UNIVERSAL SOLDIER: REGENERATION (John Hyams, 2009)

[Mosquito]

And Dolph's speech bubble will say "why did they make Van Damme look taller than me?!"

That looks like someone scored F in their 'Photoshop for the Blind' class.

Oh guys, you made my day.

But on a darker side note: Why is it that the fan made cover art always turns out to be way better than the "professional" versions?

[Jack Caine]

Holy shit, that's the best cover for a DTV film I've ever seen, despite being not the real deal! Dragonrage oughta send that to sony and say they shouldn't send him money for it, just use the flucking thing!

[Dragonrage]

Holy shit, that's the best cover for a DTV film I've ever seen, despite being not the real deal! Dragonrage oughta send that to sony and say they shouldn't send him money for it, just use the flucking thing!

Thanks...but..its not that I had that in kind...but its confirmed...this is the real deal...

This could be the US cover artwork

[Dragonrage]

I wasn't pleased with the letters, so I played a little bite with that...

[Warchild]

People who aren't van damme and Dolph fans are going to laugh at that poster by Sony, it's simply awfull, what kinda amateurs do these companies have working for them, i mean come on, no trailer yet, bad poster and maybe even a worst DVD cover, so fu*&$# cheap assholes.

They surelly don't give a shit about reaching out to people who aren't fans of van damme and Dolph,
as long as the fans keep buying these low budget, cheap dvd covers, they will be happy enough because they know they have made their money.

[savagesketch]

Let's just hope that Van Damme and John Hyams step up here in the next month and demand a new cover. We've seen this all before; did we really think that Sony would put some effort into a cover?? They love doing the photoshop garbage and never seem to care how the final product turns out... But then again, Van Damme's films The Hard Corps and Until Death were both subjected to horrid covers early on before VD stepped up and demanded new ones. Granted, they weren't much better, but were still a grade above the previous version. January 5th is just a bit over a month away. We could be surprised and get something decent... We can always hope...

[Dragonrage]

So...official trailer is out...and it looks awesome...really kick ass!!

TRAILER

[Jox]

And Sony officially announced the release on their press site for February 2nd instead of January 5th.

They confirm the special features:
Dolph Lundgren and Director Commentary
Behind the Lines Featurette
and also on BD
movieIQ (use logo) and BD-Live connect you to real-time information on the cast, music, trivia and more while watching the movie

[Jox]

Official press release
http://www.hometheaterforum.com/forum/t ... st_3631346

Action Legends Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren
Reunite in UNIVERSAL SOLDIER: REGENERATION

Also Featuring Former UFC Heavyweight Champion
Andrei "The Pitbull" Arlovski

Action-Packed Next Installment Arrives on Blu-ray™ and DVD on February 2, 2010

Culver City, Calif. (November 23, 2009) – Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren reteam in the action tour de force Universal Soldier: Regeneration when Sony Pictures Home Entertainment presents the next installment of the action-packedUniversal Soldier franchise on February 2, 2010 for the SLP of $34.95 (Blu-ray™) and $24.96 (DVD). Van Damme (Universal Soldier, Bloodsport) and Lundgren (Universal Soldier, Rocky IV) reprise their roles as Luc Deveraux and Andrew Scott, two fallen Vietnam War comrades brought back to life in a covert government project to become super soldiers. This third installment of the franchise also features Former UFC Heavyweight Champion Andrei “The Pitbull” Arlovski.

Universal Soldier: Regeneration Synopsis
With stolen top-secret technology, terrorists have created a next-generation Universal Soldier - an elite fighter genetically altered into a programmable killing machine. With this "UniSol" (Former UFC Heavyweight Champion Andrei "The Pitbull" Arlovski) leading the way, they seize the crippled Chernobyl nuclear reactor, threatening to unleash a lethal radioactive cloud.

The only one who can stop them is Luc Deveraux (Jean-Claude Van Damme), a UniSol who's been decommissioned for years. Reactivated and retrained, Deveraux must make a full-out assault on the heavily armed fortress. But inside, he'll discover not one, but two of these virtually indestructible warriors. Andrew Scott (Dolph Lundgren), Deveraux's vicious UniSol enemy from the originalUniversal Soldier, has been secretly reanimated and upgraded.

Now these elite fighters are locked, loaded and programmed to kill; and the fate of millions hinges on this high-action showdown.

Special Features Include:
· Dolph Lundgren and Director Commentary
· Behind the Lines Featurette

Blu-ray Exclusive:
· movieIQ and BD-Live connect you to real-time information on the cast, music, trivia and more while watching the movie!

Universal Soldier: Regeneration will be featured on the Action Unleashed online portal - the home for adrenaline-filled films targeting hard core action fans. Go to actionunleashed.com for exciting exclusives, news, previews & more!

Universal Soldier: Regeneration was directed by John Hyams (The Smashing Machine, Rank, TV’s “NYPD Blue), written by first-time screenwriter Victor Ostrovsky; executive produced by Courtney Solomon (How to Lose Friends & Alienate People, Dungeons & Dragons) and Mark Damon (Beyond the Sea, The Upside of Anger), and produced by Moshe Diamant (The Shepherd: Border Patrol, The Black Dahlia) and Craig Baumgarten (Universal Soldier: The Return). The film stars Jean-Claude Van Damme (Universal Soldier, Bloodsport), Dolph Lundgren (Universal Soldier, Rocky IV), and Andrei “The Pitbull” Arlovski (Former UFC Heavyweight Champion).

Universal Soldier: Regeneration has a run time of 97 minutes and is rated R for pervasive strong brutal violence and some language.

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[savagesketch]

So with the release date pushed back almost an entire month, we can hope for a better cover... Please???

[Travis]

I am excited for it...I am just afraid Dolph won't be in the film much.

[savagesketch]

I don't think he's gonna be in it much at all... But then again, I don't think we're gonna see much of Van Damme either...

[Jox]

We know since the beginning that Dolph is not gonna be in it much, his part was filmed in 5 days and he hasn't got more than 3 or 4 scenes, 5 max (from the stills I've seen) but the main chunk is the confrontation and fight with JCVD.

[Nathan]

The fight between JC and Dolph is obviously gonna be the highlight, but US-3 will just seem like an excuse to re-unite them. I keep wishing that it was JC and Dolph in the leads with the UFC fighters and a few people like Michael Ironside, in a role like he played in T4. Guess we'll just have to make do with what we've got, but now that's it's made, I won't pass up the chance to see them fight again. The DOP and direction look solid too, so I'm hopeful I'll really enjoy it.

[Jox]

I hope the Hyams/Lundgren commentary will be good.