More Details Of The Dark Crystal And Labyrinth Special Edition DVDs

Special edition DVDs of both Labyrinth and The Dark Crystal are due in the US on August 14th and around that time in the UK too. Here's a little of what will be on each:

- The Dark Crystal 25th Anniversary Edition - new transfer from a hi-def remaster
- Audio commentary from Brian Froud
- The featurettes Paper, Cloth and Creatures and Coming of Age (these featurettes include a wide array of new interview clips)
- 2 disc set

- Labyrinth Anniversay Edition - which anniversay exactly? - with a new transfer from a hi-def remaster
- Audio commentary from Brian Froud
- The featurettes Singular Vision and the Kingdom United, Creatures and Creations and Lifelike Illusion
- 2 disc set

More is expected to be leaked soon - the Dark Crystal set has 'hours' of special features, whereas Labyrinth has 'over an hour' - including cover art. Stay tuned.

Pro-Nicotine Propoganda From Director Of Dark Crystal 2

Genndy Tartakovsky is a very talented director (at least of animation) with genuine winners like Samurai Jack and The Clone Wars under his belt already and his feature film debut, a sequel to The Dark Crystal, in production right at this moment.

Tartakovsky's most recent work to be released is a commercial for a quick-fix Nicotine gum, and I think it's pretty striking stuff, graphically speaking, if rather slight in terms of content.