While we provide you with a list of available new releases Now Available to Own every Tuesday, Coming Soon to Blu-ray and DVD looks at all of the recent home video announcements. For the week of August 22, 2015 we have Tomorrowland, Magic Mike XXL, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, Dark Places, and more. Find out when they’ll be out and what special features movie fans can expect below.
Available on Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital HD October 13
Tomorrowland (Brad Bird) Rated PG [130 min] – Bound by a shared destiny, a teen bursting with scientific curiosity and a former boy-genius inventor embark on a mission to unearth the secrets of a place somewhere in time and space that exists in their collective memory. Starring George Clooney, Britt Robertson, Hugh Laurie, and Raffey Cassidy [Watch the trailer]
Special features include:
- Remembering the Future: A Personal Journey Through Tomorrowland with Brad Bird – Discover everything there is to know about the making of Tomorrowland through Director Brad Bird’s perspective.
- Casting Tomorrowland – Join Brad Bird, Damon Lindelof, George Clooney, Hugh Laurie, Britt Robertson, and Raffey Cassidy as they discuss the making of Tomorrowland.
- A Great Big Beautiful Scoring Session – Famed composer Michael Giacchino invites Disney legend, Richard Sherman to join him in an informal visit to the Tomorrowland scoring stage, told through the personal lens of Michael’s brother, documentarian Anthony Giacchino.
- The World of Tomorrow Science Hour – Hosted By Futurologist David Nix (Blu-ray and DMA Exclusive) – Believe it or not but Nix used to host a children’s television program about science. Now watch the recently discover outtakes from the show.
- Animated Short: The Origins of Plus Ultra – An animated story of how Tomorrowland came to be.
- Brad Bird Production Diaries
- Diary Entry #1 – “The First Day” (Blu-ray and DMA Exclusive)
- Diary Entry #2 – “Tomorrowland vs. the Weather” (DMA Exclusive)
- Diary Entry #3 – “NASA”
- Blast from the Past Commercial – Go back in time and watch this original commercial for the Blast from the Past store.
- Deleted Scenes with Filmmaker Intro
- Deleted Scene 1 – Joking on the Eiffel Tower
- Deleted Scene 2 – Young Casey vs. The Volcano
- Deleted Scene 3 – Doomsday Living Room
- Deleted Scene 4 – As Originally Written Casey The Downer
- Deleted Scene 5 – What Happened to Tomorrowland
- Deleted Scene 6 – What is Tomorrowland
- Deleted Scene 7 – Great Big Beautiful World World’s Fair (DMA Exclusive)
- Deleted Scene 8 – Frank Walker age 10 (DMA Exclusive)
- 4 Easter Eggs
Available on Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital HD October 6
Magic Mike XXL (Gregory Jacobs) Rated R [115 min] – Three years after Mike bowed out of the stripper life at the top of his game, he and the remaining Kings of Tampa hit the road to Myrtle Beach to put on one last blow-out performance. Starring Channing Tatum, Joe Manganiello, Matt Bomer, Adam Rodriguez, Kevin Nash, and Amber Heard [Watch the trailer]
Special features include:
- The Moves of Magic Mike XXL
- Extended Malik Dance Scene
- Georgia
Available on Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital HD October 6
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (Alfonso Gomez-Rejon) Rated PG-13 [105 min] – High schooler Greg, who spends most of his time making parodies of classic movies with his co-worker Earl, finds his outlook forever altered after befriending a classmate who has just been diagnosed with cancer. Starring Thomas Mann, RJ Cyler, Olivia Cooke, Nick Offerman, and Connie Britton
Special features include:
- Deleted Scenes with Optional Commentary by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
- This is Where You Learn How The Movie Was Made
- Abstract: Movie for Rachel
- A Conversation with Martin Scorsese and Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
- Greg Gaines and Earl Jackson Productions (Shorts Montage)
- Audio Commentary by Director Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
- Greg’s Trailer, Gallery
- And more!
Available on Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital HD October 6
Dark Places (Gilles Paquet-Brenner) Rated R [113 min] – Libby Day was only seven years old when her family was brutally murdered in their rural Kansas farmhouse. Twenty-five years later, she agrees to revisit the crime and uncovers the wrenching truths that led up to that tragic night. Starring Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Christina Hendricks, and Chloë Grace Moretz
Special features include:
- “Bringing Dark Places to Light” Featurette
- “About the Author: Gillian Flynn & Dark Places” Featurette
Available on Blu-ray October 6
Jackie Chan’s First Strike (Stanley Tong) Rated PG-13 [107 min] – This installment of Chan’s Police Story series has our hero trying to locate a missing nuclear warhead. Starring Jackie Chan, Jackson Liu, and Annie Wu
No special features listed
Available on Blu-ray October 6
Rumble in the Bronx (Stanley Tong) Rated R [87 min] – A young man visiting and helping his uncle in New York City finds himself forced to fight a street gang and the mob with his martial art skills. Starring Jackie Chan, Anita Mui, and Françoise Yip
No special features listed
Available on Blu-ray October 13
Kiss the Girls (Gary Fleder) Rated R [115 min] – Police hunting for a serial killer are helped when a victim manages to escape for the first time. Starring Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd, and Cary Elwes
No special features listed
Available on Blu-ray October 13
Along Came a Spider (Lee Tamahori) Rated R [104 min] – A congressman’s daughter under Secret Service protection is kidnapped from a private school by an insider who calls Det. Alex Cross, sucking him into the case even though he’s recovering from the loss of his partner. Starring Morgan Freeman, Michael Wincott, and Monica Potter
No special features listed
Available on Blu-ray October 13
Escape from Alcatraz (Don Siegel) Rated PG [112 min] – Alcatraz is the most secure prison of its time. It is believed that no one can ever escape from it, until three daring men make a possible successful attempt at escaping from the most infamous prisons in the world. Starring Clint Eastwood, Patrick McGoohan, and Roberts Blossom
No special features listed
Available on Blu-ray October 13
Matchstick Men (Ridley Scott) Rated PG-13 [116 min] – A phobic con artist and his protégé are on the verge of pulling off a lucrative swindle when the former’s teenage daughter arrives unexpectedly. Starring Nicolas Cage, Alison Lohman, and Sam Rockwell
Special features include:
- Tricks of the Trade: Making Matchstick Men – Follow the Director through an intimate day-to-day account of the filmmaking process
- Part I: Preproduction
- Part II: Production
- Part III: Postproduction
- Commentary by Director / Producer Ridley Scott, Writer Nicholas Griffin and Writer / Producer Ted Griffin
Available on Blu-ray October 13
Team America: World Police (Trey Parker) Rated R [98 min] – Popular Broadway actor Gary Johnston is recruited by the elite counter-terrorism organization Team America: World Police. As the world begins to crumble around him, he must battle with terrorists, celebrities and falling in love. Starring Trey Parker, Matt Stone, and Elle Russ
No special features listed
Available on Blu-ray October 13
Witness (Peter Weir) Rated R [112 min] – A young Amish boy is sole witness to a murder; policeman John Book goes into hiding in Amish country to protect him until the trial. Starring Harrison Ford, Kelly McGillis, and Lukas Haas
No special features listed
And that’s it for this week. What are you looking forward to picking up when they release?
Stay tuned for more Blu-Ray and DVD announcements every Saturday.
All plot synopses courtesy of IMDb.com