Morningstar Entertainment of Toronto, Ontario has been on the scene since 1991, and is currently well-known for their Canadian DVD releases in Canada which include popular north-of-the-border TV fare such as
The Raccoons and
The Newsroom, and earlier this year it was
announced that they would also release the DVD of the feature animated film
The Smurfs and the Magic Flute.
Now the company has announced that they will begin distributing their releases in the United States as well, and have backed it up by scheduling a number of releases, including all of the titles mentioned above. Each is already up for pre-order at the USA branch of Amazon. Here are the links for the 3 releases of
The Newsroom and 2 releases of
The Raccoons, all due for release in the States on
September 9th:
And yes, the previously-announced Canadian DVD release date of March for
The Smurfs and the Magic Flute has been delayed to coincide with the USA release of this title, which is now set for
October 7th (the same day as the television series DVD release of
The Smurfs - Season 1, Volume 2). In fact, Morningstar had an advertisement for it in the most recent print issue of
Home Video Magazine, and that showed off new, revised package art for the film's DVD (see below).
We do NOT yet know if the various Marvel super-heroes DVD titles which have been
announced for Canada (and that's a long list of titles!) will make it to the studio's USA slate. Stay tuned and we'll keep you updated about that if announcements get made, plus any other developments from the folks just north of Niagara Falls.
