Site created 12/15/97.		page updated: 11/29/00 Rumor Mill (Archived Posts 8/16/00 - 5/18/00) Back to Previous Archives Back to Current Posts LATE UPDATE - 8/16/00 After some digging, we've confirmed that Space: 1999 is indeed coming to DVD from A&E. But there's better news still. We've also learned that A&E has plans release several other Gerry Anderson series on DVD next year as well, including UFO, Stingray and The Thunderbirds. And in other sci-fi DVD news, we've spoken with Paramount today and learned that the long-awaited DVDs of Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes are definitely still on tap. Specs and the number of episodes per disc are still being determined, but you can look for the series to start arriving on DVD tentatively in the 2nd Qtr of 2001. Finally, a quick update that we posted a few days ago on the home page, but which some of you might have missed. We've gotten word on what fans can expect in Fox's The X-Files: The Complete Second Season DVD boxed set (see artwork here). It will be patterned very closely after the Season One set, and will include The Truth About Season Two featurette, interviews with series creator Chris Carter, trailers for all the episodes, more deleted/unused scenes, two more special effects clips and an interactive DVD-ROM game. Also, we've been told that the anamorphic widescreen re-release of The X-Files: Fight the Future will arrive on store shelves in late December. It will have most of the same extras as the original release, plus dual Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1 audio tracks. Can't wait! Stay tuned... EARLY UPDATE - 8/16/00 We've just gotten information that Gerry Anderson's science fiction series Space: 1999 is going to be released on DVD starting in January 2001 by A&E Home Video. The 1970s British series, which lasted 48 episodes, starred Martin Landau and Barbara Bain. Its plot revolves around the struggle for survival of the crew of Moonbase Alpha after the Moon is blown out of Earth's orbit and sent hurtling into deep space. The series celebrates its 25th anniversary this year, which no doubt has something to do with the planned release to DVD. There's no word on specs, disc features or just how many episodes will be released per disc, but we'll have details as soon as we get them. Stay tuned... 8/11/00 We've been doing some digging in response to a number of reader questions about Universal's Touch of Evil: CE and Somewhere in Time: CE. Specifically, people want to know which will be anamorphic. We've been told that Touch of Evil will be 16x9, but Somewhere in Time will feature the same letterboxed transfer that was on the movie-only release, just with more extras. Also, a little more on Superman. We've been hearing two additional reasons from our sources as to why this disc is being bumped to 2001 - a lack of replication space and a possible theatrical re-release for the restored film. The second of these is pretty self-explanatory, but the first - a lack of replication space - is a major issue for a lot of studios these days. Scheduling time for disc replication is a serious headache right now, given that so many major titles are coming out before the end of the year. Since Superman will be a DVD-18, and WAMO (Warner Advanced Media Operations - Warner's choice for disc replication) has been swamped pressing Artisan's T2 DVD-18 run (among others), it's possible that not enough discs could have been readied for a holiday 2000 release. Stay tuned... 8/10/00 We've got a few big pieces of information for you today - big mostly because these are titles you ask us about almost every day. The first is this... Warner has decided to delay the DVD release of Superman until next year. Before you get your red spandex underwear in a bunch however, keep in mind that this is a good thing. It's because there are so many cool features going into this release, that the studio needs the extra time to pull it all together in the quality we all want to see it in. They don't want to rush it out and have it be less than we expect. So the delay is for the right reasons. And keep in mind also that the title HAS NOT been officially announced. That's a point that often gets missed these days with schedule changes for upcoming titles. Frankly, I'm glad for the delay, because there are SO many other big titles coming out this fall and winter, it's one less thing for people to have to buy in such a short time. In any case, we at the Bits say cudos to Warner for putting quality first. The second item we have for you today is word on the specs for Universal's Pitch Black, which we've been talking about a lot recently. As we mentioned, the