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KNOWING and PUSH on 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack (plus Blu-ray™ and Digital) on 4/10

Discover the suspenseful mystery behind global disasters when Knowing arrives on 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack (plus Blu-ray™ and Digital HD) April 10 from Lionsgate. Knowing centers around M.I.T. professor, John Koestler, when he links a mysterious list of numbers from a time capsule to past and future disasters and sets out to prevent the ultimate catastrophe. Starring Academy Award^® winner Nicolas Cage (Best Actor, Leaving Las Vegas, 1995), fans can now experience the sci-fi thriller with four times the resolution of Full HD and High Dynamic Range (HDR) to deliver the brightest, most vivid and realistic color and greatest contrast. Knowing 4K Ultra HD will be available for the suggested retail price of $22.99.

OFFICIAL SYNOPSIS

Nicolas Cage (National Treasure) stars in this edge-of-your-seat sci-fi thriller as John Koestler, a professor who deciphers a coded message with terrifyingly accurate predictions about every major world disaster. Looking to protect his family and prevent future calamities, he enlists the reluctant help of Diana Wayland (Rose Byrne), daughter of the now-deceased author of the prophecies. His quest to understand the message and his own family’s involvement in them becomes a heart-pounding race against time as he faces the ultimate disaster.

4K ULTRA HD / BLU-RAY / DIGITAL HD SPECIAL FEATURES

• Audio Commentary with Director Alex Proyas
• “Knowing All: The Making of a Futuristic Thriller” Featurette
• “Visions of the Apocalypse” Featurette
• “5 Things Worth Knowing About Knowing” Featurette (4K Only)

CAST

Nicolas Cage                         National Treasure, Leaving Las Vegas, Adaptation.

Rose Byrne                           Bridesmaids, Spy

Chandler Canterbury                         The Host, Repo Men

GREASE 40th Anniversary Edition comes to 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray/DVD/Digital on April 24th with fully restored picture/sound & new content

It’s got a groove, it’s got a meaning…and it’s still a cultural phenomenon 40 years after its original release.  The iconic celebration of high school life in the 1950s, GREASE is the way you’ll be feeling with a new 40^th Anniversary Edition on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, DVD and Digital April 24, 2018 from Paramount Home Media Distribution.

Featuring an explosion of song and dance, as well as star-making performances from John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John, GREASE made an indelible impact on popular culture.  40 years later, the film remains an enduring favorite as legions of new fans discover the memorable moments, sensational soundtrack and classic love story.  Boasting unforgettable songs including “Greased Lightnin,” “Look At Me, I’m Sandra Dee,” “Summer Nights,” “Hopelessly Devoted To You,” “Beauty School Drop Out” and, of course, “Grease,” the film is a timeless feel-good celebration.

Paramount worked with director Randal Kleiser to restore GREASE to its original vibrancy with the highest quality sound, picture resolution and color.  The original negative was scanned and received extensive clean up and color correction using previously unavailable digital restoration tools such as high dynamic range technology.  In addition, the audio was enhanced from a six-track mix created for an original 70mm release, giving the music more clarity.  The resulting picture and sound create an exceptional home viewing experience.

The GREASE 40^th Anniversary Edition 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray Combo Packs include the fully restored version of the film plus an all-new, in-depth exploration of the little-known origins of what would become a Broadway play and then a feature film and worldwide phenomenon.  “Grease: A Chicago Story” features new interviews with writer Jim Jacobs and original cast members of the Chicago show.  In addition, the discs include the original song the title sequence was animated to and an alternate ending salvaged from the original black & white 16mm work print discovered by director Randal Kleiser.

Both the 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray Combo Packs also feature more than an hour of previously released bonus material, including a sing-along, vintage interviews with the cast, deleted scenes and more.  Plus, the Blu-ray Combo comes in collectible packaging with 16 pages of images laid out like a high school yearbook.  In addition, a Grease Collection will be available in a Steelbook Locker, which includes the 40^th Anniversary Blu-ray of Grease, as well as Grease 2 and Grease: Live! on Blu-ray for the first time.

