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New releases for April 28 include Disney\/Pixar\u2019s Hoppers<\/em> and Warner\u2019s They WIll Kill You<\/em>\u00a0digitally, and Lionsgate\u2019s The Dust Bunny<\/em> on disc.<\/p>\n

Walt Disney Home Entertainment will release Pixar\u2019s Hoppers<\/em> for premium digital sale and rental April 28. The animated adventure finds animal lover Mabel seizing an opportunity to use a new technology to \u2018hop\u2019 her consciousness into a lifelike robotic beaver and communicate directly with animals. As she makes amazing discoveries, Mabel befriends a charismatic beaver and must rally the entire animal kingdom to face a major, imminent human threat. The voice cast includes Piper Curda, Bobby Moynihan, Jon Hamm, Kathy Najimy, Dave Franco, Sam Richardson and Meryl Streep. The film earned $164.2 million at the domestic box office, $370.2 million worldwide. It arrives on DVD, Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD disc June 2.<\/p>\n

Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment will release the action comedy They Will Kill You <\/em>for digital sale and rental April 28. It stars Zazie Beetz as a woman fighting to survive the night at the Virgil, a demonic cult\u2019s mysterious and twisted death-trap of a lair. The cast also includes Myha\u2019la, Paterson Joseph, Tom Felton, Heather Graham and Patricia Arquette. Directed by Kirill Sokolov and written by Sokolov and Alex Litvak, the film is produced by Andy Muschietti, Barbara Muschietti and Dan Kagan, and executive produced by Russell Ackerman, John Schoenfelder, Carl Hampe, Litvak and Sokolov. The film earned $10.88 million at the domestic box office, $19 million globally. It arrives on DVD, Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD disc June 30.<\/p>\n

Lionsgate April 28 will release the horror thriller The Step Daddy<\/em> for digital sale and rental.\u00a0In the film, when a seemingly charming stepfather suddenly stabs his wife and stepson, it lights the fuse to a horrifying string of monstrous murders. On the surface, Tim is a thoughtful and mild-mannered family man, but deep within him lies an insatiable killer, forever on the hunt for his next victim. As his body count rises and his new family begins to suspect the evil he possesses, the race is on to stop this brutal sociopath before he takes another victim. The Step Daddy<\/em> stars Vincent M. Ward (\u201cThe Walking Dead\u201d) as Tim, Lew Temple (Lawless, Unstoppable<\/em>) as Sgt. Gregory Phillips, Ptosha Storey (\u201cThe Oval,\u201d \u201cEmpire\u201d) as Rochelle, and \u00a0Nick Gomez (\u201cFargo,\u201d \u201cHightown\u201d) as Detective Robert Bridges. The Step Daddy<\/em> is directed by Thomas J. Churchill (\u201cThe Salem Chronicles\u201d).<\/p>\n

Level 33 on April 28 will release, for digital rental or purchase, the zombie film Didn\u2019t Die<\/em>. The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival and was nominated in the American Independents Competition at the Cleveland International Film Festival. Directed by ReFrame Rise 2019 alumna Meera Menon, the film received the prestigious #ReFrameStamped mark for gender-balanced hiring. Written by Menon and Paul Gleason (Farah Goes Bang<\/em>, September Morning<\/em>), Didn\u2019t Die<\/em> stars Kiran Deol as Vinita, a young podcaster who struggles to maintain her dwindling audience during a zombie apocalypse. To make matters worse, the zombies are beginning to mutate and become more powerful. So, when her ex-boyfriend shows up with an orphaned baby, it becomes all that much more important that Vinita and her family do what it takes to survive. The cast also includes George Basil (\u201cCrashing,\u201d \u201cFlaked\u201d), Samrat Chakrabarti (\u201cThe Sinner\u201d), Kandis Fay (After the Wedding<\/em>), Ali Lopez-Sohaili (\u201cManifest\u201d), Rachna Khatau (Baby Daddy<\/em>), Rapak Ginn (\u201cRoyal Pains\u201d), and, in their feature film debuts, Katie McCuen and Vishal Vijayakumar.<\/p>\n

