August 23 brings home The Huntsman: Winter’s War, The Nice Guys, Ash vs. Evil Dead Season One and lots more!
Welcome to ComingSoon.net’s look at all the top titles arriving this week on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital HD. Check out the gallery viewer below for a look at the major new releases, catalogue films and television collections hitting shelves and/or VOD beginning Tuesday, August 23, 2016.
The story of Snow White and the Huntsman continues at home with the August 23 release of Universal Pictures‘ big-budget prequel, The Huntsman: Winter’s War. Also coming home after a recent big-screen debut is Shane Black’s pitch perfect ’70s LA noir caper The Nice Guys, as well as the animated video game adaptation Ratchet and Clank. Then, leading the small screen charge, is the recent TV miniseries Roots. You can take an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at Roots‘ Walmart special features with a clip featuring LeVar Burton in the player below!
August 23 also sees home video releases for some recent indie titles. Be on the lookout for Blu-rays of the horror feature Clown (from Spider-Man: Homecoming director Jon Watts), Kieran Darcy-Smith’s western The Duel (starring Liam Hemsworth and Woody Harrelson), Matthew Brown’s The Man Who Knew Infinity (a biopic starring Dev Patel as mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan) and Rebecca Miller’s Maggie’s Plan (a clever drama starring Greta Gerwig, Ethan Hawke and Julianne Moore). The week also brings home Todd Solondz dark, dark dramedy Wiener Dog as an Amazon exclusive, while Terence Davies’ Sunset Song and Louise Osmond’s Dark Horse arrive on DVD only.
Debuting directly to DVD August 23 is the all ages DC Comics feature DC Super Heroes: Hero of the Year.
Shout! Factory continues their new line of Shout! Select titles with the Blu-ray debut of 1988’s Martin Brest classic Midnight Run. The Scream Factory label then books another stay at the Bates Motel with Psycho IV: The Beginning.
The Criterion Collection has two new inductees this week. Tony Richardson’s 1961 British New Wave classic A Taste of Honey joins the collection alongside Hiroshi Teshigahara’s 1964 surreal masterpiece Woman in the Dunes.
Kino Lorber, meanwhile, has a number of interesting catalogue titles arriving August 23. The company’s focus on Fritz Lang continues with the Blu-ray debut of Lang’s early silent serial adventure The Spiders. There’s also a new John Ford title with 1926’s 3 Bad Men, a Bela Lugosi cult classic with 1932’s Chandu the Magician, and a trip to the swinging sixties with the classic comic strip adaptation Modesty Blaise.
Arrow Films this week gives attention to the 1971 Giallo The Blood-stained Butterfly.
Warner Archive has a second volume of FitzPatrick Traveltalks, collecting another 60 of the classic Technicolor travelogues on a three-disc MOD set.
Lots of small screen titles come home August 23, including the first season of the acclaimed STARZ‘ series Ash vs Evil Dead. The week also delivers the first seasons of The CW‘s DC Legends of Tomorrow, FOX‘s Lucifer and Netflix‘s Narcos alongside the second season of FX‘s The Strain and the sixth season of AMC‘s The Walking Dead.
Arriving on DVD only is the first season of NBC’s new comedy Superstore, the third season of FOX’s Brooklyn Nine-Nine, the fourth season of CBS‘s Elementary, the fifth season of ABC‘s Scandal, the eighth (and final) season of ABC’s Castle and the 13th season of CBS’ NCIS. Shout! Factory, meanwhile, goes back a few years for the never-before-released tenth season of NYPD Blue.
Digital HD titles arriving August 23 include Genius, based on the real life relationship between Thomas Wolfe and editor Max Perkins, Jon M. Chu‘s heist sequel Now You See Me 2, and Jon Favreau‘s hugely-successful Walt Disney Pictures family adventure The Jungle Book. Also arriving digitally this week is HBO‘s Looking: The Movie.
You can check out cover art for all the August 23 releases in the gallery viewer below alongside a listing of each release’s special features (where applicable).
August 26, 2016 - This Week on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital HD
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The Huntsman: Winter's War
- Two Queens and Two Warriors – The true heart of The Huntsman: Winter's War is found in its three powerful women, Ravenna, Freya, and Eric's lost wife, Sara. Learn how the strength and complexity of the film's female roles drew potent new star power in Emily Blunt and Jessica Chastain, as well as convincing Charlize Theron to reprise her role as Ravenna.