title is expected to street on October 24th in two versions - an R-rated theatrical cut and an Unrated Director's cut with never-before-seen footage. Each will be priced at an SRP of $26.98. Both versions will feature dual Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1 audio tracks, and two separate audio commentary tracks, one with director David Twohy and actors Vin Diesel and Cole Hauser, and a second with Twohy, producer Tom Engelmand and visual effects supervisor Peter Chiang. Also included will be a making-of featurette, behind-the-scenes footage from the Raveworld.com Pitch Black events which were held last year in Los Angeles, New York and Chicago, a DVD newsletter, production notes, cast and filmmaker bios, a theatrical trailer and DVD-ROM features. Should be awesome. Frankly, I can't wait to see that opening crash scene in anamorphic widescreen with DTS sound - can you imagine? Very cool. Also today, Warner should release its two upcoming South Park DVDs (The Chef Experience and Christmas in South Park) on November 7th. New Line has tentatively set December 19th as the street date for their Seven: Platinum Series 2-disc set. Twin Peaks is also set to street the same day. October 10th will see New Line release Love and Basketball and Filth and the Fury. And Frequency will probably be a November release - certainly it will be out by the end of the year. Stay tuned... 8/7/00 This isn't normally the kind of news I'd post in the Rumor Mill, since it comes straight from the studio. But as many of these titles haven't yet been announced, I thought I'd mention them here. The Paramount DVD insert that will be included with the upcoming Naked Gun DVDs lists a whole bunch of upcoming DVDs. Some have been mentioned previously, but several have not. So here they are, along with their expected ETA: Summer 2000 - Braveheart, Deterrence, The Next Best Thing Fall 2000 - Airplane, Airplane II: The Sequel, Blue's Clues: Blue's Big Musical Movie, The Dead Zone, Friday the 13th Part 3, Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter, Mission Impossible 2, The Nutty Professor (1963), An Officer and a Gentleman, Passion of Mind, A Charlie Brown Christmas, A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, It's the Pied Piper, Charlie Brown, Pet Sematary, Planes, Trains & Automobiles, Rosemary's Baby, R.P.M. (U.S. only), Rules of Engagement, She's Having a Baby, Snow Day, Star Trek: The Original Series, Volumes 15-18, Cheech & Chong: Still Smokin, Sunshine (U.S. only), Tucker: The Man and his Dream, Cheech and Chong: Up in Smoke, The Virgin Suicides, White Christmas Winter 2000 - The Conversation (yeah!), Shaft (2000) Stay tuned... 7/26/00 Okay... we've got unofficial street dates for you. Several sources have reported that Ridley Scott's Gladiator is expected on November 14th. That same day will see the release of Paramount's Mission Impossible 2. And a scant week later, on November 21st, Fox's The X-Men should arrive on DVD. December or January should see the release of DreamWorks' Chicken Run. And don't count out Warner's Superman as a December title either. Looks like it's going to be an EXPENSIVE 4th quarter for DVD fans. Now then... here are some other dates (official ones) and titles to look for: A&E - Monty Python's Flying Circus: Set 7 (8/29) Anchor Bay - Crime Story, The Grissom Gang, Groundstar Conspiracy, Law and Disorder, Philadelphia Experiment and Positive I.D. (all 9/19), Mirror, Mirror Volumes 1-3 (9/26) and Aquirre: The Wrath of God, Children of the Corn, Cobra Verde, Slugs: The Movie, The Stuff and Thou Shalt Not Kill... Except (10/10) Columbia TriStar - 28 Days, Buster and Chauncey's Silent Night, Color of Paradise (9/19) and Charlie's Angels (10/3) Criterion - The Blob, Kwaidan and Sisters (9/19) Koch/Full Moon - No Angles.com, Witchhouse 2 and Voodoo Academy (9/26) New Line - Final Destination (9/26) Paramount - A Charlie Brown Christmas, A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown and It's the Pied Piper, Charlie Brown (all 9/12) Synapse - Six Days in Roswell: SE (11/14) 20th Century Fox - Here on Earth (8/15) USA - A Map of the World (8/8) Universal - Casper's Haunted Christmas, Somewhere in Time: Collector's Series and Touch of Evil: Collector's Edition (all 10/31), Land Before Time VII: Stone of the Cold Fire (11/28) Warner - Any Given Sunday (9/1) and Ready to Rumble (9/19) And more news outta ComicCon - director Paul Verhoeven's Hollow Man will include a number of highly polished deleted scenes when the film arrives on DVD - that's according to the director himself. Also, The X-Men DVD may include (among other things) bloopers and outtakes which were shown at ComicCon this weekend, including one of the X-Men running around with none other than Spiderman. Stay tuned... 