It will be a film school
topic of discussion for years to come.
The backstory of the production and financiing of Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return
is far more fascinating than the actual release of the film theatrically.
For the record, 20th
Century-Fox Home Entertainment has picked up domestic distribution for both DVD
and Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack (with UltraViolet), which will take place on Aug.
26. The ARR works out to 109 days and
the box office take was a paltry $8.4 million.
For the backstory, check out
Jordan Zakarin’s June 24 posting in The
Wrap (http://www.thewrap.com/legends-of-oz-box-office-flop-investors/),
which details Ryan and Roland Carroll’s eight-year odyssey in funding this
animated film production co-directed by Will Finn (Home on the Range, The
Road to El Dorado) and Dan St. Pierre (Everyone's Hero) and
featuring the voice work of Lea Michele (Dorothy), Jim Belushi, Kelsey Grammer
and Dan Aykroyd as her companions, The Cowardly Lion, The Tin Man and The
Scarecrow respectively.
Bonus goodies include a pair
of featurettes, a “Sing Along the Yellow Brick Road” and the “Legends of Oz:
Activity Sheet.”
In other release news
this week, Claire Danes returns as Carrie Mathison, CIA operative (with all
sorts of issues) on Sept. 9 with DVD and Blu-ray three-disc sets of Homeland:
Season Three. Joining her are
Nicholas Brody (Damian Lewis), U.S. Marine and former POW of al-Qaeda and Saul
Berenson (Mandy Patinkin), her CIA boss, who keeps pulling her chestnuts out of
the fire.
Bonus features include
commentary for the season’s final episode, “The Star,” deleted scenes and a
pair of production featurettes — “The Tower of David - Filming in Puerto Rico”
and “The Last Days: Filming the Season Finale.”
To download this week's
complete edition of the DVD and Blu-ray Release Report: DVD & Blu-ray Release Report
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