OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE
With the success of last year’s Sony Home Video release of the 50th Anniversary edition of the Ray Harryhausen film 20 Million Miles to Earth: 50th Anniversary Edition, which included the comic book from Bluewater Productions, Sony Home Video is once again putting out 2 more titles this month, along with the advanced copies of the comic books as special features on the disc.
Later this year will be the Sony Home Video release of
Sinbad, in which the upcoming new Bluewater comic series
Sinbad and the Merchant of Ages will be included on the DVD.
Two of Ray Harryhausen’s classic films,
It Came From Beneath the Sea and
Earth vs. The Flying Saucers, are available now in newly colorized and pristine versions from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.. Each title will be available as a two-disc set in color and the original black & white, with viewers able to toggle between the two versions whenever they wish. A monstrous amount of new bonus features make these releases ‘out of this world’ sci-fi entertainment.
As previously announced,
20 Million Miles to Earth: 50th Anniversary Edition will be available on December 4 in high-definition, only on Blu-ray™ High-Def.
It Came From Beneath The Sea was the first collaboration between special effects wizard Ray Harryhausen and producer Charles H. Schneer. Directed by Robert Gordon (
Tarzan and The Jungle Boy), the newly colorized film, depicting a giant octopus attacking San Francisco, stars Kenneth Tobey (
The Thing From Another World), Faith Domergue (
This Island Earth), Donald Curtis (
Earth vs. The Flying Saucers) and Ian Keith (
The Ten Commandments). The two-disc DVD contains a sneak peek at the Bluewater Productions digital comic book It Came from Beneath the Sea…Again! (By Clay & Susan Griffith and Chris Noeth.)
Earth vs. The Flying Saucers, with its ground-breaking visual effects techniques, was the second of several collaborations between producer Charles H. Schneer and special effects wizard Ray Harryhausen. The film, about the invasion of earth and destruction of Washington D.C., was masterfully directed by Fred F. Sears (Crash Landing) and stars Joan Taylor (
20 Million Miles to Earth), Hugh Marlowe (
The Day the Earth Stood Still), Donald Curtis (
The Ten Commandments) and Morris Ankrum (
Invaders from Mars). The film will offer a sneak peek at the digital comic book called
Flying Saucers Vs. The Earth. It's a take on the film from the alien's perspective and will be in stores in April 2008. (By Ryan Burton and Alan Brooks.)
The comic book special feature will feature Diamond Distributor's Comic book locator number for viewers to call to get their comic books.
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Bluewater Productions is a creative studio founded in 2004 by Darren G. Davis, creator of such popular characters as The 10th Muse, Isis, VSS And Judo Girl!, as well as publisher of the Ray Harryhausen Presents series. Bluewater Productions has published with Image Comics, Alias Enterprises and Arcana Studios.
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is a division of Sony Corporation of America, a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Sony Corporation. Sony Pictures Entertainment's global operations encompass motion picture production and distribution; television production and distribution; digital content creation and distribution; worldwide channel investments; home entertainment acquisition and distribution; operation of studio facilities; development of new entertainment products, services and technologies; and distribution of filmed entertainment in 67 countries.