Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Looks To Dec. 3 For The Release Of The 12-Film DVD Collection Titled The Swan Princess: The Royal Collection

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has a nice Christmas-season surprise on Dec. 3.   This would be the DVD gift set titled The Swan Princess: The Royal Collection.

This magnificent twelve-movie collection (on six DVDs) includes the entire series, plus a limited edition Swan Prince Music Jewelry Box.

This animated franchise was launched during the Thanksgiving season of 1994 with writer/director (and producer) Richard Rich’s adaptation of Tchaikovsky’s ballet of the same name.  

The theatrical rollout was the victim of the famous (or infamous) Disney spiteful sabotage reissue of The Lion King (animated movies belong to us … so there) at the same time, which took a massive bite out of the box office of The Swan Princess.

That might have been the end of it, but Rich was not to be denied … he made a beautiful film (classic animation) and knew that Disney had undercut his release.   He returned in the summer of 1997 with The Swan Princess: Secrets of the Castle and then found a home (literally) in building a direct-to-video franchise for the fans who had subsequently “discovered” his The Swan Princess.

Ten more films, all included here, followed!!