Paramount Home Entertainment has announced that they will bring the Andy Samberg comedy 'Hot Rod' and 'Into the Wild' to Blu-ray on December 16th. Both films will be presented in 1080p high definition video accompanied by 5.1 Dolby TrueHD soundtracks, though 'Hot Rod' will get an additional PCM track as well.
Extras for 'Hot Rod', which are identical to the previously released HD DVD, include:
Commentary by Akiva Schaffer, Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone
Featurette: Ancestors Protect Me: Behind the Scenes of Hot Rod
Featurette: Home Video Footage of Orchestra Recording Session
Featurette: Punch-Dance
Featurette: Kevin's Videos
Featurette: Stuntman Forever
Featurette: Training Videos
#1: Shimmy Exercise
#2: Wall Exercise
#3: Dexterity Exercise
#4: Cone Slalom
Featurette: Jetski: The Real Deal
Featurette: Remembering Rod
Featurette: Donut King!
15 Deleted and Extended Scenes with optional commentary by Akiva Schaffer, Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone
Oh man, HOT ROD!!! One of the dumber movies I have ever seen, but I can't help but laugh my pants off every time I watch it. I already have it on DVD, but I'll be getting it again for sure!
Hot Rod is a hilarious movie....buuut i also bought it at blockbuster for 5 bucks....gonna be hard to justify re-buying it on blu ray, gotta have a nice cheap price, probably an ebay buy.
In To The Wild was also good, have been waiting for a blu ray announcement for a while
Already own 'Into The Wild' on HDDVD, but will double-dip for the BD release just to enjoy Eddie Vedder's great soundtrack on TrueHD (HDDVD only has the DolbyDigitalPlus track). 'The Wild' looks fantastic on HDDVD, being primarily shot in the outdoors, with many exquisite panoramas....buyers can expect an excellent PQ presentation on BD, which will undoubtedly use the same encode. BTW, Dec. 16th will be an epic new release BD Tuesday, what with 'The Dark Knight', 'Planet Terror', & 'DeathProof' also debuting....
Ever since I saw the documentary on 20/20 about the real life story of the guy that went to Alaska (into the wild) I been intrigued by the story of his life. Definitely a must buy for me.
Into the Wild... YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hot Rod, not so good... but good for the people who thought it was funny. I'll take my Samberg on SNL instead.
