{"id":41777,"date":"2026-03-24T08:21:37","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T08:21:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/?p=41777"},"modified":"2026-03-24T08:21:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T08:21:37","slug":"primate-blu-ray-and-dvd-arrive-april-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/primate-blu-ray-and-dvd-arrive-april-21\/","title":{"rendered":"PRIMATE \u2014 Blu\u2011ray and DVD Arrive April 21"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Paramount Pictures has announced the home\u2011entertainment release of <strong>Primate<\/strong>, the new horror\u2011thriller from director <strong>Johannes Roberts<\/strong> (<em>47 Meters Down<\/em>). The film will be available on <strong>Blu\u2011ray and DVD on April 21<\/strong>, featuring filmmaker commentary and an array of behind\u2011the\u2011scenes featurettes.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/PRIMATE_EN_1400x2100.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/PRIMATE_EN_1400x2100-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41778\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/PRIMATE_EN_1400x2100-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/PRIMATE_EN_1400x2100-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/PRIMATE_EN_1400x2100-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/PRIMATE_EN_1400x2100-660x990.jpg 660w, https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/PRIMATE_EN_1400x2100.jpg 867w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Synopsis<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Lucy\u2019s tropical island homecoming was supposed to be beaches and best friends \u2014 not a fight for her life. When her family\u2019s exceptionally clever chimp spirals into a savage, rabid frenzy, the night erupts into chaos. With her father away and no help coming, paradise becomes a prison as Lucy and her friends battle a deadly predator they once trusted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Cast<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Johnny Sequoyah<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jessica Alexander<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Troy Kotsur<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Victoria Wyant<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gia Hunter<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Benjamin Cheng<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Charlie Mann<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tienne Simon<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Miguel Torres Umba<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Filmmakers<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Director:<\/strong> Johannes Roberts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Writers:<\/strong> Johannes Roberts &amp; Ernest Riera<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Distributor:<\/strong> Paramount Pictures Corporation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Bonus Features<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Commentary<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Director Johannes Roberts &amp; Producer Walter Hamada<\/strong> <em>Full-length filmmaker commentary track<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Featurettes<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Primal Terror: Directing Primate<\/strong> Behind the scenes of how Roberts and his team expanded an original concept into a full\u2011scale cinematic nightmare.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>New Blood: The Faces of Primate<\/strong> Meet the rising cast \u2014 along with Oscar\u00ae winner Troy Kotsur \u2014 as they share their experience stepping into the heart of the film\u2019s terror.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Creating Ben<\/strong> A deep dive into the physical performance and practical effects behind the film\u2019s chilling central chimpanzee.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Designing Paradise<\/strong> A look at the immersive set crafted to double as a tropical Hawaiian villa.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paramount Pictures has announced the home\u2011entertainment release of Primate, the new horror\u2011thriller from director Johannes Roberts (47 Meters Down). The film will be available on Blu\u2011ray and DVD on April 21, featuring filmmaker commentary and an array of behind\u2011the\u2011scenes featurettes. Synopsis Lucy\u2019s tropical island homecoming was supposed to be beaches and best friends \u2014 not\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/primate-blu-ray-and-dvd-arrive-april-21\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41778,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[179,111,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blu-ray-news","category-dvd-news","category-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41777"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41777\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41779,"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41777\/revisions\/41779"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}