| ComingSoon.net
published another report from the
Star Wars: Revenge of the
Sith DVD junket with Jim
Ward, Sr. Vice President of Lucasfilm
and President of LucasArts.
Jim Ward mainly talked about the upcoming
Revenge of the Sith
DVD but also answered a question on
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
tv-series DVDs.
Q:
Has there been any talks about bringing
the Indiana Jones Chronicles to
DVD?
Ward:
"You
betcha! We issued some of them on
VHS. We decided not to issue the
second batch of them on VHS because
the market is moving to DVD. We
have been working on that for over
a year and a half."
Star
Wars producer Rick McCallum
was also present at the Star
Wars: Revenge of the Sith
DVD junket. Also McCallum shared some
more information about the The
Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
tv-series DVDs to ComingSoon.net.
Q:
What are the plans for the Young
Indiana Jones Chronicles with the
boom of TV shows on DVD?
McCallum:
"We have
been upgrading the quality of the
original 60 mm image. We are also
re-doing the soundtracks so that
people can take advantage of it
in their home. But also over the
last 18 months, we have been doing…
we're up to like 56, 60 documentaries
now —and we're planning 95
altogether plus a lot of lectures
that tie in the historical aspects
of what's taking place in relationship
to where Indy is as this young kid
and as a young man. So I'm really
excited about that. It will have
finally the opportunity to get it
out to the audience worldwide that
it never really reached in the United
States. Because it was an extraordinary
success outside of America. And
even though we had 10, 11 million
really faithful viewers and we were
put all over the place, it was just
that during that period when network
television was falling apart. So,
we never really got the mileage
that we really expected or wanted.
So I'm really thrilled that the
DVDs look great so far. We've got
about 3 completed. We have 22 that
we're doing all together. And you
know it's going to be exciting.
That will be done in about 18 months.
The thing about the DVDs for us
is we don't just do one video master
for anything. We really make an
effort to try and get the best quality
that we possibly can, putting the
best material, and it does take
a long time. We've been working
for almost 2 years on this (ROTS)
DVD. We've been simultaneously finishing
up the film and also at the same
time trying to put some really great
stuff together."
And
last, Jim Ward also briefly mentioned
the new Indiana Jones video game his
LucasArts is currently
working on:
Ward:
"We are
also working on an Indiana Jones
game for the summer of 2007, which
we would hope would come out with
an Indiana Jones movie."
Source:
ComingSoon.net |