Pocahontas / Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World (1995-1998) (Special Edition)

[The Mad Kiwi]

Heck yes! Pocahontas is one of my favorite Disney films; it's criminally underrated. While the DVD is actually one of the strongest looking in my collection and looks great upconverted, I'm still excited to see it in HD. As long as Disney ports over everything from the 10th Anniversary Edition (which, in itself, was ported over from the laserdisc), I'll have no problems with them not creating new supplemental material.

I hope this means The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh is coming sooner rather than later as I believe that went out of print the same time Pocahontas did. If we use this year as a model for next year, 2012's schedule could look like this:

February - Pocahontas
March - Lady and the Tramp
August - Robin Hood/The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
September - Aladdin
October - Cinderella

I can see them saving Aladdin for September so that they could perhaps do some 20th Anniversary merchandising promotion that can last through Christmas. Maybe we'll even get a 3-D theatrical release since I doubt they'll do anything like that for Cinderella (though a theatrical re-release of Cinderella, period, would be most appreciated, even if it's in sing-along form like Beauty and the Beast was last year).

Summer is a slow period for home video, hence why I think they'll use that for either Robin Hood or Pooh, two films I don't see them putting much effort into, sadly. Of the two, I think a Pooh release is more likely since 2012 is the film's 35th Anniversary, and we all know how Disney loves its anniversaries.

Pocahontas seems a lock for the beginning of 2012 what with this flyer ad and all.