Two More Pixar Films Coming this May

Posted February 20, 2009 03:09 PM by Josh Dreuth


Walt Disney Home Entertainment has announced that they will bring the two Pixar films 'A Bug's Life' and 'Monster's Inc' to Blu-ray on May 19th. Both titles will be two-discs set, featuring a digital copy of the film on a separate DVD. Technical specs have yet to be announced at this time, though it is expected that both releases will receive 1080p AVC video and DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack encodes. Extras for these two films will include all the features on the previous DVD releases, including the following Blu-ray exclusive extras: A Bug's Life Introduction by John Lasseter Roundtable with John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, Kevin Rehr and Darla Anderson Storyboard animations BD-Live Movie Chat Movie Mail Monster's Inc Roundtable with Pete Docter, Lee Unkrich, Darla Anderson, and Darla Anderson Interactive Game BD-Live Movie Chat Movie Mail Disneyland Tokyo attraction
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TheZoof

Feb 20, 2009

Monster's Inc sounds good to me.

MacDaddyOJack

Feb 20, 2009

Wow, Monster's Inc - sounds good!

gman102081

Feb 20, 2009

Yes!!!! Definitely picking both up on release day!

cathexist

Feb 20, 2009

Yay! Now I want The Incredibles

prankster

Feb 20, 2009

yes!!!!!!!! now bring on the toy stories, finding nemo, & the incredibles

Y3k Bug

Feb 20, 2009

O...M...G I will pick up both day one! That is terrific news!

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chnandler_bong

Feb 20, 2009

I LOVED A Bug's Life, and it shall be mine.

aramis109

Feb 20, 2009

Awesome. Monsters Inc for sure, and maybe Bug's Life after release.

SpaceDog

Feb 20, 2009

I can't wait to see Sully's fur in HD.

Pellaeon

Feb 20, 2009

I dont get it. I thought Finding Nemo was going to happen months ago, what ever happened to that?

Does anyone have a list of all the Pixar movies that have been released thus far? I am thinking that only Pixar films that came out after Blu-ray's inception have been released on Blu-ray. Is that a correct statement (Starting with Cars)?

What threw me off is that the title says "Two More" as if there were others set for release in May already.

Either way, I am glad to see this is finally happening. I haven't seen these two films since their theater and original VHS (!) release. Now that my eyes have adjusted to HD, I couldn't bring myself to watch them in DVD form. Hope they are at a cheap price point, like $19.99 since they are so old.

Rainman208

Feb 20, 2009

Monster's Inc. for me.

Finding Nemo should look amazing when it comes.

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Blu Titan

Feb 20, 2009

Monsters Inc and A Bug's Life for me!!!

jimmybobo

Feb 20, 2009

Awesome! I will be getting both!

CYMBOL

Feb 20, 2009

Arrgggghhhh! Announce The Incredibles already!!!

Oh well, nice to see any Pixar films announced.

Meeklo

Feb 20, 2009

"featuring a digital copy of the film on a separate DVD"

So this means that there will be a second disc which is a DVD copy that also has the digital copy on it? That would save some money.

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dobyblue

Feb 20, 2009

Awesome news!! Two excellent titles, so far I'd pick up anything Pixar releases.

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mugupo

Feb 20, 2009

Monster is a great film. Both of those has excellent 3d at its time, probably a good transfer.

squall_line

Feb 20, 2009

BD + DVD + Digital Copy is usually a "Three Disc" set in Disney's terminology, unfortunately.

I wouldn't expect a catalog, non-vault title such as these to be BD+DVD.

NJ_RAMS_FAN

Feb 20, 2009

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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wnicholas76

Feb 20, 2009

First day purchase for both A Bug's Life and Monsters, Inc.! Now bring on The Incredibles and
Finding Nemo!!

rlj1010

Feb 20, 2009

A Bug's Life, is the ONLY Pixar movie my kid just can't seem to get into... Don't know if I'd buy it.

But Monster's Inc. is a big hit at our house, and a definite buy.

Galley

Feb 20, 2009

Glad I sold all of my Pixar DVDs at Christmas time for top dollar.

Kryptron

Feb 20, 2009

Awesome!!! Disney/Pixar FTW.

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DIRTY MONEY

Feb 20, 2009

Keep them coming!

111111

Feb 20, 2009

Yoink!

sinister184

Feb 20, 2009

errrr!!! good movies, but id much rather have The Incredibles and Finding Nemo.

kaliraver

Feb 20, 2009

I can't wait for these releases, they will be jaw dropping for sure!

SellmeyourDVD

Feb 20, 2009

my daughter is absolutley in love with monsters inc, so that will be a definite pick up for me.

disneyboi81

Feb 20, 2009

This is totally awesome!!! Know we need Nemo and The Incredibles by Xmas! =) Woot!

kdn1221

Feb 20, 2009

MCWHAMMER.

These are the Pixar movies that I believed have been released on Blu-ray:

Cars
Ratatouille
Wall-E

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nathanp

Feb 20, 2009

Monsters Inc = Awesome!
A Bug's Life = notsome!

I'll buy both though.

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Guinness7

Feb 20, 2009

The more pixar the better.

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wafi

Feb 20, 2009

Where's my Incredibles BD?!?! Whats wrong with Pixar?!?!?

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Josh

Feb 20, 2009

I just added amazon preorders to the product pages. Enjoy.

Freis968

Feb 20, 2009

Both!

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J6P

Feb 20, 2009

"errrr!!! good movies, but id much rather have The Incredibles and Finding Nemo."

