Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has officially announced and detailed their home entertainment releases for the reimagining of the cult classic film ‘Superfly.’ The new movie will arrive home early on Digital August 28, followed by the Blu-ray and DVD releases on September 11, 2018. Hit the jump to read the full announcement for the release including bonus content listings, disc specs and more, plus artwork for both physical releases.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
“Instant Hip-Hop Classic” ~ Xilla Valentine, GLOBALGRIND.COM
Directed by Director X and Starring Trevor Jackson, Jason Mitchell,
Michael Kenneth Williams, Lex Scott Davis and Jennifer Morrison
Original Soundtrack Produced by Future
SUPERFLY
Debuting on Digital August 28 and Blu-ray™ & DVD September 11
Includes Three All-New Behind-the-Scenes Featurettes
and Future’s “No Shame” Music Video
CULVER CITY, Calif. (July 30, 2018) – SUPERFLY – the film that helped define a genre with its characters, look, sound and feel – is introduced to a new generation through this reimagining by music video creator Director X (Drake, Rihanna). Trevor Jackson (“Grown-ish”), Jason Mitchell (Straight Outta Compton), Michael Kenneth Williams (“Boardwalk Empire”), Lex Scott Davis (“Training Day”) and Jennifer Morrison (“Once Upon a Time”) star in the story of a successful young drug dealer (Jackson) who sets up one last big job in order to retire, while dealing with trigger-happy colleagues and corrupt police officers. SUPERFLY explodes onto digital August 28, and Blu-ray™ and DVD September 11 from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.
The digital, Blu-ray and DVD releases of SUPERFLY include three all-new behind-the-scenes featurettes. In “Trap Talk: The Music,” musicians Future and Zaytoven lead a conversation about the original film’s influence on their new music created for this remake. “Director X Scene Breakdown” follows Director X as he stops, starts and rewinds us through his favorite scenes from the film. In “Superfly: The Remix,” Director X, Trevor Jackson and the rest of the cast and crew take us through what it was like filming in Atlanta, the action in this film, the super-fly costumes and more! Also included is Future’s “No Shame” music video featuring PARTYNEXTDOOR and a making of the music video featurette.
Synopsis:
Cocaine kingpin Youngblood Priest realizes that it’s time to get out of the game after surviving a violent attack from a crazed rival. Hoping for one last score, Priest and his partner travel to Mexico to arrange a deal. The career criminal now finds himself trying to outmaneuver the cartel, two corrupt police officers and all the double-crossers that threaten his path to freedom.
Directed by Director X with a screenplay by Alex Tse, SUPERFLY was produced by Joel Silver and Future, with Hal Sadoff, Aaron Auch, Ethan Erwin, Matthew Hirsch and Steven R. Shore as executive producers.
Digital, Blu-ray & DVD Bonus Materials Include:
- Three Exclusive Featurettes:
- Trap Talk: The Music
- Director X Scene Breakdown
- Superfly: The Remix
- Future’s “No Shame” Music Video featuring PARTYNEXTDOOR
- Making of “No Shame” Music Video
SUPERFLY has a run time of approximately 116 minutes and is rated R for violence and language throughout, strong sexuality, nudity, and drug content.
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