{"id":1069,"date":"2008-01-28T14:58:00","date_gmt":"2008-01-28T14:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2008\/01\/the-dvd-is-coming-but-what-about-the-sequels\/"},"modified":"2008-01-28T14:58:00","modified_gmt":"2008-01-28T14:58:00","slug":"the-dvd-is-coming-but-what-about-the-sequels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2008\/01\/the-dvd-is-coming-but-what-about-the-sequels.html","title":{"rendered":"The DVD is coming, but what about the sequels?"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_MwnH1kpbPRM\/R55i63Bvx-I\/AAAAAAAABEc\/KtRiIgXG5cc\/s1600-h\/goldencompass-bluray-a.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"cursor:pointer;cursor:hand\" src=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_MwnH1kpbPRM\/R55i63Bvx-I\/AAAAAAAABEc\/KtRiIgXG5cc\/s400\/goldencompass-bluray-a.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"><\/a><br><span style=\"font-family: georgia\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/news\/show\/Disc_Announcements\/High-Def_Disc_Packaging\/New_Line\/Specs,_Box_Art_In_for_Golden_Compass_Blu-ray\/1408\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">High-Def Digest<\/a> reports that a two-disc \u201cplatinum\u201d edition of <i><a href=\"http:\/\/filmchatblog.blogspot.com\/2005\/01\/his-dark-materials-article-archive.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Golden Compass<\/a><\/i> is coming to DVD and Blu-Ray in April:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Shared across both versions will be an audio commentary with Weitz, eleven making-of featurettes, multiple still galleries, and the film\u2019s original theatrical teaser and full trailers.<\/p>\n<p>Exclusive to the Blu-ray will be a picture-in-picture \u201cEnhanced Visual Commentary\u201d featuring Weitz and other cast and crew. (There\u2019s no confirmation yet from the studio as to whether the PIP track will be Profile 1.1-enabled, but we\u2019ll keep you posted.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>No deleted scenes, then?  Not even the <a href=\"http:\/\/filmchatblog.blogspot.com\/2007\/12\/missing-ending-more-bits-leak-out.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">original ending<\/a> that was <a href=\"http:\/\/filmchatblog.blogspot.com\/2007\/10\/i-hope-its-great-film-and-i-hope-it.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">cut from the film<\/a> at the last minute, supposedly to be tacked onto the beginning of the first sequel?  Does this mean the studio <a href=\"http:\/\/filmchatblog.blogspot.com\/2008\/01\/his-dark-materials-is-series-dead.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">still plans<\/a> to go ahead with the sequels, then?  Or are they saving that footage for an even more super-duper edition further down the road?<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>High-Def Digest reports that a two-disc \u201cplatinum\u201d edition of The Golden Compass is coming to DVD and Blu-Ray in April: Shared across both versions will be an audio commentary with Weitz, eleven making-of featurettes, multiple still galleries, and the film\u2019s original theatrical teaser and full trailers. 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