“Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs” – an animated film based on the children’s book of the same name, where Benjamin Bratt lent his voice to Manny -  will be released on Region-1 (USA and Canada) DVD and Blu-ray Disc on January 5, 2010.

Available on 1-Disc DVD, 2-Disc DVD ($34.95 SRP) and Blu-ray Disc ($39.95 SRP), special features will include:

1-Disc DVD

• Anamorphic Widescreen
• English, French and Spanish DD5.1
• English, French and Spanish subtitles
• Directors’ Commentary with Bill Hader
• Make It Rain Food.

2-Disc DVD

As above plus a second disc with the following additional extras:

• A Recipe for Success: The Making of Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
• Key Ingredients: The Voices of Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
• Flint’s Food Fight Game
• Extended Scenes
• Early Development Scenes
• Progression Reels with Introductions by Visual Effects Supervisor Rob Bredow
• Interactive “Raining Sunshine” Sing-A-Long
• “Raining Sunshine” Music Video by iCarly’s Miranda Cosgrove
• Behind the Scenes of Miranda Cosgrove’s “Raining Sunshine” Music Video-

Blu-ray Disc

A combo release which includes a DVD of the main feature alongside the Blu-ray Disc. Features include:

• 1080P Widescreen
• English, French and Spanish 5.1
• English, French and Spanish subtitles
• Directors’ Commentary with Bill Hader
• Interactive “Splat” Button (Throw Food at the Screen While You Watch the Movie!)
• A Recipe for Success: The Making of Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
• Key Ingredients: The Voices of Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
• Flint’s Food Fight Game – Enhanced for Blu-ray
• Extended Scenes
• Early Development Scenes
• Progression Reels with Introductions by Visual Effects Supervisor Rob Bredow
• Interactive “Raining Sunshine” Sing-A-Long
• “Raining Sunshine” Music Video by iCarly’s Miranda Cosgrove
• Behind the Scenes of Miranda Cosgrove’s “Raining Sunshine” Music Video
• Make It Rain Food.

The release of the Region-2 (Europe) DVD, instead, is set for February 15, 2010.

At the time of this writing, it is possible to pre-order the Region-2 version from Amazon.co.uk and Play.com, while it is not possible yet to pre-order the Region-1 version.