The Simpsons announcement has dropped: December 18th is the day! Coming out on Blu-ray and DVD, both single disc releases:
- DVD: $29.98 U.S. / $43.48 Canada
- Blu-ray: $39.98 U.S. / $49.98 Canada
The DVD Release
“The Simpsons Movie DVD is presented in North America in widescreen format, featuring English Dolby Surround 5.1 sound, Spanish and French Dolby Surround and English and Spanish subtitles.”
Extras Galore:
- Commentary by, James L. Brooks, Matt Groening, Al Jean, Mike Scully, David Silverman, Dan Castellaneta, and joined by Yeardley Smith
- Directors Commentary by David Silverman, Mike B. Anderson, Steven Dean Moore and Rich Moore
- Deleted scenes: Russ Cargill – “Levels,” Springfield News, DMV, Sausage Truck, Emperor Moe, Alternate Ending
- Special Stuff: Homer’s Monologue On The Tonight Show, The Simpsons Judge American Idol, Homer Introduces American Idol, Let’s All Go To The Lobby, Alternate Character Designs by the Directors and Matt Groening
The Blu-ray Release
“The Simpsons Movie BD release will be authored in BD-Java with AVC (MPEG 4 compression) on a dual-layer 50 GB disc with English 5.1 DTS HD Lossless Master Audio plus English, French and Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital sound. The disc will feature all of the above special features in high-def.”
I’m not seeing any cover art on the press site yet, but stay tuned. In the meantime, looks like a strong (though expensive!) release.
09/25/2007 @ 7:36 pm
Sweet specs… Thx Rod. With the US/CDN dollar currently at par, kinda strange to see the steep MSRP differential on these releases. Canadians are getting hosed.