Jim Hill of Jim Hill Media has posted in his July 6th “Why For?” question-and-answer column another interesting possibility for a DVD release of Song of the South:
- “Actually, things are looking pretty good right now for ‘Song of the South’ to finally be released on DVD in late 2008 / early 2009. But not for the reasons you might think.
“You see, what with DisneyToon Studios now becoming a non-sequel producing operation as well as Dick Cook’s decision last year to significantly cut back on the number of movies Walt Disney Studios will release every year … Well, that leaves Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Soon to be renamed Walt Disney Entertainment) with significantly fewer titles to put out on store shelves in the coming year. And given that BVHE will still be expected to make its numbers … Well, that means that they’re going to have to release something that the public really wants to get its hands on. And that, my friends, is ‘Song of the South.’
“As I mentioned back in May, Disney is still hoping to use ‘The Princess and the Frog’ to help soften any racial concerns that movie-goers may have about this 1946 Academy Award winner. Which is why the studio is looking to get production of this new John Musker & Ron Clements underway later this year. So that they’d then have a full sequence from that still-in-story-development film to drop onto that DVD. Which will then hopefully help rebuff any ‘Song of the South”s critics.”
- As always, time will tell on how accurate this is… the full article can be read over at jimhillmedia.com. Thanks to Casey S. for the news report! If you have Song of the South news to report, contact me!