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Lilo, Pinocchio, Totoro Arrive on Video; Plus, Go Behind the Scenes at Walt Disney Studios!
Disney’s successful Lilo & Stitch tops this week’s list of home video releases. The animated adventures of a girl who befriends an alien sent to conquer Earth features the voices of Daveigh Chase, Tia Carrere, Ving Rhames, David Ogden Stiers, Jason Scott Lee, Zoe Caldwell, Kevin McDonald and Kevin Michael [...]
Ice Age, Men In Black Chill on Video
Topping this week’s list of home video debuts are two films about cool heroes who hope to get a warm reception at the retail counter. Both Fox’s Ice Age and Columbia Tristar’s Men In Black II feature bonus CG animated shorts that are sure to be a highlight of each [...]
Ben And J-Lo Get Animated In Video Game
Hollywood’s newest “it” couple, Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez, received a special gift from director Kevin Smith on the last day of shooting for their upcoming film, Jersey Girl. Smith commissioned Austin, Tex.-based Powerhouse Animation Studios Inc. to create an animated video game titled “Jen Saves Ben.” In addition to [...]
Spirit DVD Puts You In The Director’s Chair
DreamWorks’ Spirit Stallion of the Cimarron hits home video today, saddled with plenty of extra features, including a DVD-ROM activity that lets you make your own movie using actual assets from the film. Dubbed “tradigital” by producer Jeffrey Katzenberg, Spirit combines digital and traditional animation in telling the story of [...]
ADV Films Acquires Super Duper Sumos For Home Video
ADV Films has acquired the home-video distribution rights to DIC Ent.’s animated series Super Duper Sumos. The distributor plans to release a total of six volumes, the first of which, Super Duper Sumos: They’ve Got Guts, will be available on DVD and VHS Feb. 4, 2003. Having put a stranglehold [...]
Clones Sales Slashes Records, Fastest-Selling Release of the Year, Many Retailers Out of Stock
With first day retail sales topping $75 million, Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones has become the fastest selling home entertainment release of the year. According to the title’s distributor, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, many retailers are out of stock due to the high demand. While the [...]
Fantasy Rules On Home Video
Fantasy film fans have plenty to be giddy about with Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones and The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Platinum Series Extended Edition DVD topping today’s crop of home video releases. The Episode II two-disc DVD features more than six [...]
Brothers, Powerpuff Girls Debut On Video
Animation and visual effects fans have a lot to choose from with today’s crop of home video releases. Among the offerings are HBO’s Steven Spielberg/Tom Hanks produced WWII epic 10-part miniseries Band of Brothers and The Powerpuff Girls Movie from Cartoon Network and Warner Bros. Featuring extensive CG visual effects [...]
Spider-Man Scales Sales Charts
The money machine that is Spider-Man continues to fill the pockets of Sony Pictures and Marvel Enterprises with the record-breaking home video release of the CG-heavy franchise tent pole. First day sales saw seven million units moved, shattering a record set in Sept. by Disney/Pixar’s Monsters, Inc. When weekend totals [...]
Halloween DVD Pick: Mad Monster Party
Overshadowed by other Rankin and Bass stop motion holiday favorites like Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Mad Monster Party was recently released on DVD and deserves to become a staple of Halloween fun. Directed by Jules Bass, the film features the voices of Boris Karloff and Phyllis Diller and tells the [...]
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