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Paramount Hone Entertainment will release a Blu-ray/DVD combo edition of Transformers: Dark of the Moon on September 30, 2011. However, if you were hoping to watch the bonus and supplemental material associated with the three-quel, director Michael Bay has something to say to you.

"For fans who can't wait, the Blu-ray release in September will deliver an awesome ride with the movie in stunning 1080p high definition and a 7.1 Dolby TrueHD soundtrack that was personally overseen by our phenomenal supervising sound mixer just for the Blu-ray," said Bay in a company issued press release. "As you know, we put a lot of effort into the 3D experience for the theatrical release and I want to make sure we get it right for home viewing — and that process takes time. So stay tuned for an even more incredible release that will include the film on Blu-ray 3D and loads of bonus features."

That means that the Dark of the Moon disc that drops later this month will only contain the theatrical movie. The Blu-ray movie is delivered in 1080p high definition with English 7.1 Dolby TrueHD. For the first time in one of their home releases, Paramount is including English 5.1 Discrete Dolby Digital and English 2.0 Discrete Surround Dolby Digital tracks.

The DVD in the combo pack is presented in widescreen enhanced for 16:9 televisions with Dolby Digital English 5.1 Surround, English 2.0 Discrete Surround, French 5.1 Surround, Spanish 5.1 Surround and English Audio Description and English, French, Spanish and Portuguese subtitles. The digital copy is presented in English 2.0 Stereo with no subtitles.

Directed by Michael Bay and presented by executive producer Steven Spielberg, Transformers: Dark of the Moon is the second highest grossing movie in the Transformers film franchise and the fourth highest grossing 3D release of all time. Worldwide the picture took in $1.1 billion dollars including $350 million from North American cinemas. The movie stars Shia LaBeouf (Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull), Josh Duhamel (Life As We Know It), Tyrese Gibson (Four Brothers), John Turturro (The Good Shepherd), Patrick Dempsey (Grey's Anatomy), Frances McDormand (Fargo), John Malkovich (Beowulf) and newcomer Rosie Huntington-Whiteley as LaBeouf's love interest. Transformers: Dark of the Moon also features the voices of Peter Cullen as Optimus Prime, Leonard Nimoy (Star Trek) as Sentinel Prime and Hugo Weaving (Captain America: The First Avenger) as Megatron.