Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation (1986) - Sony Pictures - Aug 17, 2021

[rdodolak]

Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation (1986) will be released by Sony Pictures on 17 Aug 2021 as a MOD release.

Join the adorable Care Bear family as they save the Kingdom of Caring from evil in this exciting adventure for the young and young at heart! Filled with music, magic and charm, this full-length feature film goes back in time to introduce the Care Bear Cubs and Care Cousin Cubs and shows how they grew up to become the champions of caring. Set in a peaceful summer camp, evil Dark Heart makes a bargain with an unhappy little girl to trap the Care Bears and destroy goodness. But when she learns the cost of her decision, she realizes that she must race to save them before it is too late. Featuring beautiful animation and songs by Stephen Bishop and Debbie Allen, CARE BEARS MOVIE II: A NEW GENERATION is a heart-warming adventure for the whole family!

[Jim Pez]

Great I hope they release the other movies.

[kevin87]

Oh so they can give us Care Bears 2 but not 1, but we get Charlie's Angels 1 on 4K and not 2?

Honestly, this is tempting. I watched both movies a bunch before the age of 5 lol It does feel weird to have the 2nd and not the 1st coming before or at the same time though.

[meremortal]

Got this on Vudu a while back and have yet to watch it. Care Bears was on that "slightly before my time" radar in that I remember it existing but can't recall any episodes or the movies.

[akaun6899]

The first film is owned by MGM, so that’d be up to them (and soon, Amazon). It has an HD version (4:3 open matte) on Vudu that looks good, fwiw.

This and Bingo give me hope for some more Sony family/kids titles that were released in full screen only during the DVD days—specifically, Elmo in Grouchland.

[Optimus-Prime-Rox]

Loved Care Bears growing up, I never owned any of the stuffed bears but my favorite was Grumpy Bear.

[critterdvd]

I probably wore out the vhs of this in my pre-k years. I remember preferring part 2 to part 1 so I may grab this to watch with the nephews one day.

[SpaceBlackKnight]

The first movie is owned by MGM and has two HD masters (one in 1.37 and the other 1.85). I think someone had/has it but are yet to release it, hopefully before MGM blocks licencing/renewals due to the impending Amazon takeover.

A New Generation was released by Columbia in the US, so that puts it at Sony. Interesting that Sony are putting this one out themselves, it was assumed to be with Mill Creek for the longest time. Mill Creek's arrangement with Sony is expiring (Sony followed up MC's Like Father Like Son with their remastered BD a few months later) so I assume they lost it and that whatever Sony they're releasing before their licence ends are repacks of titles they already put out or had for a while.

I believe Sony did a new 4k restoration on this one, as the HD master on digital/streaming is based on an older one.

[Dragon78]

Still no Rainbow Brite on Blu Ray. But at least this one is getting love though it is strange we are getting the 2nd one before the first.

[LexInHD]

First film is MGM, second is Sony, third is Echo Bridge Entertainment. There is no way all three films get released simultaneously or in close proximity, unless SHOUT Factory got all three.

[Bubbles-11]

props to Sony for using the original theatrical poster art!

[filmbuffTX]

Originally Posted by akaun6899

The first film is owned by MGM, so that’d be up to them (and soon, Amazon). It has an HD version (4:3 open matte) on Vudu that looks good, fwiw.

This and Bingo give me hope for some more Sony family/kids titles that were released in full screen only during the DVD days—specifically, Elmo in Grouchland.

Mill Creek released Bingo in its correct aspect ratio on a multi feature DVD. I can’t remember what the quality was like, but it was definitely better than the Sony full screen.

[SpaceBlackKnight]

Originally Posted by LexInHD

First film is MGM, second is Sony, third is Echo Bridge Entertainment. There is no way all three films get released simultaneously or in close proximity, unless SHOUT Factory got all three.

The third Care Bears movie is ether with FilmRise (who own the catalog of Canadian distributor Cineplex Odeon Films) or Nelvana themselves. It may not have any film elements as it clearly dosent have anything better than a SD VHS master to this day.

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by LexInHD

First film is MGM, second is Sony, third is Echo Bridge Entertainment. There is no way all three films get released simultaneously or in close proximity, unless SHOUT Factory got all three.

I don't think the third film was ever released on DVD here, at least not officially. Are you sure it's with Echo Bridge?

[LexInHD]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

I don't think the third film was ever released on DVD here, at least not officially. Are you sure it's with Echo Bridge?

Echo Bridge and AMC Theatres bought the media assets of Cineplex Oden, with their purchase of Alliance Atlantis in 2008.

[deto]

I remember watching this on Disney Channel as a kid, I'm looking forward to picking this up to watch with my 5 year old...

[filmbuffTX]

Surprising that no one licensed The Care Bears Movie from MGM.

[Rayjg]

Originally Posted by filmbuffTX

Surprising that no one licensed The Care Bears Movie from MGM.

Perfect title for Severin Kids line.

[LexInHD]

Originally Posted by filmbuffTX

Surprising that no one licensed The Care Bears Movie from MGM.

Imagine if Blue Underground got it and said "We're gonna do this one right...." and put out a 100GB disc, with Dolby Vision and isolated music track.

[postmodel]

Recorded this off tv on the same VHS as Ghostbusters 2…watched it so many times it’s insane. Definitely grabbing this!