A chunk of updates concerning future releases...
Warner Announces Ten Catalog Titles for September
Warner Home Video has announced ten titles from its catalog for Blu-ray release on September 8: 'Catwoman', 'Creepshow', 'Dead Calm', 'Freddy vs. Jason', 'The New World: Extended Cut', 'Over the Top', 'The Postman', 'Snakes on a Plane', 'Sphere' and 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre' (2003). No audio/video specs have been disclosed at this time.
No bonus features have been announced for 'Creepshow', 'Dead Calm' or 'Over the Top'. Extras for the other titles follow.
'Catwoman':
* Alternate ending and additional scenes
* Two Featurettes:
o Behind the Scenes
o The Many Faces of Catwoman
* Theatrical Trailer
'Freddy vs. Jason':
* Commentary by director Ronny Yu, Robert Englund (Freddy) and Ken Kirzinger (Jason)
* Deleted/alternate scenes including the original opening and ending
* Featurette gallery covering the film's development, art direction, makeup effects, stuntwork and more
* Visual effects exploration with the creative team
* Storyboards and production art galleries
* Publicity/promotion vignettes
* Ill Niño, "How Can I Live" music video
* Theatrical trailer and TV spots
'The New World: Extended Cut':
* Making 'The New World': comprehensive 10-part documentary
* Theatrical trailers
'The Postman':
* Commentary by creative team members
* Theatrical trailer
'Snakes on a Plane':
* Commentary by Samuel L. Jackson, Director David R. Ellis and Others
* Blooper reel
* Deleted scenes
* Cobra Starship, "Snakes on a Plane (Bring It)" music video, including behind-the-scenes
* Featurette gallery:
o Pure Venom: The Making of Snakes on a Plane
o Meet the Reptiles
o Visual Effects
o Snakes on a Blog
* Theatrical trailers & TV spots
'Sphere':
* Commentary by Dustin Hoffman and Samuel L. Jackson
* Featurette: Shaping the Sphere: The Art of the Visual Effects Supervisor
* Theatrical trailer & TV spots
'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre':
* Three commentaries on production, story and technical aspects with producer Michael Bay, director Marcus Nispel, stars Jessica Biel and Eric Balfour and More
* Alternate opening and ending
* Severed Parts: deleted scenes featurette
* Chainsaw Redux: Making a Massacre: feature-length documentary chronicling the movie's origins, casting and production
* Ed Gein: The Ghost of Plainfield shocking profile of the real-like killer that inspired the movie
* Screen tests of Jessica Biel, Eric Balfour and Erica Leerhsen
* Motograter, "Suffocate" music video
* Trailers & TV spots
Big Trouble in Little China Gets Extras, Extended Cut
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment has announced the technical specs and special features for the upcoming Blu-ray release of 'Big Trouble in Little China', which is due to hit store shelves on August 4. Video will be presented in 1080p AVC accompanied by a 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack. The disc will include both the theatrical cut and an extended cut.
Extras include:
* Commentary by director John Carpenter and actor Kurt Russell
* Nine deleted scenes
* Extended ending
* Vintage featurette
* Music video
* Richard Edlund interview
* Two trailers
* Six TV spots
* Behind-the-scenes gallery
The Towering Inferno Blu-ray Gets Detailed
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment has announced the technical specs and special features for the upcoming Blu-ray release of 'The Towering Inferno', which is due to hit store shelves on July 14. Coming on a BD-50, video will be presented in 2.40:1 1080p AVC accompanied by a 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack.
This BD contains a plethora of special features. The full list follows:
* Commentary by F.X. Feeney, film historian
* Scene-specific commentary by Mike Vezina, special effects director on 'X3'
* Scene-specific commentary by Branko Racki, stunt coordinator on 'The Day After Tomorrow'
* 32 extended and deleted scenes
* Alternate opening sequence
* 10 featurettes:
o Inside the Tower: We Remember
o Innovating Tower: The SPFX of an Inferno
o The Art of Towering
o Irwin Allen: The Great Producer
o Directing the Inferno
o Putting out Fire
o Running on Fire
o Still the World's Tallest Building
o The Write Stirling Silliphant
o AMC Backstory: The Towering Inferno
* Six storyboard comparisons
* Vintage promotional materials:
o NATO presentation reel
o Two original 1974 featurettes
* Irwin Allen 1977 interview
* Trailer farm:
o 'The Towering Inferno' teaser
o 'The Towering Inferno' trailer
o 'The Poseidon Adventure' trailer
* Interactive galleries:
o American Cinematographer article
o 'The Towering Inferno' and how it was filmed
o Photographing the dramatic sequences for 'The Towering Inferno'
o Action Unit lives up to its name while shooting 'The Towering Inferno'
* Stills galleries:
o Shot compositions
o Publicity
o Behind the scenes
o Conceptual sketches
o Costumes
My Cousin Vinny Blu-ray Gets Detailed
Century Fox Home Entertainment has announced the technical specs and special features for the upcoming Blu-ray release of 'My Cousin Vinny', which is due to hit store shelves on August 4. Video will be presented in 1.85:1 1080p AVC accompanied by a 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack.
Extras for this release include:
* Commentary by director Jonathan Lynn
* Two TV spots
* Theatrical trailers
* "Fox on Blu-ray" trailer farm (to be determined)