Which Platinum Editions will be released in 2008?

[Jeffel]

101 Dalmations and Fantasia next after The Jungle Book would be great for me. 101 Dalmations is impossible to get hold of on DVD these days, and Fantasia is the other classic (other than MMM) that I don't own on any format.

[BambiFan87]

Im hoping for 101 in spring 08' then pinoccio fall 08' why re-release sleeping beauty before pinoccio? SB already has a great dvd release, Pinoc does not.

[Disneykid]

I agree with those that want to see Pinocchio fall of 2008. To be honest, 101 Dalmatians is my least favorite film in the Platinum Collection, so I'd actually like to see Pinocchio released spring of '08. Since we (sort of) know that Dalmatians is coming in that slot instead, then I'll lobby for a fall Pinocchio release. Besides, Disney heavily promotes their fall Platinums much more than their spring ones. If that's the case, I'd love to see some Pinocchio merchandise released. It's been out of the public eye for too long, I think.

As for the Fantasias and Sleeping Beauty, I'm very satisfied with my releases for all three films. I'll only re-buy Fantasia for better picture quality (and/or if the Pastoral Symphony is unedited), and I'll only re-buy Sleeping Beauty if it features a new, comprehensive documentary instead of the little featurette it currently has. Based on what we've gotten with Peter Pan, though, I'm not holding my breath for a new Sleeping Beauty "making of."

[yamiiguy]

well I live in the UK too and we don't have PE's, we just have Special Editions

Well, we (in the Netherlands) never had Platinum Editions either, but Peter Pan is the first one to bear the PE-name. Maybe it's the same in the UK?

nope, It's still Special Edition according to the cover art

[blackcauldron85]

Once again, thanks Escapay!

Why would Disney have released a 2-disc "Sleeping Beauty" and then decide to release a second 2-disc "Sleeping Beauty"? That just baffles my mind. I would think more people have SB than SW&t7D on DVD, since fewer people had DVD players/bought DVDs back in 2001 than in 2003. There are so many other Disney films that don't have any 2-disc set already *cough "The Black Cauldron" cough*...not that SB isn't a worthy film, because it is...

...I say this and yet I want the "Fantasia" movies to be rereleased...unless I get my hands on the Anthology...

now I'm just confused...

[Farid]

I still hope for a Snow White re-issue late 2008. I'll be a happy man if Pinocchio comes out first, followed by "the One that started it all" next year.

[UmbrellaFish]

I'm a perfectionist, so I hope Snow White comes after the last Platnuims. Even though Snow White (and The Lion King) is the only Platnium I'm missing, it would just bug me.

[caioloki]

Well, we (in the Netherlands) never had Platinum Editions either, but Peter Pan is the first one to bear the PE-name. Maybe it's the same in the UK?

nope, It's still Special Edition according to the cover art

Here in brazil, Peter Pan is the first of it's line to receive the Platinum Edition title too. And the first 2-disc edition we had since Cinderella. unfortunately we got cinderella, lady and the tramp and the little mermaid in single-disc edition, together with non-PE title like Alice in wonderland, Brother bear, atlantis...and we didnt even get a POcahontas dvd at all. i hope its all coming this year or the next. let's pray lol

[rafiki]

I live in U.K, and over here we've just had a Pinocchio 2 disc Spec. Ed discontinued.

Will this have any bearing on release dates you think?

Because normally we have an SE equivalent when Region 1 PE's are released

[The Little Merboy]

Ugh, I so hope Snow White doesn't get re-released, that is too soon.

[yamiiguy]

I live in U.K, and over here we've just had a Pinocchio 2 disc Spec. Ed discontinued.

Will this have any bearing on release dates you think?

Because normally we have an SE equivalent when Region 1 PE's are released

actually Pinocchio Special Edition back in 2003/04 I think

[ohmahaaha]

That news makes me very happy. That is the one PE I've been anticipating since the day I discovered the collection. Though I am still hoping October will go to a new title and not to a re-issue of Snow White.

It may just be coincidence but that answer made MagicMirror's release dates much more plausible. Though Sleeping Beauty before Pinocchio would dissappoint me. Meh can't win 'em all.

I think he said he THINKS 101 Dalmatians will be for Spring '08. I for one would like to see Pinocchio be released first before Dalmatians. I guess I'm in the minority on this one.

No you're not in the minority ... "Pinocchio" is WAY overdue for the Platinum Treatment, it stands far out there amongst their classics in terms of not having a Platinum Edition. I hope Pinocchio is the Spring as promised; even though next year is Snow White's 70th, it would be a pretty big diss if the re-issued the Snow White Platinum before giving Pinocchio a Platinum.

[PixarFan2006]

I hope Dalmatians gets released at least next year. It, like Pinocchio, is long overdue for a Platinum Edition.

[Luke]

I hope Pinocchio is the Spring as promised; even though next year is Snow White's 70th, it would be a pretty big diss if the re-issued the Snow White Platinum before giving Pinocchio a Platinum.

Actually this year is <i>Snow White</i>'s 70th Anniversary. Though Disney could make next year be it too, judging from <i>Lady and the Tramp</i>.

I too am eager for <i>Pinocchio</i> to get revisited. I mean, things like <i>Sleeping Beauty</i> and <i>Peter Pan</i> may not have been deemed Platinum Editions, but they haven't been treated to a barren disc and they were made available more recently. While there will obviously be room to revisit things like <i>Snow White</i> and <i>Fantasia</i>, they are obtainable -- for a price -- in very good form. Even <i>Pinocchio</i>'s UK re-release isn't much. There seems little reason to make it wait so long for just treatment.

[PatrickvD]

I don't own Jungle Book and 101 Dalmatians so they need to speed those up a bit. They're long overdue.

[MagicMirror]

I really hope Pinocchio and 101 Dalmatians are the ones to come in 2008.

Pinocchio is definitely my favourite of all Disney films but I think many are underestimating the art in 101 Dalmatians. It brought to mind the work of great British cartoonists like Ronald Seale and H. M. Bateman, and is the best film artistically from the xerox period, in my opinion.

[jediliz]

SLEEPING BEAUTY already had a Special Edition release. I doubt they will release it again as a Platinum DVD.


I want Pinocchio and 101 Dalmatians next. 101 Dalmations Spring 2008 and Pinocchio in the fall.

I really wish 101 Dalmatians was this fall (2007 fall) instead of Jungle Book.

[yamiiguy]

SLEEPING BEAUTY already had a Special Edition release. I doubt they will release it again as a Platinum DVD.


I want Pinocchio and 101 Dalmatians next. 101 Dalmations Spring 2008 and Pinocchio in the fall.

I really wish 101 Dalmatians was this fall (2007 fall) instead of Jungle Book.

Sleeping Beauty will be coming out as a Platinum as it was in the schedule that was announced a few years ago

[danfrandes]

I really wish 101 Dalmatians was this fall (2007 fall) instead of Jungle Book.

But I thought Jungle Book was going to be released in fall 2007 for its 40th anniversary. I wish 101 Dalmatans was in Spring 2008 and I wish Sleeping Beauty was in fall 2008.

[TheSequelOfDisney]

I really wish 101 Dalmatians was this fall (2007 fall) instead of Jungle Book.

But I thought Jungle Book was going to be released in fall 2007 for its 40th anniversary. I wish 101 Dalmatans was in Spring 2008 and I wish Sleeping Beauty was in fall 2008.

TJB is being released Oct. 2, 2007. Jediliz just said that they wish that "One Hundred and One Dalmatians" was being released.

-TSoD