The Looming Tower on DVD 5/21

THE LOOMING TOWER Available on Digital May 21, 2018 and on Blu-ray and DVD September 18, 2018

The events that led to the deadliest terrorist attacks ever to take place on American soil are chronicled on The Looming Tower, the powerful 10-part drama to be released on Digital May 21, 2018 and on Blu-ray™ and DVD September 18, 2018 by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

“A gripping horror story of historic inevitability” – The Hollywood Reporter

LEGENDARY TELEVISION’S THRILLING LIMITED SERIES

THE LOOMING TOWER

WILL BE RELEASED ON DIGITAL MAY 21, 2018

AND ON BLU-RAY™ AND DVD SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

BY WARNER BROS. HOME ENTERTAINMENT

Release Includes the Entire 10-Part Series Plus Bonus Content

Including Three New Featurettes and Audio Commentaries

 BURBANK, CA (May 15, 2018) – The events that led to the deadliest terrorist attacks ever to take place on American soil are chronicled on The Looming Tower, the powerful 10-part drama to be released on Blu-ray™ and DVD September 18, 2018 by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment.  Adapted from the best-selling, Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Lawrence Wright, the series reveals the untold story of the September 11 attacks and how the secret rivalry between the FBI and the CIA may have inadvertently set a path for the tragedy to take place.  The series has received critical praise and features an all-star ensemble cast that includes Jeff Daniels (Godless, The Newsroom), Peter Sarsgaard (Wormwood, The Killing), Tahar Rahim (A Prophet), Michael Stuhlbarg (Call Me By Your Name, The Shape of Water), Bill Camp (The Night Of) and Wrenn Schmidt (Outcast, Person of Interest). Now consumers can own the thought-provoking drama in its entirety, plus all-new bonus content. The Blu-ray™ release will retail for $39.99 SRP and the DVD release will be available for $29.98 SRP. 

The Looming Tower will also be available to own on Digital for the very first time via purchase from digital retailers on May 21, 2018, just 30 days after the series finale on Hulu. Consumers can enjoy all 10 episodes in high definition and standard definition (retail $24.99/$18.99) along with never-before-seen bonus content.

The Looming Tower traces the rising threat of Osama Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda in the late 1990s and how at the time, the FBI and the CIA may have inadvertently set the path for the tragedy of 9/11. The series follows members of the I-49 Squad in New York and Alec Station in Washington D.C., the counter terrorism divisions of the FBI and CIA, respectively, as they travel the world fighting for ownership of information while seemingly working toward the same goal – trying to prevent an imminent terrorist attack on U.S. soil.

Jeff Daniels stars as I-49 Squad chief John O’Neill who faces a deliberate lack of cooperation from other intelligence organizations within the federal government, after he’s convinced the United States has been targeted for an attack by Al-Qaeda. His counterpart within the CIA, the frequently antagonistic Martin Schmidt (Peter Sarsgaard), assumes the CIA is the only government agency equipped to battle potential terror threats from abroad. He disobeys presidential orders and purposely keeps information from the FBI. Although the goal of both organizations is the same, preventing a terrorist attack from happening in the U.S., the competitive nature between the two agencies and their inability to work with one another, may have given Al-Qaeda operatives in the U.S. the opportunity to put their devastating plan in motion.

The series also stars Louis Cancelmi (Billions), Virginia Kull (Sneaky Pete), Ella Rae Peck (Feed the Beast), and Sullivan Jones. Alec Baldwin guest stars.

Produced by Legendary Television, The Looming Tower is executive produced by Oscar©-nominated writer Dan Futterman (In Treatment,  A Mighty Heart, Capote), Oscar© and Emmy©-award-winning documentary filmmaker, and director Alex Gibney (Going Clear: Scientology & the Prison of Belief, Taxi to the Dark Side), Lawrence Wright (Going Clear: Scientology & the Prison of Belief, The Siege), Craig Zisk (Parks and Recreation, Brooklyn Nine Nine) and Adam Rapp (Vinyl, Flesh and Bone). The 10-episode limited drama series originally premiered on Hulu February 28, 2018.

“The Looming Tower powerfully reenacts the extraordinary events leading into the devastating 9/11 terrorist attacks. Viewers will be gripped from the very start,” said Rosemary Markson, WBHE Senior Vice President, TV Marketing. She added, “Based on the best-selling and Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and shot in multiple locations around the world, The Looming Tower is a political thriller consumers won’t want to miss. We are excited to offer this remarkable series on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital with exclusive bonus content to take consumers deeper into this true story and the making of the series.”

