Scheduled for release on June 17, 2008 is a special edition of The Jungle Book 2. The film will be presented in 1.66:1, along with Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS 5.1 Surround tracks. Extras include deleted scenes, a Story of Jungle Book featurette, music videos, a Legacy Of The Jungle Book featurette, a Mowgli’s Jungle Ruins Maze game, and a sing-along function.
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Disney’s Enchanted, which will be released on DVD and Blu-ray on March 18, 2008, is a live-action film that is inspired by the classic animated Disney movies — as you can see below in the comparison shots, courtesy of ComingSoon:
Beauty and the Beast
Cinderella
The Little Mermaid
Check out these and more at ComingSoon.
On March 25th, Jayce and The Wheeled Warriors Volume One arrives on DVD, courtesy of Shout! Factory. This 4-disc set features season one of this 1985 cartoon. Click here to refresh your memory with a streaming trailer.
When a solar flare wreaks havoc on his botanical experiments, Jayce’s father is forced to flee from his accidental creations: Saw Boss and his band of ruthless mutated plant life called the Monster Minds. Now it’s up to Jayce, joined by the valiant Lightning League, to reunite with his father and combine the two halves of the magic Root amulet—the only object capable of purging the universe of Saw Boss and his army forever.
Volume 1 includes the first 33 episodes of Jayce and The Wheeled Warriors.
Steve Purcell’s popular comic book series Sam & Max Freelance Police comes to live in Sam & Max: Freelance Police!!! The Complete Series DVD box set on March 11, 2008 from Shout! Factory. Featuring collectible DVD packaging art with original illustrations by creator Steve Purcell, this 3-DVD box set contains all 13 action-packed episodes and hours of exclusive interactive bonus features.
Exclusive Bonus Features Include: A COMIC-CONversation with Steve Purcell, 3 Animated Shorts Originally Seen on FOX Kids, Sam & Max: Our Bewildering Universe – An original animated short written and co-directed by Steve Purcell, A Look at Telltale Games with Dan Conners, Dave Grossman, and Daniel Herrera, Sam & Max Season 2 Playable Demo by Telltale Games and an Original Series Bible by Steve Purcell.
Unstable Fables: 3 Pigs and a Baby — debuting on DVD March 4, 2008 — is the first film in the new Unstable Fables line of animated family features that retell classic stories.
Unstable Fables: 3 Pigs and a Baby is created by the Jim Henson Company, Flame Ventures and Prana Animation Studios.
Unstable Fables: 3 Pigs and a Baby features an all-star voice cast, including Emmy Award winner Brad Garrett and nominee Jon Cryer, Steve Zahn and Jesse McCartney.
Paramount has announced today the release of Robert Zemeckis’ Beowulf on DVD and HD DVD in both a theatrical and unrated director’s cut version.
The DVD will include the following special features: Deleted Scenes, A Hero’s Journey: The Making of Beowulf, Beasts of Burden: Designing the Creatures of Beowulf, The Origins of Beowulf, Creating the Ultimate Beowulf, The Art of Beowulf and Theatrical Trailer.
HD DVD will include the following special features:
Disc 1: In The Volume — feature-length picture-in-picture track, including motion capture performance, animatics and storyboards, Web Enabled Features, Beowulf Profiler and Scene Sharing.
Disc 2: A Hero’s Journey: The Making of Beowulf, A Hero’s Journey: The Making of Beowulf Interactive Version with Optional Pop Up Trivia and Additional Featurettes, The Art of Beowulf, A Conversation with Robert Zemeckis, Deleted Scenes and much more.
Warner Home Video has released The Smurfs: Season One, Volume One on DVD today featuring 19 re-mastered and uncut episodes on two discs for a suggested retail price of $26.99.
Nominated for an Emmy in 1982 for Outstanding Animated Program, The Smurfs followed 543 year-old Papa Smurf, Brainy, Jokey, Smurfette and their entire village as they face the evil Gargamel and his malicious feline, Azrael, who constantly attempt to eat the blue creatures.
