Future U.S.A. Theatrical releases (Verfified by Buena Vista)
May 2, 2003- The Lizzie McGuire Movie
May 30, 2003- Finding Nemo
September 5, 2003- Teacher’s Pet: The Movie
November 7, 2003- Brother Bear
January 1, 2004 Aladdin to IMAX theaters
2005-Cinderella
2006-The Little Mermaid
2007-Lady and the Tramp
2008-The Jungle Book
2009-Bambi
2010-101 Dalmatians
I found this on a website... I hope this means there will be something good to see on theaters for once...
little mermaid is schedule for 2005 not 2006. and i don' think disney will re-release the other in theaters...... i will like to believe they will with new widescreen transfers cause from what i've seen snow white, cinderella and robin hood look really good matted to widescreen!
That'd be nice, but it's been a while since a straightforward theatrical re-release. Little Mermaid in '97 is the closest thing I can remember, and that was to undercut Anastasia.
from what i've seen snow white, cinderella and robin hood look really good matted to widescreen!
MickeymouseBoy I take it this means that "Robin Hood" is going to be released in it's proper form? I hope so because I would love to see Robin Hood get platinum treatment. This is one of my favorite movies and it was my very first DVD, too.
Robin Hood's proper form is 1.33:1. Wanting to see Cinderella, Snow White, or Robin Hood with black bars covering the top and bottom is like wanting to see Beauty and the Beast or The Lion King with black bars covering the sides.
In today's world, home video has essentially replaced the theatrical re-release cycle, with the exception of the IMAX releases for Aladdin and The Little Mermaid. Admittedly, this is a real shame, but it's the truth.
But me personally I think all of the disappointments Disney has been serving up lately originated from the same ideas.
DISNEY MARKETING EXECUTIVE MEETING
Exec 1: Now we have to decide what to do about the re-releases in IMAX theaters. We spent a lot of money and a lot of people worked really hard to bring Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King up to scratch for the IMAX screen, but the grosses are disappointing and don't cover half of what we spent to go back and re-edit the movies and add those additional scenes so people will bother with these movies again. We've got IMAX releases of Aladdin and The Little Mermaid in the works but I think we're going to loose money on them. What do we do?
Exec 2: We could always spend more money marketing them. We're giving The Lion King DVD a $200m marketing budget and all signs point to it selling record numbers come release day. Maybe if we give the Aladdin IMAX release a $300m backing...
Exec 1: That won't work. We spent a lot of money to market The Lion King IMAX after Beauty and the Beast IMAX flopped, and nobody came to see it. It's our top title too, dammit!
Exec 2: Oh. Well - do we really mind loosing the money?
Exec 1: WHAT THE HELL DO YOU MEAN "DO WE MIND LOOSING MONEY?" Of course we mind loosing the money! It's all about money! Eisner wants a pay raise and we have to give it to him, and here we are loosing his money on IMAX re-releases of our old movies. That's why we've been puting in needless new scenes like The Morning Report - if people think it's new, it'll be a hit. That's also why it doesn't matter if we lie and say that the IMAX cut is the original theatrical version, people don't care about that movie anymore, and they won't notice. Plus, if it's the IMAX cut it's technically a newer version. And people don't want the original anyway.
Exec 2: They don't?
Exec 1: No, you idiot. They just want ALL-NEW NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN ANIMATION! Out with the old and IN WITH THE NEW!
Exec 2: But there was a new scene in Beauty and the Beast for IMAX and you said yourself that it it bombed.
Exec 1: You still haven't answered my question.
Exec 2: What question?
Exec 1: WHAT THE HELL DO YOU MEAN "DO WE MIND LOOSING MONEY?"
Exec 2: Oh, that.
Exec 1: Yeah, THAT. So get on pal, you got some serious 'splaning to do or...
Exec 2: Or what?
Exec 1: Well...no, nevermind. But...then again...I hear the next round of layoffs is happening next week. Just FYI. Anyway, you were saying...?
Exec 2: What? Oh, yeah...well, aren't the IMAX releases just big DVD promotions anyway? Is the IMAX release why the Lion King marketing budget is $200 million dollars steep?
