Blackhat Set for Home Media Release

Michael Mann's Blackhat from Legendary Pictures and Universal Pictures Home Entertainment will be released on Blu-ray and DVD for rental & library lending on June 9, 2015.  Blackhat tells the

story of a brilliant black hat hacker currently in Federal prison who is released and recruited by Federal law enforcement to stop a dangerous, global criminal network. After unanticipated consequences and assaults, he and his Chinese partner, who have become lovers, will go up against an overwhelming threat – on their own and isolated in Jakarta – as he tries to make a play to have a future.

Set inside the world of global cybercrime, Blackhat follows released convict Nicholas Hathaway (Chris Hemsworth, Rush, Snow White & the Huntsman.). In a not uncommon move, Federal law enforcement recruits a former blackhat hacker, currently in Federal Prison, to aid a war they will launch against a cyber criminal network, operating worldwide from an unknown base somewhere in Asia. It will take them from Los Angeles and Hong Kong to Perak, Malaysia and Jakarta. As Hathaway closes in, and as unanticipated consequences have made it all personal, he discovers the cyber sabotage of a Chinese nuclear power plant was just the beginning. Four-time Academy award nominated Michael Mann (Heat, Collateral) directs the heart-pounding, ripped from the headlines thriller.

Also featuring Academy Award nominated Viola Davis ("How to Get Away with Murder," The Help) as a tough-minded security specialist, Wang Leehom (Lust, Caution, Stan Lee's upcoming Annihilator) as a Chinese military captain and cyber warfare expert, and Wei Tang (Lust, Caution) as a recruited cyber specialist and Hathaway's lover.

 

 

The Blu-ray Combo Pack includes a Blu-ray, DVD and DIGITAL HD with UltraViolet. 

• Blu-ray unleashes the power of your HDTV and is the best way to watch movies at home; featuring 6X the picture resolution of DVD, exclusive extras and theater-quality surround sound.
• DVD offers the flexibility and convenience of playing movies in more places, both at home and away.

Bonus Features on Blu-Ray and DVD

• Creating Reality

Bonus Features Exclusively on Blu-Ray

• The Cyber Threat
• On Location Around the World

 

FILMMAKERS & CAST: Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Viola Davis, Wang Leehom, Tang Wei
Director: Michael Mann
Written by: Morgan Davis Foehl
Produced By: Thomas Tull p.g.a, Michael Mann p.g.a, Jon Jashni p.g.a
Executive Producer: Eric McLeod, Alex Garcia
Casting: Bonnie Timmerman
Music By: Harry Gregson-Williams, Atticus Ross, Leo Ross
Film Editor: Joe Walker ACE, Stephen Rivkin ACE, Jeremiah O'Driscoll, Mako Kamitsuna
Production Designer: Guy Hendrix Dyas
Director of Photography: Stuart Dryburgh, ASC
Costume Designer: Colleen Atwood

TECHNICAL INFORMATION - Blu-ray:Street Date: May 12, 2015
Copyright: 2015 Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved.
Selection Numbers: 61165894 (US)/ 61165905 (CDN)
Running Time: 2 hours 14 minutes
Layers: BD-50
Aspect Ratio: Widescreen 2.40:1
Rating: R for violence and some language
Technical Info: English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1/DVS Dolby Digital 2.0, Spanish and French CDN DTS Digital Surround 5.1
Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish and French

TECHNICAL INFORMATION - DVD:Street Date: May 12, 2015
Copyright:. 2015 Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved.
Selection Numbers: 61165895 (US)/ 61165906 (CDN)
Running Time: 2 hours 14 minutes
Layers: Dual Layer
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic widescreen 2.40:1
Rating: R for violence and some language
Technical Info: Dolby Digital 5.1/DVS 2.0, Spanish and French CDN Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish and French