This December, Fox Home Entertainment will bring Rise of the Planet of the Apes to Blu-ray. The Planet of the Apes prequel focuses on how the relationship between neuroscientist Will Rodman (James Franco, 127 Hours) and genetically-enhanced chimpanzee Caesar (Andy Serkis, King Kong) leads to a global primate revolution.
Directed by Rupert Wyatt (The Escapist), the picture overcame early negative buzz to become one of last summer's sleeper hits, drawing strong commercial and critical support; a large part of that praise is directly attributable to Weta Digital (The Lord of the Rings, Avatar), the Academy Award-winning special effects team that spearheaded the extensive CGI trickery behind Caesar and his army of ape warriors.
While Fox has yet to list the technical specifications for their Blu-ray/Digital Copy combo pack, the set has a number of bonus features, including:
Audio commentary by director Rupert Wyatt
Audio commentary by writers Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver
Deleted scenes:
- "Alpha Gets Shot"
- "Will's Meeting with Lab Assistants"
- "Will Discovers Caesar Has Solved Puzzles"
- "Caesar Plays with Bicycle"
- "Caesar Questions His Identity"
- "Caesar Bites Off Neighbors Finger"
- "Will Ignores the Risks of an Airborne Mutated Virus"
- "Rodney Gives Caesar a Cookie"
- "Rocket Gets Hosed by Dodge"
- "Caesar Destroys the Lab and Koba's Attempted Revenge on Jacobs"
- "Caesar Pushes Helicopter"
- "Koba with Shotgun"
Behind the scenes featurettes:
- Pre-vis for The Future
- Capturing Caesar – Script to Screen
- Studying the Genius of Andy Serkis
- Multi-Angle: Rocket Cookie Scene
- A New Generation of Apes
- Breaking Motion Capture Boundaries
- Breaking New Sound Barriers: The Music and Sound Design of Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Ape Facts featurettes:
- "Chimpanzee"
- "Gorilla"
- "Orangutan"
Character concept art gallery
Three theatrical trailers
Rise of the Planet of the Apes streets on December 13th.