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Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment has announced Beauty and the Beast for release on Blu-ray on October 5. It will be presented as a Blu-ray + DVD Combo Pack (2 Blu-ray Discs and one DVD), and like Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in 2009, will launch seven weeks ahead of the DVD release.

Disney specifies that the release will feature "state-of-the-art picture restoration," 7.1 audio and "hours of additional viewing experiences," including behind the scenes features, deleted scenes, enhanced music tracks, immersive games and more.

Trailer:

Plot: In a quaint French village during the late 18th century, Belle, a bright and beautiful young woman, finds escape from her ordinary life, and the advances of a boorish suitor, Gaston, by reading books. Meanwhile, off in a castle in the distance, a cruel young prince is cast under the spell of an enchantress who turns him into a tormented beast, while transforming his servants into animated household objects. In order to remove the curse, the Beast must discover a true love who will return his affection before the last petal falls from an enchanted rose. When Belle’s inventor father stumbles upon the Beast’s castle and is taken prisoner, Belle comes to the rescue and agrees to take her father’s place. With the help of the castle’s enchanted staff, she sees beneath the Beast’s exterior and discovers the heart and soul of a human prince.

Since the show is over now, it's time for the inevitable complete DVD/BluRay Sets to come out. Here is the lowdown on the 6th Season DVD/BluRay and the complete series set.

THE COMPLETE 6TH SEASON (BLURAY ARTWORK)

Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment has announced DVD ($59.99) and Blu-ray ($79.99) releases of Lost: The Complete Sixth and Final Season for the 24th August. Extras will include audio commentaries on 4 episodes (LA X, Dr. Linus, Ab Aeterno and Across The Sea), deleted scenes, bloopers, featurettes ("Lost: On Location", "Crafting a Final Season", " A Hero’s Journey", "See You In  Another Life, Brotha", "Lost on Location"), and a much-anticipated new chapter of the island's story.  

Also available from the 24th August will be Lost: The Complete Collectionwhich will retail at $229.99 and $279.99 on DVD and Blu-ray respectively. Each will include every episode of the series, along with a full disc of features exclusive to the collection. These will include 16 hilarious Lost “Slapdowns” featurettes showcasing celebrity Lost fans who confront Executive Producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse to ask press questions about the final season, a humorous yet emotional look at every character who died on the series, a unique series of featurettes that takes viewers on very personal tours of Oahu where the series was created, a closer look at some of the props with cast, writers and producers, and more. The exciting collectible packaging also includes:  a Special Edition collectible ‘Senet’ Game as seen in Season Six, a custom Lost island replica, an exclusive episode guide, a collectible Ankh, and a black light penlight. 

HIGH-RES COMPLETE DVD SET ARTWORK AND GOODIES 

The BluRay and DVD of this movie is already out, but James Cameron has officially announced a 3D BluRay and Special Edition BluRay and DVD Version including tons of extras.The new version will also feature an extended cut of the movie and is expected to be realised in early 2011.

To complete my previous post about the Gone with the Wind DVD let me update you on the "Wizard of Oz" Speical Edition. It is also coming out as a 2-Disc Set and a Special 4 Disc DVD and BluRay set.

The film has been completely remastered and will include Dolby Digital 5.1 Audio for the first time, as well as the original Mono track. Extras will include a sing-along track, a Music and Effects track, an audio commentary, featurettes ("Wonderful Wizard of Oz: The Making of a Movie Classic", "Prettier Than Ever: The Restoration of Oz", "We Haven’t Really Met Properly", "The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz", "Because of the Wonderful Things it Does: The Legacy of Oz"), outtakes and deleted scenes, Harold Arlen’s Home Movies, 3 Vault Shorts, a Wonderful Wizard of Oz Storybook, still galleries, 6 theatrical trailers, and more.

Also available from the 29th September will be DVD ($69.92) and Blu-ray ($84.99) releases of The Wizard of Oz: Ultimate Collector's Edition. These will include all of the above features, plus the following additional features ("Victor Fleming: Master Craftsman", "L. Frank Baum: The Man Behind the Curtain", "Celebrating Hollywood’s Biggest Little Stars", "The Dreamer of Oz [1990 TV special]", "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1910)", "The Wizard of Oz [1933]", "The Magic Cloak of Oz [1914]", "The Patchwork Girl of Oz [1914]", "The Wizard of Oz [1925 feature]"). On top of all that, you'll also get a Collectible and numbered 70th Anniversary Wizard of Oz watch with genuine crystals, a replica of the original film budget, a 52-page Behind the Curtain book, and a reproduction of the original 1939 campaign book.

Warner Home Video has announced DVD (5-disc, $69.92) and Blu-ray (3-disc, $84.99) releases of Gone With The Wind: Ultimate Collector's Edition, which stars Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh. Each will be available to own from the 17th of November.

Extra material for the DVD edition will include the film entirely remastered from original Technicolor film elements, audio commentary with film historian Rudy Behlmer, over 8 hours extras including the all new documentary Gone with the Wind: The Legend Lives On narrated by Kenneth Branagh, The Making of a Legend a TV special from 1989 narrated by Christopher Plummer, Restoring a Legend which chronicles the film/video restoration process, the 1939 Premiere newsreel Dixie Hails Gone with the Wind, the 1940 MGM short The Old South, a 1961 newsreel Atlanta Civil War Centennial, the international prologue, foreign language sample scenes, theatrical trailers, Melanie Remembers: Reflections by Olivia de Havilland an exclusive 2004 documentary, cast portrait featurettes, an exclusive 40-page hardcover production art book, 10, 5" x 7" watercolor reproduction art prints, and a bonus CD soundtrack sampler and more.

The Blu-ray edition will include all of this and the 6-hour documentary, MGM: When the Lion Roared. Each set will be available in a limited, numbered edition velvet keepsake box while supplies last.

A 2-disc DVD Special Edition will also be available on the same date ($24.98), with the only extra material being film historian Rudy Behlmer commentary.