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"Song Of The Sea" To Be Released on DVD & Blu-ray St. Patrick's Day!

I couldn't make it to any of the showings in LA, so sadly I've missed the opportunity of a big screen experience (at least until there's another special showing) but nevertheless I am really looking forward to seeing this. If the watching experience is anything like The Secret Of Kells, it won't be long before I forget where I'm watching anyway.
I'm so very glad this film got nominated for an Academy Award so it's fairly widely known already.
This and The Tale of the Princess Kaguya seem to have people talking more and more about folktales again. I've even noticed that shift in many of the articles (by non-Disney-allied media) about Cinderella too. They're either about the costumes or are looking at the variety of Cinderella stories and why we're still telling that story today. That's very different from just a couple of years ago.
For Song Of The Sea, I'm curious to see all the old and 'new' folklore blended in as well as see how they handle a selkie story. One of the best made family fairy tale films I know is The Secret Of Roan Inish - a quiet but gorgeous film that isn't at all flashy but still has a very strong sense of magic. High time I dusted that one off and showed it around again!

The medium for Song Of The Sea is different, of course, but it sounds just as down to earth in many ways and that can only be a good thing.

You can currently pre-order this from Amazon at a special price, so that's great if you can take advantage before it's released on March 17th as well, otherwise, go grab yourself a little Irish gem for St. Patrick's Day!

Here are the Special Features we can look forward to:
  • Audio Commentary with Director Tomm Moore
  • Behind the Scenes with Optional Commentary from Director Tomm Moore
  • Animation Tests with Optional Commentary from Director Tomm Moore
  • The Art of Song of the Sea
  • Conceptual Trailer
  • U.S. Trailers
Now I just need a 'Making Of' book please!

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"Into The Woods" Coming to DVD & Blu-ray March 24th

This is on my to-get list. I'm aware of some of the challenges of bringing a musical to screen and how impossible it is to please everyone. Considering the "small" budget (relatively speaking) for this movie and the decision to do as much as possible "in camera", I think this is an overall better-than-we-expected result. The casting was good to great and the music, complete with symphony-sized orchestra, is wonderful. I just wish there was more to this take-it-home package. Considering how beloved a musical it is in general I think they could have easily had a special edition with book and lyrics that included pre-production designs, as well as nods to previously great productions. I would have considered getting it and I know I'm not alone...

Listed below are the special features from the Blu-ray. Disney has a track record of only putting the best features on the Blu-ray, not the DVD, so if you want the behind the scenes extras the Blu-ray is the way to go.
They still haven't put everything currently available to view online on the discs though! (Seems crazy to me.) I wish there was more from Sondheim and Lapine, a comparison to the original screenplay, a shout-out to the original Broadway cast, some development artwork and story research notes... Anyone who is interested in this as a play, who is looking at tropes or as a lyricist is going to feel frustrated (including me).

There is a filmmaker commentary though and Rob Marshall isn't just a technical conductor with regard to his films. He's very involved in the "how" and "why" of each scene and moment, so hopefully there will be some great gems from him on here.

There's also the newly written, then deleted song. Disney released an excerpt of it late Friday as a DVD teaser (it was filmed for the movie, not just recorded and was cut late in editing so it's a fully produced version).
The clip features Meryl Streep as The Witch performing ‘She’ll Be Back,’ an original song written by Stephen Sondheim for the film. In the song, The Witch laments Rapunzel’s decision to leave her and run off with the prince, but she is convinced Rapunzel will return once she comes to her senses. (The) full length of the bonus feature/song (which also features an introduction by director Rob Marshall) is just over 4 1/2 minutes long. (via StitchKingdom)
Take a look:

