‘Farscape’ Coming Back To DVD – Finally!
July 3, 2009 by tcgames · Leave a Comment
If you missed collecting “Farscape” on DVD during its initial release, we have good news for you. The long out-of-print series is coming back to DVD this November.
The set will be launched at a panel at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con and is being picked up by A&E Home Video. The set will celebrate the 10th anniversary of the show.
When a freak accident during an experimental space mission catapulted Astronaut John Crichton (Ben Browder) across a thousand galaxies to an alien battlefield, a cult classic was born with the epic, adventure-filled TV series Farscape. The award-winning fan favorite show, which ran from 1999-2003 on Sci Fi and was named by TV Guide as one of television’s best cult shows ever, is about to blast off again on DVD courtesy of a pact between A&E Home Entertainment and The Jim Henson Company. Read more
Doc Savage On DVD – A Warner Archive Selection
Warner Brothers has opened up their archives for you to be able to order movies from them on DVD that have not been available before now. And one of them is George Pal’s Doc Savage: The Man Of Bronze.
Ok, I’ve read about 70-80 of the Doc Savage pulps in my collection, so I have a pretty good vision of what he and his Fabulous Five are like in my head, but I do have a spot in my heart for this movie. Yes, it’s cheese beyond cheese, and the acting is questionable, but I saw it at the theater during its brief run. I was eleven years old and very impressionable. I think I will be picking this up.
Here’s the official synopsis of the movie…
Based on the first of Kenneth Robeson’s 181 adventure-packed Doc Savage books, Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze hits the screen with all its gee-whiz, gung-ho spirit intact. And its bold protagonist, who along with having a herculean body is also a surgeon, linguist and inventor, remains determined to do right to all and wrong to no one.
Ron Ely (TV’s Tarzan) plays the strapping Savage in this high-camp, big-heroics tale of his trek into the Valley of the Vanished to confront the power-hungry Captain Seas (Paul Wexler). And behind the camera are pros who know how to get the most out of this entertainment bronze mine: veteran fantasy film producer George Pal (The War of the Worlds, The Time Machine) and director Michael Anderson (Around the World in 80 Days, Logan’s Run).
Studio: Warner Bros.
Theatrical Release Date: 05/01/1975
Screen Aspect: 16 X 9 FULL FRAME
Packaging Type: Amaray Case
If you’re wondering about the quality of the video, here is what Warner has to say…
Important Note: This film has been manufactured from the best-quality video master currently available and has not been remastered or restored specifically for this DVD and On Demand release. Click here to preview this film’s video quality.
Here are a few clips for you to enjoy while you’re waiting for your copy to arrive: Read more
‘Twilight’ the Top Selling DVD of 2009
April 1, 2009 by tcgames · Leave a Comment
The vampires in Twilight might be chaste, but fans of the movie are making sweet love to the DVD, making it the biggest home video release of 2009. That might not be saying much – it is, after all, just the end of the first quarter – but 5.6 million units sold in eight days is a big number.
Twilight is already a 300,000 DVDs ahead of Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, which was released in early February. And this is really just the first phase. Apparently, only 3% of the business comes from Blu-ray sales, and that’s because Target and Best Buy have a deal to sell the Blu-ray exclusively until May 5th. Still, do the math: That’s 168,000 Blu-ray sales in eight days. Not too shabby.
Twilight Sells Over 3 Million DVD Units
March 23, 2009 by tcgames · Leave a Comment
Summit Entertainment announced today that the home entertainment release of the studio’s action-packed, modern day vampire love story Twilight sold over 3 million DVD units in its first day of release. The DVD launch commenced this past Saturday morning at midnight with nationwide events during which time Summit and its retail partners provided Twilight fans with the chance to celebrate the DVD release of the film. “‘Twilight’ at Midnight” allowed participating retailers the opportunity to stay open late as fans lined up in impressive numbers to purchase the DVD of the epic romance at midnight parties.