GREASE 40^th Anniversary Blu-ray Combo Pack

The GREASE Blu-ray is presented in 1080p high definition with English 5.1  Dolby TrueHD, French 5.1 Dolby Digital, German 5.1 Dolby Digital, Italian 5.1 Dolby Digital, Japanese 2.0 Dolby Digital, Brazilian Portuguese 5.1 Dolby Digital, Castilian Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital, Latin American Spanish Mono Dolby Digital, and English Audio Description and English, English SDH, Cantonese, Mandarin Simplified, Mandarin Traditional, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Brazilian Portuguese, European Portuguese, Castilian Spanish, Latin American Spanish, Swedish, Thai and Turkish subtitles.  The DVD in the Combo Pack is presented in widescreen enhanced for 16:9 televisions with English 5.1 Dolby Digital, French 5.1 Dolby Digital, Spanish Mono Dolby Digital and English Audio Description and English, French, and Spanish subtitles. The Combo Pack includes access to a Digital copy of the film as well as the following:

Blu-ray

• Feature film in high definition
• Commentary by director Randal Kleiser and choreographer Patricia Birch
• Introduction by Randal Kleiser
• Rydell Sing-Along
• The Time, The Place, The Motion: Remembering Grease
• Grease: A Chicago Story—NEW!
• Alternate Animated Main Titles—NEW!
• Alternate Ending—NEW!
• Deleted/Extended/Alternate Scenes with Introduction by Randal Kleiser
• Grease Reunion 2002 – DVD Launch Party
• Grease Memories from John & Olivia
• The Moves Behind the Music
• Thunder Roadsters
• John Travolta and Allan Carr “Grease Day” interview
• Olivia Newton-John and Robert Stigwood “Grease Day” interview
• Photo Galleries
• Theatrical Trailer

DVD

• Feature film in standard definition
• Commentary by director Randal Kleiser and choreographer Patricia Birch
• Introduction by Randal Kleiser
• Rydell Sing-Along
• The Time, The Place, The Motion: Remembering Grease
• Alternate Animated Main Titles—NEW!
• Alternate Ending—NEW!
• Deleted/Extended/Alternate Scenes with Introduction by Randal Kleiser
• Grease Reunion 2002 – DVD Launch Party
• The Moves Behind the Music
• Olivia Newton-John and Robert Stigwood “Grease Day” interview
• Photo Galleries

GREASE 40^th Anniversary 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack

The 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack includes the Blu-ray detailed above as well as a 4K disc presented in Ultra HD with English 5.1  Dolby TrueHD, French 5.1 Dolby Digital, German 5.1 Dolby Digital, Italian 5.1 Dolby Digital, Japanese 2.0 Dolby Digital, Brazilian Portuguese 5.1 Dolby Digital, Castilian Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital, Latin American Spanish Mono Dolby Digital, and English Audio Description and English, English SDH, Cantonese, Mandarin Simplified, Mandarin Traditional, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Brazilian Portuguese, European Portuguese, Castilian Spanish, Latin American Spanish, Swedish, Thai and Turkish subtitles.  The 4K Ultra HD disc includes the feature film and commentary by director Randal Kleiser and choreographer Patricia Birch.

GREASE 40^th Anniversary DVD

The GREASE single-disc DVD is presented in widescreen enhanced for 16:9 televisions with English 5.1 Dolby Digital, French 5.1 Dolby Digital, Spanish Mono Dolby Digital and English Audio Description and English, French, and Spanish subtitles. The DVD includes the following:

• Feature film in standard definition
• Commentary by director Randal Kleiser and choreographer Patricia Birch
• Introduction by Randal Kleiser
• Rydell Sing-Along
• The Time, The Place, The Motion: Remembering Grease
• Alternate Animated Main Titles—NEW!
• Alternate Ending—NEW!
• Deleted/Extended/Alternate Scenes with Introduction by Randal Kleiser
• Grease Reunion 2002 – DVD Launch Party
• The Moves Behind the Music
• Olivia Newton-John and Robert Stigwood “Grease Day” interview
• Photo Galleries

