Paramount Home Media Distribution has officially announced and detailed their DVD releases of ’13 Reasons Why: Season 1′. The first season of the Netflix series will be available to own on a 4-disc DVD set April 3, 2018 featuring new DVD bonus content. No Blu-ray release appears to be planned for the season. Hit the jump to read the full announcement for the release including bonus content listings and more.
“An ambitious and uniquely sympathetic deep dive
into the challenges of being in high school”
—Dana Schwartz, The New York Observer
“A frank, authentically affecting portrait”
—Leah Greenblatt, Entertainment Weekly
THE GROUNDBREAKING SERIES THAT TOUCHED MILLIONS AND SPARKED CONVERSATIONS AROUND THE WORLD
“13 REASONS WHY”
SEASON ONE
Critically Acclaimed Drama Arrives on DVD April 3, 2018
with Over an Hour of Additional Content, Including New-to-DVD Features
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. – “Engrossing and provocative” (April Wolfe, L.A. Weekly) and “sensitive, surprising…and, most important, unblinking” (Matthew Gilbert, Boston Globe), the groundbreaking adaptation “13 REASONS WHY” Season One arrives on DVD April 3, 2018 from Paramount Home Media Distribution.
Clay Jensen (Dylan Minnette) returns home from high school to discover a box of cassette tapes, recorded by Hannah Baker (Katherine Langford), his classmate and secret crush, who died by suicide only two weeks before. Hannah’s tapes reveal the 13 reasons that led to her untimely death, and the people she felt were responsible. This begins an emotional journey of suspense and heartbreak to uncover the mystery behind Hannah’s tragic end. Based on the best-selling mystery by author Jay Asher and executive produced by Oscar® winner Tom McCarthy (Best Original Screenplay, Spotlight, 2015), Pulitzer Prize® winner Brian Yorkey, Selena Gomez, Kristel Laiblin, Mandy Teefey, and Anonymous Content’s Steven Golin, Joy Gorman Wettels and Michael Sugar, this powerful drama also features Kate Walsh, Christian Navarro, Alisha Boe and Brandon Flynn.
Named one of the top 15 pop culture moments that defined 2017 by USA Today, “13 REASONS WHY” inspired more than 11 million tweets, becoming one of the top 10 most-tweeted about television shows and Google’s most-searched show of the year. Season Two will debut on Netflix in 2018.
The “13 REASONS WHY” Season One 4-DVD set includes all 13 episodes, plus the “Beyond the Reasons” special, and new-to-DVD character featurettes, actor interviews, and more.
“13 REASONS WHY” Season One DVD
The four-disc DVD set is presented in 16×9 widescreen with English 5.1 Dolby Digital and English Audio Description with English and English SDH subtitles. The set includes all 13 episodes, as well as the following:
- Hannah & Clay: An Unfinished Love Story
- Justin Foley: Not Your Typical Jock
- Discovering Jessica Davis
- Bringing the Book to Life
- 13 Things About Me: Dylan Minnette
- 13 Things About Me: Justin Prentice
- Beyond the Reasons
These episodes contain scenes that some viewers may find disturbing and/or may not be suitable for younger audiences, including graphic depictions of violence and suicide. Viewer discretion is advised. If you or anyone you know need help finding support and crisis resources, go to 13reasonswhy.info for more information.
“13 REASONS WHY” is a Paramount Television production.
About Paramount Home Media Distribution
Paramount Home Media Distribution (PHMD) is part of Paramount Pictures Corporation (PPC), a major global producer and distributor of filmed entertainment. PPC is a unit of Viacom (NASDAQ: VIAB, VIA), home to premier global media brands that create compelling television programs, motion pictures, short-form content, apps, games, consumer products, social media experiences and other entertainment content for audiences in more than 180 countries. The PHMD division oversees PPC’s home entertainment and transactional digital distribution activities worldwide. The division is responsible for the sales, marketing and distribution of home entertainment content on behalf of Paramount Pictures, Paramount Animation, Paramount Vantage, Paramount Classics, MTV, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central and CBS and applicable licensing and servicing of certain DreamWorks Animation titles. PHMD additionally manages global licensing of studio content and transactional distribution across worldwide digital distribution platforms including online, mobile and portable devices and emerging technologies.
About Paramount Television
Paramount Television is a leading studio, developing and financing a wide range of cutting-edge and entertaining television content across all media platforms for distribution worldwide. The studio’s robust slate includes Tom Clancy’s “Jack Ryan” (Amazon), “13 Reasons Why” (Netflix), “Maniac” (Netflix), “Shooter” (USA), “Berlin Station” (EPIX), “The Alienist” (TNT), “The Haunting of Hill House” (Netflix), “Catch-22’ (Hulu), “Galaxy Quest” (Amazon), “Girls Code” (Freeform) and “Snow Crash” (Amazon), among others. Additionally, Paramount Digital Entertainment (PDE) is behind hit digital series including “Bajillion Dollar Propertie$”; “The Hotwives of Orlando” and “The Hotwives of Las Vegas” (Hulu). Paramount Television and Paramount Digital Entertainment are part of Paramount Pictures Corporation (PPC), a global producer and distributor of filmed entertainment. PPC is a subsidiary of Viacom (NASDAQ: VIAB, VIA), a global content company with premier television, film and digital entertainment brands.
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“13 REASONS WHY” Season One
Street Date: April 3, 2018 (DVD)
U.S. Rating: Not rated
Canadian Rating: 14A, disturbing content, mature theme
