Universal Pictures' 'The Kingdom' On HD DVD, December 23

Universal Studios Home Entertainment has finally announced that The Kingdom will be available to own in high-definition exclusively on the HD DVD/DVD Combo disc, from December 23, for $39.98 SRP each. Specific details follow...

Main feature on the HD DVD side will be presented in

• 1080p High Definition Widescreen 2.35:1
• Dolby Digital-Plus 5.1 (English & Canadian French)
• English [SDH] & French subtitle options

Similar to the early information we've posted weeks ago, bonus material present on both HD DVD & DVD sides include:

• Feature Commentary with Director Peter Berg
• Deleted Scenes
• Character by Character: The Apartment Shootout
• Constructing the Freeway Sequence
• Creating The Kingdom
• History of The Kingdom: An Interactive Timeline

HD DVD-exclusive bonus material include:

• U-Control
  - The Mission Dossier: Surveillance
  - Picture-in-Picture Commentary
  - Character by Character: The Apartment Shootout
• Web-enabled Features (My Scenes Sharing, etc.)