Featured Episodes:

1. Now It Begins…
2. Losing My Religion
3. Mistakes Were Made
4. Mercury
5. Y2K
6. Boys at War
7. The General
8. A Very Special Relationship
9. Tuesday
10. 9/11

Digital Bonus Material:

• Across Three Continents: Creating The Looming Tower (new featurette)- From New York to Morocco to Johannesburg, THE LOOMING TOWER production team went to great lengths to recreate and film the series as accurately as possible.
• Ali Soufan: In His Own Words (new featurette) - Former FBI Special Agent Ali Soufan reveals his personal American story and shares memories of his mentor John O'Neill.
• The Looming Tower: Divided We Fail (new featurette) - THE LOOMING TOWER author Lawrence Wright, Former FBI Special Agent Ali Soufan, Executive Producers Dan Futterman and Alex Gibney, and the cast explore the complicated relationship between the FBI and CIA in the years leading up to 9/11.
• The Complexities of Character (new featurette) - The cast of THE LOOMING TOWER reveal their motivations and approach to playing their complicated roles.
• The Looming Tower: A First Look

Blu-ray and DVD Bonus Material:

• Across Three Continents: Creating The Looming Tower (new featurette)- From New York to Morocco to Johannesburg, THE LOOMING TOWER production team went to great lengths to recreate and film the series as accurately as possible.
• Ali Soufan: In His Own Words (new featurette) - Former FBI Special Agent Ali Soufan reveals his personal American story and shares memories of his mentor John O'Neill.
• The Looming Tower: Divided We Fail (new featurette) - THE LOOMING TOWER author Lawrence Wright, Former FBI Special Agent Ali Soufan, Executive Producers Dan Futterman and Alex Gibney, and the cast explore the complicated relationship between the FBI and CIA in the years leading up to 9/11.
• The Complexities of Character (new featurette) - The cast of THE LOOMING TOWER reveal their motivations and approach to playing their complicated roles.
• Audio Commentaries - The Creators take the audience inside the creative process of creating the Pilot and Finale episodes.

Digital

The Looming Tower will be available to own on Digital. Digital allows consumers to instantly stream and download all episodes to watch anywhere and anytime on their favorite devices.  Digital is available from various retailers including Amazon Prime Video, iTunes, PlayStation, Vudu, Xbox and others. A Digital Copy is also included with the purchase of specially marked Blu-ray discs for redemption and cloud storage.

The Basics

The Looming Tower

Street Date:	September 18, 2018
SRP:	$29.98 (SD) $39.99 (BD)
Running Time:	550 min. approx. (feature) 142 min. approx. (enhanced content)
Configuration	SD: 2 DVD-9s BD: 2 BD-50s + Digital Copy
Aspect Ratio:	16x9 Widescreen
Audio:	English 5.1, Portuguese 2.0 SD English 5.1, Portuguese 2.0, Spanish 2.0 BD
Subtitles:	DVD: English, Chinese, Portuguese, Latin Spanish, French, Thai, Korean BD: English, French, Castilian Spanish, Latin Spanish, Korean, Portuguese

The Credits

About Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Inc.

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (WBHE) brings together Warner Bros. Entertainment's home video, digital distribution and interactive entertainment businesses in order to maximize current and next-generation distribution scenarios. An industry leader since its inception, WBHE oversees the global distribution of content through packaged goods (Blu-ray Disc™ and DVD) and digital media in the form of electronic sell-through and video-on-demand via cable, satellite, online and mobile channels, and is a significant developer and publisher for console and online video game titles worldwide. WBHE distributes its product through third party retail partners and licensees.

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 worldwide audiences. Legendary Television produces and distributes innovative top quality content for all platforms worldwide. 

