Sony Pictures Home Entertainment made it official this past
week … director Paul Feig had tweeted out nearly a month ago that the Ghostbusters
reboot would be available on Oct. 11.
Everything he posted turned out to be pretty much true.
Planned for release are a stand-alone DVD edition, a Blu-ray
“extended edition” (also with the PG-13 theatrical cut … the extra running time
is roughly 18 minutes) and a 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo Pack edition, featuring
both 3D and 2D viewing options, along with both the theatrical and extended cut
(likely including trims to get the film down from being rated R … and perhaps
to tighten some sequences).
The ARR is a quick-to-market 88 days and ticket sales —
despite the naysayers — currently stand at a healthy $125 million. Despite a box office take in excess of $100
million, the reported production budget of over $140 million might dampen any
thoughts of a sequel … with international box office receipts and follow-on
markets Ghostbusters might be, at best, a break-even proposition for
Sony Pictures.
As to bonus nuggets, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is
reporting that there will be “filmmaker” commentary across all release
platforms — we assume that would be director Paul Feig (Spy, The Heat, Bridesmaids,
etc.) plus others — and there are a trio of featurettes also common to all
release platforms — “Meet the Team,” “Visual Effects: 30 Years Later” and “Slime
Time.”
Exclusive to the Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD SKUs are two gag
reels, a quartet of deleted scenes, 60 minutes of additional alternate and
extended scenes, two additional featurettes — “Chris Hemsworth is ‘Kevin’” and
“The Ghosts of Ghostbusters” — plus a half-dozen alternate takes.
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