\"\"The fantasy thriller\u00a0Dust Bunny<\/em> will be released on 4K Ultra HD disc April 28 from Lionsgate. From writer-director Bryan Fuller (\u201cHannibal\u201d), the film stars Mads Mikkelsen as a hit man for hire who takes on the job of protecting his 10-year-old neighbor (Sophie Sloan) when she asks him to kill the monster she believes ate her family. However, he suspects her parents may have fallen victim to hit men gunning for him, as he contends with an onslaught of assassins and a mysterious associate with killer heels (Sigourney Weaver). The cast also includes David Dastmalchian, Rebecca Henderson and Sheila Atim.\u00a0The 4K disc presents the film with Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos, and also includes a redeemable digital copy code. Bonus materials include the theatrical trailer, a Q&A sizzle reel, a Mads choreography video, and the featurettes \u201cMaking Dust Bunny,<\/em>\u201d \u201cMonster Craft,\u201d \u201cCute to Cutthroat\u201d and \u201cCast Explainers.\u201d The film earned just under $1 million at the global box office during a limited theatrical run.<\/p>\n

\"\"The Hong Kong crime thriller Under Current<\/em> will be released on Blu-ray Disc April 28 by BayView Entertainment. In the film, when the director of a charity organization (Simon Yam) dies mysteriously, a lawyer (Aaron Kwok), who was close to him, teams up with a police officer (Francis Ng) to investigate. Uncovering layers of deceit, the lawyer must decide who he can trust while he tries to protect himself from being engulfed in the same secrets and lies that brought down his friend. The film is being released in Cantonese with English and traditional Chinese subtitles.<\/p>\n

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\"\"Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will release 2011\u2019s Moneyball<\/em> on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Disc for the first time April 28 to mark the sports drama\u2019s 15th anniversary. Based on a true story, the film stars Brad Pitt as Billy Beane, the general manager of Major League Baseball\u2019s Oakland A\u2019s, who in 2002 resorts to unconventional strategies to assemble a winning team despite lacking the budget of other notable franchises. With the help of a Yale-trained economist (Jonah Hill), Beane sets out to defy the conventional wisdom employed by his team\u2019s scouts and field manager (Philip Seymour Hoffman), who are set in the traditional way of building a ballclub. Directed by Bennett Miller, the film was written by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin, based on the nonfiction book of the same name by Michael Lewis.\u00a0 The single-disc 4K edition includes an ultra-high-definition transfer of the film approved by Miller with standard dynamic range only and English 5.1 audio. Read a review here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"\"Arriving April 28 on Blu-ray Disc through Eclipse From Criterion is Eclipse Series 48: Kinuyo Tanaka Directs. <\/em>The collection includes six films from Japanese director Kinuyo Tanaka that center on women characters who refuse to conform to restrictive roles as they seek independence: 1953\u2019s Love Letter<\/em>, 1955\u2019s The Moon Has Risen<\/em>, 1955\u2019s Forever a Woman<\/em>, 1960\u2019s The Wandering Princess<\/em>, 1961\u2019s Girls of the Night<\/em> and 1962\u2019s Love Under the Crucifix.<\/em> The set includes an essay by critic Imogen Sara Smith.<\/p>\n

\"\"Due April 28 on 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray Disc from the Criterion Collection is John Singleton\u2019s Hood Trilogy, <\/em>a collection containing 1991\u2019s Boyz in the Hood<\/em>, 1993\u2019s Poetic Justice<\/em> and 2001\u2019s Baby Boy<\/em> from director John Singleton. The set includes a 4K digital restoration of Boyz n the Hood<\/em> supervised and approved by Singleton, with a 2.0 surround DTS-HD master audio soundtrack and alternate Dolby Atmos soundtrack, and new 4K digital restorations of Poetic Justice <\/em>with a 2.0 surround DTS-HD master audio soundtrack, and Baby Boy<\/em> with a 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack. The 4K edition includes three 4K discs with the films presented in Dolby Vision HDR, and one regular Blu-ray with the bonus materials.<\/p>\n

