Just in time for Halloween Disney's HAUNTED MANSION movie is being released for home video. The film is available now on Digital and will be out on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and DVD beginning October 17, 2023. In addition to the featured presentation, the home video release of HAUNTED MANSION provides never-before-seen bonus content including deleted scenes, a gag reel and exclusive featurettes.
Inspired by the classic theme park attraction, HAUNTED MANSION tells the story of Gabbie (Rosario Dawson), a single mom, who discovers that the home she and her son share is haunted by irksome ghosts. Hoping to restore domestic tranquility, Gabbie recruits a motley crew of so-called spiritual experts to help rid the house of the supernatural squatters. The movie is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA).
HAUNTED MANSION HOME VIDEO BONUS CONTENT
FEATURETTES:
Making Haunted Mansion (13:05) Hear from cast, crew and filmmakers about creating this grim grinning adventure based on the world-famous ride. See how the ghosts were "brought to life," what role new technology played, and how the wildly popular attraction inspired the film's design.
999 Happy Haunts (7:05) There are 999 Happy Haunts inside the Disney Parks' attraction...but always room for one more! See all the Easter eggs (well, maybe not all of them) where characters big, small, alive, departed, human and otherwise appear in both the movie and the ride.
DELETED SCENES:
Take a look at some moments that passed on before the final version of Disney's HAUNTED MANSION was finished.
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The home video release of the live-action retelling of The Little Mermaid arrives on Digital July 25 and 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and DVD September 19.Add the film to your home entertainment video collection plus access bonus features including a sing-along version of the movie, song breakdowns, bloopers, and more. The movie is rated PG for action/peril and some scary images.
Bonus content may vary by product and retailer. The home video release of Disney's live-action The Little Mermaid may include:
Sing Along Version – Sing along with your favorite songs while watching the movie with on-screen lyrics.
Hotter Under The Water – Discover how director Rob Marshall and his team brought the story of The Little Mermaid to life with this documentary in five chapters:
A Tale Of The Bottomless Blue – Join Rob Marshall on the set of one of the most ambitious and challenging films he's ever directed.
I Know Something’s Starting Right Now – Join cast members Halle Bailey, Melissa McCarthy, Jonah Hauer-King and more and learn how they were cast in the film and what it was like to bring director Rob Marshall's vision to life.
Down Where It’s Wetter – Dip your toes into the virtual ocean and learn about how the breathtaking underwater world was created with visual effects, imagination and a lot of talented artists.
Explore That Shore Up Above – From Prince Eric’s castle to the beach, explore the above-the-sea locations and the elaborate production design behind them.
Do What The Music Say – Discover how legendary composer Alan Menken teamed up with Lin- Manuel Miranda to write new songs to accompany the original classics.
Song Breakdowns
Wild Unchartered Waters – Prince Eric, played by Jonah Hauer-King, gets his own song, written by Alan Menken and Lin-Manuel Miranda. Go behind the song, from the writing to the recording, to the filming on a practical ship.
Under the Sea – Get a first-hand look at how professional dancers helped bring director Rob Marshall's vision to life as they stood in for the various animated sea creatures that sing and dance in this showstopping number.
Kiss The Girl – Float along and get a frog's-eye view of the beautiful set built to film the live-action version of this classic song.
Poor Unfortunate Souls – Join Melissa McCarthy (Ursula) as she takes us on the journey of making her character's signature song.
Featurettes
The Scuttlebutt On Sidekicks – Dive in and meet Sebastian, Flounder and Scuttle, who not only have their own song, "The Scuttlebutt," but also fresh looks as they work hard to make sure Ariel and Eric kiss before Ursula's deadline.
Passing The Dinglehopper – Ariel met Ariel when Halle Bailey worked with Jodi Benson — the voice of Ariel in the original animated movie — who appears in a clever cameo in the live-action film.
Bloopers – Laugh along with the cast as they have the time of their lives making The Little Mermaid.
The Little Mermaid is filmmaker Rob Marshall’s live-action reimagining of Disney’s beloved animated musical classic, the story of Ariel, a beautiful and spirited young mermaid with a thirst for adventure. The youngest of King Triton’s daughters and the most defiant, Ariel longs to find out more about the world beyond the sea and, while visiting the surface, falls for the dashing Prince Eric. While mermaids are forbidden to interact with humans, Ariel must follow her heart. She makes a deal with the evil sea witch, Ursula, which gives her a chance to experience life on land but ultimately places her life – and her father’s crown – in jeopardy.