7/25/00 A number of retail sources have checked in today with word that they are expecting DreamWorks' Gladiator to street on DVD in mid-November, either the 14th or the 21st. There's no official confirmation on this, and one isn't expected for some time. And speaking of Gladiator, it looks like the DVD bootleggers are active again. Several readers have reported seeing pirate DVD and Video CD copies of the film for sale in Asia and Chinatowns the world over. Word is that it's a camcorder recording from a theater, and that the quality is so-so to fair. Gotta give 'em credit though - that cover artwork is sweet. Thanks to Edwin for the picture. We're also hearing that Universal's Pitch Black, which is also expected in November, will be produced in two versions - R and Unrated. Stay tuned... 7/16/00 We've got pretty good word from our sources that Universal is prepping a DVD release of the Back to the Future Trilogy for January, 2001. And one of our readers in Region 2 sent over a scan of a "coming soon" insert that he found in his Dutch DVD copy of Jaws. It lists a slew of upcoming Columbia and Universal DVD titles in Region 2, and has all of the Back to the Future films as slated for January, along with Columbia TriStar's The Patriot, starring Mel Gibson. Region 2 dates for new releases are often very similar to street dates for Region 1, if sometimes a little bit later, so it's reasonable to expect domestic U.S. releases around the same time. Watch for official announcements in the coming months. Thanks for the scan, Geert! Also today, we've been told by retail sources that Fox's Titan A.E. is slated for a November release to DVD. Stay tuned... 6/30/00 We've got a number of cool pieces of information for you today. First of all, we've heard from a LOT of people who are asking about the eventual DVD release of USA Entertainment's Pitch Black - a very cool little sci-fi/B-grade horror flick by the director of The Arrival. I've been doing some digging, and I've found out that USA doesn't have it on their release schedule. Their belief is that Universal has the home video (and thus DVD) release rights to the title. We're waiting to hear back from Universal for confirmation, so stay tuned. In other news, Paramount has informed me that the Godfather films will not be ready for release on DVD in 2000. They ARE being prepared for the format, but there's just way too much work to be done to get them out this year. Among the issues - which version should be included on disc (there are TV versions of a couple of the films, which include footage deleted from the theatrical release). So rest assured, American Zoetrope is hard at work. Also on the Paramount side of things, we've been told that the studio is allowing director Robert Wise to create a new director's cut of Star Trek: The Motion Picture specifically for the upcoming DVD. Apparently, the director has never been happy with the film, which was rushed into theaters before he was satisfied with some of the effects and the editing. Should be cool. And finally today, you may recall a special feature story we did recently - an interview with Roger Nygard, one of the creators of the hit Trekkies and the director of a new film called Six Days in Roswell. We've been working hard to help Roger arrange DVD distribution for Roswell, and we're very happy to be able to announce that the film will be released as a special edition DVD by our friends at Synapse this fall. It's expected to street in early November (possibly 11/1), and will contain LOTS of great content. In addition to the film itself, there will be a commentary with cast & crew members, some other short films by Nygard and company, a "making of" featurette, funny outtakes and deleted footage, Easter eggs and lots more. And if you're a fan of Trekkies, there will be plenty of cool things for you on this disc as well. Look for an official announcement in about a week or so, right after VSDA. You're gonna love this flick, and we've pretty excited that the way most of you will get to experience it first is on a loaded special edition DVD. Sweet! Stay tuned... 