Universal Studios Home Entertainment has announced Despicable Me for Blu-ray release on December 14, in Blu-ray and 3D Blu-ray Combo Packs, with DVD and digital copy included. This action/comedy animated movie, about a wannabe super-villain whose life is unexpectedly changed by a trio of determined little orphans, was a critical and commercial success, earning over $240 million at the box office.

Special features include:

• Commentary with directors Chris Renaud and Pierre Coffin, featuring the Minions!
• GRU-CONTROL: Through a picture-in-picture window, see the making of the film with behind-the-scenes footage and cast/filmmaker interviews (BD-exclusive)
• The World of Despicable Me
• Despicable Beats: director Chris Renaud talks about the cool factor of renowned music producer Pharrell Williams.
• Gru’s Rocket Builder: In an all-new game, Vector has stolen some of the most famous landmarks from around the world and replaced them with the pieces to Gru’s rocket. Players must return all the stolen landmarks to the correct countries in order to build their own rockets before Vector hacks into the system and steals the rocket plans. The reward for completing the rocket is a launch to the moon!
• A Global Effort: learn all about the global effort behind Despicable Me. A director from France and another from the USA, plus an American and English cast created a movie in France, with artists from all over the world for a truly international movie.
• Three all new, mini-movies starring the Minions (for a limited time only):
  • “Home Makeover”
  • “Orientation Day”
  • “Banana”
• The Voices of Despicable Me:go behind-the-scenes with Steve Carell, Jason Segel, Russell Brand, Miranda Cosgrove, Kristen Wiig and Julie Andrews as they give life to their animated characters. Includes character profiles for each of the cast members.
• Super Silly Fun Land: join Agnes, Margo and Edith at the Super Silly Fun Land Theme Park and play Feed the Creatures and Freeze the Floating Minions to win super cool prizes.
• Miss Hattie’s Top Secret Cookie Recipes: Margo is proud to present the recipes for those wonderful cookies that the loveable orphans under Miss Hattie’s care enjoy so much! (BD-exclusive)
• pocket BLU
  • Minion Me: Exclusively for iPhone® and iPad®: Personalize photos of friends and family by turning them into Minions. Pictures can be customized with glasses, bowties, hats and hairstyles to make it really hilarious! Send it to your friends with a Minion laugh.
  • Minion Dominion App: Exclusively for iPhone® and iPad® Control a Minion by turning, tilting, rotating and shaking your phone. Tap the screen to make him speak, tap it again to hear him laugh. Or do battle with the two-player “minion mash up.” Download to your iPhone and see who can inflict the most damage on the other’s minion.
  • Advanced Remote Control
  • Video Timeline
  • Mobile-to-go
  • Keyboard
• BD-Live
• My Scenes

Posted September 22, 2010 09:43 AM by Juan Calonge

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