Additional bonus features are as follows:
  • Streep Sings Sondheim – ‘She’ll Be Back’ (4:35) – Meryl Streep performs a compelling new song that sheds a little more light on the Witch’s relationship with Rapunzel. This never-before- seen composition was penned especially for this movie by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine, and is seenexclusively on Blu-ray and EHV. With introduction by Director Rob Marshall.
  • There’s Something About the Woods (12:46) – Journey into this mysterious forest to discover how this compelling, new musical was made. Meet Director Rob Marshall and his award-winning team of artists and craftspeople, see how the woods were brought to life…and what they represent to the story… and to all of us.
  • The Cast as Good as Gold (9:42) – Emily Blunt. Anna Kendrick. Chris Pine. James Corden. Johnny Depp. Meryl Streep. Meet the remarkable cast of this musical movie, and hear of their affinity for this Broadway classic.
  • Deeper Into the Woods – Journey even further into the development of the film in these 4 segments:
  • Deeper Into the Woods – From Stage to Screen (8:10)
  • Deeper Into the Woods – The Magic of the Woods (7:03)
  • Deeper Into the Woods – Designing of the Woods (6:48)
  • Deeper Into the Woods – The Costumes of the Woods (6:35)
  • Get direct access to the musical song segments from the film, with optional sing-along lyrics.
  • Easter Eggs – Meryl Climbs (:21), Witch Riser (:46), Sneakers (:12), Jack and the Bean Stalk Rehearsal (1:30), Bird Attack (:19)
  • Into the Woods Audio Commentary with Director Rob Marshall and Producer John Deluca

You can pre-order via Amazon (they've updated with the proper images now) or through the official Into The Woods movie site.

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Illustrated Movie Tie-in Book For "Into The Woods" Late Release/ Blu-ray Now Available For Pre-Order

                         

Here's the announcement and an excerpt from the press release earlier in the month for a special edition, movie tie-in book for Disney's Into The Woods (I believe this was supposed to be out before the movie but it seems there was a printing delay. Not exactly sure why this was announced in near-mid January).

Interesting to note is that the book is via TCG rather than directly from Disney's publishing house and is illustrated as well as having photos (I haven't seen it myself but everyone is wowed with how lovely it looks):
The Theatre Communications Group (TCG) has published a movie tie-in edition of the book and lyrics for the musical, Into the Woods. 
Famed composer Stephen Sondheim wrote the lyrics and stage directorJames Lapine created the book. This new edition will feature eight pages of full-color photographs from the film adaptation which stars Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt, Anna Kendrick, Chris Pine, and Johnny Depp. 
(From the press release:) 
“Into the Woods brings to musical life Cinderella, Jack and the Beanstalk, Little Red Ridinghood, Rapunzel and other well-known fairy-tale characters. Interwoven with these classic tales is the story of the baker and his wife, whose longing for a child is thwarted by the mischievous witch who lives next door. Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine have fashioned a modern musical classic which has been performed countless times all over the world since its Tony Award-winning debut in 1987.”

Sounds like it might be worth picking up if you ever want to discuss the movie down the road. I'm sure such an edition will be hard to find not too far in the future!

And we have a Blu-ray with special features (I hope there are LOTS!) coming on March 24th. 

It's now available for pre-order. Here's a poor quality pic of the new cover (the one showing on Amazon is supposed to be replaced - just be sure if you pre-order and want the extras that you're ordering the correct version).

From Broadway World:
(Both) the Blu-ray and DVD editions are now available for pre-order, as well as a HD digital download, set to be released in March, with a preview of the cover art now available to view.
Of note, the INTO THE WOODS Blu-ray is rumored to contain a director's commentary, extensive documentary featurettes and the excised new Sondheim-penned song sequence, "She'll Be Back", performed by Meryl Streep.

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Gans' "La Belle et La Bête" With English Subtitles/Dubbing? Yes Please!

It still doesn't look like the US or UK have a version we can easily watch (yet!)  BUT Amazon Canada finally has a French version with English subtitles available for pre-order! Yay! (Thank you Anonymous for the tip!)

Before you rush to order though, remember that there will likely be regional restrictions, so unless your player can handle all regions, triple check before spending your hard-earned money.

