It was a busy announcement week for 20th
Century-Fox Home Entertainment as release plans for two summer theatrical hits
were revealed.
Director Roland Emmerich’s Independence Day: Resurgence,
the long-anticipated sequel to his 1996 sci-fi smash, Independence Day, will be
landing at retail on Oct. 18 as a four-SKU selection.
The ARR works out to 116 days and domestic ticket sales
currently stand at $102.6 million.
In the works are a 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo Pack, a
Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack, a 3D/2D Blu-ray presentation (the premium of the 3D
viewing option is ten bucks) and a stand-alone DVD edition.
Humans have adapted alien technology and now have whiz-bang
fighters, a base on the moon and a space cannon that can obliterate anything in
its path, but still the head of the planet’s defenses, David Levinson (Jeff
Goldblum returning from the original) worries that it will not be enough. Guess what, he’s right!
They are back and bigger and meaner than ever. Independence Day: Resurgence
delivers what is expected by fans, a non-stop CGI feast of alien encounters,
heroics and a thrilling last stand that will either mean the salvation or
complete annihilation of everyone on earth.
Whew … and all delivered in exactly 120 minutes.
Bonus features — across all format SKUs — include commentary
from filmmaker Roland Emmerich, a gag reel and a trio of featurettes — “The War
of 1996,” “It’s Early, ABQ!” and “Another Day: The Making of Independence Day:
Resurgence.”
What do you get when you take two party animals — brothers
Dave (Zac Efron) and Mike Stangle (Adam Devine) — and put them in a position
where they have to take “nice girls” to Hawaii … who turn out to be just like
them!
You get director Jake Szymanski’s over-the-top (and well
outside the lines) comedy, Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates,
which is heading to the home entertainment market place on Sept. 27 courtesy of
20th Century-Fox Home Entertainment.
The ARR is a very quick-to-market 81 days and ticket sales
were a nice $45.4 million. Planned for
release are a 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo Pack, a Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack and a
stand-alone DVD edition.
Dave and Mike’s sister, Jeanie (Sugar Lyn Beard) is getting
married — in Hawaii — and their parents are concerned that her brothers will
screw everything up. They have a
history, which we are given just a hint of, so it is incumbent upon them to
bring respectable young women to Hawaii as their dates for the big
wedding. If they come alone, don’t come
at all … everyone knows what will happen if Dave and Mike are left to their own
devices.
That’s the first part of the set up … the script by Andrew
Jay Cohen and Brendan O'Brien, who gave us Neighbors and Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising,
so you know in your heart-of-hearts that they are only getting warmed up.
Next comes the dates, two women with some rough edges,
Tatiana (Aubrey Plaza) and Alice (Anna Kendrick), who get wind of the brother’s
special needs when a Craig’s list video (the boys were striking out in their
“circle” of acquaintances) goes viral and they end up on a local talk
show. A free trip to Hawaii by just
being “nice girls.” That’s a piece of
cake for these two!
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates is laugh-out-loud funny as
party boys meet their mirror-image match … throw in cousin Terry (Alice Wetterlund),
who swings both ways, some ATV, horse stable and massage monkey business and
you find yourself wanting for more ... the 98 minutes for these wedding
adventures goes by way too fast!
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