GLASS 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, DVD, & Digital HD Release Dates & Special Features Revealed
Following the roaring success of M. Night Shyamalan's Glass earlier this year, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment has officially revealed the home video release dates and special features.
Source: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
While it wasn't exactly a critical darling, M. Night Shyamalan's Glass was, by all accounts, still a roaring success at the global box office, raking in over $241.1 million worldwide ($108.2M domestic; $132.8M foreign) on an extremely modest $20 million production budget.
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Following its stellar run, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment has now announced that Glass will arrive on Digital HD on April 2 and then debut on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, and DVD on April 16.
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The combo pack will also come jam-packed with exciting special features, including, but not limited to, a number of behind-the-scenes videos featuring the cast and crew as they detail the making of the long-awaited sequel, an alternate opening, twelve deleted scenes, and an exclusive conversation between Shyamalan and James McAvoy (Kevin Wendell Crumb).
JAMES McAVOY, SAMUEL L. JACKSON, BRUCE WILLIS
AND SARAH PAULSON STAR IN M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN’S
COMIC-BOOK THRILLER 20 YEARS IN THE MAKING
GLASS
THE #1 MOVIE IN NORTH AMERICA FOR THREE WEEKS IN A ROW!
AVAILABLE ON DIGITAL APRIL 2, 2019
4K ULTRA HD, BLU-RAY™, DVD AND ON DEMAND APRIL 16, 2019
FROM UNIVERSAL PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Universal City, California, February 26, 2019 – Writer-Director M. Night Shyamalan (The Sixth Sense, Signs) completes a mind-bending trilogy created nearly twenty years ago with GLASS, a comic book thriller available on Digital via the digital movie app MOVIES ANYWHERE on April 2, 2019 and on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-rayTM, DVD and On Demand on April 16, 2019, from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. GLASS is a grounded-in-reality, comic-book thriller where the heroes and villains are people first. The thrilling culmination to the trilogy that started with Unbreakable and Split, stars James McAvoy (Split, Atonement), Samuel L. Jackson (Hitman’s Bodyguard, Avengers Franchise), Bruce Willis (Unbreakable, Die Hard), Sarah Paulson (Ocean’s Eight, “American Horror Story”) and Anya-Taylor Joy (Split, The Witch). Go inside the mind of master of suspense M. Night Shyamalan to uncover the connections and references that bring the three films together in one universe. Experience more than sixty minutes of never-before-seen features elaborating on his process and artistic vision including an in-depth look at the making of the film, deep insights on the characters, a never-before-seen alternate opening, and deleted scenes.
GLASS features “Shyamalan’s eccentric, intimately scaled superhero universe” (Manohla Dargis, The New York Times), while offering a closer look at the world of the Elijah Price, also known as Mr. Glass (Jackson), David Dunn (Willis), and Kevin Wendell Crumb (McAvoy) as they experience a series of escalating encounters as they escape from an asylum and embark on a thrilling battle of good versus evil. Producers M. Night Shyamalan, Jason Blum (Get Out, Halloween), Marc Bienstock (Before I Fall), Ashwin Rajan (Devil, The Visit) and executive producer Steven Schneider (Paranormal Activity series) reunite with GLASS for “one of the most original comic book movies in recent years” (Scott Menzel, We Live Entertainment).
BONUS FEATURES EXCLUSIVE TO 4K ULTRA HD, BLU-RAYTM & DIGITAL
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The Collection of Main Characters - A look at all the main players and how they fit in the universe created by filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan.
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David Dunn
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Elijah Price
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Kevin Wendell Crumb
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The Rest of the Family
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Bringing the Team Back Together - M. Night Shyamalan is famous for working with many of the same crew from film to film. In this piece, cast and crew share personal stories of why Shyamalan's productions feel like seeing family again.
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David Dunn vs. The Beast - An in-depth look at the animalistic face-off between David Dunn and The Beast
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Glass Decoded - M. Night Shyamalan unveils some secrets of continuity and style from across the Glass trilogy
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Breaking Glass: The Stunts - The superhuman strength of The Beast is best illustrated in the stunts. Take a behind the scenes look into the very effective methods of executing stunts in the film.
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Connecting the Glass Universe - Explore M. Night Shyamalan's stylistic approach to the Glass trilogy and the unconventional concept of a comic book movie grounded in reality.
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M. Night Shyamalan: Behind the Lens - Cast and crew discuss Shyamalan's dedicated and meticulous approach to storytelling.
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The Sound of Glass - Composer West Dylan Thordson elaborates on his use of string instruments to create tension, and explains why recording the score on-location enhanced the tone of Glass.
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Enhancing the Spectacle - The VFX team provides details on the rewarding task of using CGI as an effective tool to intensify the narrative of Glass.
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Raven Hill Memorial - Roam the long corridors of Raven Hill Memorial Hospital and see why the cast and crew describe the eerie location as its own character in the film.
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Night Vision - A look at the early stages of Glass by examining the storyboards and their remarkable similarity to the final shots in the film.
BONUS FEATURES ON 4K ULTRA HD, BLU-RAYTM, DIGITAL AND DVD:
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Alternate Opening - Introduction by director M. Night Shyamalan available
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Deleted Scenes - Introductions by director M. Night Shyamalan available
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David Alone at Bar
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Patricia Talks to Cheerleaders
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David Encounters Pierce
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Casey in Art Class
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Dr. Staple Explains Machine
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Mrs. Price in Waiting Room
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Mrs. Price Talks to Elijah
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Dr. Staple Drinks Tea
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Pierce Checks Elijah's Room
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Mrs. Price Tells Elijah About Surgery
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David Submits to Dr. Staple
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Patients Worship The Beast
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A Conversation with James McAvoy and M. Night Shyamalan - Star James McAvoy and Producer/Writer/Director M. Night Shyamalan discuss the importance of originality when creating a film in this genre.
M. Night Shyamalan brings together the narratives of two of his standout originals—2000’s Unbreakable, from Touchstone, and 2016’s Split, from Universal—in one explosive, all-new comic-book thriller: Glass.
Following the conclusion of Split, Glass finds Dunn pursuing Crumb’s superhuman figure of The Beast in a series of escalating encounters, while the shadowy presence of Price emerges as an orchestrator who holds secrets critical to both men.
Glass features:
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Samuel L. Jackson as Elijah Price/Mr. Glass
Bruce Willis as David Dunn
James McAvoy as Kevin Wendell Crumb/The Horde
Anya Taylor-Joy as Casey Cooke
Sarah Paulson as Dr. Ellie Staple
Spencer Treat Clark as Joseph Dunn
Charlayne Woodard as Mrs. Price
Glass hits Digital HD on April 2 and 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and DVD on April 16