Warner Home Video has announced that Batman: Gotham Knight, will make its way into stores on DVD and Blu-ray on July 8, 2008.
Batman: Gotham Knight is a new entry into the Batman mythos created by award winning producers and acclaimed writers who weaved six interlocking stories that reveal Bruce Wayne’s journey to Dark Knight, each with art from some of the world’s most revered animators.
The production was divided among three renowned studios: Studio 4ºC, Production I.G and Madhouse, and included the visions of directors Shojiro Nishimi, Futoshi Higashide, Hiroshi Morioka, Yasuhiro Aoki and Toshiyuki Kubooka.
Stories were written by several of the most talented writers of film, comic books, and animation, including Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Josh Olson, David S. Goyer, Emmy-winner Alan Burnett, Jordan Goldberg and award-winning comics writers Greg Rucka and Brian Azzarello.
Warner Home Video has announced that Popeye the Sailor: 1938-1940 Volume Two which includes 31 uncut and remastered shorts will be released on Junw 17, 2008. Extras will include commentaries, Popeye Popumentary featurettes, Out of the Inkwell: The Fleischer Story documentary, the feature-length movie Gulliver’s Travels, vintage audio recordings, radio interviews and more. Click here to view the complete list of included shorts.
KOCH Vision announced today that Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers – The Collection: Volume 1 will be released on May 13th. The DVD set will include the first 32 episodes of the 1986 show, created by Robert Mandell.
The series ran for 65 episodes so it’s safe to assume that Vol. 2 (whenever that comes out) will include the final 33 episodes.
Extras include a never-before-seen pilot/demo reel, on-camera interview with Mandell, audio commentary with Mandell and special guests, original music tracks and new “No Guts, No Glory” music video, slideshow of the vintage talking storybook “Tortuna the Outlaw Planet” and a 32-page collectible booklet featuring character profiles and illustrations.
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Disney has announced today that they will be releasing three new volumes from the Disney Vault on November 11, 2008. The three new two-disc sets are: Destino, Dr Syn, Alias the Scarecrow and Chronological Donald Vol. 4.
Destino began its life in 1946 and was a collaboration between Walt Disney and Salvador Dali and was unfortunately never finished. In 2003, Walt’s nephew, Roy Disney, made the decision to complete the film and bring it to the public.
Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow first aired as three separate episodes on Disney’s weekly TV show and was edited for theatrical releases in England and the U.S. The DVD set includes all three of the original TV episodes plus the theatrical version of the film that was released in England.
Chronological Donald Vol. 4 includes 31 shorts starring Donald Duck that were created between 1951 and 1961.
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The first video footage for Batman: Gotham Knight has been released and is available below. The intention of the movie is to bridge the gap between the live action Batman Begins and upcoming The Dark Knight sequel. The DVD is expected in stores before the July release of The Dark Knight.
RottenTomatoes has some exclusive sketches from 101 Dalmatians, coming to DVD on March 4, 2008. The art comes from the personal collection of Marc Davis, the main animator for Cruella. Davis made these sketches to explore the color palette and wardrobe for Cruella.
Turok: Son of Stone, based on the original 1950s comic book series, as well as influences ranging from Frank Miller to Akira Kurosawa, is now available on DVD. It tells a dark and intense re-imagining of Turok’s origin story.
During 20 years in exile, Turok has become a powerful and feared warrior. He now returns home to find his village destroyed and his family slaughtered at the hands of the ruthless tyrant Chichak. On a mission of vengeance, Turok must journey to the Lost Land, a savage place forgotten by time, where primeval beasts hunt all who enter.
On April 15th we will be treated to the DVD release of The Woody Woodpecker and Friends Classic Cartoon Collection: Volume 2, a 3-disc set which includes 75 digitally remastered and completely uncut cartoons that feature Woody and his friends: Chilly Willy, Andy Panda, Buzz Buzzard, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, Knothead and Splinter. To view the complete list of episodes, click on the link below the image below:
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