Fighting for freedom, where ever there's trouble, over land and sea and air...G.I Joe is there!
Yes,
G.I. Joe is there. He'll be there in theaters early this August, when
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra hits the box office with a live-action film. And, with
Shout! Factory taking over the home video releases of the original Sunbow-produced "G1" series for
Transformers, was there ever any doubt that they would also be bringing the original
G.I. Joe cartoon series back to DVD as well?
G.I. Joe is an elite group of special military operatives, fighting for freedom wherever there's trouble. In this animated series that introduced Hasbro's popular line of 3¾" G.I. Joe action figures, our team of Real American Heroes will stop at nothing to defeat Cobra - an enemy with the singular goal of world domination!
This morning Shout!'s distributor, Vivendi Entertainment, made info available to retailers that
G.I. Joe - A Real American Hero: Season 1, Part 1 is going to be available as a 4-DVD set, running approximately 700 minutes, starting on
July 21st. That's a wee bit after the 4th of July celebration, but a better schedule for tying it in with the new film. Video will be full frame, and audio in English, but no other specs or pricing info is available yet. Nor is package art, but stay tuned for that.
As for bonus material: well, let's just say that the info provided to retailers makes it look like Shout! has some VERY ambitious plans for the extras on this collection (as they do for
Transformers, of course). However, it's very clear that nothing mentioned there is actually set in stone thus far. So, rather than get fans' hopes up, we would rather hold off discussing it here, and let the studio continue to work on finalizing their plans for the supplements on these DVDs. We doubt anyone will be disappointed, though! Stay tuned for updates.
