More Details Of The Dark Crystal And Labyrinth Special Edition DVDs

Special edition DVDs of both Labyrinth and The Dark Crystal are due in the US on August 14th and around that time in the UK too. Here's a little of what will be on each:

- The Dark Crystal 25th Anniversary Edition - new transfer from a hi-def remaster
- Audio commentary from Brian Froud
- The featurettes Paper, Cloth and Creatures and Coming of Age (these featurettes include a wide array of new interview clips)
- 2 disc set

- Labyrinth Anniversay Edition - which anniversay exactly? - with a new transfer from a hi-def remaster
- Audio commentary from Brian Froud
- The featurettes Singular Vision and the Kingdom United, Creatures and Creations and Lifelike Illusion
- 2 disc set

More is expected to be leaked soon - the Dark Crystal set has 'hours' of special features, whereas Labyrinth has 'over an hour' - including cover art. Stay tuned.

Movie Minesweeper - The Index Cards Are A Screenwriter's Best Friend Edition

- The So You Think You Can Dance version of the Fantastic Four/Silver Surfer trailer has been turned into a nice AVI and lodged at Sendspace, apparently.

- Simon Monjack has scripted the upcoming version of The White Hotel, which is possibly how Brittany Murphy got the lead role - they were married in April. Or maybe it worked the other way round, I don't know. All the same, US magazine have painted a not very pretty picture of the man which left me shaking and scratching my head more or less simultaneously.

- Some Harry Potter theme park concept art is up at Deadline Hollywood Daily, where the news first broke. Who thought this was a good idea?

- DVD Times have the cover and some details of the Secret of Nimh DVD. I was so ill on the day I was supposed to go see this as a child, and so disappointed that I never got to see it, that the film was blown up to massively epic, even mythic, proportions in my mind. Will it let me down, some 20-odd years later?

- SlashFilm have a very positive review of Hostel 2 (but still only give it 7 out of 10). Twitch have a similarly positive take but (in a way that troubles me at least) seemed to find it all just a fun romp.

- Dali/Disney's Destino starts playing this week at the Tate Modern.

- Just Jared have some shots of Felicity Huffman in Red Queen mode from Phoebe in Wonderland.

- IESB have a stuttery, lower-quality version of the Enchanted trailer I linked to a week or so ago. I'd stick with the higher quality versions.

- FEARnet are previewing their upcoming online serial Devil's Trade right now.

- The BBFC have recertificated Labyrinth for an upcoming DVD release that will include a commentary track. I'm assuming this is the track recorded by Brian Froud - who has also recorded a commentary for The Dark Crystal. Expect special editions of both in the not-so-distant future.

- The Veronica Mars in the FBI mini-episode/long trailer that failed to secure her a 4th series will be included on the Season 3 DVDs.

Baron Munchausen Gets Deluxe In September

There's a 'Deluxe Edition' of Terry Gilliam's The Adventures of Baron Munchausen coming to DVD this September. Appopriately enough, the site that scooped Sony's plan is in Brazil.

Apparently, September is also the month that the long-discussed Hostel special edition will make it to DVD - hopefully with the extended cut and alternative endings - as well as another pressing of Jim Henson's Labyrinth.