Paramount has just officially set Barry Sonnenfeld’s Addams Family Values for release on 4K Ultra HD on 10/29, and the press release indicates that the package will include an all-new audio commentary with the director and screenwriter Paul Rudnick, as well as the new Creating Family Values featurette, which offers a collection of still images and behind-the-scenes interviews shot during the making of the film (featuring the likes of Anjelica Huston, Raul Julia, Christopher Lloyd, and Joan Cusack). I believe this title has never had special features before on Blu-ray or DVD, so this is pretty cool for fans.
Meanwhile, Paramount Global has revealed that it plans to cut approximately 15% of its U.S. workforce in the next few weeks, so fingers crossed that none of the team in Home Entertainment is impacted. Right now, it appears that most of the cuts will fall in studio marketing and communications, legal, finance, and other corporate functions. You can read more here at Variety.
Kino Lorber Studio Classics has announced that Gary Sherman’s Vice Squad (1982) and Richard Franklin’s Road Games (1981) are coming soon to 4K Ultra HD, while Carl Reiner’s Summer Rental (1985) and Andrew V. McLaglen’s The Ballad of Josie (1967) are coming soon to Blu-ray.
Also today, 101 Films has set Albert Pyun’s The Sword and the Sorcerer (1982) for release on Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD in the UK on 10/7 (Shout! Factory released the title here in the States back in 2022).
On the subject of Disney, the studio held a Restoring Disney Animation Classics panel at the D23 convention in Anaheim on Sunday afternoon. On hand for the panel were Disney’s Director of Restoration, Kevin Schaeffer, and Disney Animation artists Eric Goldberg and Michael Giamo. We have yet to hear if anything interesting was discussed in terms of future 4K animated releases, but it’s worth pointing out that Sleeping Beauty (1959) celebrated its 65th anniversary in January, while Pinoccho (1940) and Fantasia (1940) both celebrate their 85th anniversaries in 2025, and Lady in the Tramp (1955) celebrates its 70th next year as well. So it’s not impossible that one or two of those could be forthcoming in the not so distant future. If we hear anything new on the topic, we’ll certainly share it here.
That’s all for now. Stay tuned...
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