Things are a bit slow today, given the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day holiday, but we do have a little announcement news for you this afternoon...
Fox and MGM have officially set SPECTRE for Blu-ray and DVD release on 2/9.
Universal will release Spotlight on Blu-ray and DVD on 2/23.
Disney has Spielberg’s Bridge of Spies officially due on Blu-ray and DVD on 2/2.
HBO’s Silicon Valley: The Complete Second Season streets on Blu-ray on 4/19, along with Veep: Season 4.
Scream Factory has set the Death Becomes Her: Collector’s Edition for Blu-ray release on 4/26. On 4/19, look for The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, with Village of the Damned and Destroyer/Edge of Sanity on 4/12, and The Hallow on 4/5.
Timeless (via Shout!) will release a Great American Frontier Double Feature Blu-ray due on 4/19, featuring Grayeagle and Winterhawk.
Arrow Video is releasing John Milius’ Dillinger on Blu-ray on 4/26 as well, along with The Zero Boys. Arrow also has The Stuff due on 4/19, along with Outlaw Gangster VIP: The Complete Collection featuring Gangster VIP 1 & 2, Heartless, Goro the Assassin, Black Dagger, and Kill! On 4/12, they’ll release Bride of Re-Animator on BD, with both Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key and Fulci’s The Black Cat set BD on for 4/5.
And VCI is releasing John Moxey’s The City of the Dead on Blu-ray on 3/29, starring Christopher Lee.
Finally, here’s something fun: Animation historian Jerry Beck just posted on his Facebook page over the weekend that he’s been working on those new Kino Lorber Blu-ray releases of the DePatie-Freleng Enterprises animated titles The Inspector, The Ant and the Aardvark, and Crazylegs Crane. Some of you may recall, we first mentioned that they were coming way back in June. Now it looks like they’re finally getting close to finished, having been announced by Kino Lorber for release on 4/26. The Inspector (2 discs) will include 34 animated shorts, Crazylegs Crane (1 disc) will include 16 animated shorts, and The Ant and the Aardvark (also 1 disc) will include 17 animated shorts. Additional bonus features are TBA. Very cool news indeed! Meanwhile, here’s what the covers will looks like (no pre-orders are yet available, but we’ll add them as they appear on Amazon.com)…
We’ll leave you with a look at the Blu-ray Disc cover artwork for all of Criterion’s newly-announced April titles, which are all now available for pre-order on Amazon by clicking on the covers...
Back tomorrow with more. Stay tuned...
- Bill Hunt