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Arachnophobia on September 4th (AKA the most costly retail day of all time)

The following titles have been listed for pre-order on Amazon; release on August 21st:

The Rescuers/The Rescuers Down Under - 35th Anniversary Edition (DVD/Blu-ray)
Pocahontas/ Pocahontas II - Special Edition (DVD/Blu-ray)
The Aristocats - Special Edition (DVD/Blu-ray)
The Tigger Movie - Bounce-a-rrrific Special Edition (DVD/Blu-ray)
Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure - Special Edition (DVD/Blu-ray)

Ed Wood coming out, September 18th is the preliminary date set.

Apparently the new Adventures in Babysitting Blu contains a promo for an upcoming 25th Anniversary Edition of Who Framed Roger Rabbit? on Blu-ray. That means it should be out next year!

Jeff wrote:Apparently the new Adventures in Babysitting Blu contains a promo for an upcoming 25th Anniversary Edition of Who Framed Roger Rabbit? on Blu-ray. That means it should be out next year!

That should provide ample lead time for everyone to get up in arms about how they're releasing the censored version rather than the theatrical one.

I've been wondering about that--what exactly was cut out?

I think he might be talking about the joke frames by the animators that caused a bit of a scandal with the laserdisc, which allowed viewers to go through the film frame by frame and discover the naughty bits.

I like how it's 'sharper' (i.e. more detailed), but the contrast in those screencaps look boosted, and that I don't like.

90's kids rejoice: Heavyweights coming out, and getting a rather unusually packed release.

Wonderful news. It was never even released in its OAR on DVD.

Also being released 12/11/12:

Babes in Toyland (1961)
Dick Tracy (1990)
The Joy Luck Club (1993)

Babes in Toyland is the first Walt-produced live-action era film to be released on Blu-ray by Disney.

It's good that the pre-40 Year Old Virgin Judd Apatow productions are getting good extras as well as the current titles. "The Cable Guy" got a very good Blu-ray last year as well. I wonder what that means for "Celtic Pride"....

That's truly wonderful news, provided they don't fuck it up Color of Money style.

Hopefully Mann is involved with this release like he was with Last Of The Mohicans. That it's coming out so soon after that release is promising.

The Mohicans disc came out over 2 years ago.

That it did. Damn, time flies.

Jeff wrote:Apparently the new Adventures in Babysitting Blu contains a promo for an upcoming 25th Anniversary Edition of Who Framed Roger Rabbit? on Blu-ray. That means it should be out next year!

March 12th!

Lots of animation coming out:

2/5

Peter Pan (1953)

3/12

Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001) (w/ DTV Atlantis: Milo's Return (2003))
Brother Bear (2003) (w/ DTV Brother Bear 2 (2006))
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) (w/ DTV The Hunchback of Notre Dame II (2002))
Mulan (1998) (w/ DTV Mulan II (2004))
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)

You forget that Who Framed Roger Rabbit comes with DTV Okay, Someone Else Framed Roger Rabbit Now.

The Narrator Returns wrote:You forget that Who Framed Roger Rabbit comes with DTV Okay, Someone Else Framed Roger Rabbit Now.

LOL. Joking aside, here's hoping the three Roger Rabbit shorts are included in HD.

The Little Mermaid on Blu in October

I'm betting it'll have the same features, which could still mean there's a chance Criterion to do an edition, but further down the road I would guess.