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| TOTAL DVD TITLES (11/25/11 - DVD Release Report): 132,906/270* |
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| MY TWO CENTS - 1/26/12 - by Digital Bits editor Bill Hunt |
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All right, we've got a couple more announcements for you today...
First, Warner Home Video has confirmed that the long-awaited The Magnificent Ambersons, which has been available as an Amazon-exclusive with purchase of the Citizen Kane: 70th Anniversary Ultimate Collector's Edition Blu-ray, will now be available as a DVD only release starting on 1/31 (SRP $14.96). Keep in mind, this isn't any kind of special edition. But if you've been looking for the title on DVD, here it is. Also available from WHV starting on 2/7 are disc-only versions of the Ben Hur: 50th Anniversary Ultimate Collector's Edition, including a Blu-ray/DVD Combo (SRP $34.99), a Blu-ray only (SRP $19.98) and DVD (SRP $19.94). And Tom & Jerry: Around the World streets on DVD only from WHV on 5/8 as well (SRP $19.97). Meanwhile, Sony has announced another batch of MOD DVD-R titles to be made available on 3/6, including The Gene Krupa Story, Fat City, Just for Fun, Mr. Wrinkle Goes to War, The Three Stooges (the 2000 Movie of the Week), Ring-A-Ding Rhythm, Spin a Dark Web and Combat Hospital: Season 1. And Lionsgate has set Crew 2 Crew and Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns: Season 5 for DVD only release on 4/17. Finally, most of these aren't officially announced yet, but a quick survey of Amazon.com reveals a few interesting catalog titles on the way to Blu in the next few months, including Jeremiah Johnson (due 5/1) and Gremlins 2: The New Batch (5/8) from Warner Home Video, The Prophecy Collection (4/3) and Halloween: Resurrection, In Too Deep, Operation Condor 2: The Armour of God (all 4/17) from Echo Bridge, Truth About Cats & Dogs (4/10) from Anchor Bay/Starz, the 1975 The Invisible Man: The Complete Series (5/1) from First Look Pictures and the 1947 Red House (4/24) from Film Chest. Here's a look at the DVD art for Warner's The Magnificent Ambersons and Ben-Hur, and the Blu-ray/DVD Combo art for Ben-Hur as well...   
Stay tuned... 1/25/12 Quick update today, but some good announcement news nonetheless... 20th Century Fox has set the Jonah Hill comedy The Sitter for Blu-ray/DVD Combo and DVD release on 3/20. Extras on the Blu-ray will include an unrated Totally Irresponsible cut of the film, 10 deleted and extended scenes, a gag reel, outtakes and 3 featurettes (For Your Consideration, The Making of The Sitter and Jonah the Producer). Image Entertainment has set National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest Maximus for release on Blu-ray and DVD on 3/20 (SRP $29.97 and $27.97). Shout! Factory has announced Transformers Prime: The Complete First Season for release on Blu-ray and DVD on 3/6. The Blu-ray will be a 4-disc Limited Edition that includes the 96-page IDW graphic novel (SRP $64.99). The DVD is a 4-disc Deluxe Edition (SRP $29.93 ). All 26 episodes will be included, along with an original "making of" special, 15 audio commentaries with the cast and crew, a featurette on the toys and the Season Two teaser trailer shown at New York Comic-Con last year. You can pre-order now on Amazon (via the links provided) and at the Shout! website. Well Go USA Entertainment has set Blade of Kings (starring Donnie Yen and Jackie Chan) for Blu-ray and DVD release on 3/6 (SRP $29.98 and $24.98). Extras will include a featurette, a music video and an English-dubbed audio option. Jackie Chan also appears on Mandrill, coming from Magnolia Home Entertainment and Magnet on Blu-ray and DVD on 2/28. Scholastic has set the animated Stellaluna for DVD only release on 2/14. And Lionsgate has set the drama Answers to Nothing for DVD only release on 2/28. Also today, retail sources have informed us that David Fincher's American remake of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is tentatively set for Blu-ray and DVD release by Sony in late March. (Note that Amazon.co.uk has the street date there set for 4/23.) One would expect an official announcement soon. Here's a look at the Blu-ray cover art for Fox's The Sitter, Image's National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest Maximus and preliminary art (from retail sources) for Disney's yet-to-be-announced War Horse...   
Stay tuned... 1/24/12 All right, first up today, our own Russell Hammond has posted the weekly Release Dates & Art update here at The Bits, featuring all the latest Blu-ray, DVD and Video Game cover scans and Amazon.com pre-order links. Ordering stuff through our links helps to support our work here at the site, and we surely do appreciate it! Now then, the big entertainment news today is obviously the announcement of the Academy Award nominations. You'll find them all here, but the 9 films up for Best Picture include The Artist, The Descendants, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, The Help, Hugo, Midnight in Paris, Moneyball, The Tree of Life and War Horse. The winners will be announced on the official ABC broadcast on 2/26. Some more title announcement news today... Lionsgate (for Miramax) has set Bounce and a Kate and Leopold: Director's Cut for release on Blu-ray on 4/10. Also coming from them on 4/3 on DVD are the Angelina Ballerina: Ultimate Dance Collection, Fireman Sam: Rescue on the Water, Enter Nowhere, the Gwyneth Paltrow: 4-Film Collection (Shakespeare in Love, Emma, Bounce and View from the Top), the Nicole Kidman: 4-Film Collection (Cold Mountain, Rabbit Hole, The Others and Dogville) and Renee Zellweger: 4-Film Collection (Bridget Jones's Diary, Chicago, Cold Mountain and New in Town). Warner Home Video has set the IMAX title Born to Be Wild for release on Blu-ray 3D Combo Pack and Blu-ray Combo Pack on 4/17, with a DVD release to follow on 5/2. Magnolia Home Entertainment has set I Melt With You for release on Blu-ray and DVD on 2/28. Paramount and Comedy Central have set Patton Oswalt: Finest Hour for DVD only release on 4/24. Cartoon Network has announced Redakai: Conquer the Kairu - The Journey Begins for DVD only release on 2/28 as well. For classic TV fans, Film Chest has set That Show with Joan Rivers: Volumes 1-3 and Lawrence Welk Classic Episodes: Volumes 1-4 for DVD only release on 2/21. And Image has the family values title Trinity Goodheart on the way to DVD only on 3/27. Here's a look at the cover art for Lionsgate's Bounce and Kate and Leopold: Director's Cut, as well as Warner's new Blu-ray book version of Citizen Kane (now available) on Blu-ray...   
Stay tuned! Bill Hunt, Editor The Digital Bits billhunt@thedigitalbits.com |
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