Monday, September 18, 2017

Winter Arrives Early This Year With The Release Of HBO Home Entertainment's Game of Thrones: The Complete Seventh Season On Dec. 12!


DVD & Blu-ray Release Report, Ralph Tribbey
Winter arrives early this year … instead of Dec. 21, it will begin on Dec. 12!

A week ago the street date for HBO Home Entertainment’s mega cable hit, Game of Thrones: The Complete Seventh Season, was leaked (the usual suspects).   

We immediately asked HBO to confirm the date and provide information related to bonus goodies, but the company asked us to hold off until the final sign-offs could be dealt with on their formal press release announcement.   As a professional courtesy we honored that request, even though it meant that we’d be late to the party (a certain giant online retailer doesn’t like to be late with their pre-order taking frenzy and will ambush any and everyone to push to the front of the line).   

So here it is, Dec. 12 is the street date for DVD (a four-disc set) and Blu-ray (a three-disc configuration) editions of Game of Thrones: The Complete Seventh Season.   

DVD & Blu-ray Release Report, Ralph Tribbey
As an aside, the launch of season eight will likely be the most anticipated event in television history … and HBO has until (likely) 2019 to hype it.   Word is already circulating that multiple endings are being filmed to avoid pre-launch leaks.  

As to bonus goodies for this home entertainment “event,” there is a 45-minute presentation titled “Conquest & Rebellion: An Animated History of the Seven Kingdoms,” a two-part featurette showcasing the show’s spectular production design, “From Imagination to Reality: Inside the Art Department,” and a behind-the-scenes featurette titled, “Fire & Steel: Creating the Invasion of Westeros” (oops, that sounds like a “spoiler” alert). 

Additionally, there will be cast and crew commentaries for all seven episodes.

Exclusive to the Blu-ray SKU are in-episode guides and the featurette titled “Histories and Lore.”

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