For those lucky individuals who are fluent in French there are many more choices available:
1) DVD and Blu-ray French only track and subtitles
and
2) this amazing, limited edition and very gorgeous looking package show at the head of the post and more details below:


Blu-Ray + DVD + Bonus BluRay72 page book of unpublished concept artCommentary by Christophe Gans (Director)Commentary by Louis Morin (Visual Effects Supervisor)Multi-angle feature - Raw film without VFX, storyboards, rough VFX, final movie83 minute making of documentaryDeleted scenes with introduction from Christophe GansYoann Fréget 'Sauras-tu m'aimer' music video
Yep. I want it. I don't care if my French is so rusty I can barely ask for directions anymore - I would dearly love to have this special edition in my library!

The US Amazon site has a lovely packaging picture but a prominent, in red. "Currently unavailable" with no information about a release yet.

One very good sign, however, is that this English-subtitled trailer was released just a week ago. Although it may not be the best looking English subtitling, it's still a big step in an encouraging direction for English-only speakers who have been dying to see this (and actually understand what's being said).

And then this has surfaced as well (get ready Belle et la Bete fans - this is very likely what it will look like when we finally get to see it);

If I get any more tips on a version of this movie being released thats' English audience friendly (with English subtitles at least), I'll be sure to pass them along.

Fairy tale bonus of the day:
Here's an image collection of all the various international posters Pathé films have produced for the movie. The one English one has a date of October 2, though I don't know what that means, or what region/country it's for. It may just take a while to get proper international distribution across the globe, so with an official English poster out there, it does send hope that there will be an English-friendly version available at some point.
This is a really large image - click to see full size!

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Gans' La Belle et la Bete coming to Blu-ray & DVD (but no English subtitles, or English region friendly version in sight)


The question keeps popping up on old posts or in my inbox so I thought it was high time I addressed this in a post. The questions are: Will Gans' La Belle et la Bete be coming to US/UK/Aus theaters? Will there be an English translation or subtitles if it does? How about Blu-ray/DVD - will we be getting one of those? Will that have subtitles at least??

I've been constantly searching for any news of an American, or English speaking country, release of Gan's sumptuous Beauty and the Beast remake, but whether it be theaters, a limited release/showing or DVD/Blu-ray and there has been nothing. Unless Pathé do an English international release later in the year or in 2015 (like sometimes Japanese films do) then it looks like we're out of luck at seeing it on the big screen.

(It's just so bizarre. I haven't even had luck with Canadian releases.)

I've been watching the Blu-ray/DVD announcements for other countries as well to see if there are English subtitles but so far zero. Again, it's just bizarre, especially as the feature film song had an English version so I'm a little confused. Maybe distribution agreements with Pathé haven't been working out well? 

The French DVD and Blu-ray release however, (though there are no English subtitles) is June 26, 2014 and you can find that HERE. (Note: the disc release seems pretty light on content. It looks like just the film and no behind-the-scenes footage, although some was released online as part of the marketing lead up).
 

Andis something that looks like it was created for a steel book release but apparently isn't. It's just the Blu-ray/DVD combo packaging.
✒ ✒ To see it & LOTS of behind-the-scenes & "making of book" pics click the "Read more" link below✒ ✒


With no English-friendly versions in sight, apparently I need to seriously brush up on my French - and get an all-region Blu-ray player... 

There is a French making of book available in the UK, but with French text. You can find that HERE. Andare some preview images from the book (click on image to view full size):





