When our own Heather Wixson spoke with Wish Upon director John R. Leonetti, he mentioned that a more extreme version of the PG-13 film would be released on home media. If you were excited about the announcement, then your wish is about to come true, because Broad Green Pictures has now announced an October 10th home media release of the supernatural horror film (read Heather's review here), including a Director's Unrated Cut with all-new footage not seen in theaters:

Press Release: LOS ANGELES (August 21, 2017) – Joey King (Independence Day: Resurgence, “Fargo”) must be careful what she wishes for in the terrifying thriller WISH UPON, also starring Ryan Phillippe (Crash, “Shooter”), Emmy® nominee Shannon Purser (“Stranger Things”), Ki Hong Lee (The Maze Runnerfranchise, “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”), Mitchell Slaggert (Moss), Alice Lee (“Gap Year”), Sidney Park (“Instant Mom”), Kevin Hanchard (“Orphan Black”), Sherilyn Fenn (“Twin Peaks”) and Elisabeth Rohm (American Hustle, “Law & Order”).  WISH UPON debuts on Digital HD, Blu-ray Combo Pack, DVD and VOD on October 10. The Blu-ray Combo Pack also includes the Director’s Unrated Cut, featuring footage not seen in the theatrical release. Bonus materials on WISH UPON include “I Wish: The Cast Share What They Would Wish” (all formats except VOD), “Attic Tour with Joey King” (all formats except VOD), “Directing Darkness: John Leonetti and Cast Talk About Developing a Horror Film” (Blu-ray and Digital exclusive), and “Motion Comics: Lu Mei’s Curse and Arthur Sands Reveal The Stories Behind The Previous Owners Of The Box” (Blu-ray and Digital exclusive).

Synopsis:
After her father (Ryan Phillippe) presents her with a mysterious music box, Clare Shannon (Joey King) is surprised to find her every wish coming true. Her joy slowly morphs into terror as she begins to realize the bloody price of each new wish.

WISH UPON (BLU-RAY, DVD, VOD and DIGITAL HD)
Director:          John R. Leonetti
Cast:              Joey King, Ryan Phillippe, Shannon Purser, Ki Hong Lee, Mitchell Slaggert, Alice Lee, Sydney Park, Kevin Hanchard, Sherilyn Fenn
Writer:              Barbara Marshall
Producer:         Sherryl Clark
Rating:             Rated PG-13 for violent and disturbing images, thematic elements and language
Runtime:          90 Minutes (Theatrical Version), 91 Minutes (Unrated Version)
Facebook:        www.facebook.com/wishuponmovie 
Twitter:            @WishUponMovie
Instagram:       @WishUponMovie

TECHNICAL INFORMATION:
Layers:                       Dual Layer
Aspect Ratio:             Widescreen 2:40:1
Spoken Languages:   English
Subtitles:                    English SDH & Espanol
Sound:                        Blu-ray: English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
DVD:                           English Dolby Digital 5.1

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About Broad Green Pictures
Broad Green Pictures, founded by Gabriel and Daniel Hammond in 2014, is a fully-integrated movie studio with unparalleled development support, production infrastructure, and marketing resources to execute their vision from script to screen. Through collaborative partnerships, Broad Green shares incredible stories with the widest possible audiences. The studio creates and distributes theatrical films derived from in-house development and production, as well as acquisitions and co-productions across a multitude of platforms. Broad Green Pictures’ will release action comedy VILLA CAPRI starring Morgan Freeman, Tommy Lee Jones and Rene Russo later this year. Previously released films include WISH UPON, BAD SANTA 2, a co-production with Miramax, A WALK IN THE WOODS, THE INFILTRATOR, Amazon Studios’ THE NEON DEMON and THE DRESSMAKER, Terrence Malick’s SONG TO SONG and KNIGHT OF CUPS, and the critically-acclaimed 99 HOMES, I SMILE BACK, LEARNING TO DRIVE and THE DARK HORSE.

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    Raised on a steady diet of R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps books and Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Derek has been fascinated with fear since he first saw ForeverWare being used on an episode of Eerie, Indiana.

    When he’s not writing about horror as the Senior News Reporter for Daily Dead, Derek can be found daydreaming about the Santa Carla Boardwalk from The Lost Boys or reading Stephen King and Brian Keene novels.