Update: An exclusive first-look at the cover art has been added below.
Director Mathieu Kassovitz was quite verbal in voicing his displeasure with Fox’s meddling with the final cut of Babylon A.D. starring Vin Diesel. We’ll get a chance to see some of the supposedly substantive scenes cut from the theatrical cut when Babylon A.D. arrives on Blu-ray Disc January 6.
Fox will present a new raw and uncut version running 11 minutes longer than the theatrical cut at 101 minutes in widescreen 1.85:1 1080p video and 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio.
DVD and Blu-ray will share similar extra features except for BonusView interactive scene evolution, i.e. picture-in-picture. The full list is as follows.
- Babylon Babies – How author Maurice G. Dantec’s novel went from page to screen
- Arctic Escape – An inside look at the snow mobile chase
- Fit For The Screen – A featurette about the martial arts and stunts of the film
- Flight of the Hummers – The exciting Humvee chase is dissected
- Genesis of Aurora – A graphic novel prequel to Babylon A.D.
- Still gallery
- Digital copy
- Interactive Scene Evolution in BonusVIEW Mode (Blu-ray exclusive)
- Exterior Housing Project
- Toorop’s Apartment (With Explosion)
- Gorsky’s Armored Convoy
- Gaz Limo on Magnet
- The Convent
- The Marketplace
- Trans-Siberian Train Interior
- Night Club: The Hackers
- Night Club: Fight Scene
- Night Club: Cage Fight
- The Stampede to the Russian Sub
- Russian Sub Interior
- Snowmobile Chase
- Snowmobile Explosion: Toorop is Hit
- Harlem Square Shootout
- Darquandier’s Laboratory
- Darquandier’s Laboratory: Memory Machine
Babylon A.D. on Blu-ray will retail for $39.99. We’re currently tracking down high-res cover art and will pass that along once available.
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