20th
Century-Fox Home Entertainment will be moving quickly to place the
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film production of the latest installment of the
long-running 007 film franchise at retail on Feb. 12. Technically speaking, they would seem to already
be beyond the pre-book for this one.
The ARR for the Blu-ray/DVD
Combo Pack (with Digital Copy) and DVD editions of Skyfall works out to a
zippity-quick to market sprint of just 95 days.
The only other films grossing in excess of
$300 million at the box office to make the move this quickly from their respective
theatrical venues to the home entertainment package media arena are filmmaker
Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland (88 days; 2010) and the third installment
of the Transformers film franchise, Transformers: Dark of the Moon
(91 days; 2011).
This past weekend Skyfall
hit $301 million in domestic ticket sales; perhaps that milestone was the
trigger point for the announcement … we suspect that key retail outlets already
had the word.
Once again Daniel Craig
nails the Bond character. Tough, even ruthless,
resourceful and always intelligent. He
sells it … Craig can be 007/James Bond as long as his body lets him (expect him
back in 2014).
Not only is Skyfall
a monster theatrical hit, but it has five Oscar nominations, including Best
Song, Adele’s “Skyfall” (plus two for sound and one each for Original Musical
Score and Cinematography) and the script from the writing team of Robert Wade
and Neal Purvis (their fifth Bond) — who are joined by three-time Oscar nominee
John Logan — does an excellent job of returning the James Bond character to his
Scottish roots.
As to bonus goodies,
there are four featurettes on the DVD edition.
The Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack adds in ten additional featurettes, plus two
separate commentary options — one featuring director Sam Mendes (Best Director
Oscar-winner for American Beauty … his first Bond film) and the second showcases
veteran 007/James Bond film producer Barbara Broccoli (daughter of Cubby
Broccoli), who is joined by fellow 007/James Bond film producer Michael G.
Wilson (his 13th film) and production designer Dennis Gassner
(Oscar-winner for his work on Bugsy in 1991, plus three addition
Oscar nominations … his second 007/Bond film, having handled similar duties on Quantum
of Solace).
Also added to the release
schedule this week from 20th Century-Fox Home Entertainment is
director Andy Fickman’s Parental Guidance, teaming Billy
Crystal with Bette Midler and Marisa Tomei.
Slated for delivery on
Mar. 26 are DVD and Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack (with Digital Copy) SKUs. The ARR is a quick-to-market 91 days. Ticket sales came in at a nice clip of $67.7
million.
Bonus features include commentary
from director Andy Fickman (She’s the Man, You Again, etc.) and
Billy Crystal, plus there are deleted scenes with optional commentary from
Fickman.
Exclusive to the
Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack are a gag reel and a featurette titled “FXM Productions
Presents: In Character with Billy Crystal, Bette Midler and Marisa Tomei.”
To download this week's complete edition of the DVD and
Blu-ray Release Report: DVD & Blu-ray Release Report
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