6/28/00 The Digital Bits has learned that 20th Century Fox will release their 2-disc edition of The Rocky Horror Picture Show on September 5th. Also coming on that same day is a double-feature DVD of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea and Fantastic Voyage. Their 2-disc edition of Titus will arrive on August 15th. Columbia TriStar is prepping a DVD version of the feel-good football classic Rudy (YES!) for September 26th. That same day will also see Black and White, Gladiator (the Cuba Gooding, Jr. film) and Screw Loose. New Line's Sympatico should arrive on August 22nd. Buena Vista's announced Mission to Mars for September 9th, and has confirmed the October 17th street dates for their Toy Story/Toy Story 2 combo discs. Also look for Princess Mononoke on August 29th. Criterion has Hamlet (1948) and Good Morning set for August 15th. Look for Dragonheart: A New Beginning from Universal on August 8th, with Beyond the Mat following on the 22nd and American Psycho and The Big Kahuna set for the 29th. And finally, we've been hearing that DreamWorks will roll Ridley Scott's Gladiator out in November or December. 6/21/00 The Muppets are coming to DVD... finally. We've heard that the films have been badly in need of restoration, but we've gotten word that the original The Muppet Movie is expected on DVD in January of 2001 (including interviews and other Muppet shorts), and that The Great Muppet Caper and The Muppets Take Manhattan are planned for later next year. The latter title, along with Muppets From Space, will be available in Europe by the end of the summer. You Transformers fans can rest easy - we've heard that Rhino's Transformers: The Movie will be in full anamorphic widescreen. Speaking of Rhino, I recently picked up their H.R. Pufnstuf and Sigmund and the Sea Monsters DVDs, and noticed something strange - Sigmund and H.R. Pufnstuf both contain episodes 5-8 of each show! Rhino admitted the error to me in an e-mail, but doesn't plan to release the first 4 episodes of either until next year at the earliest. Even stranger, Land of the Lost will include episodes 6-9! Why not just start with episode 1? Hhhmmmm.... Could Fantasia 2000 be slated for DVD this summer? That's what we're hearing from several sources. We know that a DVD-Audio version is expected this year (pending the launch of the format). But as far as the standard DVD-Video version, we've been told that the retail stand-ups are done, which would mean that the disc should be out in the next couple of months, probably August (following the film's current theatrical re-release). And we've heard that the film is slated for a September 18th DVD release in the UK. Stay tuned... 6/20/00 The Digital Bits has learned that there's a good possibility that Paramount will be releasing The Godfather I & II on DVD in time for the holidays. We've also been able to confirm the street dates for Toy Story and Toy Story 2 (see below). In light of the recent flood of Spielberg titles on DVD, we did some digging and learned that there's still no anticipated street date on Close Encounters of the Third Kind from Columbia. At best it could show up in the 4th quarter, but it's probably a 2001 title. Lawrence of Arabia and Bridge on the River Kwai are definitely next year. In other Columbia news, the studio is readying another volume of Three Stooges episodes for September. Warner is planning to release the original The Time Machine in October. Edward Scissorhands is a September release from Fox, and their 2-disc Rocky Horror Picture Show DVD will arrive just in time for Halloween in October. You'll find all those street dates and more news on upcoming titles as follows... Anchor Bay - Kiniski: My Best Fiend, The Prince and the Pauper, Pusher, Woyzeck (8/15), Repo Man (8/22) Artisan - King of New York, Little Rascals: Volumes 1 & 2 (8/15), Greatest Heroes of the Bible (9/12) Buena Vista - The Defender (8/15), Little Mermaid 2: Return to the Sea (9/5), Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese (9/12), From Dusk Til Dawn: Collector's Series (9/26), The Adventures of Icabod and Mr. Toad, The Black Cauldron, James and the Giant Peach, The Nightmare Before Christmas: Special Edition (10/3), Toy Story/Toy Story 2 2-disc set, Toy Story/Toy Story 2: The Ultimate Toy Box 3-disc set (10/17), Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas (10/31), Pete's Dragon (12/5) Columbia TriStar - The Three Stooges: Spook Louder (9/5) Criterion - The Harder They Come, Lars Von Trier's The Element of Crime, Pygmalion (8/15) MGM - 3 Strikes (8/8), Amityville Horror, Beach Party, Bikini Beach, Bucket of Blood, Heavy Traffic, Pajama Party, Stranger Than Fiction (9/5), This is Spinal Tap: Special Edition (9/12), Delta Force, Delta Force 2, Dillinger, Frogs, Tales of Terror (9/19) Paramount - Braveheart, Deterrence, The Next Best Thing (8/29) 20th Century Fox - Edward Scissorhands, The Fly/Return of the Fly, The Fly/The Fly 2, The Omen, Damien: Omen II, The Omen Collection (9/5), The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Collector's Edition 2-discs (10/5), Dr. Doolittle, Miracle