August 2 brings home Keanu, The Lobster, Batman: The Killing Joke, Invasion of the Body Snatchers and 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 2, 2016.
A busy week for home releases kicks off with the animated adaptation of Alan Moore and Brian Bolland’s legendary DC Comics tale Batman: The Killing Joke. Also from Warner Bros. is the comedy actioner Keanu, starring Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele and a very, very cute kitten!
Starring Colin Farrell, The Lobster, then, offers a darkly comic look at relationships with the story of a world where, when individuals cannot find a partner within 45 days, they’re transformed into an animal. The film hails from Dogtooth director Yorgos Lanthimos and also stars John C. Reilly, Rachel Weisz and Jessica Barden.
August 2 also brings home Mother’s Day, the final film from the late Garry Marshall, as well as the comedy Meet the Blacks. You can check out an exclusive set of outtakes from the latter in the player at the bottom of this page.
Other recent big screen releases arriving August 2 include the comedies The Bronze and Puerto Ricans in Paris, the impressive animated adventure April and the Extraordinary World, the Tom Hiddleston-led thriller High-Rise, Manhattan Night, starring Adrien Brody and Yvonne Strahovski, the heist actioner The Trust, starring Elijah Wood and Nicolas Cage, and the sci-fi comedy Lazer Team.
There’s also a pair of recent horror features arriving this week with Catfish and Nerve director Henry Joost’s Viral and, on DVD only, the horror tale Summer Camp.
Shout! Factory this week turns their attention to Philip Kaufman’s brilliant take on Invasion of the Bodysnatchers. Their new set combines the best presentation yet of the 1978 sci-fi thriller with a tremendous number of bonus features.
Also arriving from Shout! Factory on August 2 are the more recent horror titles The Binding and Bite as well as Red Sonja: Queen of Plagues, a motion comic take on Gail Simone’s acclaimed comic book arc.
Small screen releases hitting August 2 include the third season of NBC‘s The Blacklist and the first season of the network’s Blindspot. There’s also a double serving of television fare for Steven Soderbergh fans as August 2 brings home both the first season of Starz‘ The Girlfriend Experience and the second season of Cinemax‘s The Knick.
Arriving via Digital HD the week of August 2 is Universal Pictures‘ fairtale prequel The Huntsman: Winter’s War as well as the sixth season of HBO‘s hugely popular Game of Thrones.
You can check out cover art for all the August 2 releases in the gallery viewer below alongside a listing of each release’s special features (where applicable).
August 2, 2016 - This Week on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital HD
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Batman: The Killing Joke
- An exclusive sneak peek at the next DC Universe Original Movie
- Batman: The Killing Joke – Madness Set To Music – Jim Gordon must bear witness to the most disturbing images any father could imagine while a maniac entices his break from sanity in song. This documentary looks at the step-by-process of one of the most crucial scenes in Batman: The Killing Joke, including the methodology James Tucker used as he storyboarded Brian Bolland's stunning work for the screen; Dynamic Music Partners composers/lyricists' creative merging of original music with the poetic words from the graphic novel to provoke the desired feelings and emotions for this critical scene; and actor Mark Hamill's physical, devoted performance to capturing the world¹s most notorious Super-Villain in song.
- Many Shades of Joker: The Tale of The Killing Joke – Brian Bolland's artwork is instantly recognizable to comic book enthusiasts all over the world. Known for his amazing cover art, it was a rare inclusion into the body of a graphic novel, Batman: The Killing Joke, that helped the perennial story of Batman and The Joker remain a fan favorite for decades to come. Combined with the graphic novel's original script – which is more than just the telling of a story, but an intricate map explaining every stop along the way to the end of a fantastic journey – this documentary reveals the artistic process behind The Killing Joke's distinct style. We'll learn how artists and writers excelled at conveying story and human emotion one panel at a time, mesmerizing readers with unforgettable stories and humanized depictions of heroes and villains. And why after nearly 30 years in print, Batman: The Killing Joke is more thought provoking than ever, as its socio-economic themes are relatable to generation after generation.
