Studio Canal has announced a Blu-ray and UHD release of the director’s cut of Brotherhood of the Wolf, the cult 2001 release from director Christophe Gans and starring Marc Dacascos.
The film is a fascinating mix of period drama, action and horror with excellent costume design by Domonic Borg and gorgeous cinematography from Dan Lausten (Oscar-nominated for The Shape of Water).
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, primarily 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…
The director went on to make a video game adaptation movie of Silent Hill (he is currently working on a sequel) and the live-action version of Beauty and the Beast.
Co-star Vincent Cassel is one of France’s biggest movie stars and has appeared in over 100 films, including Irreversible, Black Swan and Eastern Promises.
The 2-disc Blu-ray includes deleted scenes and many extras, while the 4-disc 4K UHD release also includes the theatrical cut and eight featurettes – while all formats include the English audio and the French audio in Dolby Atmos.
FULL SPECIFICATIONS –
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:
o The Fight
o The Crow
o Fronsac and Sardis
o The Frozen Lake
o The House Tessier
o Montage
- La Legend: a programme on the origins of The Beast
- Theatrical Trailer
- Restored Original trailer
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:
o The Fight
o The Crow
o Fronsac and Sardis
o The Frozen Lake
o The House Tessier
o 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:
o The Extras
o The Studies of Fronsac
o Mise-en-scène
o Emilie and the music
o Thomas & Apcher
o Jérémie Rénier and the horses
o Special effects
o Make-up
