Paramount Home Media
Distribution’s mega-summer box office smash, director Michael Bay’s Transformers:
Age of Extinction, has been given a Sept. 30 release date for a
three-SKU array of products.
Fans will be able to
select from a stand-alone DVD release, a three-disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack and
a four-disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack that includes a 3D presentation of the film.
The ARR is a zippy 95
days and action at multiplexes nationwide generated ticket sales of a whopping
$243.8 million.
With this — the fourth
installment in the series — filmmaker Michael Bay and his associates made two
very smart moves. The addition of Mark
Wahlberg as the lead was inspired (first Megan Fox was sent packing, next Shia
LaBeouf … the franchise has grown up) and the writing of the series (script by
Ehren Kruger — Arlington Road, Reindeer Games, The Ring, The Skeleton Key and
both Transformers:
Revenge of the Fallen and Transformers: Dark of the Moon)
continues to evolve with less kid-fluff and a better focus on the sci-fi elements. More installments of this studio franchise
are a certainty!
As to bonus nuggets
included with this home entertainment monster, let us begin with the Blu-ray
SKUs. The film clocks in at 165
minutes, so one complete Blu-ray disc is devoted to the film itself … double
that up for the 2D and 3D Combo Pack.
A separate Blu-ray disc
holds the extensive array of bonus goodies which kicks-off with a
newly-prepared interview session with filmmaker Michael Bay. There is a multi-part collection of eight
featurettes titled “Evolution Within Extinction” — included are segments variously titled “Rise
of the Dinobots,” “The Last Stand” and “Shadow Protocol Activated” — plus there
are five additional stand-alone featurettes, including one titled “Just Another
Giant Effin’ Movie.”
Paramount says that all
of these bonuses add up to about three-hours worth of material … no wonder a
separate Blu-ray disc is required!!!
The DVD SKU is a
movie-only presentation.
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