The three films in Italian director Antonio Margheriti\u2019s \u201cIndiana Jonesploitation\u201d trilogy as well as a collection from exploitation director Andy Milligan are among the titles due April 28 on Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD disc from Severin Films and MVD Entertainment Group.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/em>Gutter Auteur: The Lost Legacy of Andy Milligan<\/em> is a three-disc tribute to the filmmaker available on Blu-ray Disc. A pioneering outsider who clawed his way from the depths of 1960s underground filmmaking to the grindhouse gutters of 42nd Street, Andy Milligan remains, as Artforum called him, \u201cThe Fassbinder of 42nd Street\u201d \u2014 a volatile, visionary auteur whose work defied convention and decency alike. This Severin Films collection assembles an array of newly unearthed and restored material, including two features long thought lost: The Degenerates<\/em> (1967), a post-nuclear nightmare rediscovered in a Brussels vault, and Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me!<\/em> (1968), a searing psychodrama recovered from an Amsterdam archive. Both have been restored from their only surviving film elements. Also included is the acclaimed 2025 documentary\u00a0The Degenerate: The Life and Films of Andy Milligan<\/em>. Directed by Josh Johnson and Grayson Tyler Johnson, it captures the chaos, creativity, and pain of a filmmaker whose work was as personal as it was perverse. The set goes even deeper with two rarely seen projects \u2014 the early short Compass Rose<\/em> and 1979\u2019s gothic curio House of Seven Belles<\/em> \u2014 alongside more than five hours of special features. Among the extensive extras are \u201cTeam Degenerate,\u201d a Tribeca Film Festival Q&A with directors Johnson and Johnson, author Jimmy McDonough (The Ghastly One<\/em>), and Milligan collaborators Hope Stansbury, Natalie Rogers, Ken Lane, and John Borske; deleted scenes and trailers from The Degenerate<\/em>; a feature-length audio commentary on The Degenerates<\/em> with Milligan expert Alex DiSanto; the archival 1975 audio interview between Milligan and author St\u00e9phane Bourgoin; and multiple new interviews with actors, scholars, and historians including Stephen Thrower (Nightmare USA<\/em>). Other highlights include Two Weeks in Woodstock<\/em> with actress Laura Cunningham; Magic Time!<\/em> with Peter Ratray; Dove and Divine<\/em> with Natalie Rogers; Licentious Lunacy<\/em> with Alex DiSanto; and Thrower\u2019s multi-part analyses of Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me!<\/em>, House of Seven Belles<\/em>, and Compass Rose<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\"\"The first film in Italian maestro Antonio Margheriti\u2019s (Castle of Blood, The Virgin of Nuremberg<\/em>) \u201cIndiana Jonesploitation Trilogy,\u201d The Hunters of the Golden Cobra <\/em>(1982), is available on Blu-ray Disc for the first time in North America and on 4K UHD Blu-ray for the first time worldwide. The film stars David Warbeck (The Beyond<\/em>) and John Steiner (Night of the Sharks<\/em>) as a cocky pair of WWII adventurers blasting their way through deadly traps, double-crosses and daring escapes in search of a supernatural relic known as the Golden Cobra. Almanta Suska (The New York Ripper<\/em>) and Luciano Pigozzi (Strike Commando<\/em>) co-star in the film, now scanned in 4K from the original camera negative with more than an hour of new and archival special features, including \u201cThe Path of the Cobra,\u201d an interview with assistant director Edoardo Margheriti; \u201cBloodline of the Cobra,\u201d an interview with second camera assistant Davide Mancori; the 1996 Festival of Fantastic Films Award presentation and Q&A with David Warbeck; a video essay by Rob Hill, author of The Bad Movie Bible<\/em>; and the trailer.<\/p>\n

\"\"For his follow-up to The Hunters of the Golden Cobra<\/em>, director Antonio Margheriti puts a Bondian spin on \u201cIndiana Jonesploitation\u201d for an Italian\/Turkish co-production, The Ark of the Sun God<\/em> (1984), available on Blu-ray Disc and on 4K UHD Blu-ray for the first time ever in North America. David Warbeck (The Beyond<\/em>) stars as a master burglar recruited by a wealthy collector (John Steiner of Tenebre<\/em>) to raid a mountaintop temple and steal the mythical Scepter of Gilgamesh. But first, this suave safecracker will have to survive car chases, kidnappings, elaborate traps and an ancient curse that promises to destroy anyone who dares to breach the golden tomb. Luciano Pigozzi (Alien From the Deep<\/em>) co-stars in the film, newly scanned in 4K from the original camera negative with an hour of new and archival special features plus a bonus soundtrack CD. Special features include \u201cSecond Unit Chronicles,\u201d an interview with assistant director Edoardo Margheriti; \u201cRaiders of the Sun God,\u201d an interview with writer Giovanni Paolucci; \u201cAntonio Margheriti Recalls David Warbeck\u201d; and the trailer.<\/p>\n