Michele Soavi’s ‘The Church’ arrives on Blu-ray March 20

UP IN SMOKE- 40th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray Combo Pack available April 10th

Fire up the home entertainment system and call your buds because the ultimate stoner comedy is celebrating its 40^th anniversary.  The high-larious cannabis cultural epic  breakthrough UP IN SMOKE will “… grab you by the poo poo” all over again when it arrives on Blu-ray Combo Pack and DVD April 10, 2018 from Paramount Home Media Distribution.  A special Deluxe Collector’s Edition, pairing the Blu-ray with the original soundtrack on CD and VINYL LP in deluxe packaging, will arrive the following week on 4/20 from Rhino, featuring a newly recorded “2018 version” of the title song “Up In Smoke.”

In 1978, Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong made their feature film debut in UP IN SMOKE, the outrageously funny classic inspired by their now legendary comedy routines of the early ‘70s.  Following massive success with over 10 million comedy albums sold, four Grammy nominations and a win for Best Comedy Recording for “Los Cochinos,” Cheech and Chong took Hollywood by storm when UP IN SMOKE became a smash hit, establishing the pair as the reigning comedy duo of a new generation.  Today, the film still has viewers rolling in the aisles and maintains surprising cultural relevance four decades after its original release.

“The greatest thrill is making your first movie and this one has been seen and been influential all over the world for over forty years,” said Richard “Cheech” Marin.   “Up in Smoke started stoner movies and is still going strong so smoke it up one more time.”

“Where did the time go? 40 years ago we made low budget movies that grossed over 100 million and are still being watched all over the world! And it also helped legalize an important medicine,” said Thomas Chong.  “I am so proud that a movie bearing a title of a simple song I wrote would be so influential for so many years.”

In UP IN SMOKE Cheech and Chong play wannabe musicians and stoners who unwittingly smuggle a van made of marijuana from Mexico to L.A.  Their drug-laced humor keeps their spirits high as they unknowingly elude the police and meander their way to an outrageous finale at the Roxy Theatre in Hollywood where Cheech performs in a pink tutu and Chong plays drums in a red body suit with a Quaalude logo.

The UP IN SMOKE Blu-ray Combo Pack features a brand new short-form documentary entitled “How Pedro Met the Man: Up In Smoke at 40,” which chronicles the duo’s comedy history, as well as the origins and impact of the film itself. Capturing a complex and fascinating pop culture odyssey, the documentary incorporates new interviews with Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong and producer/director Lou Adler along with archival footage.  The Combo Pack is also loaded with previously released bonus material including deleted scenes, commentary, a music video and more.

The UP IN SMOKE Deluxe Collector’s Edition is presented in a 12×12 package, limited to 5,000 copies. The set pairs the Blu-ray with the original soundtrack on CD and VINYL LP, as well as a 7-inch picture disc, oversized “Up In Smoke” rolling papers, a film poster, and booklet with new essays by both Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong, along with rare and unseen photos. In addition to the new version of “Up In Smoke,” the CD also features another previously unreleased version of the song from 1978 with an additional Spanish verse by Cheech.

UP IN SMOKE 40^th Anniversary Blu-ray Combo Pack

The UP IN SMOKE Blu-ray is presented in 1080p high definition with English 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio, French Mono Dolby Digital, Spanish Mono Dolby Digital, Portuguese Mono Dolby Digital and English Audio Description and English, English SDH, French, Spanish and Portuguese subtitles.  The DVD in the Combo Pack is presented in widescreen enhanced for 16:9 televisions with English 5.1 Dolby Digital, French Mono Dolby Digital, Spanish Mono Dolby Digital and English Audio Description and English, French, and Spanish subtitles. The Combo Pack includes access to a Digital copy of the film as well as the following:

Blu-ray

• Feature film in high definition
• Commentary by Cheech Marin and director Lou Adler
• How Pedro Met the Man: Up In Smoke at 40—NEW!
• Roach Clips with Optional Commentary (deleted scenes)
• Lighting It Up: A Look Back at Up In Smoke
• “Earache My Eye” featuring Alice Bowie: Animated Music Video
• Cheech & Chong’s “The Man Song”
• Vintage Radio Spots
• Theatrical Trailer

