Posted Wed Mar 8, 2017 at 12:00 PM PST by Tom Landy
The 1999 action-thriller starring Jamie Lee Curtis, William Baldwin, and Donald Sutherland is bound for high-definition in May.
As previously reported, Scream Factory is preparing 'Virus' on Blu-ray on May 2.
Jamie Lee Curtis (Halloween, True Lies) faces a new, unstoppable terror in this science fiction chiller from the producer of Aliens, Terminator 2 and Tremors. Curtis plays the navigator of a tugboat crew which loses its cargo during a hurricane. In the calm eye of the storm, they come across a Russian research ship floating dead on the water. Boarding the vessel, they initially believe it to be deserted - but they soon realize they're not alone. First, they discover a terrified survivor (Joanna Pacula, Tombstone), and then they find that the ship has been taken over by a ruthless alien intelligence. Now, the small band must fight for their lives against a force that has come to claim Earth for its own, and creates bio-mechanical monstrosities with one goal: eliminating the virus called humans. Donald Sutherland (Invasion of the Body Snatchers) and William Baldwin (Backdraft) also star in a film featuring horrific special effects by the artist behind the Jurassic Park films, Species and Starship Troopers.
Specs have yet to be revealed, but supplements include: NEW Eye Of The Storm – An Interview With Director John Bruno; NEW Science & Fiction – An Interview With Writer Dennis Feldman; NEW Into The Woods – An Interview With Actor Marshall Bell; NEW Men, Monsters And Machines: The Special Effects Of VIRUS Featuring Interviews With Robotics Effects Designers Steve Johnson And Eric Allard, Special Makeup Effects Artist Joel Harlow And Special Makeup Effects Supervisor: Second Unit Vincent J. Guastini; NEW Audio Commentary With Director John Bruno And Writer Dennis Feldman; Audio Commentary With Director John Bruno And Actor Marshall Bell; Vintage featurette – Virus: Ghost In The Machine; Vintage Featurette – Interviews With Cast And Crew; Deleted Scenes; Original Theatrical Trailer; and Still Gallery.
You can find the latest specs for 'Virus' linked from our Blu-ray Release Schedule, where it is indexed under May 2.
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