OSCAR® NOMINEE SAOIRSE RONAN STARS WITH ERIC BANA AND OSCAR® WINNER CATE BLANCHETT IN THE ACTION-PACKED ADVENTURE

"A KNOCKOUT . . . LIKE NOTHING YOU'VE EVER SEEN!" - PETER TRAVERS, ROLLING STONE

AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 6, 2011 ON BLU-RAY™, DVD AND DIGITAL DOWNLOAD

UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif., July 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Award-winning director Joe Wright (Atonement, The Soloist) unleashes the "exhilarating, audacious and boldly original" (Karen Durbin, Elle) in Focus Features' action-packed film HANNA, available on Blu-ray™, DVD, Digital Download and On-Demand on September 6, 2011 from Universal Studios Home Entertainment. Academy Award® nominee Saoirse Ronan (Atonement, The Lovely Bones) stars as Hanna, a 16-year-old girl raised in the desolate, icy wilds of Finland by her ex-CIA agent father Erik (Eric Bana, Star Trek, Hulk) and trained to become the perfect assassin. Every moment of Hanna's childhood and adolescence has been spent building up the strength, stamina and survival instincts she needs to prepare for the day she must strike out on her own. That day has now come; armed with the skills her father has imparted to her and the mantra "adapt or die," Hanna must cross Europe and face her family's longtime enemy, lethal intelligence operative Marissa Wiegler (Academy Award® winner Cate Blanchett, Robin Hood, Elizabeth). Featuring a ground-breaking original soundtrack from The Chemical Brothers and filmed on location in Finland, Berlin and Morocco, HANNA is "an exuberant chase thriller that pulses with energy!" (Justin Chang, Variety).

BONUS FEATURES EXCLUSIVE TO Blu-ray™ :  Unleash the power of your HDTV with perfect picture and the purest digital sound.

• ADAPT OR DIE: This featurette reveals the intense training and acting process Saoirse Ronan went through to become Hanna.
• CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE ALLEGORY: The filmmakers and cast reveal their boldly original approach to this adventure thriller.
• CHEMICAL REACTION: A look at The Chemical Brothers' creative process of writing and scoring all of the music in the film, as the musicians themselves talk about their unique approach to the task of composition.
• THE WIDE WORLD OF HANNA:  Join the filmmakers as they travel from icy Finland to scorching Morocco and then from empty deserts to post-punk Berlin, finding the perfect locations for HANNA.
• HANNA PROMO
• BD-LIVE™: Access the BD-Live™ Center through your Internet-connected player to watch the latest trailers and more!
• pocket BLU™:   The groundbreaking pocket BLU™ app uses iPad®, iPhone®, iPod®  touch,  Android™, PC and Mac®  to work seamlessly with a network-connected Blu-ray™ player.  Plus iPad® owners can enjoy a new, enhanced edition of pocket BLU™ made especially to take advantage of the tablet's larger screen and high resolution display.  Consumers will be able to browse through a library of Blu-ray™ content and watch entertaining extras on-the-go in a way that's bigger and better than ever before.  pocket BLU™ offers advanced features such as:
  • Advanced Remote Control:  A sleek, elegant new way to operate your Blu-ray™ player. Users can navigate through menus, playback and BD-Live™ functions with ease.
  • Video Timeline:  Users can easily bring up the video timeline, allowing them to instantly access any point in the film.
  • Mobile-To-Go:  Users can unlock a selection of bonus content with their Blu-ray™ discs to save to their device or to stream from anywhere there is a Wi-Fi network, enabling them to enjoy content on the go, anytime, anywhere.
  • Browse Titles:  Users will have access to a complete list of pocket BLU™-enabled titles available and coming to Blu-ray™ Hi-Def.  They can view free previews and see what additional content is available to unlock on their device.
  • Keyboard:  Entering data is fast and easy with your device's intuitive keyboard.
• uHEAR™:  Never miss another line of dialogue with this innovative feature that instantly skips back a few seconds on your Blu-ray™ disc and turns on the subtitles to highlight what you missed.
• MY SCENES:  Bookmark your favorite scenes from the film.

BONUS FEATURES AND FEATURETTES (BLU-RAY™ and DVD):

• ALTERNATE ENDING
• DELETED SCENES
• ANATOMY OF A SCENE:  THE ESCAPE FROM CAMP G: This feature breaks down the complexities of Hanna's daring escape, from getting the actors prepped to the special effects it took to make this action-packed sequence.
• FEATURE COMMENTARY WITH DIRECTOR JOE WRIGHT

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