Sony Pictures Home Entertainment's Men in Black: International Lands On Sept. 3

It is the same old story.   On Thursday, July 25, Target said Sept 3, Best Buy confirmed the same street day of Sept. 3 (both have their own “special editions”) and Amazon gleefully began accepting orders for a Sept. 3 delivery of product to their customers as well, but Sony Pictures Home Entertainment was mum’s the word.

It was until Monday, July 29, just after noon, that a formal press release was circulated, but with such a competitive marketplace, these three retailers simply ignore such formalities and try to grab as many pre-orders as possible.

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment gets blindsided once again.  What can you say?   Sept. 3 will be the street date for a three-SKU helping of director F. Gary Gray’s Men in Black: International.

The ARR is a quick-to-market 81 days and domestic box office receipts were $78.8 million (a reported production budget of $100 million — and that’s before P&A costs — means that it will be up to international theatrical venues and home entertainment to mop up the red ink).   With that said, consumers pay little attention to such things … domestic packaged media activity should be solid.

Planned for release are Combo Pack editions for both the 4K Ultra HD (with Blu-ray) and Blu-ray (with DVD) formats, plus there will be a stand-alone DVD edition.

As to bonus goodies, common to all release configurations will be a gag reel and a whopping eight featurettes — “New Recruits, Classic Suits,” “Let's Do This! Inside the Action & Stunts,” “Look Right Here: Gadgets, Weapons, & Rides,” “Expanding the Universe of MIB,” “Frank & Pawny's Peanut Gallery,” “Les Twins Leave It on the Floor,” “In Case You've Been Neuralyzed: MIB Recap”and “The MIB Meet the NBA.”

Exclusive to the 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray SKUs are deleted scenes and two additional featurettes — “Alien-cestry.com” and “Neuralyzer: Like It Never Even Happened.”

In other release news from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Aug. 20 will be the street date (and Sony confirms that) for director David Yarovesky’s twisted take on the “Superman-comes-to-Earth” fable, Brightburn.

The ARR is 88 days and box office revenues were a bust at just $17.3 million.

The release configuration is the same three-SKU presentation as Men in Black: International.

Bonus features include commentary from director David Yarovesky (The Hive), who is joined by cinematographer Michael Dallatorre and costume designer Autumn Steed (they both previously worked with Yarovesky on The Hive), plus there are two featurettes — “Hero-Horror!” and “Nature vs. Nurture” — and a trio of “vignettes” hosted by actress Elizabeth Banks, producer James Gunn and director David Yarovesky.