Disc News: Best Buy Gets Exclusive Anchorman Blu-ray

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Blu-ray.com is reporting that Paramount Home Entertainment will release Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy on Blu-ray exclusively at Best Buy starting August 31. The Will Ferrell starring comedy will be a two-disc “Rich Mahogany Edition” and will include the theatrical version, the unrated cut of the film and a bonus full-length feature film titled Wake Up, Ron Burgundy.

Created from deleted scenes mostly centered around an exorcised sub-plot involving an extremist organization on a bank robbing spree, Wake Up Ron Burgundy was first available as a bonus disc attached to copies of the DVD when it was first released in 2004. Maya Rudolph, Kevin Corrigan, Chuck D, Tara Subkoff and Chad Everett all appear in the bonus film.

Additional goodies include a “The Many Months of Burgundy” journal and a collection of trading cards. Price and additional bonus features are not known at this time.

Anchorman had previously been available as an HD-DVD in 2007. The film marks the last of Paramount’s catalog that was released on HD-DVD but had yet to have a Blu-ray release.

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