Dreamworks has announced that they will release Madagascar and Shrek the Third for Blu-ray on September 16th. No specs or special features have been announced yet, except for Shrek the Third which will include the same bonus features as the HD DVD release.
Shrek the Third special features include lost scenes, a behind-the-scenes featurette, music video, animation video jukebox and much more.
The critically acclaimed, Academy Award nominated film Persepolis arrives on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on June 24, 2008. Based on the autobiographical graphic novels by Marjane Satrapi and directed and written by Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud, Persepolis won the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Foreign Film and was named Best Animated Feature by the New York Film Critics Circle.
Persepolis is the story of a young girl in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. It is through the eyes of nine year old Marjane that we see a people’s hopes dashed as fundamentalists take power – forcing the veil on women and imprisoning thousands. Clever and fearless, she outsmarts the “social guardians†and discovers punk, ABBA and Iron Maiden.
DVD/Blu-Ray Bonus Features Include:
English Language version of the film featuring the voices of Chiara Mastroianni, Sean Penn, Catherine Deneuve, Gena Rowlands and Iggy Pop
“The Hidden Side of Persepolis†Featurette: The making of the French version
“Behind the Scenes of Persepolisâ€: The Recording of the English version
Audio Commentary by Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud & Chiara Mastoianni on Select Scenes
Animated Scene Comparisons with Commentary by Marjane Satrapi
2007 Cannes Film Festival Press Conference Q & A with Cast and Crew
Warner Home Video brings the animated series Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Hour: Volume One to DVD for the first time on May 20, 2008. The two-disc collector’s set will feature seven episodes on two discs.
Richie Rich and Scooby-Doo were the stars of The Richie Rich, Scooby-Doo Show, which originally aired on ABC. The one-hour program combined several shorts, each featuring either Richie Rich or Scooby-Doo.
Check out the following preview clips:
Scooby-Doo Shower Time
Richie Rich Treasure
And here’s the DVD cover art:
Release date: June 17, 2008
Warner Bros. has announced the upcoming Blu-ray release of Justice League Season One on August 19, 2008.
The release will include all 26 season one episodes on three BD-50 Blu-ray discs. No info on the extras has been released although you can at least expect the bonus features from the DVD release.
In the mean time, check out the cover art:
Shout! Factory has released today Oban Star-Racers Vol. 1: The Alwas Cycle on DVD with Oban Star-Racers Vol. 2: The Oban Cycle following on May 20, 2008. Each volume of these DVDs feature 13 completely uncut episodes.
Volume One: It’s 2082. Ten thousand years have passed since the last great race on the remote planet of Oban. Now the time has come for the pilots of the galaxy to compete in a new race, and Earth is more than ready with its spectacular Whizzing Arrow star-racer. Built and maintained by racing legend Don Wei’s team of engineers and mechanics, the Whizzing Arrow has become the Earth’s only hope against annihilation by the greatest foe the world has ever seen—the menacing Crog Imperium.
There’s just one problem: Once he arrives on the distant planet of Alwas for the competition, Wei’s top pilot is forced into early retirement, and the controls of the Whizzing Arrow are placed into the inexperienced hands of “Molly,†a 15-year-old racing prodigy!
Volume Two: The satellite tournament on Alwas has been completed, and Molly and the crew of the Whizzing Arrow have qualified to compete on Oban for the mysterious Ultimate Prize. Can young Molly outrun the competition, save Earth and win the power to bring her mother back to life? See this epic anime adventure which features spectacular mixed-media, combining 2D Japanese-animated characters with 3D animated ships and races. To maintain the quality and originality of this project, creator and animator Savin Yeatman-Eiffel spent nine years on a personal mission to complete this series with no influence from outside investors.
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DVD Cover Art:
Check out the official trailer for the upcoming (July 8th) DVD/Blu-ray release of Batman Gotham Knight:
DC Comics and Warner Bros have announced that BATMAN GOTHAM KNIGHT is set to premiere at Wizard World Chicago on June 28, 2008.
The premiere will be followed immediately by a panel featuring members of the film crew and cast, including producer Bruce Timm; comics writer Brian Azzarello and writer Alan Burnett. Other filmmakers and voice talent are expected to participate.
BATMAN GOTHAM KNIGHT will arrive July 8, 2008 on DVD and Blu-Ray disc, and will also be available On Demand via digital cable and for download.
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Popeye is back with the planned release of Popeye The Sailor 1938-1940 Volume 2 and Popeye and Friends Vol. 1 on June 17, 2008.
Popeye The Sailor 1938-194 Volume 2 includes 31 original re-mastered and unedited theatrical shorts created by the legendary Max Fleischer. Popeye and Friends Volume 1 is a 1-disc set including 8 full-color shorts available for $14.97.