on 34th Street, Olive, The Other Reindeer (10/31), The X-Files: Season Two DVD Gift Set (11/7) Universal - American Psycho (9/5) Warner - 42nd Street, Adam's Rib, Butterfield 8, Dark Victory, Pat and Mike, Take Me Out to the Ball Game, The Unsinkable Molly Brown, Woman of the Year (9/19), The Seven Faces of Dr. Lao, The Time Machine, Tom Thumb, Bad Moon, Get Carter, Scooby Doo and the Alien Invaders (10/3), Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker (10/24), A Christmas Carol, The Year Without a Santa Clause (11/7) Warner (HBO) - Stomp Out Loud (9/5), The Changeling, Spawn (animated), Spawn 2 (animated), Tales From the Hood (9/12), Gotti (9/19), Cannonball Run, Mr. and Mrs. Bridge, If These Walls Could Talk 2 (10/3) 6/14/00 We're hearing reports from our sources that 20th Century Fox may be getting ready to support DTS audio on future DVD releases. This would include plans to re-release popular catalog titles with DTS soundtracks. Among the titles we've heard are involved are True Lies, and all the Speed and Die Hard series films. 6/13/00 Here's even more news on upcoming titles... Anchor Bay - Midnight Hour (6/6) Artisan - Premonition (8/15) BMG Music - Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat, World Combat Championship (6/20) Buena Vista - The Grandfather (8/8) Columbia TriStar - Brian's Song, Cat Ballou (both 8/8), Runaway (8/22), Stand By Me: Special Edition (8/29), Mary Riley, Wim Wenders' Far Away, So Close (both 9/12) DreamWorks - The Haunting (DTS) (8/29) Image - AFI's 100 Years, 100 Stars (8/8) New Yorker Video - War Zone, War Zone (unrated), The Cement Garden (all 9/26) Paramount - Tycus (8/8) Universal - Erin Brockovich (8/22) In addition to the above information, The Digital Bits has learned that MGM has plans to release Wim Wenders' classic Wings of Desire and The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension in 2001. 6/7/00 Here's some more news on upcoming titles... Anchor Bay - Duel in the Sun: Roadshow Version (6/6), Army of Darkness: Director's Cut, Ruckus, Supergirl: International Version and Supergirl: 2-disc Special Edition (all 7/25) Artisan - Jason and the Argonauts (TV mini-series - 8/15) APix - Let the Devil Wear Black (6/27), The 4th Floor (7/11), Forever Together (7/25) Buena Vista - The Cider House Rules: Miramax Collector's Series (8/15) Columbia TriStar - The Big Blue, Léon: The Professional International Version (both 8/15), Girl, I Dreamed of Africa (both 8/22) Elite - Mutant (8/11) Image - A Room with a View, The Awful Dr. Orlof, The Girl Who Knew Too Much, Sports Illustrated Swimsuit 2000, Abel Gance's Beethoven, Abel Gance's Lucrezia Borgia, The Best of Zagreb Film: Laugh at Your Own Risk/For Children Only, Joe Cool: Live, Dutchman and Comic Act (all 7/4), The 1,000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse, The Testament of Dr. Mabuse, The Lost Film of Laurel and Hardy: Volumes 8 & 9, Quiet Days in Hollywood, Hell's Kitchen, Greaser's Palace, Teaserama: Special Edition, Varietease: Special Edition, Blaze Starr Goes Nudist: Special Edition and The Twilight Zone: Volumes 28 & 29 (all 7/11), Missile to the Moon, Secrets of War: Weapons, Cenacolo Concert: The Last Supper, The Indian Tomb and Il Bidone (The Swindle) (all 7/18) and Under the Sea, Strike, Waterlogged, Surfin' Shorts, Deep Purple in Concert, The Love for Three Oranges and Igor Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress (all 7/25), The Complete Superman Cartoons: Diamond Anniversary, Frankenstein's Daughter, I, Cladius (2-discs), Black Sabbath (all 8/1) Synapse - Triumph of the Will (9/12) Trimark - Jesus (TV mini-series - 7/25) Paramount - The Naked Gun: SE, The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear: SE, The Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult: SE (all 8/15) 20th Century Fox - The Sound of Music (2-disc set - 8/29), The Rocky Horror Picture Show (2-disc set - October) Warner - Three Wishes (8/22), 50 Years War (PBS 2-disc set - 9/5), The Changeling (9/12), Gotti, 42nd Street, Butterfield 8, Good News, Pat and Mike, Take Me Out to the Ball Game, The Unsinkable Molly Brown (all 9/19), If These Walls Could Talk 2 (9/26) 5/31/00 The following new titles are on the way for the summer: Artisan - Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (8/15) and Miracle Worker: The Story of Jesus (9/12) A&E - Civil War Combat, World War II: The Lost Color Archives and Poirot: Murder of Roger Ackroyd/Lord Edgeware Dies (all 8/15) BMG - Eurythmics: Peacetour (6/20) Buena Vista - Reindeer Games, Jerry & Tom and Holy Smoke (all 8/8) and The Tigger Movie (8/22) Columbia TriStar - What Planet Are You From? (7/18) and