Paramount Home Entertainment have announced the US DVD and Blu-ray Disc release of Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa on Friday 6th February 2009. Alex, Marty, Melman and Gloria find themselves in the African savannah for this sequel.

Available on DVD in single-disc and double-disc versions, and on Blu-ray Disc, features are outlined below...

Single-Disc DVD - Separate Widescreen and Full Screen editions with the following features:

• English, French and Spanish DD5.1 Surround
• English DD2.0 Surround
• English, French and Spanish subtitles
• DWA Jukebox
• Filmmaker Commentary
• It's A Family Affair: The Cast of ESCAPE 2 AFRICA
• The Making of ESCAPE 2 AFRICA
• Crash Landing
• African Adventure
• Jambo Jambo: Swahili Speak
• Test Flight of Air Penguin Game
• MADAGASCAR: ESCAPE 2 AFRICA Activision Game Trailer
• Four Music Videos:
  • “The Travelling Song” Sing Along
  • "Move It, Move It”
  • “Big and Chunky”
  • “She Loves Me”

Double-Disc DVD - Essentially a double-pack, this set bundles together the single-disc DVD with The Penguins of Madagascar, which includes two episodes from the new Nickelodeon series plus additional extras. Features on the second disc include:

• Episodes:
  • “Popcorn Panic”
  • “Gone in a Flash”
  • English, French and Spanish DD5.1 Surround
  • English DD2.0 Surround
  • English, French and Spanish subtitles
• Bonus features:
  • The Bronx Zoo: Madagascar
  • Alex’s Dance Off
  • The Heart of a Lion
• DVD-Rom
  • MADAGASCAR: ESCAPE 2 AFRICA PC Flash Mini-Game
  • MADAGASCAR: ESCAPE 2 AFRICA Game Demo w/ Exclusive Cheat Code
  • HP Printables
  • Weblinks
• Penguin Easter Eggs
  • Move It, Move It
  • Hock Shop
  • Julien’s Birthday
  • Tug of War
  • Fully Armed
  • No Thanks, I’m Stuffed

Blu-ray Disc - Includes all of the double-disc DVD content except for the DVD-Rom materials, but you get a couple of Blu-ray exclusives in their place. There is no region coding information on the sleeve. Features include:

• 1080P Widescreen
• English 5.1 Dolby TrueHD
• French and Spanish DD5.1 Surround
• English, English SDH, French and Spanish subtitles
• Filmmakers’ Commentary
• It's A Family Affair: The Cast of ESCAPE 2 AFRICA (HD)
• The Making of ESCAPE 2 AFRICA (HD)
• Crash Landing (HD)
• African Adventure (HD)
• Jambo Jambo: Swahili Speak (HD)
• The Bronx Zoo: Madagascar (HD)
• Alex’s Dance Off (HD)
• Test Flight of Air Penguin Game (HD)
• The Heart of a Lion (HD) – BD-LIVE
• MADAGASCAR: ESCAPE 2 AFRICA Activision Game Trailer
• Four Music Videos (HD)
  • “The Travelling Song” Sing Along
  • "Move It, Move It”
  • “Big and Chunky”
  • “She Loves Me”
• The Penguins of Madagascar episodes:
  • “Popcorn Panic”
  • “Gone in a Flash”
• Penguin Easter Eggs
  • Move It, Move It
  • Hock Shop
  • Julien’s Birthday
  • Tug of War
  • Fully Armed
  • No Thanks, I’m Stuffed
• Blu-ray Exclusive Content
  • The Animators’ Corner (HD)
  • Trivia Track (HD)

Also released on DVD is The Complete Madagascar Collection which features the first film with the bonus Penguins short, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa and The Penguins of Madagascar.






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