As the industry is still playing with the new BD-Live concept, Star Trek: The Complete First Season is starting to use it more frequently. Owners of the set have been able to catch several behind the scenes features online since the set debuted, and this week new videos will be made available including a roundtable discussion of the effects and peeks into season two.
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment has put out the word that Bones: Season Four is coming to DVD and Blu-ray in October.
Arriving in anamorphic widescreen on DVD and in 1080p AVC on Blu-ray, the five disc set will include three extended episodes ("The Perfect Pieces in the Purple Pond", "The Doctor in the Den" and "The Girl in the Mask"), deleted scenes, a gag reel and the featurettesAndrogeny: Playing Haru Tanaka and Squints in training.
The sets arrive on October 6th for $59.98 on DVD and $69.99 on Blu-Ray Disc.
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment is bringing the thriller High Crimes to Blu-Ray Disc this fall.
Ashley Judd stars as Claire Kubik, a smart and sexy attorney whose perfect world comes crashing down when the FBI charges her husband Tom (Jim Caviezel) with the murder of innocent civilians during a covert Army operation fifteen years earlier. Aided by shrewd ex-military lawyer (Morgan Freeman), Claire fights to clear Tom's name, but gets too close to exposing a government cover up in the process. Now she must risk her career - and even her life - to find the truth.
The release will feature a 1080p high definition transfer of the movie, complete with DTS 5.1 HD Master audio track.
The release will feature a Commentary Track by Carl Franklin, as well as an Additional Commentary Track by Morgan Freeman and Ashley Judd. Seven Featurettes are included also, entitled ”A Military Mystery,” “FBI Takedown in Union Square,” “A Different Kind of Justice,” “Liar Liar: How to Beat a Polygraph with Sue Ducett,” “The Car Crash” and ”Together Again”. The disc will also contain a Storyboard to Scene Comparison and the movie’s Theatrical Trailer.
“High Crimes” arrives in high definition on September 1 for $29.99.
It’s been swimming around for almost 2 years now, on and off the release schedules, but today Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has just added a new release date to Roland Emmerich’s 1988 Godzilla on Blu-Ray Disc.
Following the French atomic bomb tests in the South Pacific, an unknown creature is spotted passing westward through the Panama Canal. Scientist Niko Tatopolous is called in to investigate the matter, and he quickly arrives at the conclusion that a giant, irradiated lizard has been created by the explosions. Godzilla then makes its way north, landing at Manhattan to begin wreaking havoc in the big city. Even with the combined forces of the U.S. military to fight the monster, will it be enough to save the people of New York?
The film will be presented in a 1080p widescreen transfer and feature a DTS 5.1 HD Master Audio track. The release will be stacked with bonus materials, such as All Time Best Of Godzilla Fight Scenes and the Featurette” Behind the Scenes of Godzilla with Charles Caiman”. Further you will find a Visual Effects Commentary on the release, as well as The Ultimate Godzilla Trivia Game and the “Heroes” Music Video by The Wallflowers. The feature movieIQ will round out the release.
“Godzilla” will stomp into New York on November 3 according to Sony’s current plans, for $28.95.
Paramount Home Entertainment included CSI: NY - The Fifth Season in their schedule, preparing the title for release in September.
“CSI: NY,” the third incarnation of the “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” franchise and the spin-off of “CSI: Miami,” is a crime drama about forensic investigators who use high-tech science to follow the evidence and solve crimes in The Big Apple.
Arriving as a 7-disc DVD set, the release will feature the show in its original aspect ratio, complemented by Dolby Digital 5.1 audio. No extras have been announced for the release.
“CSI: NY - The Fifth Season” can be found in stores around the country on September 29 for $69.99.
Lionsgate Home Entertainment has added Battle for Terra to their September line-up, bringing the animated feature film to DVD and Blu-Ray Disc.
“Battle For Terra” is the thrilling sci-fi animated film featuring the voices of Luke Wilson, Evan Rachel Wood, Dennis Quaid, Danny Glover and James Garner, a visually stunning, action-packed tale for animation fans of all ages.
When environmental destruction forces people to leave Earth, the remaining survivors rocket through space on a quest to find a new home. At first it seems like the beautiful planet Terra is the perfect place to take over. But when a fighter pilot (Wilson) crashes on Terra, he forms an unlikely friendship with a rebellious Terrian girl named Mala (Wood). Now, putting aside their differences, the young heroes join forces to protect Terra from destruction in this exciting, action-filled sci-fi adventure.
The DVD version offers an anamorphic widescreen transfer with Dolby Digital 5.1 audio and will also include a Commentary Track with director Aristomenis Tsirbas, as well as Deleted Scenes, Storyboards and a Making-of Featurette.
The Blu-Ray version will come featuring a 1080p high definition transfer, complemented by a DTS 5.1 HD Master Audio track. It will include the same bonus materials as the DVD version.
You can witness the “Battle For Terra” on September 22 for $19.98 on DVD and $29.99 on Blu-Ray Disc.
Universal Home Entertainment has added the Third Season of 30 Rock to their release schedule, releasing the 3-disc DVD set in September.
The release will feature the show in its original 1.78:1 widescreen aspect ratio with Dolby Digital 5.1 audio. No extras will be included in the release.
“30 Rock: Season 3” will arrive in stores on September 22 for $49.98.
Universal Home Entertainment is throwing State Of Play into the ring by bringing the film to DVD and Blu-Ray Disc in September.
Academy Award®-winner Russell Crowe leads an all-star cast, including Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams & Helen Mirren in the gripping thriller about deception, manipulation & corruption. When D.C. Reporter Cal McCaffrey (Russell Crowe) is assigned to investigate the murder of an assistant to an up-and-coming politician (Ben Affleck), he uncovers a conspiracy that threatens to bring down the nation’s power structures. In a town of spin-doctors and wealthy power brokers, he will discover one truth: when fortunes are at stake, no one’s integrity, love or life is safe. From director Kevin Macdonald of The Last King of Scotland, State of Play brings together strong performances, riveting suspense and is “sophisticated, intelligent and powerful” (Shawn Edwards, Fox-TV).
The DVD version offers up a widescreen version of the film with Dolby Digital 5.1 audio. As extras, the release contains Deleted Scenes and the Featurette”The Making of State of Play”.
The Blu-Ray version will feature a 1080p high definition transfer of the movie, supplemented with a DTS 5.1 HD Master Audio track. The disc will also contains the Deleted Scenes and the Featurette”The Making of State of Play” found on the DVD version, but in addition it will also come with BD Live features as well as a U-Control Picture-in-picture Video Commentary as well as a U Control Washington, D.C. Locations feature.
“State Of Play” arrives in stores on September 1 for $29.98 on DVd and $39.99 on Blu-Ray Disc.