Early reports have indicated that Lionsgate plans to release City of God on Blu-ray this December. Directors Fernando Meirelles (The Constant Gardener) and Kátia Lund's Academy Award-nominated crime epic takes viewers through Rio de Janeiro's brutal underground, focusing on a young man (Alexandre Rodrigues) who dreams of becoming a photojournalist in order to escape the violence of his community.
Featuring cinematography from award-winning DP César Charlone (Blindness) and star-making performances from Alice Braga (Predators) and Seu Jorge (The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou), City of God remains a controversial and important modern classic.
While Lionsgate has yet to confirm a full listing of technical and supplementary specifications, Miramax's previous DVD edition presented the film in its original aspect ratio of 1.85:1 with a 5.1 Dolby Digital soundtrack and a number of bonus features, including:
Hour-long News From A Personal War documentary on crime in Rio's de Janeiro
City of God is expected to street on December 13th.