Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has formally announced the Ray Harryhausen Collection/Gift Set will be coming to Blu-ray Disc on October 7.
The big news is the studio for the first time confirms The 7th Voyage of Sinbad: 50th Anniversary Edition will be including in the set alongside 20 Million Miles to Earth: 50th Anniversary Edition, Earth vs. The Flying Saucers and It Came From Beneath The Sea.
Each film has been remastered and the viewer can toggle between the original black and white version and the all-new color version. Harryhausen adds, “I am thrilled these films are finally being seen in color. I had wanted to do them in color in the 1950s, but the budgets were not large enough to accommodate that luxury. Now, thanks to the marvelous advances made in the colorization process by San Diego’s Legend Films and others, audiences will be able to see the movies as I originally intended.”
All four films are expected to be presented in widescreen 1080p video and 5.1 Dolby TrueHD audio. Extensive supplemental features for each are as follows.
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad: 50th Anniversary Edition
- Audio commentary by Ray Harryhausen, visual effects experts Phil Tippett and Randall William Cook, author Steven Smith and producer Arnold Kunert
- A documentary
- Six featurettes
- More to be announced
20 Million Miles to Earth: 50th Anniversary Edition
- Audio Commentary by Ray Harryhausen, visual effects artists Dennis Muren and Phil Tippett, and producer Arnold Kunert
- Featurette: Remembering 20 Million Miles to Earth
- Featurette: The Colorization Process
- Featurette: Tim Burton Sits Down with Ray Harryhausen
- Original Ad Artwork: A video montage and discussion of the original marketing and advertising campaigns by Arnold Kunert
- Featurette: Interview with Joan Taylor
- Featurette: David Schecter on Film Music’s Unsung Hero
- Video Photo Galleries
- Sneak Peek of Digital Comic Book 20 Million Miles More
It Came From Beneath The Sea
- Audio Commentary by Ray Harryhausen, visual effects artists Randall William Cook and John Bruno, and producer Arnold Kunert
- Featurette: Remembering It Came From Beneath The Sea
- Video Photo Galleries
- Featurette: Tim Burton Sits Down with Ray Harryhausen
- Original Ad Artwork: A video montage and discussion of the original marketing and advertising campaigns by Arnold Kunert
- Featurette: David Schecter on Film Music’s Unsung Hero
- Featurette: A Present-Day Look at Stop-Motion
- Sneak Peek of Digital Comic Book It Came from Beneath the Sea…Again!
Earth vs. The Flying Saucers
- Audio Commentary by Ray Harryhausen, visual effects artists Jeffrey Okun and Ken Ralston and producer Arnold Kunert
- Featurette: Remembering Earth vs. The Flying Saucers
- Featurette: A Present-Day Look at Stop-Motion
- Video Photo Galleries
- Featurette: Tim Burton Sits Down with Ray Harryhausen
- Original Ad Artwork: A video montage and discussion of the original marketing and advertising campaigns by Arnold Kunert
- Featurette: Interview with Joan Taylor
- Featurette: David Schecter on Film Music’s Unsung Hero
- Featurette: The Hollywood Blacklist and Bernard Gordon
- Still and Production Art Gallery
- Digital Sneak Peek at Flying Saucers vs. the Earth Comic Book
- Original Screenplay Credits
- Featurette: The Colorization Process
The Ray Harryhausen Gift Set Collection on Blu-ray will carry an SRP of $107.95. Each title individually will be priced at an SRP of $28.95. Check back regularly for high-res cover art and pre-order information.
