With a Marvel
Entertainment product it is tough to keep a secret. Over a week ago it was revealed from various
sources (including amazon.com) that director Ruben Fleischer’s Venom
would settle in as a three-SKU array of home entertainment packaged media product
offerings on Dec. 18.
But, Sony Pictures Home
Entertainment, which has struggled with the basics of PR for a number of years,
got blindsided once again by these early announcements. It wasn’t until Tuesday of this past week
(Nov. 27) that they finally delivered an official press announcement (already
past the pre-book window). But such is
life!
The ARR for the Dec. 18
street date works out to an extremely fast 74 days … that ties the speed record
for any theatrical release grossing in excess of $100 million (Venom’s
current domestic box office haul is $211.7 million). Warner Bros. Home Entertainment’s Annabelle:
Creation also made the warp-speed trip from theatrical venues to the
home entertainment marketplace in just 74 days back in 2017.
The very tight window
could explain Sony Pictures Home Entertainment’s difficulty with the press
announcement for Venom. Other
shortcomings from the studio’s home entertainment division remain unanswered.
As to SKU configuration,
there will be Combo Packs for both 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray and Blu-ray/DVD
configurations, as well as a stand-alone DVD edition.
Bonus features include
deleted and extended scenes, the “Venom Mode” viewing option (annoying pop-ups
for those with short attention spans), a half-dozen featurettes — “From
Symbiote to Screen,” “The Lethal Protector in Action,” “Venom Vision,” “Designing
Venom,” “Symbiote Secrets,” “Eight Select Scenes Pre-Vis Sequences” — and
two music videos … Eminem’s “Venom” and Post Malone and Swae Lee’s “Sunflower.”
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