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Brad Bird wrote:I've been talking with Warner Bros for basically the past ten years, and all sorts of options have been discussed. There’s been talk of doing about a minute and a half, two minutes, of new animation for it, that were some sequences that we designed in the original, that I think were cool. There’s been talk of doing 3D. There’s been talk of doing a limited digital release, kind of like Blade Runner had. And all of them kind of blossom and fade. Now, we’re having more serious discussions about doing something in anticipation of the Blu-ray.

But I don’t want the Blu-ray to simply be a higher resolution version of our DVD. I would love to get into some of the stuff, now we all have some perspective, that went into the making of it. There’s a lot of good stories there that haven’t been told about the struggles that we went through. We’ll see what happens, but we are in discussions about it right now.

dvdjunkie wrote:I didn't see a release date for "The Iron Giant". Did I miss it in the article or have they not released a date for it?

Brad Bird wrote:We’ll see what happens, but we are in discussions about it right now.

Following the re-release of the film in theaters, a high-definition version of “The Iron Giant: Signature Edition” will be available to purchase from digital retailers in the fall of 2015.

Sotiris wrote:A remastered edition added with two new scenes is coming to theaters. However, a Blu-ray release is unlikely as in the press release there's only mention of a digital one.

We reached out to a Warner Bros. publicist and this is what they told Cartoon Brew: “Blu-ray plans have not been announced yet. It will be available digitally from digital retailers in the fall.”

Sotiris wrote:I really don't get what's the holdup with this film. First, it took them forever to give it the high-def treatment despite the demand and now they're only releasing it on digital while the possibility of a Blu-ray release remains uncertain.

We reached out to a Warner Bros. publicist and this is what they told Cartoon Brew: “Blu-ray plans have not been announced yet. It will be available digitally from digital retailers in the fall.”

Source: http://www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film ... 18327.html

Today, Warner Bros. confirmed The Iron Giant: Signature Edition Blu-ray release to Cartoon Brew, noting that the studio doesn’t yet have an official date and reminding us that Bird’s remastered masterpiece of war and peace, which includes two new scenes animated by Duncan Studio, will be available digitally in the fall.

In other news today, director Brad Bird has confirmed on Twitter that the Blu-ray release of The Iron Giant was delayed until the spring so that he could include a newly-produced documentary on the making of the film. Thanks to Bits reader Knox R. for the heads-up!