Behind The Films

James Cameron talked to The Wall Street Journal about the upcoming release of Avatar on Blu-Ray and DVD. While the first release won’t be in 3D, they’ll be on both Blu-Ray and DVD and release on April 22, which is Earth Day.

“That’s our plan as of right now, and that’ll be pretty much bare bones,” he said. “And then we’ll do a value-added DVD and a 3-D Blu-ray in I think November sometime.”

Cameron also discussed an Avatar sequel which seems like it will actually happen, but he said he wants to do it “cheaper and faster” which should please fans.

“We’re going to widen the universe in quotes, meaning the envelope of the setting of the story.”

We’ll be reporting Avatar 2 news as it comes in!

Source: The Wall Street Journal

Highlighting this week’s new DVD releases is the thriller Law Abiding Citizen, with Jamie Foxx and Gerard Butler. Also available is the biography Coco Before Chanel, and Black Dynamite, a comedy homage to the blaxplotation flicks of the 70s starring Spawn’s Michael Jai White. For more, you can click on either DVD or Blu-Ray and you will be taken to their proper Amazon pages. There you can find info on the disc content and the bonus features available for the various films. As always, browse through their site for other various releases on home video not listed below.

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Highlighting this week’s DVD releases is the comedy Couples Retreat, with Vince Vaughn, Jon Favreau, and Jason Bateman. Also on DVD is The Time Traveler’s Wife, with Eric Bana and Rachel McAdams; the Oscar-nominated drama A Serious Man; and The Stepfather, a remake of the 1987 thriller with Dylan Walsh of Nip/Tuck taking on the role originated by Lost’s Terry O’Quinn. For more, you can click on either DVD or Blu-Ray and you will be taken to their proper Amazon pages. There you can find info on the disc content and the bonus features available for the various films. As always, browse through their site for other various releases on home video not listed below.

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CEO of News Corporation Rupert Murdoch said during his quarterly earnings call on Tuesday that he spoke to James Cameron regarding Avatar 2.

Cameron “has ideas about it,” he said, adding: “We will be pushing one.” The Hollywood Reporter says Murdoch cautioned analysts not to “hold your breath for another one” in a possible reference to Cameron projects often taking a long time to come to fruition

He also added that the Blu-Ray and DVD release of Avatar will not be in 3D because the technology is not developed enough. However, he did say that a 3D release may be down the road.

Source: HollywoodReporter

Highlighting this week’s new DVD releases is the dark comedy Zombieland. The film, starring Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg and Abigail Breslin, was one of the sleeper hits from last year and had one of the hilarious surprise cameo performances in recent memory. If you haven’t seen it, I won’t spoil it for you. Also coming to DVD is the bio-flick Amelia, with Hillary Swank as the famous aviator and the romantic Love Happens with Jennifer Aniston and Aaron Eckhardt. For more, you can click on either DVD or Blu-Ray and you will be taken to their proper Amazon pages. There you can find info on the disc content and the bonus features available for the various films. As always, browse through their site for other various releases on home video not listed below.

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Source: Amazon

Word is coming in from the website Planete HD that Jurassic Park and the sequel The Lost World: Jurassic Park will be hitting Blu-Ray this year! We’ve heard numerous rumours about this release from everyone but Universal Studios, but it appears to be right around the corner. The site reports that the Netherlands branch of Universal Studios Home Entertainment has listed Jurassic Park and The Lost World for release on Blu-Ray on November 4, 2010. Jurassic Park 3 has not been mentioned however.

Let’s hope we get an even bigger announcement from the studio itself soon!

Source: Blu-Ray.com, SlashFilm, Planete HD, JPIV.org

WorstPreviews is reporting that there will be a special short film on the Back to the Future 5-disc Blu-Ray set which is of Jaws 19, and will be in 3D.

If you remember in Back to the Future part 2, they mock the fact that Jaws has spawned multiple bad sequels.

The Blu-Ray set will be available in July of this year. Hopefully we’ll also see the Jurassic franchise get some HD treatment.

Source: WorstPreviews