Writer/Director Taylor Sheridan's Wind River Heads To The Home Entertainment Marketplace On Nov. 14 By Way Of Lionsgate Home Entertainment

Lionsgate Home Entertainment was busy this past week with street date announcements for two recent theatrical hits making their respective transitions from the silver screen to the home entertainment marketplace.

Up first is actor-turned-writer/director Taylor Sheridan’s surprise summer hit, Wind River, which was launched at Sundance earlier this year and then received excellent reviews at the Cannes Film Festival several months later.  The film continued to work the festival circuit before finally getting a theatrical break.   

This makes it the second film this year for Lionsgate to overcome the odds and breakout theatrically … writer/director Johannes Roberts’ 47 Meters Down being the other film with such luck.

Blu-ray and DVD editions will be available on Nov. 14.  With that mid-November release date, the ARR works out to 102 days and August ticket sales nationwide posted a solid take of $31.6 million.

This is Sheridan’s third box office success in a row — writing scripts for both Sicario (direction by Denis Villeneuve) and Hell or High Water (David Mackenzie), which garnered him an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay — and now as both writer and director for Wind River. 

This murder mystery teams “Avengers” co-stars Jeremy Renner and Elizabeth Olsen as U.S. Fish and Wildlife official and FBI agent respectively, who are investigating the murder of a young woman on the Wind River Indian Reservation.   Bonus goodies are limited to deleted scenes and a “Behind-the-Scenes Video Gallery” (not sure what that is).

The following week, Nov. 21, Lionsgate Home Entertainment returns with director Patrick Hughes’ mismatched buddy film, The Hitman’s Bodyguard, teaming Ryan Reynolds with Samuel L. Jackson.

With $73.4 million in box office receipts, you would have to tag this mix-and-match A-list stars with formula scripting a success.   The ARR is 95 days.

As to SKU configuration, Lionsgate has a stand-alone DVD edition planned, plus two Combo Packs — these are separate 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray and Blu-ray/DVD combinations.

All SKUs feature commentary from director Patrick Hughes (The Expendables 3) and the featurette titled “Big Action in a Big World.”  Exclusive to the 4K Ultra and Blu-ray Combo Packs are, deleted, extended and alternate scenes, plus three additional production featurettes — “The Hitman’s Bodyguard: A Love Story,” “Hitman vs. Bodyguard” and “Dangerous Women.”