Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment has announced that 101 Dalmatians: Platinum Edition comes to DVD March 4, 2008 for a limited time only.
101 Dalmatians: Platinum Edition is restored with enhanced picture and sound and includes all-new, never-before-seen bonus features such as: “Redefining The Line: The Making Of 101 Dalmatians”, “Cruella De Vil: Drawn To Be Bad” where Marc Davis, an animation legend, eveals how this iconic character came to be, Deleted Songs and much more!
The folks over at Collider were lucky enough to sit down with various people from Pixar including Brad Bird and John Lasseter who are out promoting the upcoming DVD/Blu-Ray release of Ratatouille.
Check out the interviews:
Brad Lewis – Producer
Michael Giacchino – Composer
Brian Dennehy (Voice of Djano) and Andrew Jiminez (Animator)
Brad Bird (Director) and John Lasseter (Executive Producer)
Warner Home Video’s Looney Tunes Collection Vol. 5 is now and offers 60 re-mastered, unedited classic cartoons — including some rarely-seen shorts, plus more than five hours of special features including commentaries by filmmakers, writers, animators, historians and alternate audio programs.
Each of the collection’s four discs is dedicated to a Looney Tunes character or special theme:
Disc 1 pays homage to Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck
Disc 2 is a collection of wacky takes on classic fairy tales
Disc 3 is devoted to the work of Bob Clampett
Disc 4 celebrates some of Looney Tunes’ earliest cartoons
Acme Filmworks has released 18 DVD compilations of short animated films from The Animation Show of Shows which has toured the world, screening the best in animated shorts.
Each of the 18 volumes features three films and sells for $5. The three box sets include six of those volumes and sell for $30. Fans can also purchase all three box sets for $90. The DVDs are available exclusively at filmporium.com
Definitely check them out and support this great effort!
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Universal Studios Home Ent. Canada and Nelvana Enterprises have announced a seven-year deal that will see Universal manufacture, market and sell five properties on DVD for Nelvana Enterprises in Canada
The properties include: Jane and the Dragon, Grossology, DI-GATA Defenders, Ruby Gloom and a feature-length Franklin movie.
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Surf’s Up, from Sony Pictures Animation, is now available on DVD, Blu-ray and PSP. Surf’s Up about surfing penguins is directed by Ash Brannon and Chris Buck. Surf’s Up stars the voices of Shia LaBeouf, Jeff Bridges, Zooey Deschanel, Jon Heder, James Woods and Mario Cantone.
Bonus features include:
THE CHUBBCHUBBS — The original Oscar-winning animated short
“Not A Drop of Real Water” — Three-part doc that takes viewers behind-the-scenes of the movie
Music Video — Lauryn Hill “Lose Myself”
Arnold’s Zurfinary — Arnold gives a kids-eye view of surf terminology
CREATE YOUR OWN SURFBOARD game
LAVA SURF game
WHALE HOPPING game
Filmmaker commentary
Check out the trailer for the upcoming Futurama movie, Bender’s Big Score, coming to DVD on November 27th!
Universal Studios Home Entertainment have announced the 13th entry in the Land Before Time franchise, The Wisdom of Friends, scheduled for DVD release on November 27. Cuba Gooding Jr. and Sandra Oh will provide voices for two new characters, Loofah and Doofah.
In The Land Before Time: The Wisdom of Friends, Littlefoot and his friends must guide two goofy yellow-bellied dinos, Loofah and Doofah back to their herd. Along the way, Littlefoot realizes that their comically strange survival techniques demonstrate a different kind of wisdom.
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Warner Home Video has entered a multi-year, exclusive worldwide home video distribution deal for PEANUTS, the syndicated comic strip by Charles Schulz. The distribution deal includes the Peanuts library and original made-for-videos for home video and new media distribution.
