Fox Home Entertainment has announced that they will bring the M. Night Shyamalan film '
The Happening' to Blu-ray on October 7th, day-and-date with the DVD release. For the filmmakers first R-Rated film, video will be presented as 1.85:1 1080p AVC accompanied by a 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack.
Special features for this release include:
- Scene Specific Picture-in-Picture (BD Exclusive)
- The Hard 'R' (BD Exclusive)
- Train Shooting: (4 min.) The specifics of shooting on a moving train (BD Exclusive)
- Forces Unseen (4 min.) Wind special effects piece – the piece focuses on how the wind was created for the film and how they gave it that eerie look (BD Exclusive)
- The Hard Cut (9 min.) – Behind the scenes preparations and execution of graphic scenes with Robert Bailey, special effects crew, images of the squibs, make-up, and prosthetics giving this piece an "anatomy of a scene" feel
- "I Hear You Whispering" (9 min.)
- A Day for Night (7min) – A day in the life of Night during production. Footage shot by a mini-DV cam contributes to the raw "in the moment" style of coverage for our one day with Night
- Elements of a Scene (10 min.) – In cinema-verite style, dissect the staging of an elaborate scene, from planning, to adjustments, to nailing the last shot of the sequence. Stand-up interviews from cast and crew personalize the piece with a glimpse at all the contributions needed to capture the scene and move on
- Visions of The Happening: A Making of (12 min.) – Making of documentary
- Deleted scenes with introductions from M. Night Shyamalan
- Gag reel