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Daywalk Your Way To Owning BLADE On 4K Ultra-HD Blu-ray December 1st!

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment announced today that 1998’s Blade will be released on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray™ Combo Pack and Digital on December 1. Directed by Stephen Norrington (The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen) and written by David S. Goyer (The Dark Knight trilogy), the film stars Wesley Snipes and the half-vampire, half-human vampire hunter Blade, Stephen Dorff, Kris Kristofferson, N’Bushe Wright, Donal Logue, Udo Kier, and Sanaa Lathan. Blade was produced by Peter Frankfurt, Wesley Snipes, and Robert Engelman, and is based on the Marvel “Blade” created by Marv Wolfman and Gene Colan. Ultra HD* showcases 4K resolution with High Dynamic Range (HDR) and a wider color spectrum, offering consumers brighter, deeper, more lifelike colors for a home entertainment viewing experience like never before.    Blade will be available on Ultra HD Blu-ray Combo Pack and includes an Ultra HD Blu-ray disc with the feature film in 4K with HDR and a Blu-ray disc with the feature film and special features. Fans can also own Blade in 4K Ultra HD via purchase from select digital retailers beginning on December 1^st. 

WARNER BROS. HOME ENTERTAINMENT 

ANNOUNCES

BLADE

TO BE RELEASED ON 4K ULTRA HD BLU-RAY^TM COMBO PACK 

AND DIGITAL

BLADE, STARRING WESLEY SNIPES AS THE TITLE CHARACTER,

WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 4K RESOLUTION WITH 

HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE (HDR) 

Own it December 1^st on 4K Ultra HD and Digital

The 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray disc of Blade will feature Dolby Vision^TM HDR that dramatically expands the color palette and contrast range and uses dynamic metadata to automatically optimize the picture for every screen, frame by frame. The 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray disc of Blade will also feature a Dolby Atmos® soundtrack remixed specifically for the home theater environment to place and move audio anywhere in the room, including overhead. To experience Dolby Atmos at home, a Dolby Atmos enabled AV receiver and additional speakers are required, or a Dolby Atmos enabled sound bar. Dolby Atmos soundtracks are also fully backward compatible with traditional audio configurations and legacy home entertainment equipment.

SYNOPSIS

Wesley Snipes stars as Marvel’s iconic half-vampire, half-human vampire hunter, Blade. With all the strengths of a vampire, and none of their weaknesses, the Day Walker uses his incredible gifts to hunt his enemies in his search for the one that killed his mother and turned him into the monster he is. Blade’s fight leads him to Deacon Frost (Stephen Dorff), a rising force in the vampire world, set on raising a vampire God bent on destroying mankind.

Ultra HD Blu-ray and Blu-ray Elements

Blade Ultra HD Blu-ray contains the following previously released special feature:

• Commentary with Wesley Snipes, Stephen Dorff, David S. Goyer, Theo Van De Sande, Kirk M. Petruccelli & Peter Frankfurt
• Isolated score with commentary by composer Mark Isham

Ultra HD Blu-ray Languages: English, Latin Spanish

Ultra HD Blu-ray Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish, Parisian French

Running Time: 120 Minutes

Rating: Rated R

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