From Universal Pictures Home Entertainment: Blackhat

UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif., March 16, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Michael Mann's Blackhat from Legendary Pictures and Universal Pictures Home Entertainment will be released on Digital HD and On Demand on May 5, 2015, and on Blu-ray^TM and DVD on May 12, 2015.  Blackhat tells the story of a brilliant black hat hacker currently in Federal prison who is released and recruited by Federal law enforcement to stop a dangerous, global criminal network. After unanticipated consequences and assaults, he and his Chinese partner, who have become lovers, will go up against an overwhelming threat – on their own and isolated in Jakarta – as he tries to make a play to have a future.

Set inside the world of global cybercrime, Blackhat follows released convict Nicholas Hathaway (Chris Hemsworth, Rush, Snow White & the Huntsman.). In a not uncommon move, Federal law enforcement recruits a former blackhat hacker, currently in Federal Prison, to aid a war they will launch against a cyber criminal network, operating worldwide from an unknown base somewhere in Asia. It will take them from Los Angeles and Hong Kong to Perak, Malaysia and Jakarta. As Hathaway closes in, and as unanticipated consequences have made it all personal, he discovers the cyber sabotage of a Chinese nuclear power plant was just the beginning. Four-time Academy award nominated Michael Mann (Heat, Collateral) directs the heart-pounding, ripped from the headlines thriller. Also featuring Academy Award nominated Viola Davis ("How to Get Away with Murder," The Help) as a tough-minded security specialist, Wang Leehom (Lust, Caution, Stan Lee's upcoming Annihilator) as a Chinese military captain and cyber warfare expert, and Wei Tang (Lust, Caution) as a recruited cyber specialist and Hathaway's lover.

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Bonus Features on Blu-Ray™ and DVD

• Creating Reality

Bonus Features Exclusively on Blu-Ray™

• The Cyber Threat
• On Location Around the World

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FILMMAKERS & CAST:
Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Viola Davis, Wang Leehom, Tang Wei
Director: Michael Mann
Written by: Morgan Davis Foehl
Produced By: Thomas Tull p.g.a, Michael Mann p.g.a, Jon Jashni p.g.a
Executive Producer: Eric McLeod, Alex Garcia
Casting: Bonnie Timmerman
Music By: Harry Gregson-Williams, Atticus Ross, Leo Ross 
Film Editor: Joe Walker ACE, Stephen Rivkin ACE, Jeremiah O'Driscoll, Mako Kamitsuna
Production Designer: Guy Hendrix Dyas
Director of Photography: Stuart Dryburgh, ASC
Costume Designer: Colleen Atwood

TECHNICAL INFORMATION - Blu-ray^™:
Street Date: May 12, 2015
Copyright: 2015 Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved.
Selection Numbers: 61165894 (US)/ 61165905 (CDN)
Running Time: 2 hours 14 minutes
Layers: BD-50
Aspect Ratio: Widescreen 2.40:1
Rating: R for violence and some language
Technical Info: English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1/DVS Dolby Digital 2.0, Spanish and French CDN DTS Digital Surround 5.1
Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish and French

TECHNICAL INFORMATION - DVD:
Street Date: May 12, 2015
Copyright:. 2015 Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved.
Selection Numbers: 61165895 (US)/ 61165906 (CDN)
Running Time: 2 hours 14 minutes
Layers: Dual Layer
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic widescreen 2.40:1
Rating: R for violence and some language
Technical Info: Dolby Digital 5.1/DVS 2.0, Spanish and French CDN Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish and French

About Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
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About Legendary Entertainment
Legendary Entertainment is a leading media company with film (Legendary Pictures), television and digital (Legendary Television and Digital Media) and comics (Legendary Comics) divisions dedicated to owning, producing and delivering content to mainstream audiences with a targeted focus on the powerful fandom demographic. Through complete or joint ownership, Legendary has built a library of marquee media properties and has established itself as a trusted brand which consistently delivers high-quality, commercial entertainment including some of the world's most popular intellectual property. In aggregate, Legendary Pictures-associated productions have realized grosses of more than $10 billion worldwide at the box office. To learn more visit: www.legendary.com

CONTACT: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment:
Evan Fong
Vice President, Publicity
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(818) 777-5540

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