DVD

• Feature film in standard definition
• Commentary by Cheech Marin and director Lou Adler
• How Pedro Met the Man: Up In Smoke at 40—NEW!
• Roach Clips with Optional Commentary (deleted scenes)
• Lighting It Up: A Look Back at Up In Smoke
• “Earache My Eye” featuring Alice Bowie: Animated Music Video
• Cheech & Chong’s “The Man Song”
• Vintage Radio Spots
• Theatrical Trailer

UP IN SMOKE 40^th Anniversary Deluxe Collector’s Edition (Blu-Ray/CD/VINYL LP)

The UP IN SMOKE Deluxe Collector’s Edition comes housed in a 12×12 six-panel gatefold package and is limited to 5,000 copies.  The set features the Blu-ray detailed above as well as the following:

CD

• Original soundtrack album featuring classic Cheech & Chong songs like “Up In Smoke” and “Earache My Eye,” other music from the film, and audio clips from the film
• Previously unreleased version of the song “Up In Smoke” with an additional Spanish verse by Cheech
• “2018 version” of “Up In Smoke”

VINYL LP

• Original soundtrack album on vinyl. Back in print for the first time since its initial release in 1978

Picture Disc

• 7-inch picture disc of “Earache My Eye” b/w “Lost Due To Incompetence (Theme From A Big Green Van)” with an image of Cheech from the film on the A-side and the classic “YESCA” license plate image on the B-side

Extras

• Oversized “Up In Smoke” usable rolling papers
• 11×17 film poster with original, tagline “Don’t Go Straight To See This Movie”
• Booklet with new essays by both Cheech Marin & Tommy Chong along with rare and unseen photos

UP IN SMOKE 40^th Anniversary DVD

The UP IN SMOKE single-disc DVD is presented in widescreen enhanced for 16:9 televisions with English 5.1 Dolby Digital, French Mono Dolby Digital, Spanish Mono Dolby Digital and English Audio Description and English, French, and Spanish subtitles. The DVD includes the following:

• Feature film in standard definition
• Commentary by Cheech Marin and director Lou Adler
• How Pedro Met the Man: Up In Smoke at 40—NEW!
• Roach Clips with Optional Commentary (deleted scenes)
• Lighting It Up: A Look Back at Up In Smoke
• “Earache My Eye” featuring Alice Bowie: Animated Music Video
• Cheech & Chong’s “The Man Song”
• Vintage Radio Spots
• Theatrical Trailer

Oscar-nominated FACES PLACES Comes to Blu-ray on 3/6

GO BEHIND THE SCENES WITH COCO!

Nominated for the Academy Award® for Best Animated Feature and winner of 11 Annie Awards, Disney•Pixar’s Coco also finds its way onto 4K Ultra HD,™ Blu-ray,™ DVD and On-Demand on February 27.

Boldly Go Forth with Dakota Fanning in Please Stand By, Coming to Blu-Ray, DVD & Digital HD on May 1

The world is a confusing place for Wendy (Dakota Fanning). As a fiercely independent and brilliant young woman with autism, Wendy longs to leave the regimen of her group home and return to life with her sister’s family and their new baby, but she must first prove herself. As a lover of all-things-Star Trek, Wendy writes fantasy stories in her free time. To her, people are an indecipherable code, so she uses her Star Trek filter to understand them. When a screenplay competition presents itself, Wendy decides to finish her 500-page Star Trek script and enter. Now, the problem is getting it there. In order to meet the deadline, Wendy must travel hundreds of miles outside her protected boundaries to submit her script in person.

With her little dog Pete in her purse and a few dollars in her pocket, Wendy boldly goes where she has never gone before. And with her no-nonsense therapist (Toni Collette) and big sister Audrey (Alice Eve) following close behind, Wendy, with the help of some colorful friends she meets along the way, must learn how to follow her dream and find her place in a world she hopes will accept her …. Just like everyone else.

