StudioCanal has announced that the director’s cut of Christophe Gans’ cult classic action horror Brotherhood of the Wolf is set to arrive on digital, DVD, Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD this May; check out the cover artwork and details below…
STUDIOCANAL announce a stunning brand-new restoration of the thrilling 2001 cult classic BROTHERHOOD OF THE WOLF Director’s Cut by Christophe Gans, starring Samuel Le Bihan, Mark Dacascos, Jérémie Renier, Vincent Cassel and Monica Bellucci. The 2-disc Blu-ray includes deleted scenes and a host of extras, while the 4-disc 4K UHD release also includes the theatrical cut and eight featurettes – while all formats include the English audio as well as the French audio in Dolby Atmos.
Lavishly filmed and thrillingly gripping, Christophe Gans’ film is an irresistible mix of period drama, blood-pumping action and chilling horror. With a fantastic cast including Samuel Le Bihan (Braquo), Jérémie Renier (In Bruges), Vincent Cassel (La Haine), Monica Bellucci (Irreversible), it also features a breakout performance from John Wick 3 martial arts star Mark Dacascos. The film has costume design by Dominic Borg (which won him the 2002 César), a sumptuous score by Joseph LoDuca (Emmy winner for Xena: Warrior Princess), and gorgeous cinematography by Dan Lausten (Oscar-nominated for The Shape of Water).
Director Gans went on to make the 2006 video game adaptation Silent Hill (which he is currently working on a sequel to), and a live action version of Beauty and the Beast in 2014 (starring Vincent Cassel). Cassel is one of France’s biggest movie stars and has appeared in over 100 films, including Irreversible, Black Swan and Eastern Promises.
SYNOPSIS: During the reign of Louis XV an isolated district of south-central France is haunted by the “Beast of Gévaudan” which has savagely killed over 100 people, mostly women and children. As panic sweeps across the region, the King sends his finest military minds, the scientist and adventurer Grégoire de Fronsac and his martial-arts-trained Iroquois blood brother Mani to flush out the Beast and kill it…
INCLUDED WITH THE DVD (1 Disc):
- BROTHERHOOD OF THE WOLF Director’s Cut (2022 restoration)
- Audio Commentary with Christophe Gans
- Audio Commentary with Vincent Cassel & Samuel Le Bihan
- New Trailer
INCLUDED WITH THE BLU-RAY (2 Discs):
- BROTHERHOOD OF THE WOLF Director’s Cut (2022 restoration)
- Audio Commentary with Christophe Gans
- Audio Commentary with Vincent Cassel & Samuel Le Bihan
- New Trailer
- NEW Interview with Christophe Gans & Jean-Baptiste Thoret
- The Guts of the Beast
- Behind the scenes
- Deleted Scenes:
- The Fight
- The Crow
- Fronsac and Sardis
- The Frozen Lake
- The House Tessier
- Montage
- La Legend: a programme on the origins of The Beast
- Theatrical Trailer
- Restored Original trailer
INCLUDED WITH THE 4K UHD (4 Discs):
- BROTHERHOOD OF THE WOLF Director’s Cut (2022 restoration)
- Audio Commentary with Christophe Gans
- Audio Commentary with Vincent Cassel & Samuel Le Bihan
- New Trailer
- NEW Interview with Christophe Gans & Jean-Baptiste Thoret
- The Guts of the Beast
- Behind the scenes
- Deleted Scenes:
- The Fight
- The Crow
- Fronsac and Sardis
- The Frozen Lake
- The House Tessier
- Montage
- La Legend: a programme on the origins of The Beast
- Theatrical Trailer
- Restored Original trailer
- BROTHERHOOD OF THE WOLF (Theatrical Cut) unrestored
- Interview with Christophe Gans by Jean-Pierre Jackson
- Featurettes:
- The Extras
- The Studies of Fronsac
- Mise-en-scène
- Emilie and the music
- Thomas & Apcher
- Jérémie Rénier and the horses
- Special effects
- Make-up
Originally published April 11, 2023. Updated May 12, 2023.