Exec 1: Well, yeah, they are, but when we're loosing so much money, it becomes a concern, especially with Eisner begging for that pay raise of his. So we need to think of another way to promote the DVD.
Exec 2: Well, actulally, I thought of a new strategy that will help us promote the DVD releases AND save us the money otherwise spent on IMAXing these movies.
Exec 1: Oh?
Exec 2: Yeah.
Exec 1: So?
Exec 2: So what?
Exec 1: So what is it, you dope?
Exec 2: Ohhhh, THAT. Well, why don't we just have Lowry Digital Imaging restore the movies like they did for Snow White, Peter Pan, Sleeping Beauty, and Mary Poppins, instead of changing anything. Then, why not releaase them again in REGULAR theaters? I've bene talking to some fans of the company lately and it seems like they're very interested in seeing the original movies in theaters again. And while we're at it, why not re-release some of the older movies in theaters too? Like Sleeping Beauty?
Exec 1: What, are you CRAZY? I bet you were talking to the geeks. Nobody cares about them or listens to them. These movies are our best-selling titles ever, so people need to see something new in them to convince them to buy them a second time. And why re-release movies in regular theaters? Nobody would go when they can just watch their VHS tapes. That's why we started the IMAX thing in the first place...so people would pay money for an experience they can't get at home....funny how that worked out, huh?
Exec 2: I thought we started it because Fantasia 2000 was a success.
Exec 1: No, no, no. Fantasia 2000 was another case of people wanting new over old; why do you think it was so successful? Because people were so bored with that crappy, non-technologically-advanced original.
Exec 2: It wwas a success because it was a good, worthy follow-up to the original, not just because it was new. And speaking of new, we don't need to put new scenes into our Platinum movies. They're our biggest selling titles because people love them and cherish them the way they are and want to own those movies on the best format possible today. Sleeping Beauty didn't have any new scenes in it, and it topped the sales charts.
Exec 1: WHAT THE HELL? The Sleeping Beauty DVD didn't have any new scenes in it?! I TOLD THOSE PEOPLE DOWN IN WDFA JAPAN TO PUT IN A NEW SONG REPLACING THE BORING OLD BATTLE WITH THE DRAGON AT THE END!
Exec 2: But sir, you just closed down WDFA Japan...and the DVD is selling without it, anyway...
Exec 1: That doesn't matter, IT DIDN'T HAVE A NEW SCENE! Tell me it had a music video, please tell me it had a music video...
Exec 2: Yes, it did, by that boring and unpopular teen group "No Talents." And a set-top game, and a personality profile quiz, too!
Exec 1: Oh, good.
Exec 2: And as for your other comment...
Exec 1: What other coment?
Exec 2: "Why re-release movies in regular theaters? Nobody would go when they can just watch their VHS tapes."
Exec 1: Oh. That comment. So?
Exec 2: So what?
Exec 1: So what about it, you dope?
Exec 2: Well, the last time we re-released a movie -- The Little Mermaid in fact -- in theaters after seven years it was a highly successful venture. So people would go, and they do seem to recognize that it's a special experience seeing a movie in a theater.
Exec 1: That doesn't count, you loon! That was just done because Don Blueth made Anastasia, which was a really good movie that we had to make sure didn't do well. It didn't work as well as I hoped, but at least it wasn't as big as Fox wanted.
Exec 2: Oh. Okay. In that case, just forget the IMAX releases, spend $300 million on the Aladdin DVD promotion, and we'll get so much money back from it that Eisner can have his promotion three times over.
Exec 1: Good idea! The first one you've had all day. Maybe you should get a raise, too, and a promotion...
Exec 2: Wow....
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Standard Disclaimer: This does not reflect nessesarily how I perticularly feel (ie, I don't think it's okay that they're lying to us about the TLK cut, or that we don't want it), but I think this might be closer to the marketing geru's way of thinking than we've gotten before and in any case it'll give you a nice laugh.
Luke wrote:Robin Hood's proper form is 1.33:1. Wanting to see Cinderella, Snow White, or Robin Hood with black bars covering the top and bottom is like wanting to see Beauty and the Beast or The Lion King with black bars covering the sides.
yeah but they sure look good matted! cause fullscreen don't look good on 16X9 screens