Directed by Ben Lewin (The Sessions) and starring Dakota Fanning, PLEASE STAND BY also stars Toni Collette and Alice Eve, and includes a special guest-appearance by Patton Oswalt.

Special Features

*Subject to change

• Making of Please Stand By
• Cast and Crew Interviews
• Deleted Scenes
• Theatrical Trailer

Blu-ray, DVD & Digital HD                                    

Street Date: May 1, 2018

Run Time: 93 minutes

Rating: PG-13

SRP: $29.98 (Blu-ray), $26.98 (DVD)

Catalog: 11589 (Blu-ray), 11588 (DVD)

Oscar-Nominated I, TONYA // Available on Digital March 2 and on Blu-ray March 13

Nominated for three Academy Awards^® (Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress and Best Film Editing), I, Tonya is a darkly funny and entertaining examination of Tonya Harding, the most controversial figure in the history of figure skating, and the headline-grabbing scandal that mesmerized a nation. I, Tonya is available on Digital and the all-new digital movie app MOVIES ANYWHERE on March 2, 2018 and on Blu-ray^TM, DVD and On Demand on March 13, 2018 from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. Packed with more than 40 minutes of exclusive bonus content, the Digital, Blu-ray™, and DVD showcase deleted scenes and in-depth featurettes taking viewers behind the scenes of the film and its captivating story.

Spanning from Harding’s earliest days at the ice rink to the notorious “incident”, critics call I, Tonya “a hilariously tragic story of success so entertaining you can’t look away” (Eric Kohn, Indiewire). Presenting multiple, and at times contradictory, perspectives of the events, the film explores the ways public opinion can be permanently shaped by news agendas and tabloid culture. But beyond the headlines, I, Tonya tells a complex story of resilience and perseverance, as a rebellious working-class girl pursues her dream competing in a “ladylike” sport, only to be caught up in controversy and criminal circumstances created by her involvement with those closest to her.

Based on the incredible true events, I, Tonya is a darkly comedic tale of American figure skater, Tonya Harding, and one of the most sensational scandals in sports history. Though Harding was the first American woman to complete a triple axel in competition, her legacy was forever defined by her association with the infamous attack on fellow Olympic competitor Nancy Kerrigan.

Featuring Oscar-nominated performances by actress/producer Margot Robbie (Suicide Squad) as the fiery Tonya Harding, and Allison Janney (Girl on a Train) as her acid-tongued mother (2018 Golden Globe^® Award-winner),
I, Tonya also stars Sebastian Stan (Captain America franchise) as Tonya’s impetuous ex-husband, Bobby Cannavale (“Boardwalk Empire”) and Julianna Nicholson (August: Osage County), and is directed by Craig Gillespie (Lars and the Real Girl) from an original screenplay by Steven Rogers (P.S. I Love You).  The film offers an often absurd, at times irreverent, and always piercing portrayal of Harding’s life and career in all of its unchecked––and checkered––glory.

BONUS FEATURES on BLU-RAY™, DVD and digital

• Deleted Scenes
• All Sixes: The Perfect Performances of I, Tonya
• Irony Free, Totally True: The Story Behind I, Tonya
• Working with Director Craig Gillespie
• The Visual Effects of I, Tonya
• VFX: Anatomy of the Triple Axel
• Feature Commentary with Director Craig Gillespie
• Theatrical Trailers

I, Tonya will be available on Blu-ray™ combo pack which includes Blu-ray™, DVD and Digital, and Movies Anywhere.

OUTLANDER: SEASON THREE Arrives On Blu-ray, DVD, Digital and Limited Collector’s Edition April 10

Separated by continents and centuries, Claire and Jamie’s epic time-traveling love story continues when OUTLANDER: SEASON THREE debuts April 10 on Blu-ray^™, DVD and digital, as well as on a Limited Collector’s Edition, from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Based upon Voyager, the third of eight books in Diana Gabaldon’s international best-selling Outlander series about a British WWII nurse who is mysteriously swept back in time to Scotland in 1743, OUTLANDER: SEASON THREE sees Claire (Caitriona Balfe in her Golden Globe^® nominated role) and Jamie (Sam Heughan) attempting to make a life apart from one another but the fates have other plans as they find their way back to each other and set sail for new lands.