- Meet the Dwarfs – Nick Frost's Nion and Rob Brydon's Gryff brought a sense of levity and fun to the adventure — especially once they met their female counterparts. Explore the importance of all four dwarf characters in the film and on set, where the actors who portrayed them earn a reputation for keeping the fun rolling, even when the cameras stopped.
- Magic All Around – Rooted in history, but inhabited by magic, the world of The Huntsman: Winter's War is a true visual spectacle. Follow along and see how the magic made it to the screen. From Freya's icy freeze to the gold-laden goblins of the forest, explore the visual effects at work with an exclusive peek behind the curtain.
- Deleted Scenes with Commentary
- Gag Reel
- Dressed To Kill – Academy Award-winning costumer Colleen Atwood returns to help reignite the splendor she brought to Snow White and The Huntsman. A visual feast, her costumes often border on the supernatural in their beauty while helping bring the characters to life.
- Love Conquers All — From the infectious enthusiasm of director Cedric Nicolas-Troyan to the sisterly bond shared by Emily Blunt and Charlize Theron, the set of The Huntsman: Winter's War was filled with laughter and life. Actors and artists came together to help create a fairy tale about the pure power of love — and had a blast along the way.
- Feature Commentary by director Cedric Nicolas-Troyan -
The Nice Guys
- Always Bet On Black
- Worst. Detectives. Ever. Making The Nice Guys -
Ratchet & Clank
- Ratchet & Clank: A Hero's Journey
- Ratchet & Clank: Leveling Up -
DC SuperHero Girls: Hero of the Year
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Clown
- Making Clown Featurette
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Dark Horse
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The Duel
- Audio Commentary with Director Kieran Darcy-Smith and Production Designer Toby Corbett
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Maggie's Plan
- Controlling Fate: The Making of Maggie's Plan - Featurette
- Hilarious Outtakes
- Q & A at The Sundance Film Festival
- Audio Commentary with Writer/Director Rebecca Miller -
The Man Who Knew Infinity
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Sunset Song
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Wiener Dog
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Midnight Run
- NEW 2K scan from the interpostive
- NEW Being Jack Walsh - An Interview With Actor Robert De Niro
- We've Got The Duke – An Interview With Actor Charles Grodin
- Moscone Bail Bonds – An Interview With Actor Joe Pantoliano
- Hey Marvin! – An Interview With Actor John Ashton
- I'm Mosely! – An Interview With Actor Yaphet Kotto
- Midnight Writer – An Interview With Writer George Gallo
- Vintage "Making Of" Featurette
- Theatrical Trailer -
Psycho IV: The Beginning
- NEW Audio Commentary with director Mick Garris, actors Henry Thomas and Olivia Hussey
- NEW The Making of Mother – an interview with make-up effects artist Tony Gardner (27 minutes)
- Rare Behind-the-Scenes footage from director Mick Garris
- Photo Gallery of rare photos from Mick Garris -
The Bloodstained Butterfly
- Brand new 4K restoration of the film from the original camera negative
- High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentations
- Original Italian and English soundtracks in DTS-HD MA mono 1.0
- Newly translated English subtitles for the Italian soundtrack
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English soundtrack
- New audio commentary with critics Alan Jones and Kim Newman
- Murder in B-Flat Minor, a new visual essay on the film, its cast and crew by author Troy Howarth
- New career retrospective on director Duccio Tessari
- Original Italian and English theatrical trailers
- Gallery of original promotional images
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Matthew Griffin
- Limited edition 36-page booklet illustrated by Tonci Zonjic, containing writing by James Blackford, Howard Hughes and Leonard Jacobs -
A Taste of Honey
- New, restored, 4K digital transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
- New interviews with actors Rita Tushingham and Murray Melvin
- Audio interview with director and coscreenwriter Tony Richardson from the 1962 Cannes Film Festival
- Excerpt from a 1960 television interview with A Taste of Honey playwright Shelagh Delaney
- Interview from 1998 with cinematographer Walter Lassally
- Remaking British Theater: Joan Littlewood and “A Taste of Honey,” a new piece about the film’s stage origins, featuring an interview with theater scholar Kate Dorney
