{"id":2304,"date":"2011-01-08T05:44:32","date_gmt":"2011-01-08T05:44:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.geekworldordersite.com\/blog\/?p=2304"},"modified":"2011-01-08T05:44:32","modified_gmt":"2011-01-08T05:44:32","slug":"the-walking-dead-official-dvd-and-blu-ray-specs-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.geekworldordersite.com\/blog\/2011\/01\/the-walking-dead-official-dvd-and-blu-ray-specs-revealed\/","title":{"rendered":"THE WALKING DEAD Official DVD And Blu-ray Specs Revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/geektyrant.com\/storage\/page-images\/THE%20WALKING%20DEAD%20Blu-ray%203D.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1294350266079\" alt=\"\" width=\"511\" height=\"652\" \/><\/p>\n<p>ANCHOR BAY ENTERTAINMENT RELEASES\u00a0<strong><em>\u201cTHE WALKING DEAD: <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>The Complete First Season\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>ON DVD AND BLU-RAY\u2122\u00a0MARCH 8, 2011<\/p>\n<p>Beverly Hills, CA \u2013 Take a walk on the undead side, as the groundbreaking, genre-bending AMC<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> original series <strong><em>\u201cTHE WALKING DEAD\u201d<\/em><\/strong> rises again when Anchor Bay Entertainment releases the Blu-ray<sup>\u2122<\/sup> and DVD of the hit show that wowed both critics and audiences. The SRP for the March 8 release is $49.99 for the Blu-ray<sup>\u2122<\/sup>, and $39.98 for the DVD. Pre-book is February 9<sup>th<\/sup>. Both the <em>\u201c<strong>THE WALKING DEAD: The Complete First Season\u201d<\/strong><\/em> Blu-ray<sup>\u2122<\/sup> and DVD contain all 6 episodes of the first season on a 2-disc set and  are packed with special behind-the-scenes featurettes and insightful  extra footage.<\/p>\n<p>Nominated for a Golden Globe<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> for Best Television Series &#8211; Drama, <strong><em>\u201cTHE WALKING DEAD: The Complete First Season\u201d<\/em><\/strong> breathes new life into the zombie genre as it unfolds a  post-apocalyptic saga that follows a group of survivors, led by police  officer Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln, <em>Love Actually<\/em>), who  searches for a safe haven and, hopefully, a new home, far from the  undead that now roam the earth hungry for human flesh.\u00a0 Each episode  explores the challenges of life in a world overrun by zombies, and the  toll it takes on the survivors who now find themselves going to extremes  just to see another day. In this horrific world gone mad, each turn  brings new surprises and dangers, as the survivors try to regain some  semblance of a normal life.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201c<em>THE WALKING DEAD\u201d<\/em><\/strong> is based on the popular  Image Comics\u2019 comic book written by Robert Kirkman. The series premiered  on AMC Fearfest Halloween night and immediately became the most watched  drama series in cable\u2019s history among Adults 18-49 with 3.5 million  viewers. It also gained a following among critics (from <em>People<\/em> to <em>Vanity Fair<\/em>) who have hailed it as one of the best new series of the year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DVD and Blu-ray\u2122 bonus features include:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Featurettes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Making of <em>THE      WALKING DEAD<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Inside <em>THE      WALKING DEAD<\/em>: Episode 1-6<\/li>\n<li>A Sneak Peek with Robert Kirkman<\/li>\n<li>Behind The Scenes Zombie Make-Up Tips<\/li>\n<li>Convention Panel With Producers<\/li>\n<li>THE WALKING DEAD Trailer<strong> <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Extra Footage:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Zombie       School<\/li>\n<li>Bicycle Girl<\/li>\n<li>On Set With Robert Kirkman<\/li>\n<li>Hanging With Steven Yeun<\/li>\n<li>Inside Dale\u2019s RV<\/li>\n<li>On Set With Andrew Lincoln<strong> <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>About Anchor Bay Entertainment<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Anchor Bay Entertainment is the home entertainment division of Starz  Media, LLC. It includes the Anchor Bay Films and Manga Entertainment  brands. It distributes feature films, children\u2019s entertainment, fitness,  TV series, documentaries, anime and other filmed entertainment on DVD  and Blu-ray\u2122 formats.\u00a0 It is the exclusive distributor in the U.S. of  the theatrical titles from Overture Films.\u00a0 Headquartered in Beverly  Hills, CA, Anchor Bay Entertainment has offices in Troy, MI, as well as  Canada, the United  Kingdom and Australia.\u00a0 Starz Media (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.starzmedia.com\/%20\/%20http:\/www.starzmedia.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.starzmedia.com<\/a>) is a controlled subsidiary of Liberty Media Corporation attributed to the Liberty Capital Group.<\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>About AMC<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>AMC reigns as the only cable network in history to ever win the Emmy\u00ae  Award for Outstanding Drama Series three years in a row, as well as the  Golden Globe\u00ae Award for Best Television Series &#8211; Drama for three  consecutive years.\u00a0 Whether commemorating favorite films from every  genre and decade or creating acclaimed original programming, the AMC  experience is an uncompromising celebration of great stories.\u00a0 AMC&#8217;s  original stories include <em>Mad Men,<\/em> <em>Breaking Bad<\/em>, <em>The Walking Dead<\/em> and <em>The Killing<\/em>. AMC further demonstrates its commitment to the art of storytelling with curated movie franchises like <em>AMC Hollywood Icon<\/em> and <em>AMC Complete Collection<\/em>.\u00a0  Available in more than 96 million homes (Source: Nielsen Media  Research), AMC is owned and operated by Rainbow Media Holdings LLC, and  its sister networks include IFC, Sundance Channel, WE tv and Wedding  Central.\u00a0 AMC is available across all platforms, including on-air,  online, on demand and mobile.\u00a0 AMC: Story Matters Here<sup>SM<\/sup>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ANCHOR BAY ENTERTAINMENT RELEASES\u00a0\u201cTHE WALKING DEAD: The Complete First Season\u201d ON DVD AND BLU-RAY\u2122\u00a0MARCH 8, 2011 Beverly Hills,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-geeky-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.geekworldordersite.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.geekworldordersite.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.geekworldordersite.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.geekworldordersite.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.geekworldordersite.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2304"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.geekworldordersite.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2304\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2306,"href":"http:\/\/www.geekworldordersite.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2304\/revisions\/2306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.geekworldordersite.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.geekworldordersite.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.geekworldordersite.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}