Walt Disney Studios has had its share of flops (JOHN CARTER, THE LONE RANGER, PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN 4, OZ: THE GREAT & POWERFUL) to go along with some blockbuster hits (AVENGERS and the other movies in the MARVEL franchise, FROZEN, MONSTERS UNIVERSITY) the last few years. With the national theatrical release of The Wind Rises on February 28th and Need For Speed opening this weekend the Disney's 2014 movie season has begun. Do you think 2014 is going to be a HI HO or HO HUM year for Disney films?
Here's a run down of this year's Walt Disney Studios movie lineup (Click on the pictures for larger images of the movie previews):
THE WIND RISES - FEBRUARY 28
NEED FOR SPEED - MARCH 14
MUPPETS MOST WANTED - MARCH 21
BEARS - APRIL 18
CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER - APRIL 4
MILLION DOLLAR ARM - MAY 16
MALEFICENT - MAY 30
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PLANES: FIRE & RESCUE - JULY 18
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GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY - AUGUST 1
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THE HUNDRED FOOT JOURNEY - AUGUST 8
ALEXANDER AND THE TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE, NO GOOD, VERY BAD DAY - 10/10
Along with today's digital release of the movie FROZEN, a month before it is available to purchase for DVD, Walt Disney Studies also debuted a new cloud-based movie viewing service called Disney Movies Anywhere. Disney Movies Anywhere will allow people to watch Disney, Pixar, and Marvel Studios movies on an Internet browser, Apple TV (through iCloud or Airplay) or via a free app for their iPad, iPhone, or iPod Touch. Disney's 400-plus active library of digital movies will be available to users who will still need to pay for each movie but won't need to store it on DVDs or on their own hard drives anymore. Purchased movies will be available for online streaming from the Cloud 24/7. Cloud storage means that the data files for the movies will be stored on centralized computer services and transmitted to your computer or IOS device through the Internet upon your requesting to view them.
Consumers who have previously purchased a Disney movie through iTunes or redeemed a digital copy from the codes that have been included with DVD and Blu-ray products since 2008 will be able to have those transferred to this new service. Disney Movies Anywhere users can connect their iTunes and Disney Movie Rewards accounts to transfer their past purchases to this new service. New purchases made via the Disney Movies Anywhere website or app will also automatically be connected to a user's iTunes account for accessibility and will receive Disney Movie Rewards points for their digital purchases.
For a limited time, iTunes users who register their accounts with Disney Movies Anywhere will also get a free digital copy of the Disney-Pixar movie THE INCREDIBLES. A nice free bonus for synchronizing your accounts.
UPDATE: Because previous 3D conversions have not met financial expectations Disney has announced that is cancelling the theatrical release of THE LITTLE MERMAID 3D that was scheduled for a 2013 September 13th opening.
Disney started off 2012 with what was supposed to be the
studio’s next BIG franchise, JOHNCARTER, which turned out to be a huge flop and potentially a $210 milliondollar loss to the company that cost movie division chairman Rich Ross his job. Check out my earlier post about how Disney
fumbled a chance to market the 100th Anniversary of Edgar Rice
Burrough’s “Princess of Mars” book that the JOHN CARTER movie was based
upon: http://www.ageekdaddy.blogspot.com/2012/04/who-is-john-carter.html
. JOHN CARTER was followed up by the THE
ODD LIFE OF TIMOTHY GREEN that received a lot of buzz on the Internet with the
paid-to-post mommy bloggers but had disappointing numbers at the box office.
While Disney never really overcame the damper of JOHN CARTER
it did have a few marginal successes in 2012 with the PIXAR movie BRAVE along
with another animated movie by Disney Studio’s called WRECK-IT-RALPH. Marvel Studio’s AVENGERS came through in the
summer to save the year by providing Disney with a legitimate blockbuster in
2012.
2013 is a new year though and Disney is going gangbusters to
do a turnaround from 2012. They have 4 new
movies from Disney Studios plus are rereleasing the Little Mermaid in 3D, plus
2 movie sequels from the popular PIXAR brands Cars & Monsters Inc. and 2 sequels from previous Marvel Studios
blockbusters franchises Iron Man & Thor.
DreamWorks Studios is also throwing in a new comedy to the mix called
the “Delivery Man” featuring actor Vince Vaughan. It looks like this year will be a fun and
entertaining one for us at the movies and a profitable one for the corporate
execs at Disney based on this lineup.