Legendary Television 

The studio's roster also includes the recently released reboot of the classic family adventure series LOST IN SPACE for Netflix and CARNIVAL ROW, a fantasy noir drama starring Orlando Bloom and Cara Delevingne, from Rene Echevarria & Travis Beacham for Amazon. The third season of Legendary Television’s critically acclaimed science-fiction drama COLONY, co-created by Carlton Cuse, is currently airing on USA Network. Three seasons of LOVE, a relationship comedy from Judd Apatow, are now available exclusively on Netflix. To learn more visit: www.legendary.com

TRAILER: Hulu's "The Looming Tower" (2/28)

WATCH: Trailer for Hulu's "The Looming Tower"    Check out the official trailer for Hulu's Original Limited Series The Looming Tower. The Looming Tower will premiere Wednesday, February 28 only on Hulu. Thank you! TRAILER: https://youtu.be/bgsdAUKIICo About The Looming Tower Based on the Pulitzer-Prize winning book, The Looming Tower traces the rising threat of Osama Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda in the late 1990s and how the rivalry between the FBI and CIA during that time may have inadvertently set the path for the tragedy of 9/11. The series follows members of the I-49 Squad in New York and Alec Station in Washington, D.C., the counter-terrorism divisions of the FBI and CIA, respectively, as they travel the world fighting for ownership of information while seemingly working toward the same goal - trying to prevent an imminent attack on U.S. soil. The Looming Tower stars Jeff Daniels (John O’Neill), Tahar Rahim (Ali Soufan), Wrenn Schmidt (Diane Marsh), Bill Camp (Robert Chesney), Louis Cancelmi (Vince Stuart), Virginia Kull (Kathy Shaughnessy), Ella Rae Peck (Heather), Sullivan Jones (Floyd Bennet) with Michael Stuhlbarg (Richard Clarke) and Peter Sarsgaard (Martin Schmidt). The Looming Tower is executive produced by Dan Futterman (Showrunner), Alex Gibney, Lawrence Wright, Craig Zisk and Adam Rapp. The Looming Tower is a Legendary Television production for Hulu in the U.S.

FIRST LOOK: Hulu's "The Looming Tower" Featurette and Photos

Featurette and First Look Photos from "The Looming Tower" Available Now   Check out the behind the scenes featurette and first look photos of Hulu Original Limited Series The Looming Tower. The Looming Tower will premiere Wednesday, February 28 only on Hulu. Thank you! FEATURETTE: https://youtu.be/IsneeRzsrwI  About The Looming Tower Episode Count: 10 Synopsis: Based on the Pulitzer-Prize winning book, The Looming Tower traces the rising threat of Osama Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda in the late 1990s and how the rivalry between the FBI and CIA during that time may have inadvertently set the path for the tragedy of 9/11. The series follows members of the I-49 Squad in New York and Alec Station in Washington, D.C., the counter-terrorism divisions of the FBI and CIA, respectively, as they travel the world fighting for ownership of information while seemingly working toward the same goal - trying to prevent an imminent attack on U.S. soil. Cast: The Looming Tower stars Jeff Daniels (John O’Neill), Tahar Rahim (Ali Soufan), Wrenn Schmidt (Diane Marsh), Bill Camp (Robert Chesney), Louis Cancelmi (Vince Stuart), Virginia Kull (Kathy Shaughnessy), Ella Rae Peck (Heather), Sullivan Jones (Floyd Bennet) with Michael Stuhlbarg (Richard Clarke) and Peter Sarsgaard (Martin Schmidt). Crew: The Looming Tower is executive produced by Dan Futterman (Showrunner), Alex Gibney, Lawrence Wright, Craig Zisk and Adam Rapp. The Looming Tower is a Legendary Television production for Hulu in the U.S.

HULU'S MIDSEASON 2018 PROGRAMMING SLATE

HULU'S MIDSEASON 2018 PROGRAMMING SLATE

THE PATH Season 3 Premiere Date: Wednesday, January 17Episode Count: 13 Cast: Aaron Paul, Michelle Monaghan, Hugh Dancy, Kyle Allen, Emma Greenwell, and Freida Pinto.Crew: The Path comes to Hulu from Universal Television, True Jack Productions, and is created and executive produced by Jessica Goldberg. Executive produced by Jason Katims and Michelle Lee.Synopsis: A miracle by Eddie Lane went viral, and Meyerism has grown exponentially across the world. As the new Guardian of the Light, Eddie is forced to face the question of whether he can grow the movement without becoming a cult leader.  Cal is haunted by dark demons from the past and must come face to face with them in order to defeat them.  Sarah questions her faith, and in looking outside the movement for answers, she may discover one of Meyerism's deepest secrets, and the one person who could put an end to it all!

