Rumors have been swirling around the Internet regarding Genius Products Blu-ray Disc releases for the remainder of the year. Is Death Proof really coming? How about Fanboys?
Rather than leave you guys hanging, we did some legwork and dug into a distributor listing of titles to see what’s really on the Genius plate for the remainder of 2008. We also cobbled together the latest Genius Blu-ray cover art which you’ll find at the end of this article, and can now confirm Genius intends to use 5.1 Dolby TrueHD audio on all their future Blu-ray releases.
First up in October is George A. Romero’s Diary of the Dead and Rob Zombie’s Halloween remake, scheduled for October 21. Both include a decent number of supplemental features which are outlined below.
Diary of the Dead
- Commentary by Writer/Director George Romero, Director Of Photography Adam Swica and Editor Michael Doherty, Character Confessionals
- The First Week
- The Roots
- Familiar Voices
- For The Record: The Making Of Diary Of The Dead (3 segments total)
- Myspace Contest Winners
Halloween Collector’s Edition
- Commentary by Writer/Director Rob Zombie
- Deleted scenes with optional commentary
- Alternate endings with optional commentary
- Bloopers
- The Many Masks Of Michael Myers
- Re-Imagining Halloween
- Meet The Cast
- Casting Sessions
- Screen Test for Scout Taylor-Compton
- Theatrical trailer
- BD-Live
On October 28 we have Hell Ride with the following extras.
- Commentary by Writer/Director/Producer Larry Bishop and Director of Photography Scott Kevan
- The Making Of Hell Ride
- The Babes Of Hell Ride
- The Guys Of Hell Ride
- The Choppers Of Hell Ride
- Video diary of Michael Madsen
In November is where information began to be sketchy. As it stands today, you can expect Awake with Hayden Christensen and Jessica Alba on November 18, along with the previous HD DVD release Lucky Number Slevin the same day. A week later on November 25 will see the release of the Woody Allen drama Vicky Christina Barcelona with Scarlett Johansson.
December releases will kick off on the 2nd with The Longshots starring Ice Cube. A few weeks later will see the confirmed release of Planet Terror and Death Proof on December 16, followed by Fanboys on December 23.
You can see these titles and many more in our continually updated Blu-ray Future Releases section.