- From the DC Comics Vault – Two 22-minute episodes:
The New Batman Adventures - "Old Wounds"
Batman: The Animated Series - "Christmas with The Joker" -
The Bronze
- Deleted Scenes
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Lazer Team
- Deleted and extended scenes
- Bloopers
- VFX breakdown. -
High Rise
- Audio Commentary With Actor Tom Hiddleston, Director Ben Wheatley, And Producer Jeremy Thomas
- Building The World Of High-Rise: 70's Style
- Heady Special Effects
- Breaking Down High-Rise & Its Tenants
- High-Rise: Bringing Ballard To The Big Screen
- Theatrical Trailer -
Keanu
- Keanu: My First Movie
- Deleted Scenes
- Gag Reel -
The Lobster
- The Fabric of Attraction: Concocting The Lobster Featurette
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Manhattan Night
- Audio Commentary with Director/Producer/Screenwriter Brian DeCubellis, Actor/Co-Producer Campbell Scott, and Cinematographer David Tumblety
- Behind the Scenes with Cast & Crew
- "The Watcher" Featurette
- Deleted/Extended Scenes
- Director's Notebook and Storyboards -
Meet the Blacks
- The Making of Meet the Blacks
- "Hit the Gas" Music Video
- Behind the Scenes of "Hit the Gas"
- "Don't Hate Wiring!" Parody Commercial
- Outtakes -
Mother's Day
- Gag Reel
- Deleted Scenes with introductions by Garry Marshall -
Puerto Ricans in Paris
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The Trust
- “The Dynamics of a Duo: Nicolas Cage and Elijah Wood" Featurette
- "The Visuals of Vegas" Featurette
- Audio Commentary with Directors Alex and Benjamin Brewer -
April and the Extraordinary World
- The Origin of The Extraordinary World
- April and the Extraordinary World: Official U.S. Trailer
- More from GKIDS -
Viral
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Summer Camp
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Bite
- Audio Commentary from writer/director/producer Chad Archibald
- Five Behind-The-Scenes documentary shorts featuring looks at special effects makeup, creating the set, and more -
The Binding
- Deleted scenes
- Cast interviews
- Director/Writer commentary track
- Teaser trailer -
Red Sonja: Queen of Plagues
- Featurette including brand-new interviews with Writer Gail Simone as well as members of the cast and crew
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Invasion of the Bodysnatchers
- NEW 2K scan of the interpositive
- NEW Star-Crossed in The Invasion - an interview with actress Brooke Adams
- NEW Leading the Invasion - an interview with actor Art Hindle
- NEW Re-Creating The Invasion - an interview with writer W.D. Richter
- NEW Scoring the Invasion an interview with composer Denny Zeitlin
- NEW Audio Commentary with author/film historian Steve Haberman
- Audio Commentary by director Philip Kaufman
- Re-Visitors From Outer Space, or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Pod - including interviews with director Philip Kaufman, screenwriter W.D. Richter, director of photography Michael Chapman and actors Donald Sutherland and Veronica Cartwright
- Practical Magic: The Special Effects Pod
- The Man Behind The Scream: The Sound Effects Pod – an interview with Ben Burtt and sound editor Bonnie Koehler
- The Invasion Will Be Televised: The Cinematography Pod
- Theatrical Trailer
- TV & Radio Spots
- Photo Gallery
- An episode of SCIENCE FICTION THEATRE, Time is Just A Place, based on Jack Finney's short story. Directed by Jack Arnold. -
The Blacklist - Season Three
- ALL 23 episodes
- Deleted and Extended Scenes (Blu-ray exclusive)
- From the Shadows: Villains of Season 3 (Blu-ray exclusive)
- Episode Commentaries (Blu-ray exclusive)
- Creating The Stunts: Script to Screen (Blu-ray exclusive)
- Outside the Box: Making The Blacklist Comic Book
- All About Aram
- Red's Gems: Favorite Lines From Season 3 -
Blindspot - Season One
- Behind the Scenes Featurettes:
Casting The Team
Oscar: The Handler
Weller Takes Action
Double Vision
Rich Dotcom
Make It GO Boom!
Tattooed Clues
- 19 Deleted Scenes
- 2015 Comic-Con Panel
- Bound and Gag Reel
- “Pilot" Audio Commentary -
The Girlfriend Experience - Season One
- An Inside Look
- What is The Girlfriend Experience?
- The Look of The Girlfriend Experience -
The Knick - Season Two
- “The Knick Under Construction" – go on an exclusive walking tour of the most notable sets from The Knick with the man who envisioned them, Production Designer Howard Cummings. See the amazing detail that went into the creation of the Surgical Theater, Men's Ward, and the brand new Mt Sinai Operating theater.
- "Inside the Costume Shop" – costume designer Ellen Mirojnick is joined by actors André Holland (Dr. Algernon Edwards) and Juliet Rylance (Cornelia Robertson) backstage in her costume shop for fun, revealing conversations about how she went about creating their looks for the series
- "Invitation to the Ball" – an extensive look at how director Steven Soderbergh and show creators Jack Amiel & Michael Begler went about creating the extravagant charity ball featured in Episode 7, from Steven's amazing long single tracking shot through the ball to the research that went into creating these memorable scenes in the series.
- "Inside the Body Shop" – four in-depth looks at the show's medical procedures including the eye-opening ocular surgical sequence, a bloody leg abscess, a brain surgery and a guts-and-all analysis of a heroin addicts autopsy.
- "Behind the Scenes" – five vignettes with cast and crew discussing the season's plotlines including eugenics, feminism, addiction, race relations and corruption.
- "Post-Ops" – ten inside the episode recaps.
- "Knicktoids" – get the real scoop behind many of the fascinating details seen in Season 2
- Audio Commentaries – three commentaries with cast and crew. -
The Huntsman: Winter's War
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Game of Thrones - Season Six