Under the terms of the agreement, WHV will exclusively distribute multiple Peanuts DVD titles, which include more than 50 classic television specials and television series episodes. The first of these releases includes a deluxe edition of Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown, scheduled for release on Jan. 15, 2008, followed by a deluxe edition of It’s the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown scheduled for release Feb. 26, 2008.
The agreement also includes production of new made-for-DVD titles as well as new short-form content for digital distribution via wireless, EST and video-on-demand platforms.
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The Tom and Jerry Spotlight Collection Vol. 3 is now available for an MSRP of $26.99 although you could probably find it cheaper online. Volume 3 is the final collection in the series and features 35 classic Tom and Jerry cartoons on two DVDs. 15 of the 35 shorts have been re-mastered in their original CinemaScope widescreen format.
Bonus features include: Cat and Mouse: The Tale of Tom and Jerry, a history of the show. Also included in the collection is The Karate Guard, a theatrical short released in 2005 that marked Joe Barbera’s first return as a writer, director and storyboard artist on the series since his and Hanna’s original cartoon shorts.
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Sony Pictures Animation has confirmed that it’s making a direct-to-DVD Open Season sequel which will hit store shelves in 2009. The original film took in $190 million worldwide and performed well on DVD so a sequel isn’t much a surprise. What is a surprise is the decision to to straight to DVD which hopefully doesn’t mean the production value will suffer.
The new movie will focus on Mr. Weenie and Giselle, both of which were characters in the original film. No word on whether or not the Boog and Elliot characters will make an appearance.
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Paramount has announced that Transformers will be released October 16 exclusively on HD DVD, day-and-date with the standard DVD release.
Transformers on HD DVD will span two discs and be presented in 1080p widescreen video with Dolby Digital Plus 5.1 audio. Sorry audiophiles, no lossless audio wil be included — which is a huge bummer for those with awesome sound setups.
The HD DVD version will include all the extra features found on the standard two-disc DVD edition along with HD DVD exclusives.
The folks over at TV Shows on DVD have received info on the Simpsons Movie DVD, set to release on December 18th. The 87-minute long movie will be available in both Widescreen and Fullscreen versions and will come with the following extras:
Animators commentary: David Silverman, Mike B. Anderson, Steven Dean Moore, Rich Moore.
Producers Commentary: James L. Brooks, Matt Groening, Richard Sakai, Al Jean, Mike Scully, David Silverman, Dan Castellaneta, Yeardley Smith.
Deleted Scenes: Levels, Springfield News, DMV, Sausage Truck, Animals Painting
Promos: Jay Leno Promo, American Idol Promo, American Idol Cold Open, Lobby Promo, THX Spoof
Audio will be presented in English Dolby Surround 5.1 and English DTS 5.1 ES along with Spanish and French soundtracks in Dolby Surround and subtitles in English and Spanish.
Pixar’s RATATOUILLE will arrive on DVD and Blu-Ray on Nov. 6, and when it does it will feature the all-new animated short, YOUR FRIEND THE RAT, a new adventure starring Remy and Emile.
The DVD will also include deleted scenes, a conversation with director Brad Bird and Chef Thomas Keller, and LIFTED (another Pixar short).
The Blu-ray version will also include: Gusteau’s Gourmet Game and Cine-Explore which allows viewers to customize their own behind the scenes experience, which includes animation briefings, documentary shorts, deleted shots and deleted scenes.
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Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks Animation SKG have announced they will exclusively support the HD DVD format and drop support for Blu-ray.
This affects the upcoming releases of the blockbusters “Shrek the Third” and “Transformers,” along with movies distributed by Paramount Pictures, DreamWorks Pictures, Paramount Vantage, Nickelodeon Movies and MTV Films.
Jeffrey Katzenberg, CEO of DreamWorks Animation, said consumers seeking to switch to high-definition DVDs will be enticed by the movies available for HD-DVD players. He added the lower price for the Toshiba devices will appeal to the family market.
“It’s a game-changer, what they’re doing, and it’s why we decided to throw in with them,” Katzenberg said.
Source: MyWay
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