First up is The Love Bug: Special Edition, which streets on May 20th. This 2-disc set comes with a brand new 1.75:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer and DD 5.1 audio track. Extras on Disc 1 include an audio commentary with Dean Jones, Michele Lee and Buddy Hackett, and the "Susie The Little Blue Coupe" cartoon short. Disc 2 includes two deleted scenes ("Used Car Lot" & "Playground"); the featurettes "That Lovable Bug," "The Man Who Gave Herbie His Voice," "The Many Lives of Herbie," "Herbie Mania," "Lost Treasures: Searching for Herbie," "Love Bug Day at Disneyland"; two Sound Studio features ("Herbie on the Rocks" and "Thorndyke and the Bear"); the 1969 Disney Studio Album; a Production Gallery; trailers & radio spots; advertising materials; screenplay excerpt; and cast bios. Retail is $29.99.
The still-in-the-theaters sequel The Jungle Book 2 has been announced for DVD release on June 10th. This disc will arrive with a 1.66:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer, and DD 5.1 & DTS audio tracks. Extras will include "The Legacy of the Jungle Book" behind-the-scenes featurette, two deleted musical sequences ("I Got You Beat" and "Braver"), a recap of the original Jungle Book, Mowgli's Jungle Ruins Maze Game, and three music videos ("Jungle Rhythm", "W-I-L-D", and "I Wanna Be Like You" by Smash Mouth).
Due on September 9th is a 2-disc Sleeping Beauty: Special Edition which is packed with features, including Once Upon A Dream: The Making Of Sleeping Beauty; The Design (film historian Leonard Maltin, original artists Eyvind Earle And Ollie Johnston, and Pocahontas Co-Director Eric Goldberg share their thoughts on the design of the film); Sleeping Beauty 3-D Virtual Galleries; Creating The Backgrounds; Story Reel: "The Capture Of The Prince"; Story Reel: "The Fairies Put The Castle To Sleep"; Castle To Sleep; Helene Stanley Dance Reference (live action reference footage); Live Action Reference Of Prince Phillip; The Music; The Restoration (a look at the 1998 computer-aided restoration, meticulously restoring 118,000 frames of film); Widescreen-to-Fullscreen Comparison; "The Peter Tchaikovsky Story" (originally broadcast on the 1959 "Disneyland" TV show); "Grand Canyon" Film Short; "Four Artists Paint One Tree" (Walt Disney hosts this special look at the techniques used by four artists who worked on Sleeping Beauty); Original Trailers; Rescue Aurora Set-Top Adventure Game; Sleeping Beauty Ink And Paint Game.
And finally, look for the direct-to-video sequel Stitch! The Movie to street on August 26th. No specs on this one yet.
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