Last October
we brought to you the no-bones-about-it report that
The O.C. was coming to DVD in 2004:
Warner also indicated that two new hit series--the youth drama The O.C., which it produces for the Fox network, and prime-time soap Nip/Tuck, which it produces for cable's FX--will soon come to DVD as well. No (release) dates were offered.
Since
Nip/Tuck news was
posted by us last Thursday, we naturally called Warner Home Video on Friday and asked "What's going on with
The O.C.?"
We were told that they are working on it, and that it'll be out before the end of the year. No other release information was given to us by Warner, but it's probably a safe bet to expect that it arrives before the 2nd season starts airing...it's a natural tie-in.
But wait! There's more! Thanks to readers like Paul Hillsdon and Peter Edfelt who wrote in, we can pass on to you that a company called Neuron Syndicate has let the cat out of the bag for even more information than that!
Neuron is getting a lot of attention this weekend, because they are the ones who designed the box covers for
The Alien Quadrilogy, and have now been rumored to be designing the boxes for the forthcoming
Star Wars Trilogy DVDs that were
announced in early February.
But they've also been commissioned to design the covers for
The O.C. - Season 1 box set! So, if their servers aren't overloaded with
Star Wars fans trying to find a hint of info about their release (some images of possible
SW designs were posted the other day, but were taken down very quickly), you can go to
Neuron's official site and read the news about
The O.C. for yourself. The site is Macromedia Flash-based, so there's no way to jump directly to the desired page. But if you click on "enter site," and then on "News" at the right end of the menu below the main graphic, you'll see
The O.C. nestled in the middle of the news list. Here's a small graphic of what you're seeing when you click that link:
In case you don't have excellent vision, here's the text of that graphic:
In the following weeks Neuron Syndicate will commence designing "The OC" Season One DVD release for Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. With season two already in production, solid viewer ratings, and the beginning of a cult-like following, the studio will include all 27 episodes in one six disc collection. The drama series, which debuted August 2003, premiered to 7.5 million viewers. OC has shown tremendous growth has earned the credit "addictive" from TV Guide's Matt Roush.
So this looks like a 6-DVD set with 27 first-season episodes on it (7 of which haven't even aired yet!), probably hitting around the late summer/early fall timeframe. Sounds like a plan to us! Stay tuned, because we'll have more for you about the first DVD release of this hot prime-time soap opera, just as soon as Warner releases the details.
