Breaking Bad finale DVD set details revealed

Breaking Bad finale DVD set details revealed

Luckily for NZ Fans, SONY Pictures Home Entertainment have cooked up a batch of Breaking Bad: The Complete Series to own on DVD and Blu-Ray. Releasing on Wednesday 27^thNovember, just in time for Christmas.  

The Breaking Bad: The Complete Series 16-disc Blu-Ray Barrel is this year’s must have gift, complete with all 62 episodes, more than 55 hours of special features and two hours of never-before-seen documentary footage.

The box set also contains a Los Pollos Hermanos apron and a collectible booklet, as well as a commemorative Breaking Bad challenge coin designed and created by Vince Gilligan exclusively for this set as a token of appreciation to fans for making the Breaking Bad journey.

A very limited quantity of this collector’s edition is available in NZ exclusively at JB Hi Fi. Fans can pre-order their set now at www.jbhifi.co.nz.

In addition to releasing the complete set on Blu-Ray, SPHE will release BREAKING BAD: THE FINAL SEASON on both Blu-ray and DVD with UltraViolet^™. The final season includes the series’ final eight episodes and is loaded with special features, including all-new featurettes, cast and crew commentaries, deleted scenes and more.

Synopsis:

BREAKING BAD follows protagonist Walter White (Cranston), a chemistry teacher who lives in New Mexico with his wife (Gunn) and teenage son (Mitte) who has cerebral palsy. White is diagnosed with Stage III cancer and given a slim chance to survive. With a new sense of fearlessness based on his medical prognosis, and a desire to secure his family's financial security, White chooses to enter a dangerous world of drugs and crime and ascends to power in this world. The series explores how this fatal diagnosis transforms Walt from mild family man to a kingpin of the drug trade.

BREAKING BAD: THE COMPLETE SERIES Barrel Set Special Features Include:

•  No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad - An all-new, exclusive two hour documentary that chronicles the filming of the final eight episodes.

Additional bonus features include all previously released featurettes and retail exclusives:

•   Bad Memories – Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul talk about the show ending and some of their favorite moments. 

•  Bryan Cranston: Director – Go on set with Bryan Cranston as he directs the first episode of the season entitled "Blood Money."    

•  Scene Envy – The Cast tell us which scene they wish they could have been in. 

•  Shocking Moments - The stars reveal the moments that shocked them most. 

• From Walt to Heisenberg – From high school teacher to deadly meth dealer, watch as Walter White quickly transforms into Heisenberg. 

• How Will It End? – At the beginning of the season, the cast was asked to give their thoughts on how they thought the show would end.   

• Avenging Agent: Dean Norris as Hank Schrader -- A look at the character Hank Schrader and the man who played him, Dean Norris. 

• Scene Stealer: Betsy Brandt as Marie Schrader – A look at the character Marie Schrader and the woman who plays her, Betsy Brandt.

• A Criminal Attorney: Bob Odenkirk as Saul Goodman –A look at the character Saul Goodman and the man who played him, Bob Odenkirk. 

• Jesse’s Journey:  Aaron Paul as Jesse Pinkman – A look at the character Jesse Pinkman and the man who played him, Aaron Paul.

• Skyler Breaks Bad:  Anna Gunn on Season Four – Actress Anna Gunn and series creator Vince Gilligan explore Skyler’s character evolution through the fourth season. 

• Growing Up in the White House:  RJ Mitte on Walter, Jr. – RJ Mitte, Anna Gunn, Bryan Cranston and series creator Vince Gilligan discuss the extraordinary dynamics of the White family, and Walter, Jr.’s unique role.   
  

• The Ultimate Chess Match – Members of the cast and crew discuss Walter White and Gus Fring’s extraordinary and complicated battle of wits and their struggle for Jesse’s allegiance. 

• Looking Back:  A Season Four Retrospective - Season Four’s most surprising and memorable moments. 

• Ted's Wipeout – In Episode 411, “Crawl Space,” Ted Beneke suffers a head injury while trying to escape from Saul’s goons.  In this featurette, Christopher Cousins (Ted) explains how this shocking stunt was accomplished.   

•  The Truck Attack Storyboard Comparison – A side-by-side comparison of the Los Pollos Hermanos truck attack and the brilliant shot-by-shot storyboards that were created for the episode “Bullet Points.” 

• Walt and the Challenger Storyboard Comparison – A side-by-side comparison of the sequence where Walt indulges in some crazy stunt driving in Walt Jr.’s Dodge Challenger and the storyboards that were created.