The following is a synopsis of the 2013 Disney movie
schedule with information provided from the company:
OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL
Release
Date:March
8th
Disney’s fantastical adventure “Oz The Great and Powerful,” directed by Sam Raimi, imagines the origins of L. Frank Baum’s beloved wizard character. When Oscar Diggs (James Franco), a small-time circus magician with dubious ethics, is hurled away from dusty Kansas to the vibrant Land of Oz, he thinks he’s hit the jackpot—fame and fortune are his for the taking—that is until he meets three witches, Theodora (Mila Kunis), Evanora (Rachel Weisz) and Glinda (Michelle Williams), who are not convinced he is the great wizard everyone’s been expecting. Reluctantly drawn into the epic problems facing the Land of Oz and its inhabitants, Oscar must find out who is good and who is evil before it is too late. Putting his magical arts to use through illusion, ingenuity—and even a bit of wizardry—Oscar transforms himself not only into the great and powerful wizard but into a better man as well.
IRON MAN 3 from Marvel
Studios
Release
Date:May
3rd
Marvel’s
“Iron Man 3” pits brash-but-brilliant industrialist Tony Stark/Iron Man against
an enemy whose reach knows no bounds. When Stark finds his personal world
destroyed at his enemy’s hands, he embarks on a harrowing quest to find those
responsible. This journey, at every turn, will test his mettle. With his back
against the wall, Stark is left to survive by his own devices, relying on his
ingenuity and instincts to protect those closest to him. As he fights his way
back, Stark discovers the answer to the question that has secretly haunted him:
does the man make the suit or does the suit make the man?
Starring Robert Downey Jr.,
Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Guy Pearce, Rebecca Hall, Stephanie Szostak,
James Badge Dale with Jon Favreau and Ben Kingsley, Marvel’s “Iron Man 3” is
directed by Shane Black from a screenplay by Drew Pearce & Shane Black and
is based on Marvel’s iconic Super Hero Iron Man, who first appeared on the
pages of “Tales of Suspense” (#39) in 1963 and had his solo comic book debut
with “The Invincible Iron Man” (#1) in May of 1968.
MONSTERS UNIVERSITY from Disney/Pixar
Release
Date:June
21st
Mike Wazowski and James P. Sullivan are an inseparable pair, but that wasn’t always the case. From the moment these two mismatched monsters met they couldn’t stand each other. “Monsters University” unlocks the door to how Mike and Sulley overcame their differences and became the best of friends.
THE LONE RANGER
Release
Date:July
3rd
Native American spirit warrior Tonto (Johnny Depp) and man of the law John Reid (Armie Hammer) are opposites brought together by fate and must join forces to battle greed and corruption
THE LITTLE MERMAID 3D from Walt Disney
Animation Studios
Release
Date:September
13th - CANCELLED
Swimming into the hearts of a new generation—beautifully restored and this time in 3D—“The Little Mermaid” features the beloved Ariel (voice of Jodi Benson), a fun-loving and mischievous mermaid, who is enchanted with all things human. Disregarding her father’s order to stay away from the world above the sea, she swims to the surface and, in a raging storm, rescues the prince of her dreams. Determined to be human, Ariel strikes a bargain with the devious sea witch Ursula (voice of Pat Carroll), trading her fins and beautiful voice for legs. With her best friend Flounder (voice of Jason Marin), misguided seagull Scuttle (voice of Buddy Hackett) and the calypso-singing Caribbean crab chaperone Sebastian (voice of Samuel E. Wright) at her side, Ariel must win the prince’s love and save her father’s kingdom – all in a heart-pounding race against time. Originally released in 1989, “The Little Mermaid” garnered two Academy Awards®, including Best Original Score (Alan Menken) and Best Original Song (Menken/Howard Ashman, “Under the Sea”). Directed by Ron Clements and John Musker, who went on to direct “Aladdin” and “The Princess and the Frog,” “The Little Mermaid” returns to the big screen on September 13, 2013, and will be presented in Disney Digital 3D™ in select theaters
DELIVERY MAN from DreamWorks Pictures
Release Date: October 4th
From DreamWorks Pictures comes “Delivery Man”, the story of affable underachiever David Wozniak (Vince Vaughan), whose mundane life is turned upside down when he finds out that he fathered 533 children through sperm donations he made twenty years earlier. In debt to the mob, rejected by his pregnant girlfriend, things couldn’t look worse for David when he is hit with a lawsuit from 142 of the 533 twenty-somethings who want to know the identity of the donor. As David struggles to decide whether he should reveal his true identity, he embarks on a journey that leads him to discover not only his true self but the father he could become as well.
