The saga continues on
Apr. 8 with the three-SKU launch from Warner Home Video of the New Line Cinema
film production of director Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: The Desolation of
Smaug.
The ARR is 116 days and
ticket sales were a brisk $256.2 million (despite extremely bad weather in the
eastern half of the country).
Fans were not
disappointed with this second installment in the Hobbit film trilogy (look
for The
Hobbit: There and Back Again to be in theatres during the Christmas
holiday season later this year) as filmmaker Peter Jackson has taken what seemed
to be less-than-epic source material (the book was a little over 300 pages) and
has spun it into a nice companion piece to his Lord of the Rings
series.
As for the home
entertainment market, Warner Home Video has three-SKU launch planned. There will be two Blu-ray/DVD Combo Packs
(one with a 3D viewing option) and a double-disc DVD SKU (all feature
UltraViolet).
In addition to the
viewing options, the studio also as a limited edition planned, which features
two “Gates of Erebor” replica bookends and the 3D/2D Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack
SKU.
Bonus features include
three extended production documentaries hosted by Peter Jackson — “In the
Company of the Hobbit,” “Production Videos” and “New Zealand: Home of
Middle-earth, Part 2.”
Also featured is the Ed
Sheeran music video, “I See Fire.”
Also getting an Apr. 8
push on DVD and Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack (both editions feature UltraViolet) is
director Peter Segal’s sport’s comedy, Grudge Match, teaming “boxing legends”
Sylvester Stallone (the Rocky film series) and Robert De
Niro (Best Actor winner for his portrayal of Jake La Motta in Raging
Bull) as former ring rivals Henry "Razor" Sharp and Billy
"The Kid" McDonnen respectively.
Grudge Match, which is a clever play on the screen personas of
Stallone and De Niro, pulled in $29.7 million … the ARR is 102 days.
Both the DVD and
Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack SKUs include deleted scenes. Exclusive to the Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack are
an alternate opening and an alternate ending and five featurettes — “The Bull
& The Stallion,” “In the Ring with Kevin Hart,” “Ringside with Tyson &
Holyfield,” “Blow for Blow with Larry Holmes” and “Kevin Hart Unedited.”
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