EARLY PAROLE GRANTED FOR WENTWORTH HOME ENTERTAINMENT RELEASE
Announcement posted by Shock Entertainment 26 Jul 2013
Shock Entertainment and FremantleMedia Australia announced today that they will be releasing the hit Foxtel series Wentworth on DVD and Blu ray on Monday, 18th November 2013.
The contemporary re-imagining of the iconic Prisoner series has been a breakout hit for Foxtel’s SoHo channel as Wentworth captivated critics and TV audiences to become the most watched scripted series in Australian Subscription TV history. A second series has been commissioned and will commence filming later this year.
“It has been fantastic to see the legacy of Prisoner live on with a whole new generation of fans embracing the women and men of Wentworth” – Jo Porter, Director of Drama FremantleMedia Australia & Executive Producer, Wentworth
Wentworth will be available as a 5-disc DVD set and also 3-disc Blu-ray set across Australia and New Zealand from November 18.
“We are delighted that we will be first to the Home Entertainment market, alongside the UK release, with the most anticipated Australian TV series this year,” states Darrien Puddy, Executive General Manager of Shock Entertainment. “We wanted to give Australian and New Zealand fans the earliest possible opportunity to get their hands on this incredible show. The 5-disc DVD and 3-disc Blu-ray sets will hit the market in the most buoyant trading period of the year. The Home Entertainment release will contain over 2 hours of extras, which provides fantastic added value for Wentworth’s legion of existing fans, and the many new consumers that discover this brilliant series for the 1st time on DVD or Blu-ray”.
Wentworth is a FremantleMedia Australia production for SoHo, Foxtel.
“... wonderfully moody and menacing...” – Melinda Houston, Sunday Age ****
“Wentworth has upped the ante because it can and because it must” – Ben Pobjie, Saturday Age
“stylised and glossy, violent and intelligent” – Graeme Blundell, The Australian
“Full of drugs, violence and betrayal, Wentworth is the Prisoner reboot that Australia has been waiting for – and it’s darker and sexier than ever before” – Foxtel Magazine
About Shock Entertainment
Shock Entertainment is the Home Entertainment arm of the Regency Media Group and one of the major independent licensors and distributors of visual content in Australia and New Zealand.
Additional information on Shock Entertainment can be found at http://www.shock.com.au/
About Fremantle Media
FremantleMedia Australia (FMA) is the market leader in the creation and production of entertainment brands. FMA productions include the hugely successful The X Factor, Australia’s Got Talent, Neighbours, Celebrity Apprentice, Project Runway, Grand Designs Australia and The Farmer Wants a Wife; and original drama such as Wentworth, Mr & Mrs Murder, Wonderland, Better Man, Killing Time and Devils Dust. FremantleMedia Australia is also the market leaders in the creation and production of digital media content. FremantleMedia is one of the largest international production companies in the world with leading prime time drama, serial drama, entertainment and factual entertainment programming in over 40 countries worldwide.