Thousands of Twilight fans across the nation participated in the “‘Twilight’ at Midnight” event and some were surprised by filmmaker and cast appearances. 2,500 fans attended in Salt Lake City to see Rachelle Lefevre who plays Victoria; 2,000 showed up in Los Angeles to see Ashley Greene who plays Alice Cullen; over 1,000 fans came out to see director Catherine Hardwicke in Dallas; 700 fans lined up in New York for Edi Gathegi who plays Laurent; and 500 fans in Chicago saw Nikki Reed who plays Rosalie Hale.
With over 3 million DVD units sold,Twilight enters the top five best first day DVD releases over the past two years along with Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End, The Dark Knight, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and Transformers.
Summit Entertainment’s Co-Chairmen Rob Friedman and Patrick Wachsberger stated, “The Saturday release in conjunction with the groundbreaking retail events across the country have proven to be overwhelmingly successful which in turn benefited ‘Twilight’ fans as well as our retail partners. Home Entertainment President Steve Nickerson, the home entertainment group and the entire family at Summit are to be commended for the conceptualization and execution of this unique approach.”
‘Twilight’ to Be Released on Video on Demand, DVD Same Day
By now, every good Twilighter knows that Friday evening/Saturday morning will bring DVD release parties to a store near you. We’ve heard about Kellan Lutz’s plans to watch the Special Edition in his pajamas, Edi Gathegi’s hopes that he has a deleted scene or two, and we’ve even watched some exclusive featurettes early, like this one and this one. But will you be leaving your house Friday night?
As it turns out, you don’t have to. In a rare but increasingly-frequent move, “Twilight” is being released on Video On Demand the same day as the DVD streets. TVN Entertainment, the world’s largest television on-demand company, has announced that Twilight fans will immediately be able to access the film in its entirety on VOD without having to leave the comfort of their own homes.
“It is exciting to be working with a new studio partner, especially one with such strong titles in the pipeline,” Jackie Rome, Vice President of Programming for TVN Entertainment, said in a statement announcing the company’s agreement to release films from the franchise’s studio for the next several years. “Summit is an impressive addition to our studio roster and underlines TVN’s commitment to providing the most exciting, comprehensive VOD service in North America.”
So basically, if you want to pull a Kellan and stay home in your toasty jammies, all you have to do is click a few buttons on your remote control and you’re good to go. Read more
Fox To Remove Special Features From Rental DVDs
March 12, 2009 by tcgames · Leave a Comment
File this in your the “Yet another way Fox has found to inspire geek hate” folder: According to a report by VideoBusiness (Via CNet), 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment is going to start stripping rental DVDs SKUs of special features like commentaries and featurettes, in a horrendously misguided attempt to spur retail DVD sales. Retail copies available for purchase will retain all the special features. This policy will begin on March 31st, when DVD releases like Marley & Me, and Slumdog Millionaire will be subject to the features removal. Other Fox films such as The Day The Earth Stood Still, The Wrestler, and Notorious, will soon face the same fate.
It seems nobody is happy about this situation, including video store workers. According to one video store buyer in the article:
Can you imagine explaining this to all of your customers? People will think when they rent, it should have everything on it. And why shouldn’t it? This is just silly, and consumers aren’t going to be happy.
The move raises a number of issues. For example, how will the used DVD market be affected? More significantly, how will the policy affect Netflix, which typically allows you to rent special features discs (or discs with special features already on them)? Will Fox prevent Netflix from receiving the retail copies? Read more
Yet Another Terminator 2 Edition Coming Out On Disc
Terminator 2: Judgment Day will be headed to Blu-Ray on May 19th in a special Skynet Edition. True, there is a one-disc version of the Blu-Ray already available, but this is much, much more than that.
To begin with, Lionsgate Home Entertainment has packed over eight hours of interactive features into the Skynet Edition, which includes over two hours of behind-the-scenes videos and multimedia galleries. There is, of course, no coincidence that Terminator Salvation will arrive in theaters three days later.
