Where are the rest of the Dreamworks animation titles on Blu-ray? (1 Viewer)

We finally have SPIRIT, but what about ANTZ and PRINCE OF EGYPT? Why are these missing?

The Road to El Dorado....

Yeah, that too.

Over The Hedge would be nice to have on Blu Ray.

The Prince of Egypt was a great first animation film of this studio!

Really looking forward to it too, and can't understand why they chose to release Spirit first!

Konstantinos said:

The Prince of Egypt was a great first animation film of this studio!

Really looking forward to it too, and can't understand why they chose to release Spirit first!

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As much as I like The Prince of Egypt, Spirit did have a broader appeal to it due to the religious overtones of The Prince of Egypt. In addition, the soundtrack of Spirit also had a broader appeal (Bryan Adams), and because of that, there were definitely cross-promotional opportunities I'm sure. As a business man, you have to respect that, but like you, I'd like to see all of their earlier works on Blu.

But did Spirit have it's own action figures?

A second vote for Over the Hedge!

Adam Gregorich said:

A second vote for Over the Hedge!

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Put me down as vote three!

Hell, what about their early live-action stuff? I'm still waiting for SMALL SOLDIERS, MOUSEHUNT and the underrated IN DREAMS on Blu.

DreamWorks live-action stuff pre-Disney/Touchstone distribution is handled by Paramount, as they kept the library when DreamWorks demerged from Viacom. DreamWorks Animation is distributed by Fox, though some titles may still be out there with Paramount logos.


Personally, I want the three Aardman titles on Blu-ray: Chicken Run, Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were Rabbit, and Flushed Away.

Mark Cappelletty said:

Hell, what about their early live-action stuff? I'm still waiting for SMALL SOLDIERS, MOUSEHUNT and the underrated IN DREAMS on Blu.

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Funny thing...Small Soldiers has been released on Blu in Germany. Like you, I would *LOVE* Mouse Hunt on Blu!

Thankfully, there's also a Region-free German release of Chicken Run. Hennen Rennen. Tired of waiting.

I'd like "Over the Hedge" and "Mouse Hunt".

Yes, yes a thousand times, YES!!!

Stephen_J_H said:

DreamWorks live-action stuff pre-Disney/Touchstone distribution is handled by Paramount, as they kept the library when DreamWorks demerged from Viacom. DreamWorks Animation is distributed by Fox, though some titles may still be out there with Paramount logos.


Personally, I want the three Aardman titles on Blu-ray: Chicken Run, Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were Rabbit, and Flushed Away.

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Yep, I ended up purchasing that one as well. I'm very glad I did!


Folks who pursue this course of action should not mistake it for the other European Blu-ray, which I understand is not region-free. Also, the Germany-released Blu-ray has all the special features that were on the Chicken Run DVD in the US release.


EDIT: I just checked Amazon.co.uk to see what Aardman films they show as being on Blu-ray and the French release of Chicken Run indicates it is codes A, B, & C, which is different than I read when I bought my Chicken Run more than a year ago.


I am still perplexed that even in the UK they do not appear to have a Blu-ray release of Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit.

Paul.S said:

Thankfully, there's also a Region-free German release of Chicken Run. Hennen Rennen. Tired of waiting.

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Bill Waits said:

Funny thing...Small Soldiers has been released on Blu in Germany. Like you, I would *LOVE* Mouse Hunt on Blu!

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All-region or Locked-B?

RE: Small Soldiers:

Mark Cappelletty said:

All-region or Locked-B?

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According to this side and this side, it's Region B.

The aardman titles and Prince of Egypt I am waiting for.

PRINCE OF EGYPT is the one that surprises me. Although not the colossal hit they were hoping for, it did do well. It is the kind of film I can see selling well during Passover and Easter. Sort of why people watch THE TEN COMMANDMENTS over and over.

I think the sequence where the Red Sea parts is beyond cool! I can watch that short little part over and over.

DreamWorks doesn't seem to care much for blu...none of their tv spinoffs have made it to blu either.