Category: Home Entertainment

In anticipation of THE POWERPUFF GIRLS' 10th anniversary in 2008, Cartoon Network and Warner Home Video have released a two-disc special edition DVD of the show's first season. Working closely with series creator Craig McCracken, who served as art director on the project, the two-disc set will include all 13 original episodes of the Emmy-winning series and is loaded with never before released special features hand-picked by McCracken. The POWERPUFF GIRLS: SEASON ONE will retail for $26.99.

Starz Home Ent. has released the latest HELLBOY animated feature, HELLBOY ANIMATED: BLOOD & IRON. This DVD sells for $19.98.

In this new adventure, Hellboy must choose between the destiny he accepted - the protection of mankind - and the destiny for which he was created - the destruction of mankind. In 1939, the young Professor Broom destroyed the vampire Erzsebet Ondrusko. Now, decades later, it seems that someone is trying to bring her back and Professor Broom (Hurt) wants to investigate this worrisome development himself.

Disney/Walden Media's BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA, the acclaimed adaptation of Katherine Paterson's Newbery Award-winning novel, comes to DVD and Blu-ray Disc on June 19, 2007 (Buena Vista Home Ent., $29.99 and $34.99).

Directed by Gabor Csupo, co-founder of Klasky Csupo (RUGRATS and THE WILD THORNBERRIES), BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA contains cutting edge vfx from Weta Digital under the supervision of Matt Aitken. It recounts the tale of kids who stumble upon the fantasy kingdom Terabithia, where they face the challenges of childhood and learn that friendship is life's one true reward.

Furthering the recently announced consumer direct exclusive strategy for its newly forged home entertainment production unit, MGM has entered into an association with Ashok Amritraj's Hyde Park Ent., which has also formed a unit for the production of consumer direct movies. Targeting specific demographic sectors of the home entertainment audience, the first project is the remake of the controversial 1980 thriller DRESSED TO KILL with Rick Alexander signed to write the script for the new version.

NCircle Ent. announced that it has entered into an exclusive multi-year distribution partnership with Granada Int'l, which makes NCircle the exclusive U.S. home entertainment distributor for the award-winning animated children's series POCOYO.

Warner Home Video (WHV) has released of A PUP NAMED SCOOBY-DOO VOLUME 6 on DVD. The one-disc DVD contains five adventures and sells for $14.97.

Geared toward preschoolers, A PUP NAMED SCOOBY-DOO follows the young adventures of Scooby-Doo, along with pint-sized versions of Shaggy, Velma, Daphne and Fred, as they solve mysteries.