online Teaser
    Cursing Mash-Up

Three Kings Blu-ray Announced

Warner Home Video has announced the Blu-ray release of Three Kings, with a street date of October 12. This 1999 war movie starring George Clooney had such an unconventional cinematography that when it came out on DVD, the studio added a "do not adjust your set" disclaimer stating that the look of the film was intentional.

Special features include:

  Additional scenes
  Audio commentaries:
    Writer/director David O. Russell
    Producers Charles Roven and Edward L. McDonnell
  Featurette: Under the Bunker: On the Set of Three Kings
  David O. Russell's Three Kings video journal
  An Intimate Look inside the Acting Process with Ice Cube
  Tour of the Iraqi village set with production designer Catherine Hardwicke
  Interview with director of photography Newton Thomas Sigel

Back to the Future Trilogy Blu-ray Officially Announced

July 3, 1985 was the premiere of Robert Zemeckis's hugely successful Back to the Future. Today, almost twenty-five years later, Universal Studios Home Entertainment has officially announced the Blu-ray release of Back to the Future: 25th Anniversary Trilogy for October 26, confirming early information from European retailers. This edition will be newly-restored and offer more than two hours of new bonus features.

Video will be 1080p, with an aspect ratio of 1.85:1. Audio will be 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio. The discs will be single-sided BD50s.

Special features include:

  U-Control (BD-exclusive):
    Setups & Payoffs: As you watch each of the three films, each "set up" showcases items in the scene that prepare you for a future plot point. When you get to that moment in the film, the "payoff" is shown to complete the correlation.
    Storyboard Comparison: Compare key scenes in the movie with the original storyboards.
    Trivia Track: Get inside trivia and facts while you watch the movies
  Q&A commentaries with director Robert Zemeckis and producer Bob Gale
  Feature commentaries with producers Bob Gale and Neil Canton 
  Back to the Future Night: hosted by Leslie Nielson, this original 30-minute special aired on NBC prior to the first television screening of the Back to the Future (new, BD-exclusive)
  Tales from the Future: new six-part retrospective documentary featuring interviews with Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Director Robert Zemeckis, Producers Bob Gale and Neil Canton, plus Executive Producer Steven Spielberg*
    In the Beginning...: Delve into the genesis of the project, casting, re-casting, the DeLorean, sets and overall pre-production.
    Time to Go: Production stories through the release of the first film.
    Keeping Time: The score and the songs of the Back to the Future Trilogy.
    Time Flies: Learn more about how the sequel came about, the futuristic look, the special and visual effects, recreating 1955 and more.
    Third Time's the Charm: Learn about building a western town, Doc Brown's love story, the casting of Mary Steenburgen, the train sequence and completing the Trilogy.
    The Test of Time: Back to the Future becomes a phenomenon! President Reagan quotes the film, the Back to the Future ride opens at Universal Studios theme park and fans rebuild the iconic DeLorean. The film's cast and crew take a look back and discuss why these beloved movies live on.
  The Physics of Back to the Future: A discussion with celebrity best-selling author and physicist Dr. Michio Kaku about the overall appreciation of the science in the Back to the Future Trilogy*
  Nuclear test site ending storyboard sequence: Storyboard sequence of the original proposed ending of the film.*
  Sixteen deleted scenes
  Michael J. Fox Q&A
  Archival featurettes:
    Making the Trilogy: Chapters One, Two & Three: Original 2002 DVD documentary that takes a look back in time.
    The Making of Back to the Future Part I, II & III: Provides a vintage and historic first look at the making of all three films.
    The Secrets of the Back to the Future Trilogy: a televised special hosted by Kirk Cameron addressing fans unanswered Back to the Future questions.
  Behind-the-scenes:
    Outtakes
    Original makeup tests
    Production design
    Storyboarding
    Designing the DeLorean
    Designing time travel
    Hoverboard test
    Designing Hill Valley
    Designing the campaign
  Back to the Future: The Ride
  Music Videos:
    Huey Lewis and the News "Power of Love"
    ZZ Top "DoubleBack"
  Photo galleries, including production art, additional storyboards, photographs, marketing materials and character portraits
  Theatrical trailers
  BD-Live
  My Scenes
  pocket BLU: USHE's pocket BLU app uses iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, Blackberry, Android, Windows and Macintosh computers and more to work seamlessly with a network-connected Blu-ray player and offers advanced features such as:
    Advanced Remote Control: A sleek, elegant new way to operate your Blu-ray player. Users can navigate through menus, playback and BD-Live functions with ease.
    Video Timeline: Users can easily bring up the video timeline, allowing them to instantly access any point in their favorite episode.
    Mobile-To-Go: Users can unlock a selection of bonus content with their Blu-ray™ discs to save to their device or to stream from anywhere there's a Wi-Fi network, enabling them to enjoy exclusive content on the go, anytime, anywhere.
    Browse Titles: Users will have access to a complete list of pocket BLU-enabled titles available and coming to Blu-ray. They can view free previews and see what additional content is available to unlock on their device.
    Keyboard: Enter data into a Blu-ray player with your device's easy and intuitive keyboard.