BETTER MAN Entertains You On Digital Now and on 4K UHD Blu-ray This May!
Experience the critically acclaimed and wildly entertaining musical spectacle BETTER MAN, arriving to purchase or rent on Digital February 11, 2025 from Paramount Home Entertainment. The film will arrive in a 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray™ Combo as part of the Paramount Presents line on May 13 and will also be available on DVD.
From Michael Gracey, the visionary director of The Greatest Showman, BETTER MAN has been embraced by both critics and audiences, becoming Certified Fresh™ on Rotten Tomatoes®, receiving a tremendous 90% audience score, and earning an Academy Award® nomination for Best Visual Effects. Hailed as “wildly inventive” (Pete Hammond, Deadline), “jaw-dropping” (Peter Debruge, Variety), and “deliriously entertaining” (Chris Bumbray, JoBlo), BETTER MAN “absolutely sizzles from start to finish” (Perri Nemiroff, Collider).
Fans who purchase BETTER MAN on Digital* or 4K Ultra HD will have access to over 45 minutes of behind-the-scenes bonus content featuring director Michael Gracey and star Robbie Williams, as well as the Oscar®-nominated team behind the spectacular visual effects.
Bonus content is detailed below:
Let Me Entertain You: The Making of Better Man — Director Michael Gracey and star Robbie Williams provide an in-depth look behind the vision and production of the film with additional insight from the cast and crew.
Monkey Business: The VFX — Meet the visual effects team of Wētā FX as they delve into the process of using cutting-edge technology to bring Better Man to life.
Synopsis
Better Man is based on the true story of the meteoric rise, dramatic fall, and remarkable resurgence of British pop superstar Robbie Williams, one of the greatest entertainers of all time. Under the visionary direction of Michael Gracey (The Greatest Showman), the film is uniquely told from Williams’ perspective, capturing his signature wit and indomitable spirit. It follows Robbie’s journey from childhood, to being the youngest member of chart-topping boyband Take That, through to his unparalleled achievements as a record-breaking solo artist – all the while confronting the challenges that stratospheric fame and success can bring.
BETTER MAN is rated R for drug use, pervasive language, sexual content, nudity, and some violent content.
PARAMOUNT PICTURES and SINA STUDIOS and FACING EAST ENTERTAINMENT Present
A LOST BANDITS / FOOTLOOSE Production
In association with AZURE CENTRUM / PARTIZAN FILMS / ROCKET SCIENCE / RPW PRODUCTIONS / VICSCREEN
A MICHAEL GRACEY Film ROBBIE WILLIAMS “BETTER MAN” JONNO DAVIES
STEVE PEMBERTON and ALISON STEADMAN
Casting by ALISON TELFORD, CGA KATE LEONARD, CGA
Original Score BATU SENER Executive Music Producer and Music Supervisor JORDAN CARROLL
Editors JEFF GROTH, ACE, BFE SPENCER SUSSER MARTIN CONNOR LEE SMITH, ACE PATRICK CORRELL
Choreographer ASHLEY WALLEN Costume Designer CAPPI IRELAND, APDG Production Designer JOEL CHANG
Director of Photography ERIK A WILSON, BSC Visual Effects Wētā FX
Co-Producers PATRICK CORRELL JACKIE FLETCHER MARIO BIANCACCI
Executive Producers ZHE CHEN, ROBBIE WILLIAMS, MARKUS BARMETTLER, PHILIP LEE, LI-WEI CHU, THORSTEN SCHUMACHER, LARS SYLVEST, GREGORY JANKILEVITSCH, KLAUDIA SMIEJA, DOMENIC BENVENUTO, GIANNI BENVENUTO ZORAN STOJKOVIC
Produced by PAUL CURRIE, p.g.a. MICHAEL GRACEY, p.g.a. COCO XIAOLU MA JULES DALY CRAIG McMAHON
Written by SIMON GLEESON OLIVER COLE MICHAEL GRACEY
Directed by MICHAEL GRACEY
*Availability of bonus content varies by digital retailer
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Adam Toroni-Byrne
Adam is a lifelong physical media collector. His love of collecting began with a My First Sony radio and his parent's cassette collection. Since the age of 3, Adam has collected music on vinyl, tape and CD and films on VHS, DVD, Blu-ray and UHD Blu-ray. Adam likes to think of himself as the queer voice of Whysoblu. Outside of his work as a writer at Whysoblu, Adam teaches preschool and trains to be a boxer although admittedly, he's not very good.
