The Fast and the Furious Blu-ray Trilogy Announced

[Brad1963]

The Fast and the Furious Blu-ray Trilogy Announced
January 26, 2009

Three more former HD DVD high-def exclusives will make their way onto Blu-ray Disc in March when Universal releases The Fast and the Furious Trilogy.

The March 24 release date is less than two weeks before Universal releases the fourth film in the series, Fast & Furious, in theaters. That film will likely find its way to Blu-ray in early fall.

Universal is hoping you'll see the fourth film theatrically and is dangling $7.50 worth of Movie Cash to see Fast & Furious in this set.

None of the first three Fast and the Furious films will be available on Blu-ray Disc outside of the box set. It is an all or nothing deal so if you want the first film then you have to shell out for the inferior sequels as well.

Each film will be presented in widescreen 1080p video and an upgraded 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio mix not found on the HD DVD versions. In addition, D-BOX Motion Code will be included on each film, another Blu-ray advantage over HD DVD.

Also exclusive to Blu-ray is a digital copy of each film housed on a separate disc. Instead of a three-disc set, the digital copies push it to six discs.

The bonus features are extensive, take advantage of BD-Live and appear to include everything found on the HD DVD versions.


The Fast and the Furious

U Control: Picture in Picture
U Control: Tech Specs
U Control: Playstation 3 Controller (static user guide)
Dom's Charger
Quarter Mile at a Time
The Fast and the Furious Video Mash-Up
BD Live: Custom Download Center
BD Live: Custom My Scenes Sharing
BD Live: Custom The Fast and the Furious Video Mash-Up
Deleted Scenes with Optional Director Commentary
Hot Off the Street
Paul Walker Public Service Announcement
The Making of The Fast and the Furious
More Than Furious
Tricking Out a Hot Import Car
Turbo Charged Prelude to 2 Fast 2 Furious
Multiple Camera Angles - Stunt Sequence
Movie Magic Interactive -Special Effects
Featurette on Editing for MPAA
Visual Effects Montage
Storyboards-to-Final Feature Comparison
Sneak Peek at 2 Fast 2 Furious
Ja Rule "Furious" Music Video
Cadillac Tah "PV City Anthem" Music Video
Saliva "Click Click Boom" Music Video
Fast and Furious Soundtrack Spot
Theatrical Trailer
Speed News Wrap
Crash Montage
Feature Commentary with Director Rob Cohen
D-BOX
2 Fast 2 Furious


U Control: Picture in Picture
U Control: Tech Specs
U Control: Animated Anecdotes
Fast Females
Hollywood Impact
BD Live: Generic Download Center
BD Live: Generic My Scenes Sharing
Prelude to 2 Fast 2 Furious
Deleted Scenes
Outtakes
Inside 2 Fast 2 Furious
Actor Driving School
Tricking Out a Hot Import Car
Supercharge Stunts
Making Music with Ludacris
Actor Spotlights
Car Spotlights
Furious Afterburners
Feature Commentary with Director John Singleton
D-BOX
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift


Playstation 3 Contoller (Static User Guide)
U Control: Picture in Picture
U Control: Storyboards
U Control: Tech Specs
Making of the Fast Franchise
Drift: A Sideway Craze
Custom Made Drifter
BD Live: Generic Download Center
BD Live: My Scenes Sharing
Deleted Scenes with Optional Commentary with Director Justin Lin
Drifting School
Cast Cam
The Big Breakdown: Han's Last Ride
Tricked Out to Drift
Welcome to Drifting
The Real Drift King
The Japanese Way
Don Omar "Conteo" Music Video
Far East Movement "Round Round" Music Video
Fast 3 Soundtrack Spot
Feature Commentary with Director Justin Lin
D-BOX
The Fast and the Furious Trilogy on Blu-ray carries a steep retail price of $99.98 which is identical to how they priced The Bourne Trilogy set. I hope to add cover art and Amazon pre-order information as soon as its available.


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[owa]

Thanks for the info. I want all 3 so this is good news for me but hopefully they'll provide each separately at some point.