THE LOOMING TOWER

Limited Series
Episode Count: 10
Premiere Date: Wednesday, February 28Cast: The Looming Tower stars Jeff Daniels (John O’Neill), Tahar Rahim (Ali Soufan), Wrenn Schmidt (Diane Marsh), Bill Camp (Robert Chesney), Louis Cancelmi (Vince Stuart), Virginia Kull (Kathy Shaughnessy), Ella Rae Peck (Heather), Sullivan Jones (Floyd Bennet) with Michael Stuhlbarg (Richard Clarke) and Peter Sarsgaard (Martin Schmidt).Crew: The Looming Tower is executive produced by Dan Futterman (Showrunner), Alex Gibney, Lawrence Wright, Craig Zisk and Adam Rapp. The Looming Tower is a Legendary Television production for Hulu in the U.S.Synopsis: Based on the Pulitzer-Prize winning book, The Looming Tower traces the rising threat of Osama Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda in the late 1990s and how the rivalry between the FBI and CIA during that time may have inadvertently set the path for the tragedy of 9/11. The series follows members of the I-49 Squad in New York and Alec Station in Washington, D.C., the counter-terrorism divisions of the FBI and CIA, respectively, as they travel the world fighting for ownership of information while seemingly working toward the same goal - trying to prevent an imminent attack on U.S. soil.

HARD SUN

Season 1 
Episode Count: 6
Premiere Date: Wednesday, March 7
Cast: Agyness Deyn and Jim Sturgess.Crew: Created and written by Neil Cross (Luther), Hard Sun is produced by Euston Films, and executive produced by Cross, and Kate Harwood.Synopsis: Jim Sturgess and Agyness Deyn play detectives Robert Hicks and Elaine Renko, partners and enemies, who seek to enforce the law and protect their loved ones in a world that every day slips closer to a world-ending natural disaster. Hicks is a family man and a great, committed officer. He’s also profoundly corrupt. Renko is a difficult and damaged, but utterly incorruptible officer. Thus, the two cops stand on different ends of the social and moral spectrum and also seriously distrust one other – and for good reason. But they must somehow learn to work together if they’re going to survive until the end of the world.

THE HANDMAID'S TALE

Season 2
Episode Count: 13
Premiere Date: April 2018Cast: Elisabeth Moss, Joseph Fiennes, Yvonne Strahovski, Samira Wiley, Alexis Bledel, Ann Dowd, Max Minghella, Madeline Brewer, O-T Fagbenle and Amanda Brugel.Crew: The Handmaid's Tale comes to Hulu from MGM Television and is created, executive produced and written by Bruce Miller. Executive produced by Warren Littlefield, Elisabeth Moss, Daniel Wilson, Fran Sears, and Ilene Chaiken. MGM serves as the international distributor for the series. Synopsis: The Emmy-winning drama series returns with a second season shaped by Offred’s pregnancy and her ongoing fight to free her future child from the dystopian horrors of Gilead. “Gilead is within you” is a favorite saying of Aunt Lydia. In Season Two, Offred and all our characters will fight against – or succumb to – this dark truth.

Alec Baldwin casts as guest star in The Looming Tower

Hulu announced today that Alec Baldwin has been cast as a guest star in Hulu's original new drama series The Looming Tower. More details are below:

THE LOOMING TOWER

•         Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award-winning actor Alec Baldwin has been cast to guest star in Hulu's The Looming Tower as George Tenet, the Director of Central Intelligence for the CIA. He is Richard Clarke's (Michael Stuhlbarg) partner in fighting al-Qaeda, though he may know more than he is letting on.

•         Lawrence Wright’s Pulitzer Prize-Winning 9/11 expose will be adapted for television in a new drama series from Legendary Television.

•         The Looming Tower will be adapted for Hulu as a 10-episode, hour-long drama series from Academy Award-nominated Writer Dan Futterman (Foxcatcher, Capote) and Academy Award and Emmy Award winning Director Alex Gibney (Going Clear: Scientology and The Prison of Belief, Taxi to the Dark Side, and We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks).

•         Based on the Pulitzer Prize winning exposé by Lawrence Wright, The Looming Tower traces the rising threat of Osama Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda, and takes a controversial look at how the rivalry between the CIA and FBI may have inadvertently set the stage for the tragedy of 9/11 and the war in Iraq.

•         Futterman, Gibney and Wright will serve as executive producers.

•         The Looming Tower is a Legendary Television production for Hulu in the U.S. Legendary Television Distribution will distribute the series worldwide. 

