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Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit Covert Espionage Experience Event In anticipation of the Blu-ray release of Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, Home Theater Forum was invited to a press event in downtown Los Angeles on June 3rd. This event, the Covert Espionage Experience, involved a number of journalists...

Home Theater Forum recently had the chance to talk to talk with Josh Hollander, Director of 3D Production at Pixar about Pixar's approach to 3D and the overall state of 3D. We also spoke with Bob Whitehill from Pixar and that interview can be found here. HTF: Hi Josh, how are you today? Josh...

Home Theater Forum had the chance to speak with Bob Whitehill a stereoscopic supervisor at Pixar about 3D and the release of Cars on 3D. We also spoke with Josh Hollander, Director of 3D Production for Pixar and that interview can be found here. HTF: Hi, Bob, how are you this afternoon? Bob...

Just about a week ago, in anticipation of the Blu-ray release of Cutie and the Boxer, I had the pleasure of interviewing director Zachary Heinzerling and artists Noriko and Ushio Shinohara, the subjects of the documentary. I had a few questions about the filmmaking process, and about the...

Home Theater Forum recently had the pleasure of speaking with Anne Fontaine, director of the recent Paramount Pictures film, Adore. Starring Naomi Watts and Robin Wright as two childhood friends – and current neighbors – who form unconventional relationships with each other’s sons, dares to...

Disney’s Restoration of Dumbo and Efforts to Preserve Their Film Library In preparation of the 70th Anniversary release of Dumbo on Blu-ray Tuesday September 20th, The Walt Disney Company embarked on a full restoration of the film. The story is bigger than just Dumbo, however as Disney is in the...

Identity Thief Event at Dodger Stadium On May 26th, Home Theater Forum was invited to an event at Dodger Stadium to promote the upcoming release of the Blu-ray and DVD for the feature film Identity Thief, which is scheduled for release on June 4th. (My review of that title will be posted later...

http://www.hometheaterforum.com/image/id/363015/width/1000/height/800   Recently, HomeTheaterForum spoke with actor, producer, and first-time director D.B. Sweeney about the upcoming release of his film, Two Tickets to Paradise. Co-written, directed, produced, and starring the popular actor...

During the recent HTF Meet we were hosted by Disney for a packed morning. Sarah Duran talked to us about the studio's preservation efforts and their restoration work done on the upcoming release of Peter Pan to Blu-ray. We got on update from Joe Quesada on an upcoming Marvel film and a...

Universal Studios: Archive Tour and making the Invisible Man visible again, restoring the Monster Collection As part of our Home Theater Forum meet, we recently had the opportunity to take in some of the public attractions on a tram tour of the Universal back lot, but also got to enjoy...

Prepping Peter Pan for Blu-ray As part of the recent 2012 Home Theater Forum Hollywood meet we had the opportunity to meet with Sara Duran, Senior Vice President Post Production at Walt Disney Studios. She talked to us about the work that went into the Peter Pan Blu-ray due for release on...

On September 18th, Indiana Jones the Complete Adventures comes to Blu-ray in a fantastic five disc set with over seven hours of bonus features complete with a new hour long documentary that has deleted scenes and previously unseen behind the scenes from Raiders. Full details can be found in the...

Note: This is the third thread in a trilogy covering the release of the Star Wars films on Blu-ray. The first part can be found here and the second part can be found here. Well its long overdue, but here are some excerpts from a group discussion with Dennis Muren from ILM and a few questions...

A short time ago in a city not too far away…. Episode I INTERVIEW WITH LUCASFILM THE FIRST PART In an effort to find out more about the Blu-ray release, Home Theater Forum travels to the home base of Lucasfilm located in San Francisco within the California system...

Home Theater Forum recently sat down with Ron Smith, Vice President of Preservation and Restoration at Paramount for an exclusive interview to discuss Breakfast at Tiffany's - which was faithfully restored and will be released on Blu-Ray on September 20th. Ron was...

HTF recently had the opportunity to talk with Clark Spencer, producer of Wreck-It Ralph... HTF: Let me start with congratulations on Wreck-It Ralph. Almost half a billion dollars in international and domestic box office, and you got the Oscar nomination for Best Animated Feature Film. I...

On August 31, 2010, Image Entertainment will be releasing a complete DVD series set of Thriller, the acclaimed horror anthology series hosted by Boris Karloff that aired on the NBC network from 1960 until 1962. I have the entire set on hand now and am in the process of screening the episodes...

Recently Home Theater Forum had the opportunity to sit down with Nick Redman from Twilight Time to find out more about them and their business model. Here is the transcript of that interview: HTF: Who is Twilight Time? Who are the people behind it and how did you get started? Twilight Time...

Home Theater Forum recently sat down with Neal McDonough who stars as Dum Dum Dugan in Paramount and Marvel's Captain America: The First Avenger. Neal has appeared in a wide range of film and television, from Star Trek: First Contact to Minority Report, and from Band of Brothers to Desperate...

Enter to win a copy of the Six Million Dollar Man on DVD by posting in this thread. Full details can be found in our current contest wiki. I had the chance to speak with Richard Anderson recently about his time on The Six Million Dollar Man, The Bionic Woman and his time in Hollywood...

On December 9, 2010, 20th Century Fox Studios presented a preview of the special features on the Blu-ray and DVD releases of The A-Team being released on December 14, 2010. The event was hosted by director Joe Carnahan(Smokin’ Aces, Narc) who spoke about the challenges of updating a beloved TV...

On August 31, 2010, Anchor Bay is releasing Evil Dead for the first time on Blu-ray. I am presently working on the HTF review to be posted in the next week or so, prior to its release date on August 31. I will post a link in this thread to my review after it is posted on the forum.   Bruce...

This morning I had the chance to speak with character actor Bruce Greenwood who stars as Charlie Anderson in Robert Zemeckis' Flight, which makes its debut on Blu-ray on Tuesday, February 5. A native of Canada, Bruce has appeared in numerous films including I, Robot, Capote, Double Jeopardy and...

I recently sat down with Tom Skerritt to talk about Paramount Pictures newly converted to 3D edition of Top Gun. Tom Skerritt, who played the no-nonsense 'Viper' in the film, has enjoyed a long and distinguished career, appearing in over 150 film and television series, and who shows no signs of...

Andrea Kalas, VP of Archives at Paramount Pictures sat down with HomeTheaterForum late last week to discuss her work restoring the just-released Wings on Blu-Ray. Andrea talks about the extensive research to prepare for the restoration work of the important and Academy...

HTF had the great pleasure of speaking with Nancy Olson who portrayed the aspiring writer in Billy Wilder's mesmerizing 1950 film, Sunset Boulevard. Nancy received an Academy Award Nomination for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her portrayal as Betty Shaefer. Nancy would find continued...

Gretchen Wayne is the owner and president of Batjac Productions, Inc., the film company founded in 1951by her father-in-law, legendary actor John Wayne, and run for 40 years by her late husband Michael. Batjac produced over 25 films and retained full ownership of several Wayne crown jewels...

I recently had the distinct pleasure of speaking with Rae Dawn Chong (Commando, The Color Purple) about her latest film, Jeff, Who Lives at Home. Rae has enjoyed a long career spanning several decades and talked about her feelings on fate, the state of roles for women (and women of color) in...

Home Theater Forum recently sat down with Footloose Director/Writer Craig Brewer to talk about his remake of the 1984 original. Brewer talks about his passion for the original film, his approach to the remake, and how music plays an important role not only in his films but in his creative...