As well as more from behind the scenes which I found online HERE. I'm sharing as much as I can find, simply because this looks like it's difficult for English speakers to find. (Images & Text via auto-translate: © 2014 Eskwad - PATHÉ PRODUCTION - TF1 FILMS PRODUCTION - buys / neunte / zwölfte / ACHTZEHNTE BABELSBERG FILM GMBH - 120 FILMS © Huginn & Muninn / Mediatoon Licensing):
Castings storyboards through costuming and special effects Achieving, Behind the Scenes of Beauty and the Beast in bookstores February 28, dives into the magical world of Christophe Gans.
Here is an exclusive preview.
 On Beauty and the Beast , from a story That everyone knows, I wanted to offer a world That belongs to me completely. universe Woven sum of emotions I have known Especially through video games or Japanese cartoon. diagonally Vision worlds I love my cross occupations in parallel cinema ... For example, Shadow of the Colossus , Fumito Ueda game. Represents It has small face climbing over huge entities That Are difficulty to guess the shape or scale accurate Because we do not-have the Necessary distance. It is a concept That I tried to remember to Beauty and the Beast , Including the scene of the giants ... "
Christophe Gans
"Maybe one of my five favorite movies or oven japanime. SPECIFICALLY this sketch there, inside Memories . Which Raises the issue of setting operatic scene around costumes, roses, etc. .. Of course, at Morimoto, we are in the interstellar void, inside of a vessel, with ghosts Have you APPEAR cosmonauts before ... HOWEVER, I imagined the field of the Beast in the same way as an enclave. A lost world, an oasis of spring surrounded by walls of ice, with winter scolds the other side In this ... pocket outside time, Belle finds himself dressed as It was three centuries ago - I do not know if people in apercevront, goal Does not she wear dresses of the First Empire in the Beast! Magnetic Rose Succeeds in a perfectly tight mode (25 minutes), to sixteen this dream shift, poetic, a universe incorporated in a biosphere That is not hers. When I was little, I loved movies with dinosaurs. Not Because of the dinosaurs, goal Because They Took Place in small oasis ., a clueless beach or in the crater of a volcano ! Awesome It is very childish to Imagine That there are micro-worlds within the world - it is still too big for a child. We all remember the castle of the Beast is lost somewhere beyond the forest - but I've Previewed time immediately these walls of ice and perpetual spring They protect. You know, I think there are two kinds of influences That Occur During The Production of a film. Those we-have in mind, 100% aware it is: Legend , Miyazaki, My Neighbor Totoro . ... And Those we Discovered while shooting or postproduction There Was this plane Crying FreemanWhere Tcheky Karyo walk in the forest at night with this woman yakuza white trench coat That is in the process of smoking against a tree ... When I turned, I thought "Cool. It's like black of the past film. In fact, it is "a map for Vertigo . The One Where James Stewart Kim Novak catches in the redwood forest He finds she HAS white trench coat, she leans against a tree ... Is That What I mean there are influences on the Abebooks web lost the thread and replaying Afterwards.Magnetic Rose , When you tell me, It Seems totally obvious. Goal I did not think. Same ..: the sequence of giants, I did not think spontaneously Majin (Kimiyoshi Yasuda, 1966) by turning, goal today when i see my giant wandering amid the mist and tall fat in my movie, yes, that's obvious. "
Christophe Gans
"I met Christopher on Fantômas , a beautiful project That Unfortunately DID not materialize. When contacted for my Beauty and the Beast , I Had Worked on in the Meantime environments video game Heavy Rain , a highly cinematic game. I Had the impression listening Christophe , I had my appointment with my work on Heavy Rain , it was interesting to-have Someone who can do the decoration built as well as virtual ... paradoxically, there is very little in my virtual party on film. 
WAS Trying to go up to the So-Called "bio" (When the actor is in direct contact with the elements), that 'is to say the opposite of virtual ... We built the Entire bio dining room - with the exception of ceiling vaults - The Board of Belle , the tower Where the Beast lives, the interior and exterior cottage / (except the roof), the tavern, 80% of the hall, the first two flights of the monumental staircase and the corridor walls That border trophy and outdoor promenade That leads, and finally inside the rose. Everything Regarding virtual extensions cottage (landscape all around) and ballroom (Actually two columns and floor, everything else is duplicated digitally) ... 
The environment of the castle (park, castle, gardens) while it is turned on green background with bio media for the bridge and the grand staircase of the garden. There is a scene Where Beautiful wrinkles were giant tree to contemplate the extent of the area: the tree WAS Constructed so That It moves there, the rest Was a huge blue background. "
Thierry Flamand
"It goes way back, Christophe and me. On Crying Freeman , His first movie, he made ​​me small sketch "Fellows potatoes" which allowed me to put things ... fortunately, for the sake of efficiency and Because We know better today, we Developed a technique. He made ​​a list of scenes, All which reserves as the first guide, and as you go up the site. This is Where It is interesting Because it is already staging: there comics, storytelling, dramaturgy, all common language starts to aggregate. At the same time the storyboard is Intended to anticipate the reality of shooting and Constraints. This is the moment When everything falls into place it is at the heart of the staging of the project. 
valid Drawing a scene purpose it May Also invalidate and because icts full rewrite. Often This happens with Christophe. French translation of the storyboard is "storyboard." It really is this:. the graphic writing For a very visual director like Christopher, this is an optimal shape in Photo of His intentions. What I Discovered about Silent Hill Is That the tray there is a large table with the agenda, displayed page by page. And When A storyboard is turned up, we put a broad red marker above. It is gratifying to see That you-have a practical value on the set ... "
Thierry Ségur
Your participation on the movie Mainly Concerns the creature design?
Essentially, yes. The design of the Beast and Tadums, plus two or three other projects like stone statues ... I was working on the reboot of Total Recall When Christopher contacted me.