Farinelli (8/22) MGM - Stonebrook (7/18) and Supernova: SE (includes more than 20 minutes of deleted scenes - 8/22) Paramount - Searching for Bobby Fischer (7/11) 20th Century Fox - The Fly/Return of the Fly and The Omen Collection (all 9/5) Warner Music - K.D. Lang: Harvest of Seven Years (7/25) 5/29/00 Strap on yer kilts and grab your broadswords, folks! A number of sources have checked in with word that Braveheart will soon be officially announced for August, as we've been expecting. There's no word yet on features, but the disc should include a brand new anamorphic widescreen transfer and 5.1 audio. Word is there will also be a Mel Gibson commentary track. Don't expect Paramount to call this a special edition, but that's what it will be for all practical purposes. Think Sleepy Hollow and you'll get the idea. Stay tuned for an official announcement. Also today, we've got word that Universal will soon announce more of their Classic Monster films on DVD. August 29th should see the DVD arrival of The Creature from the Black Lagoon, The Phantom of the Opera (1943), The Invisible Man and Abbot and Costello Meet Frankenstein. That same day, Universal will release a Classic Monsters Collection boxed set (SRP $199.98) which will include all the new titles (save for Abbot and Costello) along with Frankenstein, Dracula, The Mummy, Bride of Frankenstein and The Wolfman - 8 titles in all. How's THAT for cool news for one day? 5/24/00 Hang on to your seats apes fans... Fox is releasing their 6-disc Planet of the Apes DVD Collection on August 15th! The set will contain all 5 of the films in the series (the original Planet of the Apes, Beneath the Planet of the Apes, Escape from the Planet of the Apes, Conquest of the Planet of the Apes and Battle for the Planet of the Apes), as well as a 6th disc of bonus material. All of the films will be presented in letterboxed widescreen, but will not be anamorphic. Keep in mind that these films were mastered and authored for DVD more than a year ago, back when Fox was still just sort of toying with the format. In any case, we've been told that these discs should mark the last non-anamorphic widescreen DVDs from the studio. Also coming soon from Fox is The Omen Trilogy on September 5th. The three films in this series (The Omen, Damien: Omen II and Omen III: The Final Conflict) will be released separately as well as in a set. In other news, Columbia is releasing Whatever it Takes (8/1), Mifune and Not One Less (both 8/22). Criterion upcoming titles include The Bank Dick, Variety Lights and W.C. Fields: Six Short Films (all 7/18). And Warner chimes in with The Big Tease (set for 7/18 as well). Finally, Buena Vista's July DVD releases will include Alice in Wonderland: Gold Collection, Robin Hood: Gold Collection, Mary Poppins: Gold Collection, Diamonds, Down to You, Kiss of Fire, Mansfield Park and a Scream 3: Collector's Edition. And among their August titles are Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins (featuring the voice of Tim Allen), The Cider House Rules, The Grandfather, Holy Smoke, Jerry and Tom and Reindeer Games. Stay tuned... 5/23/00 Word has come in that Disney and Pixar's Toy Story 2 will be released on DVD from Buena Vista in October. The release will be day-and-date with VHS, and will be a movie-only edition on DVD. As is the trend with Buena Vista, you can expect a 2-disc special edition to follow a month or two later, just in time for Christmas. The title will also continue the trend of straight-digital transfers to DVD. And yes, Virginia... it will be in anamorphic widescreen. FYI... the original Toy Story is still in production for the format. 5/18/00 There's good news today for you fans of The X-Files! Not only has it been announced that is the show expected to return for an 8th season next year, along with stars Gillian Anderson (who is contracted for the full season) and David Duchovny (who Wednesday reached a deal to appear in 11 episodes)... but we've got inside word on the next batch of X-Files DVDs! Word has come from our sources that The X-Files: Season Two Gift Pack on DVD is currently slated to street on Tuesday, November 7th. And darned if Amazon.com doesn't agree. That's exciting, because Season Two contains several of the most acclaimed episodes of the series, including Little Green Men, Duane Barry, Colony, Endgame and Anasazi. VERY cool. Finally, a related FYI - fans of Chris Carter's cancelled Harsh Realm will get a chance to see (and videotape) the all 9 episodes - the entire series - on the FX cable network this Saturday, May 20th, starting at 5 PM PDT. Check your local listings. 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