Sure, April 15th is income tax day but it's also the day that AVP -R hits DVD. I've got all the details on the release for you so read on and find out all thee is to know:
Two Of
The Deadliest Sci-Fi Creatures In Movie History
Return
To Battle On Unrated DVD And Blu-Ray Disc April 15th
From Fox
Home Entertainment
Erupting
With Killer Special Features, The No-Holds-Barred Unrated Special
Edition
Two-Disc
DVD and Blu-ray Disc Includes Five Behind-The-Scenes Featurettes,
Multiple
Commentaries, Design Photo Gallery, Digital Copy Download & More
CENTURY CITY, Calif. – America’s own backyard becomes the
most brutal battlefield yet for the iconic creatures from two of the
scariest film franchises ever when Aliens vs. Predator -
Requiem (AVP-R) descends onto DVD and Blu-ray Disc (BD) April
15th300, X-Men: The Last Stand and Fantastic Four: Rise
of the Silver Surfer. Picking up immediately after
the events of the 2004 worldwide blockbuster Alien vs. Predator,
the Predator gives birth to the crossbreed ‘PredAlien’ shortly
before the ship crashes into a small Colorado town. Caught in
between the invasion of the Aliens and a new ruthless and methodical
Predator, a group of townspeople must join forces to stop the
infestation before the military obliterates the town to contain the
outbreak. With thrilling performances by Steven Pasquale
(“Rescue Me,” “Six Feet Under”), Reiko Aylesworth (“24”)
and John Ortiz (American Gangster, Miami Vice), AVP-R
breeds the gritty horror roots of the original films back into the
series while adding fresh, new digital effects and creature
variations.
from Fox Home Entertainment. Capturing the
magic of the “Alien” and “Predator” legacies are first time
directors and long-time fans of both film series, The Brothers
Strause, renowned for their visual effects wizardry in such films as
Available on both two-disc DVD and in high-definition format on
Blu-ray Disc, the Aliens vs. Predator - Requiem Extreme
Unrated Special Edition features more than ten minutes of
never-before-seen gruesome footage added back into the movie plus is
packed with five behind-the-scenes featurettes, still design
galleries, directors commentary, special FX/creature creator
commentary and more.
The AVP-R Extreme Unrated Special Edition will
be available to own on two-disc DVD for $34.98 U.S./ $45.98 Canada
and on BD for $39.98 U.S./$49.98 Canada. AVP-R
will also be released as a theatrical rated and unrated single-disc
version available for the suggested retail price of $29.98
U.S./$43.48 Canada. Plus, a special DVD two-pack collection
featuring both films Alien vs. Predator Unrated Collector’s
Edition and AVP-R Unrated single-disc will be
priced at $34.98 U.S./$45.98 Canada, along with a Blu-ray Disc
two-pack priced at $69.98 U.S/$89.98 Canada.
As an added bonus, both the Two-Disc Extreme Unrated Special Edition
and the Blu-ray Disc release will offer Fox’s new Digital Copy
feature that allows viewers to quickly and easily download a
digital version of the film to a Mac® or
Windows-based PC computer and then transfer to select portable video
devices including an iPod® and/or iPhone™.
Synopsis:
In the follow-up to the worldwide hit Alien vs. Predator, the
iconic monsters from two of the scariest film franchises ever, wage
war in an American Midwestern town – with the residents caught in
the middle.
DVD
Specs:
The AVP-R
theatrical version is presented in both widescreen and full screen
versions on a flipper disc with English 5.1 Dolby Surround,
Spanish/French Dolby Surround with English/Spanish subtitles.
The unrated single-disc and Two-Disc Special Edition will be
available in widescreen only (2.35:1 aspect ratio) with English 5.1
Dolby Surround and DTS audio, Spanish/French Dolby Surround with
English/Spanish subtitles. Individual disc bonus materials
include:
Rated / Unrated Single-Disc Version
Commentary by directors Colin and Greg Strause and producer John
Davis
Commentary by creature effects designers/creators Tom Woodruff Jr.
and Alec Gillis
Two-Disc Extreme Unrated Special
Edition
Includes all above single-disc content
with the following extra material featured on the second disc:
Digital Copy feature
Behind-the-Scenes Featurettes
o
Prepare for War: The
Making of AVP-R
o
Fight to the Finish:
The Making of AVP-R
o
AVP-R: The Nightmare
Returns – Creating the Aliens
o
Crossbreed: The
PredAlien
o
Building the Predator
Homeworld
Still Design Galleries
o
Designing the Predator
o
Designing the Alien
o
Designing the
PredAlien
o
On Set: The Rooftop
o
On Set: The Sewer
o
On Set: The Hive
o
On Set: Cast &
Crew
Theatrical trailers (including Restricted Audience trailer)
Blu-ray Disc Specs:
The Aliens vs. Predator - Requiem
BD features both the theatrical rated and unrated versions of
the film seamlessly branched in widescreen format, with all above
standard-def DVD special features included, plus the BD-exclusive
interactive picture-in-picture reference guide “Weyland-Yutani
Archives” which allows viewers access into the movie-based
corporation’s top-secret computer mainframe to discover information
on all things Alien and Predator. The disc will be presented on
a 50GB dual-layer disc authored in BD-J with AVC (MPEG 4) compression
with English 5.1 DTS HD Lossless Master Audio and French / Spanish
5.1 Dolby Digital.
