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Reliance BIG Home Video Releases ‘Shrek Forever After‘ on Bluray & DVD

by on Dec.13, 2010, under Animation

DreamWorks Animation’s epic SHREK franchise makes an ogre-sized grand finale on DVD and Blu-ray on Thursday, December 9, 2010. The most successful animated franchise of all time,the Shrek quadrilogy has grossed nearly $3 billion at the worldwide box office and Shrek Forever after – the Final Chapter has grossed $731M worldwide. Millions of fans the world over have been waiting for the hilarious and heartfelt conclusion of the beloved SHREK saga and for the release of Shrek Forever After – The Final Chapter. This holiday season audiences will celebrate the arrival of the ultimate gift as the complete collection of all four films along with the Final Chapter debuts together for the first time ever.

One of the top 10 films of this year, Shrek Forever After was heralded by audiences and critics around the world as the fitting finale to one of the most entertaining sagas in film history. The franchise’s final chapter will debut in DreamWorks Animation’s signature Double DVD Pack and in Blu-ray, where-in the DVD Pack includes the all-new Donkey’s Chrisas Shrektacular. Plus, the Double DVD pack includes hours of bonus features such as deleted scenes, secrets of Shrek Forever After, a look at “Shrek The Musical,” more holiday music, a 12 Days of Chrisas pop-up book, interactive games and so much more. The Shrek Forever After Double DVD Pack and Blu-ray will be available at Rs. 599/- and Rs. 1299/- respectively.

Re-graded for the most brilliant viewing experience on DVD and Blu-ray, Shrek The Whole Story is a must-own collection encompassing the entire laugh-filled saga from the hilarious beginning to the magical and heartwarming end. This complete series releases with Shrek Forever After. Shrek 1 & 2 BD feature hours of all-new extras. With special limited-time holiday pricing as attractive as Rs. 1299 and Rs. 3999 respectively, the DVD and Blu-raybox sets make an ideal—and affordable—gift for everyone on your list.

To create initial hype and excitement for Shrek Forever After, a pre-booking offer was run at select retail stores across India as well as on Flipkart.com. People who pre-booked the DVD and Blu-ray received a free DVD of Shrek the Halls.

Special tie-ups have been done to create awareness about the release of the title. Shrek titles will be available through Hobby Ideas, a Pidilite owned company in all their outlets across India. An emailer will be sent to all the Pidilite employees communicating the release. Colour Crew from Classmate will carry the branding of Shrek across 1 Lakh of their large notebooks.Shrek branding Standees will also be placed at 3 Aditya Birla Stores to promote the title.

The Ogre will visit malls in person!. The visit has been planned across four cities in India. In this visit, the Ogre will meet and greet people in select retail outlets and malls.

To create excitement at the retail level, a Chrisas tree is being put up at select retail stores pan-India. This tree will be decorated with Shrek characters and will convey the message “Have a Shrektacular Chrisas”. This tree will be on display during Chrisas and New Year to add to the holiday feeling.

Sweta Agnihotri, COO, Reliance BIG Home Video has to say, “We hope all our customers have a Shrektacular experience with this grand finale to an incredible journey with Shrek!”

Shrek Forever After will also be promoted online on Facebook, Twitter, Orkut and Flickr with contests. The social networks will also create discussions on blogs post release of the DVD. Retail branding at prominent locations in outlets all across will create buzz about the release. The release of this movie on BIG Home Video will also be promoted through radio partners via RJ mentions and contests. The DVD & Blu ray will also be covered in leading magazines.


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