Welcome to ComingSoon.net’s weekly sneak peek at the major DVD and Blu-ray releases! Using the gallery below, you’ll be able to navigate through some of the key titles that are set to hit stores on December 17, 2013. For the complete list of December DVD releases, click here , and the complete list of Blu-ray releases can be found here .
December 17 Releases
The Whip and the Body
Mario Bava's 1963 supernatural horror classic stars Christopher Lee as a ghost who haunts a 19th century castle. Kino brings the gothic thriller to high definition for the very first time.Buy at Amazon
Prisoners
Incendies director Denis Villeneuve brings together an ensemble cast that includes Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Paul Dano, Terrence Howard and Viola Davis for a suspense-driven thriller with haunting cinematography by Roger Deakins.Buy at Amazon
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
The hero Rick Riordan's young adult book fantasy series returned to the big screen for the second time with Logan Lerman reprising his role alongside Brandon T. Jackson, Alexandra Daddario and Jake Abel.Buy at Amazon
One Direction: This is Us
Super Size Me director Morgan Spurlock turns his lens on one of the most popular modern bands in the world and its five members, Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson.Buy at Amazon
The Lone Ranger
Johnny Depp reteams with Pirates of the Caribbean helmer Gore Verbinski for a new take on the iconic western hero that features Armie Hammer as the man behind the mask.Buy at Amazon
Kick-Ass 2
Mark Millar's violent and darkly comedic superhero satire returned to the big screen with writer-director Jeff Wadlow directing a cast that includes Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Chloe Grace Moretz, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, John Leguizamo, Donald Faison and Jim Carrey.Buy at Amazon
Indiana Jones
Previously available only in a four-film set, the original three Indiana Jones films hit Blu-ray in three separate editions.Buy Raiders of the Lost Ark at Amazon Buy Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom at Amazon Buy Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade at Amazon
The Family
Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Tommy Lee Jones, Dianna Agron, John D'Leo and Domenick Lombardozzi form the ensemble cast of the new dark action comedy from writer-director Luc Besson, the man behind films like The Professional and The Fifth Element .Buy at Amazon
Elysium
Writer-director Neil Blomkamp's followup to his sci-fi hit District 9 stars Matt Damon as a man fighting to save his life in a dystopic future Earth where only those with privilege are treated like human beings.Buy at Amazon
The Blue Angel
The film that made Marlene Dietrich a star, Joseph von Sterberg's 1930 Weimar classic arrives on Blu-ray with both a restored take on the German language version and, for the first time, the full English version, long-thought lost.Buy at Amazon
The Beast Within and Crawlspace
Two more 1980's cult classics join Shout! Factory's horror film line, Scream Factory: Philippe Mora's The Beast Within and David Schmoeller's Crawlspace .Buy The Beast Within at Amazon Buy Crawlspace at Amazon
Ain't Them Bodies Saints
Writer-director David Lowery brings together Casey Affleck, Rooney Mara and Ben Foster for the dramatic story of an escaped outlaw who travels across Texas to find his wife and the daughter he has never met.Buy at Amazon