Now then, the big bit of announcement news today is that Fox has set 12 Years a Slave for Blu-ray Combo and DVD release on 3/4. The Blu-ray will include an exclusive documentary, A Historical Portrait. Both versions will offer a pair of documentary featurettes as well (The Team and The Score).
Meanwhile, on the catalog front, Warner Home Video has set a Blazing Saddles: 40th Anniversary Edition for release on Blu-ray on 5/6 (SRP $24.95). The set will include the all new Blaze of Glory: Mel Brooks’ Wild, Wild West featurette, along with the following extras carried over from DVD: audio commentary by Mel Brooks, the Back in the Saddle cast/crew reunion documentary, the 1975 Black Bart TV pilot inspired by the movie, deleted scenes and the theatrical trailer. The package will also include 10 quotable art cards with quotes and images from the film. Here’s what it looks like...
Also today, MGM has set The Black Stallion for Blu-ray release on 3/18.
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We’ll leave you with a closer look at the BD art for Warner’s Blazing Saddles: 40th Anniversary Edition, as well as the final art for Fox’s 12 Years a Slave and MGM’s The Black Stallion...
Back tomorrow with more. Stay tuned...
- Bill Hunt