Los Angeles –
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
officially
announced Tuesday that it will launch director James Cameron’s box office
record-setting sci-fi feature “Avatar” in a Blu-ray Disc plus DVD combo pack on
April 22.
The Earth Day
release will include only the 2D versions of the film. The studio still has not
announced a formal release plan for the 3D Blu-ray Disc version, as it awaits
more 3D equipment to reach market.
Written by James
Cameron and produced with his long-time collaborator Jon Landau, “Avatar” stars
Sam Worthington, Zoë Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Michelle
Rodriguez, Giovanni Ribisi, Joel David Moore, CCH Pounder, Wes Studi and Laz
Alonso.
The Oscar- and
Golden Globe-winning epic is the highest-grossing film of all time, taking in more
than $2.6 billion in worldwide box office sales.