Popeye Volume 2 also includes more than three hours of bonus features:
Popeye Commentaries from historians, animators and filmmakers
Popeye Popumentaries – A closer look at Eugene the Jeep, Poopdeck Pappy and the voices of Olive Oyl
“Out of the Inkwell: The Fleischer Story”
“Men of Spinach and Steel”
Early Max Fleischer Short Film & Art Gallery
“Females is Fickle” Pencil Test
“Stealin Ain’t Honest” Storyboard Reel
Vintage Audio Recording from ‘I’m Popeye the Sailor Man”
Interview with Jack Mercer (audio only)
Popeye and Friends Vol. 1 is an authorized edition from Hanna-Barbera. The DVD features full-color shorts from the ‘All-New Popeye Hour” TV show which originally premiered on CBS as part of their Saturday morning cartoon lineup.
The first volume DVD contains eight shorts from this series in full-color, including “Ship Ahoy” and ‘Popeye the Plumber.”
Fox Home Entertainment’s Alvin and the Chipmunks sold more than 2.6 million copies on Tuesday, becoming the fastest-selling DVD of the year.
The DVD is getting a boost from a “Get Munk’d” mall tour, which averages more than 2,500 fans at each stop. The tour consists of a stage show concert, and will stop at Chicago, Seattle, Minneapolis, San Francisco, Atlanta, St. Louis, San Diego and Salt Lake City.
Alvin and the Chipmunks is also available on Blu-ray.
Nickelodeon has announced that SpongeBob Squarepants: Pest of The West will debut on DVD April 15, 2008. This latest SpongeBob DVD includes the following seven episodes:
Pest of the West
While researching his family tree, SpongeBob discovers he was related to Western hero, SpongeBuck. Flashback to SpongeBuck arriving in Bikini Gulch around 1882 and going head-to-head against dastardly Dead-Eye Plankton!
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment presents Futurama: The Beast With A Billion Backs, the second of four all-new feature-length adventures, invading Earth on DVD June 24.
In their latest adventure, Bender, Fry, Leela and crew encounter a repulsive, planet-sized creature with billions of probing tentacles…and soon find themselves involved in a disturbing – yet sensuous – interplanetary love story.
The Beast With A Billion Backs will include guest appearances from David Cross, Brittany Murphy, Dan Castellaneta and world-renowned physicist Stephen Hawking.
Futurama: The Beast With A Billion Backs is packed with bonus material, including commentary from Matt Groening and David X. Cohen, cast members Billy West, John DiMaggio and Maurice LaMarche, director Peter Avanzino, and producers Claudia Katz, Lee Supercinski, and Michael Rowe; an entire 30-minute “Lost Futurama Adventure”; featurettes “Meet Yivo!” (behind the scenes with David Cross) and “A Brief History of Deathball”; a sneak peek at the next Futurama epic, Bender’s Game; storyboard animatic; deleted scenes; bloopers, and more.
Cartoon Network’s Robot Chicken: Star Wars DVD has been delayed from May 20 to July 22, 2008 in order to capitalize on Comic Con and the theatrical release of Star Wars: The Clone Wars.
The Robot Chicken: Star Wars episode first aired on Cartoon Network in July. Bonus features include behind-the-scenes featurettes, deleted scenes and commentary.
Kevin Conroy returns to the title role in Batman Gotham Knight, scheduled for release July 8, 2008 on DVD and Blu-ray Disc, as well as OnDemand and Pay-per-View. The film will be available for download on the same date.
Conroy set the standard for modern day Batman voices with his performance in Batman: The Animated Series, The New Adventures of Batman and Robin and The New Batman Superman Adventures. He reprised the role as an aging Bruce Wayne playing mentor to a new Caped Crusader in Batman Beyond.
“Anytime we initiate an animated Batman project, ‘Will Kevin Conroy voice Batman?’ is the first question we hear from fans,†said Bruce Timm, Executive Producer. “To meet Kevin is to know that he’s not anything like Batman, and yet he manages to perfectly nail that indefinable element that is Batman. He’s got the voice, he’s got the acting chops, and he’s absolutely the best man for the job.â€
Gary Dourdan (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation) and Ana Ortiz (Ugly Betty) are heard in multiple segments of the six-story film as police detectives Crispus Allen and Anna Ramirez, key members of a special unit who learn to trust the Dark Knight’s motives. Parminder Nagra (ER, Bend It Like Beckham) supplies the voice of Cassandra, a mystical Indian woman who teaches Bruce Wayne to endure and manage his pain. David McCallum (Navy NCIS, The Man From U.N.C.L.E., The Great Escape) takes on the role of loyal servant Alfred. George Newbern (Father of the Bride) and Alanna Ubach (Legally Blonde) also join the cast.
The cast also features popular voice over artists Corey Burton, Rob Paulsen, Kevin Michael Richardson, Will Friedle, Jason Marsden, Jim Meskimen, Pat Musick, Scott Menville, Hynden Walch, Corey Padnos and Crystal Scales.
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