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Fox Home Entertainment
has sent us the press release and artwork for Futurama - Bender's
Game which will be available for DVD and Blu-ray on November
4th, 2008:
FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE:
NEVER
MIND THE UFO's... DRAGONS ARE ON THE ATTACK
IN AN ALL-NEW FEATURE-LENGTH EPIC
FUTURAMA
BENDER’S GAME
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment Debuts
The Most Futuristic Medieval Adventure Ever On Hi-Def Blu-ray
Touching Down On DVD And Blu-ray Disc November 4
Century City, CA
– Head back to the future when Futurama: Bender’s
Game premieres on DVD and, for the first time, Blu-ray
Disc November 4 from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment.
Park your hover-car
and saddle up your unicorn for the most fantastical “Futurama”
yet: Futurama: Bender’s Game. With
fuel prices skyrocketing, the Planet Express crew sets off on a
dangerous mission to infiltrate the world's only dark-matter mine,
source of all spaceship fuel. But deep beneath the surface, they
discover a far stranger place... a medieval land of dragons and
sorcery and intoxicated knights who look suspiciously like Bender.
Joining the cast
are guest stars George Takei, the iconic Captain Sulu from the original
“Star Trek” series, and comic impressionist Rich Little.
The third installment
of four all-new feature-length adventures, the Futurama:
Bender’s Game DVD and Blu-ray are packed with
special features. Hosted by David X. Cohen, “Dungeons &
Dragons & Futurama” chronicles the influence of the classic
role-playing fantasy game on the franchise. Other special features
include outtakes, cast commentary, an anti-piracy message from Bender,
an interactive Futurama Genetics Laboratory, a sneak peek at the
next “Futurama” epic, and much more!
The Futurama:
Bender’s Game DVD will be available for the
suggested retail price of $29.98 U.S. / $37.98 Canada and on Blu-ray
for $39.98 U.S. / $49.98 Canada.
DVD Special
Features:
Futurama: Bender’s Game will be presented in widescreen format
with English Dolby Surround 5.1, along with French and Spanish subtitles.
Bonus features include:
• Commentary by Matt Groening, David X. Cohen, Billy West,
John DiMaggio, Tress MacNeille, Michael Rowe, Claudia Katz and Dwayne
Carey-Hill.
• Storyboard Animatic: Bender’s Game,
Part One
• Futurama Genetics Lab –
Cross-breed Your Favorite Characters!
• Dungeons & Dragons & Futurama
feaurette
• How To Draw “Futurama” In 83 Easy Steps Featurette
• 3D Models Featurette With Animator Discussion
• Deleted Scene: “Cup or Nozzle?”
• Blooperama 2: Outakes From Bender’s Game
• Bender’s Anti-Piracy Warning
• A Sneak Peek at the Next “Futurama” Epic, Futurama:
Into The Wild Green Yonder
Blu-Ray Exclusive:
The Futurama: Bender’s Game BD release
includes the wide screen version of the film and all of the above
standard definition special features plus Picture-in-Picture capabilities.
The disc will be authored in BD-J with AVC (MPEG 4) compression
and presented on 50 GB dual-layer disc with English 5.1 DTS HD Lossless
Master Audio plus English, French, Spanish, Korean, Mandarin and
Cantonese subtitles.
A recognized global
industry leader, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
LLC (TCFHE) is the worldwide marketing, sales and distribution
company for all Fox film and television programming on DVD, Blu-ray
Disc (BD) and Digital Copy as well as acquisitions and original
productions. The company also releases all products around the globe
for MGM Home Entertainment. Each year TCFHE introduces hundreds
of new and newly enhanced products, which it services to retail
outlets -- from mass merchants and warehouse clubs to specialty
stores and e-commerce - throughout the world. Twentieth Century
Fox Home Entertainment LLC is a subsidiary of Twentieth Century
Fox Film Corporation, a News Corporation company.
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