The Digital Bits is hosting a complete transcript of the on-line chat with Peter Staddon of 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, held on Monday, December 2nd on The Home Theater Forum.

Here's a snippet:

[David_Lambert] Thanks for coming, Peter. Fox has great TV-on-DVD releases. What else is coming down the TV-on-DVD pike, especially where The Tick (animated or live, or preferably both) is concerned?

[peterstaddon] There are so many TV titles coming down the road that I don't know where to start/ Futurama, The Shield, King of the hill, Son of the Beach, nypd Blue, Dark Angel, Angel, Family Guy, and probably a couple that I've overlooked as well. There's more than enough to keep you watching tv 24/7 .

[coreyc] Great of you to be here! Is there a time frame for a "Futurama" release here in the States? Also, what's up with X-Men 1.5's nixed "new cut" and the rumored release of the animated series? Thanks a bunch.

[peterstaddon] Futurama will be in the first half of 2003. X Men 1.5 will not be a new cut of the movie but a 2 disc SE with 5 hours of new material, DTS track, Preview of X Men 2, free movie ticket to either Daredevil or X Men 2. It's pretty cool. Lots of multi angle material, lots of behind the scenes material.

[dougirving] Good eveing Peter. Thanks for taking the time to chat with us. I arrived late to the party and so if this has been asked before, I apologize. What is the next scheduled 5 Star release and what's the status of the 60s Batman TV series?

[peterstaddon] Batman is held up in all sorts of legal / rights issues. I'd love to be able to release it but it just can't happen yet. We are not doing any more 5 star releases, but there will be plenty of 5 star calibre catalog release over teh next year or so - X Men 1.5 being a good example.