Outlander is a pop culture phenomenon and has captivated audiences with its breathtaking romance, science fiction, history and adventure in the hit Starz series also starring Tobias Menzies (TV’s “Game of Thrones”), Lotte Verbeek (TV’s “The Borgias”), Sophie Skelton (TV’s “Ren”), and Richard Rankin (TV’s “Thirteen”) and introduces series newcomers David Berry (TV’s “A Place to Call Home”), John Bell (TV’s “Into the Badlands”), César Domboy (TV’s “Borgia”) and Lauren Lyle (TV’s “Broken”). The Outlander TV series is developed by Executive Producer Ronald D. Moore (TV’s “Battlestar Galactica”) and is produced by Tall Ship Productions, Story Mining & Supply Company, and Left Bank Pictures in association with Sony Pictures Television.

OUTLANDER: SEASON THREE contains all 13 episodes in a five-disc Limited Collector’s Edition, Blu-ray^™ and DVD sets, along with 27 deleted and extended scenes with introductions by Executive Producer Ronald D. Moore, a gag reel and two featurettes. In “A Traveling Show Takes Sail,” the cast and crew describe what it was like moving the production from Scotland to South Africa and the challenges shooting aboard the Artemis ship; and Lotte Verbeek and other cast and crew discuss Geillis Duncan’s return this season in “The Transformation of Geillis Duncan.”

The Limited Collector’s Edition and Blu-ray™ exclusive content includes an exclusive additional scene with Lord John Grey & Lady Isobel Dunsany from the episode “Of Lost Things,” the original chemistry test between Caitriona and Sam with an introduction by Ronald D. Moore, the Outlander podcasts for each episode with commentary from Ronald D. Moore, Maril Davis, Toni Graphia and Matthew B. Roberts, and four additional featurettes. “Claire & Jamie: Together Again” discusses what it was like for Caitriona and Sam to work separately for half of the season and what it was like reuniting their characters after 20 years had passed, while “Jamie’s Revolution” and “Claire: Through Time” have Caitriona and Sam discussing their characters’ journeys this season. “Saying Goodbye to Frank & Jonathan Randall” is a final farewell to Tobias Menzies and both of his integral characters, Frank and Black Jack Randall. In addition, the Limited Collector’s Edition Blu-ray™ will feature special packaging, including 28 pages of behind-the-scenes photographs.

Synopsis:
The third season of Outlander picks up right after Claire travels through the stones to return to her life in 1948. Now pregnant, she struggles with the fallout of her sudden reappearance and its effect on her marriage to her first husband, Frank. Meanwhile, in the 18th century, Jamie suffers from the aftermath of his doomed last stand at the historic battle of Culloden, as well as the loss of Claire. As the years pass, Jamie and Claire attempt to make lives apart from one another, each haunted by the memory of their lost love. Separated by continents and centuries, Claire and Jamie must find their way back to each other. As always, adversity, mystery, and adventure await them, and the question remains: When they find each other, will they be the same people who parted at the standing stones, all those years ago?

Limited Collector’s Edition, Blu-ray™ & DVD Special Features Include:

• Deleted and Extended Scenes with Introductions by Executive Producer Ronald D. Moore
• Gag Reel
• Featurettes
  • “A Traveling Show Takes Sail”
  • “The Transformation of Geillis Duncan”

Limited Collector’s Edition & Blu-ray™ Exclusive Features Include:

• “Of Lost Things” Additional Scene with Lord John Grey & Lady Isobel Dunsany
• Original Chemistry Test with Caitriona & Sam with Introduction by Ronald D. Moore
• Additional Featurettes
  • “Claire & Jamie: Together Again”
  • “Jamie’s Revolution”
  • “Claire: Through Time”
  • “Saying Goodbye to Frank & Jonathan Randall”
• Outlander Podcasts

Broadcast Year: 2017 (Starz).  OUTLANDER: SEASON 3 is not rated.