So would a lot of people! ...If you think real hard I bet you can figure out why they're releasing them in this order.

fronn

Feb 20, 2009

What's with the $40.99 MSRP of "Monster's, Inc." and $39.99 of "Bug's Life"?

If this is some new pricing strategy and not a simple mistake, I'm waiting. ~28+ is too high
for a new movie, let alone a catalog. That's ridiculous.

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TheManInBlu

Feb 20, 2009

I'll pass on both but I want The Incredibles. Why is it taking so long??

richterbon23

Feb 20, 2009

Both are awesome! But where the heck is Finding Nemo.... It was suppose to be out last spring and
now this spring is coming and no release!

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STARSCREAM

Feb 20, 2009

YESSSSSSSS. Monster's Inc.!!!!!!!

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Xerios

Feb 20, 2009

SULLY

frank_t

Feb 20, 2009

cool. two more pixar films on blu

there isn't a pixar film i won't re-buy at this point

ToolDown

Feb 20, 2009

Awesome news!!!! Monster's Inc. definite first day pick up!

Achilles3

Feb 20, 2009

Hell yes! Now please bring on Finding Nemo and The Incredibles to make me happy.

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darkpoet25

Feb 20, 2009

Yes! I love these and will get both on day one for sure.

Minimejer05

Feb 20, 2009

Been waiting for Monsters Inc!! YESSS

richard lichtenfelt

Feb 20, 2009

Pixar rules. Disney sets the gold standard with as good as it gets audio and video quality.
Keep the Pixar blus comin.

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Cplhicks

Feb 20, 2009

What happened to Finding Nemo??

bart122580

Feb 20, 2009

Yes! In for both. I still want Finding Nemo >.<

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Devion27

Feb 20, 2009

Sweeeeet Can't wait day 1 for me

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andyman1970

Feb 20, 2009

Guess I should start saving now as May looks to be a huge month for releases. This 2 gems, plus CSI season 1 and Dexter season 2.

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Verbal

Feb 21, 2009

Happy birthday to me! Well, two days after this...

Thanks for the gifts, Disney.

Seretur

Feb 21, 2009

Brilliant news!

Anyone has an idea of what the Roundables are? I hope they're some sort of BonusView features, such as those on their previous feature releases.

tru blu

Feb 21, 2009

I want both of these titles. Love all Pixar stuff.

Ashley

Feb 21, 2009

Monsters Inc, yay! Such a great film. Glad I held and didn't buy the DVD

Neil_Luv's_BLU

Feb 21, 2009

WAHAYY!!! Monsters Inc!..

Now how long til The Incredibles sees a Blu release?

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Ataneruo

Feb 21, 2009

Boo, Mike and Sully in HD! Can't wait!!

krazyclown

Feb 21, 2009

i think we will see nemo and incredibles 2011 next year we will get all 3 toy storys since 1 and 2 are coming to theaters in 3d and toy story 3 is out next summer prob do 3 a year till all catalog movies are out this year a bugs life / monsters inc / up next year toy story 1-3 and 2011 nemo/ incredibles and think newt is after toy story 3 day 1 on all pixar movies

RIKANA

Feb 21, 2009

LOVE IT! I'll get both!

RI

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thedarkangel1975

Feb 21, 2009

I will be getting both I love Pixar's films. I own Cars, Ratouille, and Wall-e. I want them all on Blu-Ray

Draxen

Feb 22, 2009

Good news, will get Monsters Inc. Someone predicted "The Incredibles" coming out in 2011... no way they are going to wait for two years(!!). I'll say it will be there by Christmas 2009.

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puffman

Feb 22, 2009

yes finally ! i have been waiting on monsters inc for a while. i might get a bugs life, im not so crazy about it , but it will be nice to have it around

1000thblurayMay12014

Feb 22, 2009

Two great back in the day Pixar films that my little brother and I grew up watching! I'll pick up both on day 1! Animated films on Blu-ray disc are awesome and any Blu-ray collector knows Disney Blu-rays that are animated are must haves on day 1! Blu-ray disc for life!

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RdCrestdBreegull

Feb 22, 2009

"Monsters, Inc." has no apostrophe (since there is no possession or omission).

TKurata

Feb 23, 2009

PIXAR BDS FTMFW!!!!!

Mr.White

Feb 23, 2009

Where's Nemo,I guess were not "finding" him on Blu this time,bummer!!!

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monkeyjb1988

Feb 25, 2009

This is great news. I must admit, I kinda skipped the last paragraph at first and was angry at the few meager extras. Then I read the last paragraph and was relieved. However, both Monsters Inc. and A Bug's Life had a lot of extras. It'll be interesting to see how they all fit on one disc (2nd being the digital copy). Still, can't wait to get these films. Hope to see more Pixar on Blu soon.

Edit: I just checked, and the Toy Story films, Finding Nemo, and the Incrdibles are the only Pixar films not on Blu yet. I checked and saw that Nemo is slated for 2009. My thought process was that Disney and Pixar would probably want to release two Pixar Blus later in the year, like they're doing now for Bug's Life and Monsters. If that does happen, we'll have all the Pixar films on Blu-Ray by 2010, since The Incredibles is the only other non Toy Story film left that could go with Nemo, since Pixar is probably saving the Toy Story films for release with the third film. Granted, they could release Nemo all by its own lonesome self, but if they're releasing Bug's Life and Monsters together, than they'll probably release Nemo and Incredible together. Just my thoughts at least.