The fun doesn’t stop with just the Skynet Edition, however. There’s also a Limited Edition T2 Complete Collector’s Set, which includes six discs and comes with a 14" T-800 Endoskull, perfect for any occasion. Well, almost. The Complete Collector’s Set has everything ever released on DVD for T2 and you’ll also get a digital copy so you can take it with you wherever your iPod goes. Click to enlarge the sweet new Blu-Ray cover art:
Twilight DVD Info! Special Features Include Deleted Scenes, Documentary
January 20, 2009 by tcgames · Leave a Comment
Mark your calendars Twilighters! On March 21st you will finally be able to own a copy of “Twilight” on DVD, and that means you’ll be able to savor every single moment as many times as you like. That date falls on a Saturday, an extremely odd day for a DVD release (virtually all other films come out on Tuesdays.) According to the studio, the Saturday date was selected “to encourage midnight release parties for fans across the nation.”
And fear not, this release of “Twilight” is anything but a bare bones edition of the film. The eagerly anticipated DVD release is going to be packed with special features. Check them out after the jump.
Among the features are:
–Audio Commentary by director Catherine Hardwicke, and stars Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart.
–Five Extended Scenes with introductions by the director
–Five Deleted Scenes with introductions by the director
–Three Music Videos from Muse, Paramore and Linkin Park
–The Adventure Begins: The Journey from Page to Screen — A seven-part documentary
–Comic-Con Phenomenon featurette
Are you going to plan a midnight party for the “Twilight” DVD release? What special feature are you most looking forward to checking out?
Source: MTVMovies
‘Twilight’ DVD In Stores March 21st
January 15, 2009 by tcgames · Leave a Comment
Twilight is set to be released on DVD on March 21st, which is such a coincidence because that’s also, as I’m sure you know, National Abstain From Sex with a Brooding Vampire Day. What luck!
The film is already something of a pop culture touchstone, with a massively successful series of books setting up the fourth-largest opening weekend of 2008. Twilight singlehandedly made Summit Entertainment a more competitive studio, at least in the short term, and it made instant stars out of Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart.
With $185 million in domestic earnings and counting and over $300 million in the global markets, Twilight was one of the biggest success stories of the year.
Source: GetTheBigPicture.net
Jackie Chan’s ‘Supercop’ Gets 2-disc Ultimate Edition
DVD Town has some news about a favorite movie of mine…
Santa Monica, CA – Martial arts titans Jackie Chan (The Forbidden Kingdom, Rush Hour) and Michelle Yeoh (The Mummy 3, Tomorrow Never Dies, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon) go undercover to infiltrate the region’s most nefarious drug ring in the 2-Disc DVD Ultimate Edition of SUPERCOP, arresting audiences January 13th from Genius Products and The Weinstein Company.
Regarded as one of Jackie Chan’s most beloved films, SUPERCOP has been lauded as a sharp “mix of stunts, martial arts and Chan’s own brand of breathtaking slapstick comedy” (Film.com). The film also garnered Hong Kong Film Award nominations for Best Actor (Chan) and Best Action Choreography. Boasting all-new bonus features, SUPERCOP Ultimate Edition is available on DVD January 13th for the suggested retail price of $19.97.
Michelle Yeoh trivia – one of the only female stars whom Jackie Chan lets do her own stunts. Says Michelle, “I prefer to be kicked four or five times well, you know, hard, than twenty or twenty five times not so good…”
Details + BONUS FEATURES:
• Presented on two discs
• Commentary by Hong Kong cinema expert Bey Logan
• Flying High: Interview with star Jackie Chan
• Dancing With Death: Interview with leading lady Michelle Yeoh
• The Stuntmaster General: Interview with director Stanley Tong
• The Fall Guy: Interview with co-star and Jackie Chan bodyguard (and training partner) Ken Lo
• 5.1 Surround Stereo in both DTS & Dolby Digital (with 1.0 Cantonese Mono), plus English or Spanish subtitle options
Please Note – More details:
Be sure to check out the full details under related releases.
Source: DVDTown.com
