The Blu-ray and DVD release date for Rise of the Planet of the Apes starring James Franco, John Lithgow, Freida Pinto, Brian Cox, Tom Felton and Andy Serkis has been confirmed by Fox this morning to be December 13, not the post-Christmas December 27 date that has been floating around for well over a month.
Rise of the Planet of the Apes was a late summer bloomer when it took everyone by surprise in early August. It earned $54.8 million its opening weekend, roughly double expectations, and went on to amass over $430 million in worldwide ticket sales.
Tech specs for Rise of the Planet of the Apes on Blu-ray were not mentioned in Fox’s press release. I can confirm that a digital copy will be included along with these bonus features:
- Deleted Scenes
- Alpha Gets Shot
- Will’s Meeting with Lab Assistants
- Will Discovers Caesar Has Solved Puzzles
- Caesar Plays with Bicycle
- Caesar Questions His Identity
- Caesar Bites Off Neighbors Finger
- Will Ignores the Risks of an Airborne Mutated Virus
- Rodney Gives Caesar a Cookie
- Rocket Gets Hosed by Dodge
- Caesar Destroys the Lab and Koba’s Attempted Revenge on Jacobs
- Caesar Pushes Helicopter
- Koba with Shotgun
- Pre-vis for The Future
- Capturing Caesar – Script to Screen
- Studying the Genius of Andy Serkis
- Multi-Angle: Rocket Cookie Scene
- A New Generation of Apes
- Breaking Motion Capture Boundaries
- Breaking New Sound Barriers: The Music and Sound Design of Rise of the Planet of the Apes
- Ape Facts
- Chimpanzee
- Gorilla
- Orangutan
- Audio Commentary by Director Rupert Wyatt
- Audio Commentary by Writers Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver
- Character Concept Art Gallery
- Three Theatrical Trailers
Click here to pre-order Rise of the Planet of the Apes on Blu-ray for a discounted price at Amazon.com.
