Paramount Home Entertainment has announced the Blu-ray/DVD release of Rango, the Industrial Light & Magic computer-animated film from director Gore Verbinski (The Pirates of the Caribbean) that earned more than $230 million at the worldwide box office earlier this year. Johnny Depp voices Rango, a chameleon who dreams of being a fearless hero and gets the opportunity to do just that when he inadvertently becomes the sheriff of a lawless desert town in the Wild West.
In addition to theatrical and extended versions of the film, the Blu-ray edition will offer a variety of special features:
- Filmmakers Commentary: Director/co-writer/producer Gore Verbinski, head of story James Ward Byrkit, production designer Mark “Crash” McCreery, animation director Hal Hickel and visual effects supervisor Tim Alexander dissect the extended cut of the film
- Breaking The Rules, Making Animation History: Discover how Gore Verbinski and Industrial Light & Magic prepared for their first animated movie by following every step the filmmakers made to create the film.
- Part 1: The Stage Is Set
- Part 2: Now We Ride
- Real Creatures of Dirt: Animal experts talk about the real creatures that inspired the characters of Rango, while the filmmakers explain why they chose specific animals to reflect certain personality traits.
- Storyboard Reel Picture-In-Picture: Enhance your movie-viewing experience by watching the theatrical cut of the film with picture-in-picture storyboards.
- A Field Trip to Dirt: Using the technology and footage from ILM’s special cameras, viewers are put in control of their own tour of Dirt. From there, users can select the streets they want to explore and the characters they’d like to interact with, discovering trivia and other bonus footage along the way.
- Deleted Scenes
- Never-Before-Seen Alternate Ending
- Theatrical Trailer
Rango is set to arrive on July 12th in a Blu-ray/DVD/Digital Copy combo pack.