One of the most talked about films of 2009, The Twi light Saga: New Moon, will be released on a Two-Disc Spe cial Edi tion DVD and Spe cial Edi tion Blu-ray on March 20, 2010 – a Sat ur day street date that will allow for fans across the nation to cel e brate at retailer’s mid night release par ties before tak ing home the film at 12:01 a.m.
Already a world wide lit er ary phe nom e non, The Twi light Saga: New Moon, a post mod ern Romeo and Juliet story filled with action, sus pense and the super nat ural, took in an esti mated $300 mil lion domes tic at the the atri cal box office and had the third largest open ing week end box office in movie his tory at $142 million.
The Twi light Saga: New Moon Two-Disc Spe cial Edi tion DVD has a sug gested retail price of $32.99, while the Spe cial Edi tion Blu-ray is set at $34.99. Both are packed with bonus fea tures that are sure to please even the most-hard core fans, includ ing a reveal ing Audio Com men tary with Direc tor Chris Weitz and edi tor Peter Lam bert; a riv et ing 6-part doc u men tary that takes you behind the scenes; exclu sive band rehearsal footage with Muse; and music videos from Death Cab for Cutie, Anya Marina and Mute Math.
The Twi light Saga: New Moon stars Robert Pat tin son, Kris ten Stew art, Tay lor Laut ner, Dakota Fan ning, Michael Sheen and Anna Kendrick. Peter Facinelli, Eliz a beth Reaser, Nikki Reed, Ash ley Greene, Jack son Rath bone and Kel lan Lutz return to their roles in the Cullen family.