•Disney is further shrinking the number of its Animated Classics not on Blu-ray by releasing Oliver and Company on 6 August and The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh on 27 August. No notable new extras were announced for either title. Here's hoping we finally get Black Cauldron in HD at some point.
•Warner Bros. has announced a Blu-ray double dip of 1993's The Fugitive, with no mention of whether this is a new transfer. It does include new extras (marked in bold) alongside the held-over original Blu-ray supplements:
- The Fugitive: Thrill of the Chase featuring Andrew Davis, Harrison Ford, Tommy Lee Jones and more
- Introduction by Andrew Davis and Harrison Ford
- Commentary by Andrew Davis and Tommy Lee Jones
- On the Run with the Fugitive Behind-the-Scenes Featurette
- Derailed: Anatomy of a Train Wreck Behind-the-Scenes Featurette
- “The Fugitive" [2000 WB Pilot]
- Theatrical Trailer
•CBS is putting out its second "movie cut" of a Star Trek: TNG season-ending cliffhanger with 30 July's Blu-ray of Star Trek: TNG "Redemption", the end of season 4 and beginning of season 5. I guess The Best of Both Worlds did well for them.
•Scream Factory has announced an August timeframe for a Blu-ray release of Q: The Winged Serpent. Expect quality and extras to match the already-impressive slate from Shout!Factory's newest sub-label.
•Twilight Time is releasing a limited run of 3000 Blu-ray copies of Brian DePalma's Body Double on 13 August.
•Olive Films has announced four more June Blu-ray releases, including two from Jean-Luc Godard (How is it Going? and Keep Your Right Up), and Sam Fuller's Shark!, starring Burt Reynolds.
Import Watch
•Sony UK has announced a Blu-ray of From Here to Eternity for 7 October. It is a Region-All coded disc. The US disc has not been announced, but its release may coincide with the UK release. Then again, we could be left waiting for months like we have for Fox's Cleopatra, which they got last year, or Sony's own Lawrence of Arabia, which was Region-All, just like Eternity will be. Import without worry, as whatever extras it has (none announced as of now) are likely to mirror this one, just as with Lawrence.
•The BFI has announced additions to their July-August-September slate, with the most exciting titles to me being the 19 August release of The Adventures of Prince Achmed and Rosselini's Voyage to Italy (which they translate as "Journey"). Equally exciting is the 15 July Blu-ray debut of John Cassavetes' The Killing of a Chinese Bookie, complete with two cuts of the movie on one disc. All titles listed in the Blu-ray.com news piece are expected to be Region B-locked, but keep an eye on them as more information hits Amazon.co.uk.
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