Seems that Warner Brothers may have a few high profile classic titles up their sleeve to come later this year.To get the word on a few unconfirmed titles such as new box sets of Ben Hur, The Wizard of Oz, New Jack City, The Outsiders and King Kong -Click on for the full story… Alright, none of this is confirmed but hometheaterforum.com has some information that the titles mentioned will include the following –Ben-Hur: Four-Disc Collector’s Edition September 2005Special Features are scheduled to include:*Original 1925 silent film version of Ben-Hur*All new documentary on Ben-Hur: Ben-Hur Revisited*Scene specific commentary by Charlton Heston*Collectible Souvenir Booklet, reprinted from original theatrical program*Documentary – The Making of an Epic *Screen tests*Photo Gallery*Theatrical TrailersNew Jack City: Two-Disc Special Edition August 2005Special Features are scheduled to include:*Interviews with members of the hip-hop community as they describe their favorite moments in the film.*Screen tests*Making-of Documentary*A Historical Look at Harlem*Music Video: New Jack Hustler by Ice-T*Music Video: I’m Dreamin’ by Christopher Williams*Music Video: I Wanna Sex You Up by Color Me BaddThe Wizard of Oz: Two-Disc Special Edition October 2005Special Features are scheduled to include:*New documentary on the phenomenon of Oz and its impact around the world*Making-of documentary hosted by Angela Lansbury*Oz composer Harold Arlen’s home movies*Musical outtakes including the Jitterbug dance*Filmographies, story boards, costumes, and makeup tests*New, graduated trivia game*Feature-length sing-a-longThe Outsiders: Two-Disc Special Edition September 2005Special Features are scheduled to include:*Casting director interview on discovering the amazing cast of The Outsiders.*Screen tests and auditions. *A private tour of the filming location with author of the book, S.E. Hinton*Making-of featurettes.*NBC Today Show reveals how The Outsiders sprang to life from a series of letters written by school children from Fresno, CA.*Hollywood Closeup shows up for the movie premiere in Fresno, CA.*Photo galleries*TrailersKing Kong: Two-Disc Special Edition November 2005Special Features are scheduled to include:*3 featurettes with Peter Jackson, director of The Lord of the Rings trilogy–Tour of Jackson’s personal Kong memorabilia–The Magic of Kong’s Stop Motion Wizardry–The Mystery of the Spider sequence*Fascinating feature-length documentary on the Creator of King Kong, Merian C. Copper*Interview with Peter Jackson on how King Kong influenced his filmmaking*Theatrical TrailersInteresting huh?For a few more key details, check out and discuss the following titles at my post in our forums.