How he presented HAS His Version of the tale?
I thought he wanted to do a modern version of of Beauty and the Beast as Red Riding Hood or Snow White and the Huntsman , thesis-have movies Recently revived day old well-known tales. He Told me right away: "I want to stay very classic, I want the movie to be what it shoulds be a timeless tale for all the family."It time immediately appealed to me.

A classic approach is extended to the Beast?
An approach That extended Throughout the world he created. It was obvious I was not going That approach to the beast in terms of superhero a little weird. He Showed me pictures, arts François Baranger concept, All which further routed me the script (in my art, images speak louder than words) Christophe ... Told me later That I 'Review: had a tendency to create graphics in mythological content. In terms of horror, I'm not fascinated by the hideous creatures , I like drawing stylish monsters. So I Quickly Realized what he wanted, and I started to draw.
Patrick Tatopoulos
"I chose to make the wreck Scanline Plans Because They Had signed the picture I have of 300 Zack Snyder: the sinking of the Persian fleet at the bottom of the cliffs. Leonidas looks vessels breaking on the reef, while striking violently ... An amazing flat. INITIALLY, I wanted a similar sequence with boats thrashed on the rocks by a huge background blade, All which shatters. And Then the reality of numbers caught up with us too expensive! There, I Said to myself: this is not a realistic vision That Will dominate, the purpose symbolic vision. How to register image of a shipwreck as prologue to what Will Follow? And I thought this underwater cliff with sea anemones That retract When grazed by sinking gold coins. This picture announces the garden of the Beast , roses, rich robbers Will try to loot ... A sort of poetic transposition of what Will Follow. This is an underwater shipwreck plan something That HAS Perhaps ever seen. The camera travels through schools of fish, and back along the cliff to . reach the recessed boat on the rocks 
It is Often Said That special effects Prevent us from telling the stories -. sometimes this is true Many movies are Constantly obscured, clouded by the rate of special effects shots That Fall on us ... On the Contrary, I think we can use the SFX to create "clips", literally - that are moving or stationary They. Plans That Contain So Many Details That They synthesize an Entire sequence. Underwater shipwreck map is a good example, as the wreckage returned to Port and dockworkers are emptying. Again we can speak of a Summarized sequence captured in a single shot! It's a way as any to return to the essential quality of American cinema of the 40s. When we watch a movie by John Ford, in general it Does not need more to him a plane to catch the gasoline of a scene! Where other filmmakers needed Would Have 5-6, he finds a way to make one. In my opinion, for reduce the number of plans for reduce It was not the story, deploy goal INSTEAD. "
Christophe Gans
There is also this little preview available online of one of the French book releases and although I'm not completely clear on which book this is (it appears to be one of the novels based on the film), the preview is pretty and worth sharing: you can see it HERE.

If anyone has found out further information for any English speaking zone, please do share! We're all dying to see this film - imperfect reviews and all. 
Italian poster featuring Vincent Cassel
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