Into the Wild, Hot Rod Venturing onto Blu-ray

September 22, 2008

Paramount Home Entertainment has announced two former HD DVD exclusives, Into the Wild starring Emile Hirsch and Hot Rod starring Andy Shamberg, are making their way onto Blu-ray Disc December 16.

Hot Rod will be presented in widescreen 1080p video and offer a choice between 5.1 Dolby TrueHD and 5.1 PCM uncompressed audio tracks.

Supplemental features are identical to those found on the HD DVD version as follows.

• 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 Video #1: Shimmy Exercise
• Featurette: Training Video #2: Wall Exercise
• Featurette: Jetski: The Real Deal
• Featurette: Remembering Rod
• Featurette: Training Video #3: Dexterity Exercise
• Featurette: Training Video #4: Cone Slalom
• Featurette: Donut King!
• 15 DELETED AND EXTENDED SCENES with optional commentary by Akiva Schaffer, Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone
• Outtakes Reel
• Theatrical Trailer HD
• EASTER EGG- Kevin Karoake

Into the Wild will be presented in widescreen 1080p video with 5.1 Dolby TrueHD audio. It's extras, also plucked from the HD DVD, are as follows.

• Into the Wild: The Story, The Characters
• Into the Wild: The Experience
• Theatrical Trailer

We expect to have high resolution cover art and pre-order information to share in the near future, so check back regularly for updates.

Click here to discuss these titles coming to Blu-ray Disc in the HDR Forums.

Browse all Amazon.com Blu-ray pre-orders