BCI READIES 18 FILMATION SERIES
Animated & Live Action
Posted by ICv2 on July 24, 2006 @ 11:00 pm CT
Having successfully launched the He-Man series on DVD, Navarre subsidiary BCI has announced 18 additional titles including seven slated for release in the fourth quarter of 2006. All the announced series were produced by Filmation (see 'Navarre Acquires Rights to Filmation Catalog').
Q4 debuts include five animated series:
Journey Back to Oz, an animated sequel to The Wizard of Oz
A Snow White Christmas
She-Ra, Season 1, Volume 1(see 'She-Ra to Debut at Comic-Con')
Mission Magic, featuring the vocal stylings of the young Rick Springfield
The New Adventures of He-Man
And two live-action series:
Ghostbusters (featuring Forrest Tucker and Larry Storch)
Ark II, a post-apocalyptic science fiction series set in 2476
Vintage Filmation series set to debut on DVD in 2007 include:
The Cat Pack
The Legend of Barvestarr
Ghost Busters Animated
Snow White Happily Ever After
Hero High
Bravestarr
Fabulous Funnies, which features characters from popular comic strips including Broom Hilda, Nancy and Sluggo, The Katzenjammer Kids, and Alley Oop.
Live action series slated for 2007 include:
Jason of Star Command
The Secrets of Isis
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