Edit: BTW, what's your source for this info?

[DualEdge]

Terrible news for those that just want one or two of the movies. Personally, I just want Tokyo Drift. Luckily, there are enough people out there that didn't like that one, so finding it relatively cheap on eBay might be the way to go.

Edit: Crap, even worse is the date. With the Bond movies coming out along with Bolt, it's going to be an expensive day

[benzgrl]

Originally Posted by Brad1963

None of the first three Fast and the Furious films will be available on Blu-ray Disc outside of the box set. It is an all or nothing deal so if you want the first film then you have to shell out for the inferior sequels as well.

I don't know how these studio announcements work - but is the above statement confirmed? I mean can this possibly change? It would be nice to get individual releases since I'm most interested in the first movie.

[ckent22]

Don't know any theater now where you can go for $7.50. But this is good news for fans of the film.

Link by any chance?

[Mr. Cinema]

How is the retail price steep? Separately, each one would have been $29.99 each. Throw in a free ticket and digital copies, and the extra $9 seems worth it.

[Blu_Ray_UK2007]

Good news hoping for a speedy uk release!

[johnjayb]

yeah but who on this site REALLY pays $29.99/blu. i know i dont. im ALWAYS in the hot deal section haha

[fatediesel]

Unless it is a good price I'm going to pass on this. The only one I really want is the first and I don't consider this a trilogy since Tokyo Drift didn't contain any of the original cast (outside a cameo) and the plot was in no way connected to the others outside of tricked-out cars.

[MCT]

I'd get the first two for sure. Not technically good movies, but they were definitely entertaining to me. Tokyo Drift.....ehhhh. No thanks. But this is good news, I'm sure I'll be able to find someone selling each movie seperately eventually. Thanks for the heads up.

[NoQuestion]

This has been posted on thehdroom.com I saw it this morning. This is great news and I figured that these would be released alongside the new movie. I am planning to get the boxset. I enjoyed them even though only the first is good, the others are at least entertaining.

[coolmilo]

I only want The Fast And the Furious (part 1) and Tokyo Drift. Well, if the trilogy is priced right, I will go for it.

[The Guilty Party]

I liked the first one but didn't dig the other two. I don't think I'll be buying this but once again... it's awesome to see more catalog titles getting released.

[danosullivan]

This is total bull. I hate when studios do this. Sure, some people want all three, but just as many want only one, or two individually. And since I want only the original, it will be much harder to find that one individually via ebay/amazon since it's the most popular of the three. I've been waiting for F&F and now I'll have to go through the trouble of buying the box set and selling the other two failures individually. Universal has been ticking me off in every aspect, especially the special features angle (i.e. Dawn of the Dead). I'm surprised the original F&F has all of the HD-DUD features ported over let alone any of the original DVD features. God forbid Universal sticks something extra on off of a previous 7-disc special edition DVD. I'm surprised they managed to put the movie on there and not just give us a blank disc with artwork.

It's Monday. Anyone else feeling sarcastic and cynical?

[The TRUST]

FINALLY!!!

[ufgt]

Finally! I've been waiting for this fooooorever.

[blujacket]

If it's all or nothing, I guess that made my decision. I will not buy that 3rd turd.

[Rantlers]

I was so excited when I saw this thread, then I read this:

Originally Posted by Brad1963

None of the first three Fast and the Furious films will be available on Blu-ray Disc outside of the box set. It is an all or nothing deal so if you want the first film then you have to shell out for the inferior sequels as well.

I want the 1st film bad enough to consider buying the trilogy. Maybe I could sell the other two in the "Official Desperation Thread"...

[djluis2k6]

Sounds great. Could care less for the 3rd movie, but I'll be getting this.

[djluis2k6]

Originally Posted by Rantlers

I was so excited when I saw this thread, then I read this:

I want the 1st film bad enough to consider buying the trilogy. Maybe I could sell the other two in the "Official Desperation Thread"...

I'm sure you could sell them off quick on eBay.