{"id":53352,"date":"2016-10-21T18:26:33","date_gmt":"2016-10-22T01:26:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/?p=53352"},"modified":"2016-10-25T15:58:22","modified_gmt":"2016-10-25T22:58:22","slug":"ben-hur-coming-to-blu-ray-and-digital-hd-for-the-holidays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2016\/10\/ben-hur-coming-to-blu-ray-and-digital-hd-for-the-holidays.html","title":{"rendered":"<i>Ben-Hur<\/i> coming to Blu-Ray and Digital HD for the holidays"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/227\/2016\/10\/benhur-uk-b.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-53358\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/227\/2016\/10\/benhur-uk-b.jpg\" alt=\"benhur-uk-b\" width=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-53358\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now that Timur Bekmambetov\u2019s <i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/tag\/ben-hur-2016\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Ben-Hur<\/a><\/i> has come and gone from theatres, it\u2019s time for the film to come out on home video. And so, today, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BenHurMovie\/status\/789538338441093120\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">it was announced<\/a> that <i>Ben-Hur<\/i> will come to iTunes and other digital streaming services on November 29, while the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B01KN66IME\/film013c-20\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">DVD and Blu-Ray release<\/a> will follow two weeks later on December 13.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Neither Amazon nor iTunes have listed any bonus features yet, but the online retailer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.christiancinema.com\/catalog\/product_info.php?products_id=7586\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Christian Cinema<\/a> has a list \u2014 and it indicates that the discs sold through Christian stores will have bonus features that the regular DVDs and Blu-Rays won\u2019t have.<\/p>\n<p>Here, according to Christian Cinema, are the regular bonus features:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><i>Ben Hur: The Legacy<\/i>\n<\/li><li>The Epic Cast\n<\/li><li>A Tale For Our Times\n<\/li><li>The Chariot Race\n<\/li><li>Deleted and Extended Scenes\n<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2016\/08\/watch-andra-days-spoiler-ish-music-video-for-ben-hur.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Music Videos<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n<p>And here are the \u201cCBA Exclusives\u201d (CBA = Christian Booksellers Association):<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>A Story of Christ\n<\/li><li>Executive Producers Mark Burnett and Roma Downey Discuss <i>Ben-Hur<\/i> with Pastor Rick Warren\n<\/li><li><i>Ben-Hur<\/i> Conversation with Bishop Kenneth C. Ulmer<\/li><\/ul>\n<p>I will update this post if I find any more information about the Blu-Ray release.<\/p>\n<p><b>October 25 update:<\/b> Paramount has released the <a href=\"http:\/\/webmaster.paramountpictures.com\/us\/m\/g18hkcxbf\/ben-hur#images\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">cover art<\/a> for the upcoming discs.<\/p>\n<p>The DVD will have the feature film:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/227\/2016\/10\/benhur-cover-dvd.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-53485\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/227\/2016\/10\/benhur-cover-dvd-632x1024.png\" alt=\"benhur-cover-dvd\" width=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-53485\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Blu-Ray combo pack will have the feature film and over an hour of bonus content on the Blu-Ray disc, plus the feature film on the DVD:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/227\/2016\/10\/benhur-cover-bluray.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-53483\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/227\/2016\/10\/benhur-cover-bluray-793x1024.jpg\" alt=\"benhur-cover-bluray\" width=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-53483\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And the \u201cExclusive\u201d Blu-Ray combo pack will have the same two discs as the regular Blu-Ray combo pack, plus a second DVD with extra bonus content:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/227\/2016\/10\/benhur-cover-bluray-exclusive.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-53484\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/227\/2016\/10\/benhur-cover-bluray-exclusive-791x1024.jpg\" alt=\"benhur-cover-bluray-exclusive\" width=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-53484\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Christian-bookstore edition of the film will have bonus features that the regular Blu-Ray won&#8217;t have.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1116,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[411,2202],"class_list":["post-53352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-ben-hur","tag-ben-hur-2016"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ben-Hur coming to Blu-Ray and Digital HD for the holidays<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Christian-bookstore edition of the film will have bonus features that the regular Blu-Ray won&#039;t have.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2016\/10\/ben-hur-coming-to-blu-ray-and-digital-hd-for-the-holidays.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ben-Hur coming to Blu-Ray and Digital HD for the holidays\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Christian-bookstore edition of the film will have bonus features that the regular Blu-Ray won&#039;t have.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2016\/10\/ben-hur-coming-to-blu-ray-and-digital-hd-for-the-holidays.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"FilmChat\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-10-22T01:26:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-10-25T22:58:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/wp.production.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/files\/2016\/10\/benhur-uk-b.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Peter T. 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