- Momma Don’t Allow (1956), a Free Cinema short film by Richardson, shot by Lassally
- An essay by film scholar Colin MacCabe -
Woman in the Dunes
- New high-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- Video essay on the film from 2007 by film scholar James Quandt
- Four short films from director Hiroshi Teshigahara’s early career: Hokusai (1953), Ikebana (1956), Tokyo 1958 (1958), and Ako (1965)
- Teshigahara and Abe, a 2007 documentary examining the collaboration between Teshigahara and novelist Kobo Abe, featuring interviews with film scholars Donald Richie and Tadao Sato, film programmer Richard Peña, set designer Arata Isozaki, producer Noriko Nomura, and screenwriter John Nathan
- Trailer
- An essay by film scholar Audie Bock and a 1978 interview with Teshigahara -
The Spiders
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3 Bad Men
- Brand New Audio Commentary by Film Historian Joseph McBride, the author of Searching For John Ford: A Life
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Chandu the Magician
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Modesty Blaise
- Interview with First Assistant Director Gavrik Losey
- Interviews with Screenwriter Evan Jones and assistant art director Norman Dorme
- Audio Commentary by Film Historian David Del Valle and Filmmaker Armand Mastroianni
- Trailer Gallery -
FitzPatrick Traveltalks Vol. II
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Roots
- Roots: A History Revealed Documentary
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Ash vs. Evil Dead: The Complete First Season
- Exclusive audio commentaries by Bruce Campbell and MORE!
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DC's Legends of Tomorrow: The Complete First Season
- ALL 16 one-hour episodes
- DC's Legends of Tomorrow: 2015 Comic-Con Panel - Warner Bros. Television Presents a Night of DC Entertainment at Comic-Con 2015
- Jonah Hex: Hex Marks the Spot - Journey behind the scenes of "The Magnificent Eight" as producers bring the legend of Jonah Hex and the ways of the Old West to life.
- A Fantastic Voyage: Touring the Waverider Set - Journey behind the scenes with the production design team responsible for bringing the Waverider to life. From the origin of the time traveling ship, to the - VFX that completes the illusion, a complete look.
- History in the Making - Explore the cross over between fact and fiction, as the Legends team makes contact with a variety of eras thought the series. Time travel with the heroes and villains of DC's Legends of Tomorrow.
- Gag Reel -
Lucifer: The Complete First Season
- ALL 13 One-Hour Episodes
- Lucifer: 2015 Comic-Con Panel
- Character Profile: Amenadiel
- Character Profile: Linda
- Character Profile: Chloe Decker
- Character Profile: Dan
- Devilish Duo
- Lucifer Morningstar
- Deleted Scenes
- Gag Reel -
Narcos: The Complete First Season
- “Establishing the Route" Featurette
- "The Colombian Connection" Featurette
- "The Language Barrier" Featurette
- Deleted Scenes
- Audio Commentary with Cast & Crew on Select Episodes -
The Strain: The Complete Second Season
- Deleted Scenes
- Meet the Crew of The Strain
- The White Room
- Audio Commentary on "Night Train" featuring Carlton Cuse
- Gag Reel
- Beyond the Page
- Sentient strigoi -
The Walking Dead: The Complete Sixth Season
- Episode 616: Last Day On Earth -- The Extended Version (Blu-ray exclusive)
- Audio Commentaries
- Deleted Scenes
- The Making of The Walking Dead
- In Memoriam
- 601: Out of The Quarry
- Guts & Glory: The Death of Nicholas
- Strength in Bonds
- Negan: Someone to Fear
- The Face of Death: Iconic Walkers of The Season -
Brooklyn Nine-Nine: The Complete Third Season
- Get Your Cop On
- The Squad
- Deleted Scenes -
Castle: The Complete Eighth and Final Season
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Elementary: The Complete Fourth Season
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NCIS: The Complete Thirteenth Season
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NYPD Blue: The Complete Tenth Season
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Scandal: The Complete Fifth Season
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Superstore: The Complete First Season
- Gag Reel
- Deleted Scenes -
Genius
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The Jungle Book
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Now You See Me 2
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Looking: The Movie