•         The cast of The Looming Tower includes Jeff Daniels (John O’Neill), Tahar Rahim (Ali Soufan), Peter Sarsgaard (Martin Schmidt), Michael Stuhlbarg (Richard Clarke), Bill Camp (Robert Chesney), Virginia Kull (Kathy Shaughnessy), Louis Cancelmi (Vince Stuart), Ella Rae Peck (Heather), Sullivan Jones (Floyd Bennet) and Wrenn Schmidt (Diane Priest).

•         Principal photography began today in New York.

Peter Sarsgaard Joins Hulu's "The Looming Tower"

Peter Sarsgaard Joins Hulu's "The Looming Tower"
He's set as Martin Schmidt, a CIA analyst who invariably believes he's by far the smartest person in the room.

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[via press release from Hulu]

    

Peter Sarsgaard Joins Hulu's "The Looming Tower"
· Peter Sarsgaard (Jackie, Experimenter, Blue Jasmine) has been cast in Hulu's The Looming Tower as Martin Schmidt, a CIA analyst who invariably believes he's by far the smartest person in the room. Under orders to share intelligence with John O'Neill and the FBI, Schmidt opts instead to horde information under the misguided notion that the CIA is the only agency equipped to battle potential terrorist threats.

· Lawrence Wright's Pulitzer Prize-Winning 9/11 expose will be adapted for television in a new drama series from Legendary Television.

· The Looming Tower will be adapted for Hulu as a 10-episode, hour-long drama series from Academy Award-nominated Writer Dan Futterman (Foxcatcher, Capote) and Academy Award and Emmy Award winning Director Alex Gibney (Going Clear: Scientology and The Prison of Belief, Taxi to the Dark Side, and We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks).

· Based on the Pulitzer Prize winning exposé by Lawrence Wright, The Looming Tower traces the rising threat of Osama Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda, and takes a controversial look at how the rivalry between the CIA and FBI may have inadvertently set the stage for the tragedy of 9/11 and the war in Iraq.

· Futterman, Gibney and Wright will serve as executive producers.
· The Looming Tower is a Legendary Television production for Hulu in the U.S. Legendary Television Distribution will distribute the series worldwide.

· Previously announced cast includes Jeff Daniels (John O'Neill), Tahar Rahim (Ali Soufan), Michael Stuhlbarg (Richard Clarke), Bill Camp (Robert Chesney), Virginia Kull (Kathy Shaughnessy), Louis Cancelmi (Vince Stuart) and Sullivan Jones (Floyd Bennet)

Jeff Daniels to Star in Hulu's "The Looming Tower"

Jeff Daniels to Star in Hulu's "The Looming Tower"
He'll play John O'Neill, the determined, at times bull-headed chief of the New York FBI's Counter-Terrorism unit.

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[via press release from Hulu]

   

Hulu announced today that Emmy Award-winning actor Jeff Daniels (The Newsroom, The Martian, Steve Jobs) has been cast to star in Hulu's original new drama series The Looming Tower. More details are below:

THE LOOMING TOWER
· Emmy Award-winning actor Jeff Daniels has been cast to star in Hulu's The Looming Tower as John O'Neill, the determined, at times bull-headed chief of the New York FBI's Counter-Terrorism unit. O'Neill is rightly convinced that the U.S. has been targeted for attack by Al Qaeda, and faces deliberately insufficient cooperation from other organs of the Federal government, particularly from his counterpart at the frequently antagonistic CIA. A man of appetites, O'Neill is a lover of expensive food and drink, and is involved with at least two girlfriends, neither of whom know about his wife and children.

· Lawrence Wright's Pulitzer Prize-Winning 9/11 expose will be adapted for television in a new drama series from Legendary Television.

· The Looming Tower will be adapted for Hulu as a 10-episode, hour-long drama series from Academy Award-nominated Writer Dan Futterman (Foxcatcher, Capote) and Academy Award and Emmy Award winning Director Alex Gibney (Going Clear: Scientology and The Prison of Belief, Taxi to the Dark Side, and We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks).

· Based on the Pulitzer Prize winning exposé by Lawrence Wright, The Looming Tower traces the rising threat of Osama Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda, and takes a controversial look at how the rivalry between the CIA and FBI may have inadvertently set the stage for the tragedy of 9/11 and the war in Iraq.

· Futterman, Gibney and Wright will serve as executive producers.
· The Looming Tower is a Legendary Television production for Hulu in the U.S. Legendary Television Distribution will distribute the series worldwide.