\"\"For the final film in his \u201cIndiana Jonesploitation Trilogy,\u201d director Antonio Margheriti unleashed Jungle Raiders <\/em>(1985), a jungle adventure that became a VHS-era favorite, available on Blu-ray and 4K UHD Blu-ray for the first time ever. Christopher Connelly (Raiders of Atlantis<\/em>) stars as a cynical safari guide who leads gullible millionaires on bogus treasure hunts in Malaysia. But when a crafty U.S. government operative (Lee Van Cleef) blackmails him into finding the mythic Ruby of Gloom, they battle death cults, double-crosses, unstable volcanoes and exploding refineries to snatch the jewel from maniacal pirates. Marina Costa (The Final Executioner<\/em>) and Luciano Pigozzi (Double Target) co-star this action hit originally released in America by Cannon Films, newly scanned in 4K from the original camera negative. Special features include \u201cThe Ruby Trail,\u201d an interview with assistant director Edoardo Margheriti and the trailer.<\/p>\n

\"\"From writer\/director Hark Bohm, co-founder of the 1970s German New Wave collective Filmverlag der Autoren with Wim Wenders and Rainer Werner Fassbinder, comes North Sea Is Death Sea <\/em>(1976), available on Blu-ray Disc. It\u2019s about juvenile delinquency and outsider friendship. The 13-year-old Uwe is played by Bohm\u2019s adopted son Uwe Bohm. He lives with his mother and abusive alcoholic father in a Hamburg housing project. But when he discovers that the Asian classmate he\u2019s been bullying \u2014 played by the director\u2019s other adopted son Dschingis Bowakow \u2014 has built a raft from scrap wood, they devise a plan to run away together and sail to the North Sea. Marquard Bohm (Beware of a Holy Whore<\/em>) co-stars in this \u201cmodern day Huckleberry Finn\u201d (Prisma<\/em>) that Germany\u2019s ratings board tried to prevent young people from seeing, now scanned in 4K from the original camera negative with more than an hour of special features and a 40-page booklet featuring stills, news clippings and an essay by Der Samurai<\/em> writer\/director Till Kleinert. Special features include an introduction by The Golden Glove<\/em> director Fatih Akin; \u201cWorking Class in Wilhelmsburg \u2014 Writer\/Director Hark Bohm Remembers North Sea Is Death Dea<\/em>\u201c; \u201cGrowing Up on Film,\u201d an interview with actor Dschingis Bowakow; \u201cThat\u2019s Why I\u2019m Here,\u201d an interview with actress Herma Koehn; \u201cThe Death King Sails the Death Sea,\u201d an appreciation by Nekromantik<\/em> director J\u00f6rg Buttgereit; a booklet designed by HauntLove Featuring an essay By Till Kleinert, director of Der Samurai<\/em>; stills and promotional items; and the trailer.<\/p>\n

\"\"In 1985, movie-obsessed entrepreneur Richard Horian \u2014 who\u2019d made his fortune inventing a vinyl record cleaner sold at K-Mart \u2014 wrote, produced, directed, edited, scored and starred in the film that redefines vanity projects forever, eventually titled Student Confidential<\/em> (1986), available on Blu-ray Disc. With a cast that includes Eric Douglas (son of Kirk\/brother of Michael), Marlon Jackson (of The Jacksons) and Susan Scott (Playboy Playmate of the Month, May 1983) as troubled high school students, along with Oscar nominee Ronee Blakley (Nashville<\/em>) and a lead performance by Horian himself, The Counselor<\/em> was retitled and released in 1987 by Troma Entertainment to scathing reviews and savage dismissal. Nearly four decades later, this misunderstood masterpiece of auteurism can now be experienced on two discs with the theatrical and director\u2019s cuts scanned in 4K from their original camera negatives \u2014 which Troma had been instructed to destroy by the director \u2014 plus more than five hours of special features that include the first-ever on-camera interview with Horian, the complete podcast \u201cThe Vanity Project\u201d and more. Special features include audio commentary with director Richard Horian moderated by filmmaker Nicholas McCarthy; \u201cRichard Horian Revealed,\u201d an interview with Horian; \u201cAcquired Tastes,\u201d Lloyd Kaufman on Troma\u2019s theatrical pick-ups of the \u201980s And \u201990s; \u201cThe Making of Student Confidential<\/em>\u201c; the theatrical trailer; the TV spot; the Troma trailer; and \u201cThe Vanity Project,\u201d a six episode podcast about Richard Horian and the making of Student Confidential<\/em>, featuring ambient video created by filmmakers Nicholas McCarthy, Graham Reznick and Zena Grey.<\/p>\n

A comprehensive list of new disc and digital releases, compiled each week by the Media Play News<\/em>\u00a0market research team, can be found here.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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