 Trick
or treat - 12:02am
Michael, Michael, Michael, can't you just give it up already?
How many more people do you have to kill? Even the best slashers
knew when to call it a day, but apparently not the producers of
the Halloween pictures, who keep churning out these puppies to
gullible fans (like me) who pay to see 'em. On 12/10 Michael Myers
once again comes home in Halloween Resurrection, featuring
Busta Rhymes kicking some serious Myers behind. This special edition
includes a 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer, Dolby Digital
and DTS 5.1 surround tracks, audio commentary and deleted scenes,
never-before-seen "Dangertainment" video-cam footage
shot by the actors, and the trailer. (While early reports indicated
that the "Dangertainment" footage would be accessible
during the film via the multi-angle function, no details have
yet been released, but stay tuned.) Retail is $29.95.
PowerPuff powers, activate! - 12:02am
Unable to parlay their small screen success into big box office,
perhaps The PowerPuff Girls Movie will have better luck
when it invades home video on 11/5? Presented in separate theatrical
and "Clean" versions, extras include an audio commentary
with the filmmakers, new "cast interviews" with the
animated characters from the film, deleted scenes with commentary,
two featurettes, additional behind-the-scenes footage, and a "Dexter's
Laboratory" short. DVD-ROM extras include four interactive
games, a screensaver and wallpaper. Retail is $26.95 each.
Two shades of Blu - 12:02am
It's just like American Idol! Who will America chose? Red laser?
Blue laser? Justin Guarini!? (Please, nooooo!!!!) The HD-DVD
quagmire has just gotten even more sticky, with the joint announcement
late last week by NEC and Toshiba of yet another potential new
HD-DVD platform.
Based on now near-mythical blue laser technology, unlike the
Blu-Ray disc, a competing spec heralded by a number of other major
manufacturers earlier this year, this one would work with existing
DVD replication infrastructures, making it potentially more attractive
to producers and content suppliers.
Will this new wrinkle in the race to HD-DVD speed things up,
or just slow them down? Who will be the new HD-DVD American Idol!?
Keep the phone lines open, and in the meantime, check out Video
Business for more.
Street date alert - 12:02am
Rounding out today's news, Unviersal has just announced a new
street date for the Hugh Grant comedy About a Boy. The
new date is 12/24, over two months past the originally announced
10/22 street date. Features and pricing remain the same.
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