THOR: THE DARK WORLD from Marvel
Studios
Release
Date: November 8th
Marvel’s
“Thor: The Dark World” continues the big-screen adventures of Thor, the Mighty
Avenger, as he battles to save Earth and all the Nine Realms from a shadowy
enemy that predates the universe itself. In the aftermath of Marvel’s “Thor”
and “Marvel’s The Avengers,” Thor fights to restore order across the cosmos…but
an ancient race led by the vengeful Malekith returns to plunge the universe
back into darkness. Faced with an enemy that even Odin and Asgard cannot
withstand, Thor must embark on his most perilous and personal journey yet, one
that will reunite him with Jane Foster and force him to sacrifice everything to
save us all.
Starring Chris Hemsworth,
Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Stellan Skarsgård, Idris Elba, Christopher
Eccleston, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Kat Dennings, Ray Stevenson, Zachary Levi,
Tadanobu Asano, and Jaimie Alexander with Rene Russo and Anthony Hopkins as
Odin, Marvel’s “Thor: The Dark World” is directed by Alan Taylor, produced by
Kevin Feige, from a story by Don Payne (credit not final) and screenplay by
Christopher Yost and Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely (credit not
final) and is based on Marvel’s classic Super Hero Thor, who first appeared in
the comic book “Journey into Mystery “ #83 in August, 1962.
Marvel’s “Thor: The Dark
World” continues the big-screen adventures of Thor, the Mighty Avenger, as he
battles to save Earth and all the Nine Realms from a shadowy enemy that
predates the universe itself
FROZEN from Walt Disney Animation
Studios
Release
Date:November
27th
From the
studio behind 2010’s “Tangled” and this year’s “Wreck-It Ralph,” Walt Disney
Animation Studios presents “Frozen,” the most daring comedy-adventure ever to
hit the big screen. When a prophecy traps a kingdom in eternal winter,
Anna (voice of Kristen Bell), a fearless optimist, teams up with extreme
mountain man Kristoff (voice of Jonathan Groff) and his sidekick reindeer
Sven on an epic journey to find Anna’s sister Elsa (voice of Idina Menzel), the
Snow Queen, and put an end to her icy spell. Encountering mystical trolls, an
amazing and comedic snowman named Olaf, Everest-like conditions and magic
at every turn, Anna and Kristoff battle the elements in a race to save the
kingdom from destruction.
The film is directed by
Chris Buck (“Tarzan,” “Surf ’s Up”) and Jennifer Lee (screenwriter, “Wreck-It
Ralph”), and produced by Peter Del Vecho (“Winnie the Pooh,” “The Princess and
the Frog”). Featuring music from Tony®-winner Robert Lopez (“The Book of
Mormon,” “Avenue Q”) and Kristen Anderson-Lopez (“In Transit”).
SAVING MR. BANKS
Release
Date:December
20th
Two-time
Academy Award®–winner Emma Thompson and fellow double Oscar®-winner Tom Hanks
topline Disney’s “Saving Mr. Banks,” inspired by the extraordinary, untold
backstory of how Disney’s classic “Mary Poppins” made it to the screen.
When Walt Disney’s daughters
begged him to make a movie of their favorite book, P.L. Travers’ “Mary
Poppins,” he made them a promise—one that he didn’t realize would take 20 years
to keep. In his quest to obtain the rights, Walt comes up against a
curmudgeonly, uncompromising writer who has absolutely no intention of letting
her beloved magical nanny get mauled by the Hollywood machine. But, as the
books stop selling and money grows short, Travers reluctantly agrees to go to
Los Angeles to hear Disney’s plans for the adaptation.
For those two short weeks
in 1961, Walt Disney pulls out all the stops. Armed with imaginative
storyboards and chirpy songs from the talented Sherman brothers, Walt launches
an all-out onslaught on P.L. Travers, but the prickly author doesn’t budge. He
soon begins to watch helplessly as Travers becomes increasingly immovable and
the rights begin to move further away from his grasp.
It is only when he reaches
into his own childhood that Walt discovers the truth about the ghosts that
haunt her, and together they set Mary Poppins free to ultimately make one of the most endearing films in cinematic history.
Disney presents “Saving Mr.
Banks,” directed by John Lee Hancock and produced by Alison Owen, Ian Collie
and Philip Steuer. Executive producers are Paul Trijbits, Andrew Mason, Troy
Lum and Christine Langan. The screenplay is by Kelly Marcel from a story by Sue
Smith and Kelly Marcel.
PLANES from Disney/Pixar
Release Date:Tentatively Summer/Fall 2013 August 9, 2013
A spin-off of the highly successful Pixar CARS movies was originally scheduled to hit theaters in Spring 2013 but that has been pushed back to a potential Fall or later release date with some rumors even being that it may go straight-to-DVD rather than to the big screen.
