Will Smith's "Hancock" on DVD & Blu-ray (Nov 25)

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He's saving the world whether we like it or not. Meet the superhero everybody loves to hate.

DVDTOWN received details today about the forthcoming release of the latest Will Smith blockbuster - HANCOCK - which grossed more than $225 million at the box office recently, competing in a crowded field of popular summer movies (several of which were major hits).

Hancock will be released on three different DVD editions, comprising single-disc Rated and Unrated versions (SRP $28.96 each), and a 2-disc Special Edition that contains both versions along with a Digital Copy of the film ($34.95).

Additionally, the film will be released in high-definition on a 2-disc Special Edition Blu-ray ($39.95), which again includes both the Rated and Unrated versions along with a Digital Copy of the film.

Note: Sony will also release the film on UMD, for their Playstation Portable (PSP) game unit ($24.94).

All of the DVD & Blu-ray editions include bonus featurettes (see below), and the Blu-ray also includes an additional BonusView Picture-in-Picture option (for both versions of the film).

SPECIAL FEATURES
Both the single-disc Rated DVD and single-disc Unrated DVD contain the following extras -
5 FEATURETTES:
-Superhumans: The Making of Hancock
-Seeing the Future
-Building a Better Hero
-Bumps and Bruises
-Mere Mortals: Behind the Scenes with ´Dirty Pete´

The 2-disc Rated/Unrated DVD Special Edition contains the above featurettes (and adds two more + Digital Copy) -
7 FEATURETTES:
-Superhumans: The Making of Hancock
-Seeing the Future
-Building a Better Hero
-Bumps and Bruises
-Mere Mortals: Behind the Scenes with ´Dirty Pete´
-Home Life
-Suiting Up
DIGITAL COPY of the film

The 2-disc Rated/Unrated Blu-ray Special Edition contains everything on the above 2-disc DVD (w/Digital Copy), is BD-Live Enabled, and also offers a BD Exclusive Feature - "On-Set Visual Diary" BonusView Picture-In-Picture (including a longer version of the Picture-In-Picture on the Unrated version of the film).

HANCOCK - Explore the film further:

> Theatrical Review (by Jason Vargo)

> 3 Scene Clips, + TV Spot

> View the Full Trailer (in HD)

Film Synopsis:
John Hancock (Will Smith) is an unhappy and reluctant superhero who is living in his own world. For some unknown reason, Hancock is depressed and has started drinking very heavily. He has saved many lives in Los Angeles over the years, but in doing so, he has no regards for damaging buildings, trains, roads, cars, or anything that gets in his way of getting the job done. The last time he captured several criminals, it cost the city $9 million to fix the damages. The public has had enough of Hancock, and they want him to stop or go to another city.

Then one day, Hancock saves the life of Ray Embrey (Jason Bateman) from being run over by a train. Ray is a public relations executive who now can go home to his wife and child, because Hancock was there. Ray owes Hancock his life, and he makes it his mission to change his superhero's image and have the public cheering him. Ray's wife, Mary (Charlize Theron), believes Hancock cannot be fixed, and she doesn't want Ray to be hurt.

Peter Berg (The Kingdom, Friday Night Lights) directs this story of a reluctant superhero, John Hancock. Like the best superheroes, Hancock can fly, is bulletproof, and has insurmountable strength. He uses these gifts to fight in Los Angeles and save people in distress, Unfortunately, he also is a drunk who leaves a trail of costly destruction behind during his lifesaving pursuits, and his constant sarcasm fails to win him friends. But after Hancock randomly saves his life, public relations executive Ray Embrey (Jason Bateman) decides to give him a makeover and help the superhero change his image so that the police and citizens of Los Angeles will realize how much they need their seemingly inappropriate hero. All the while, Ray's wife, Mary (Charlize Theron)--who seems to simultaneously have a strange connection and aversion to Hancock--worries that her do-gooder husband will end up disappointed by Hancock's antics.

The special effects are quite impressive, as Hancock flies through Los Angeles crashing into buildings, bursting through freeway signs, and flipping automobiles around as if they were wet noodles. Smith evokes a depth and warmth in Hancock; even when he's unpleasant and anti-social, it's clear that there is more to him. Bateman is well cast as a man who really does want to change the world for the better. And Theron is quite touching in her role as a wife to Ray, a mother to Aaron, and ultimately a savior to Hancock.

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