Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Moves Director Jessica M. Thompson’s The Invitation Quickly Into The Oct. 25 Release Slot To Take Advantage Of The Halloween Season

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has tabbed Oct. 25 — just in time for the Halloween viewing season — as the street date for director Jessica M. Thompson’s vampire-themed horror tale, The Invitation, starring Nathalie Emmanuel (Army of Thieves, F9: The Fast Saga, Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials) as the guest to her own, gulp, wedding!!

Planned for release are Blu-ray and DVD editions.  The ARR is right at 60 days and box office receipts passed the $25 million mark this past weekend.

Bonus features common to both home entertainment packaged media release SKUs are a trio of behind-the-scenes featurettes — “Lifting the Veil: Story,” “The Wedding Party: Cast” and “Till Death Do Us Part: Design.”   Exclusive to the Blu-ray purchasing option are deleted scenes, extended scenes, an alternate ending, outtakes and a blooper reel.

Continuing in the “bride-to-be” theme, but in a very different sense, is news from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment this past week that director P. J. Hogan’s My Best Friend’s Wedding, starring Julia Roberts, Dermot Mulroney, Cameron Diaz and Rupert Everett, will be celebrating its 25^th Anniversary on Dec. 13 with a 4K Ultra HD launch.

Bonus features include an alternated ending and twenty minutes worth of deleted scenes.   There are also four vintage featurettes — “On the Set: My Best Friend’s Wedding,” “My Best Friend’s Wedding Album,” “Wedding Do’s & Don’ts” and “Unveiled: My Best Friend’s Wedding” — and the “Say a Little Prayer for You” sing-along.