"Rent" DVD — Page 2

DVD to be released late February. Promotions already being worked on.

Very valid source, not online

From another board.

emcee was listing things that will probably be on the DVD, not the ONLY things that will be on the dvd. With all the stuff they did on the blogs and fan related, who knows what else will be on it?

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So, is RENT a bonafied flop? I sure hope this doesn't happen to ANY other movie musical!

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Wow, I like your insider friend!

I really wanna see behind the scenes stuff. I guess maybe because I'm a film student, watching the stuff being made really intrigues me.

keep smiling,
bika

The DVD will be out sooner than fall 2006.

I can speak "in general" on DVD production, but not specifically to this title (without getting into trouble here), but most of the work on a DVD (making of, deleted scenes, commentary, menu design and packaging) is completed just as, or within a couple of weeks after, the film opens nationally. The rest of the time is spent QC'ing the materials, authoring the glass masters, and replicating for worldwide release dates. It takes a long time to put these discs together, but production schedules for DVDs are usually simultaneous as the film is finishing up production. On bigger titles, it can even start before filming actually begins.

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wow! the movie's only been out for what? 3 weeks? and already talks of a dvd are going on...and as soon as late february.
sony is obviously rushing this out on dvd to try to make some of it's money back due to the less-than-stellar box office numbers.

Not really. Most studios are working on DVD features while they are still making the movie, regardless of how successful the movie is. A documentary for the DVD release of "Rent" was being filmed as the movie itself was filming.

In fact, if you look on Netflix.com, not only is "Rent" listed and available to save to your queue, so is the new version of "King Kong," and that's not even released in theaters yet.

One reason analysts believe box office receipts are lower this year is because of home theater systems being so good that people just wait for DVDs, which is why the window between theatrical release and DVD release has gotten so much shorter.

In fact, Bob Iger, the new chairman of Disney, is even pushing for theater chains to carry DVD versions of NEW movies, so people can buy them in the theater if they like them.

February sounds about right the "Rent" release. I'm guessing March for the new "Harry Potter," and probably April for "Narnia" (especially if Disney is still marketing to church groups--get the DVD ready for Easter!)

best12bars I meant narnia not rent for fall.

sugar, salt, whatever floats your boat.

my2cents--- Sorry I misread you above!

I would actually be surprised if they held Narnia that long, being that it's opening now. I would look for a late-spring, early summer release. That's a (very) educated guess though here... not factual inside info.

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Marquise --- You've got it exactly right. When a film is a big hit, it's not (usually) rushed on to a DVD street date. There are exceptions. But when a big budgeted film is (shall we say) a not-so-big-hit? They actually push up the street date to get it out on the shelves ASAP.

It can be murder on a production schedule.

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Updated On: 12/10/05 at 08:46 PM

JenD512 --- As much as studio execs might want that "window" to shrink down that much (having DVDs available simultaneously as a film is released), it really isn't possible. As it is now, DVD production is usually waiting until the very last minute to get a clean approved print of the film to finish their "special features." It's already a rush to get them replicated and on the shelves as fast as they are now. Trust me, I know.

I know too...trust me, Iger's plan was not just something I read in the paper.

Movies are not going show up ready-to-go in cineplexes anytime soon. Plenty of studios and directors are fighting it (and rightly so). But that idea is out there, and with that DVD window getting shorter and shorter, I wouldn't be surprised to some version of it happening eventually.

The window for "Rent" really isn't a reflection of it's box office. They probably had that release time scheduled before the theatrical release. And it probably won't have all of the special features it should.

They'll save those for the "Special Edition" version next Christmas.

"DVD to be released late February. Promotions already being worked on.

Very valid source, not online"

And why are we supposed to believe this...?

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