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- Fox Home Entertainment released the first look at cover art and details on its April 15 release of AVP—R: ALIENS VS. PREDATOR—REQUIEM.

The Earthbound adventures of the xenomorphs, the extraterrestrial hunter and the humans caught in the crossfire will be issued in both rated (94-minute) and unrated (101-minute) single DVDs and an unrated two-disc set; the R version will be in 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen and fullscreen, while the unrated will be widescreen only.

The soundtracks are Dolby Surround 5.1 and DTS, and the extras are as follows:

Single-disc versions:
• Audio commentary by directors Colin and Greg Strause and producer John Davis
• Audio commentary by creature FX designers/creators Tom Woodruff Jr. and Alec Gillis

Double-disc version:
The commentaries plus:
• Behind-the-scenes featurettes:
-Prepare for War: The Making of AVP-R
-Fight to the Finish: The Making of AVP-R
-AVP-R: The Nightmare Returns—Creating the Aliens
-Crossbreed: The PredAlien
-Building the Predator Homeworld
• Still design galleries:
-Designing the Predator
-Designing the Alien
-Designing the PredAlien
-On Set: The Rooftop
-On Set: The Sewer
-On Set: The Hive
-On Set: Cast & Crew
• Digital Copy download feature
• Theatrical trailers (including red-band Restricted Audience trailer)


There will also be a Blu-ray release including seamlessly branched rated and unrated cuts, all the above special features and an exclusive Weyland-Yutani Archives picture-in-picture reference guide to the warring alien races.

The single DVD retails for $29.98, the two-disc set is $34.98, the Blu-ray is $39.98 and a two-pack of AVPR-R and the unrated original ALIEN VS. PREDATOR will be available for $34.98.

You can view the cover art here.


- Anchor Bay Entertainment is reportedly preparing to re-release two Dario Argento classics from the vault. This summer look for DVD special editions of Tenebre and Phenomena, starring Jennifer Connelly, Donald Pleasence and a monkey. The Bay is also pulling together an Argento box set which includes Do You Like Hitchcock?, The Card Player and Trauma.