We’ve got a bunch more announcement news for you today…
First, 20th Century Fox has set the CG-animated Koala Kid for DVD release on 4/30 exclusively at Walmart. Fox has also The Oranges for Blu-ray Combo and DVD release on 5/7.
Fox and MGM are releasing a 3-disc Daniel Craig 007 Collection on Blu-ray Disc on 6/4, due to include Casino Royale, Quantum of Solace and Skyfall. From what we can tell, these will be the same single-disc editions released previously.
Lionsgate will release Ice Road Truckers: Season 6 and Mountain Men: Season 1 on 6/4 (in addition to Warm Bodies, announced yesterday), followed by After People, Betty and Coretta, Ninja Masters and Power Rangers Super Samurai: Secret of the Red Ranger – Volume 4 on 6/11, and American Idiots and Summoned on 6/18. It’s also worth noting that the studio is releasing a title called Mighty Messes as a digital-only release on 6/11.
Universal is releasing a W.C. Fields Comedy Favorites Collection on DVD only on 6/4, including International House, Man on the Flying Trapeze, My Little Chickadee, It’s a Gift, Poppy, The Bank Dick, You’re Telling Me!, You Can’t Cheat an Honest Man, Never Give a Sucker an Even Break and The Old Fashioned Way.
Universal is also releasing some of the Classic Monsters titles (released last year in a box set) as Blu-ray singles on 6/4, including Creature from the Black Lagoon, The Invisible Man, The Mummy (1932) and Phantom of the Opera (1943). Creature will include both 2D and 3D as in the box set. Otherwise, all extras will be the same. Note that this is simply Wave 1. Presumably the remaining titles will be released as singles later in 2013.
And Universal has set an Alfred Hitchcock: The Essentials Collection for Blu-ray release on 6/4 that includes Rear Window, Vertigo, North by Northwest, Psycho and The Birds. This is just a stripped down version of last year’s Hitchcock box set with only five of the films.
Speaking of Universal and Hitchcock, the studio will release BD singles of Rope on 5/7, Shadow of a Doubt on 6/4 and The Trouble with Harry on 7/2.
Also, Sony has set Parker for Blu-ray Combo and DVD release on 5/7 (SRP $35.99 and $26.99). The film stars Jason Statham and Jennifer Lopez.
Warner and Cartoon Network have set Regular Show: The Complete First & Second Seasons for Blu-ray and DVD release on 7/16.
And New Video will release Wild Bill on Blu-ray and DVD on 7/16 as well.
Finally, on the TV front, Amazon.com has just listed Showtime’s Homeland: The Complete Second Season for Blu-ray and DVD release on 9/10, and Sony’s Breaking Bad: The Fifth Season and TNT’s Falling Skies: The Complete Second Season each for Blu-ray and DVD release on 6/4. Those last three titles haven’t been officially announced yet (to our knowledge) so the dates are subject to change.
Here’s a look at temp artwork for three of Universal’s Classic Monsters BD singles – all are available for pre-order on Amazon.com by clicking on the covers…
Stay tuned...
- Bill Hunt