Still Time To Enter The Roger Rabbit Giveaway Contest

A 25th Anniversary Blu-Ray, a Who Wacked Roger Rabbit? novel, A ZILLION SIMOLEONS! These prizes are still awaiting one more winner for Gary K. Wolf's Roger Rabbit Giveaway Contest.

To enter, send an email to rogerrabbit@garywolf.com. In the subject line put Roger Giveaway. In the message, you have to answer this question:

If Roger and Jessica went to a costume party, what costumes would they wear?

The first winner was announced on August 18th and sent along a creative story with Roger and Jessica's costume selections. The last winner will be chosen on August 30th. So there's still one more chance to win. Don't wait! Start thinking about what fun, toony, wacky or scintillating costumes the most famous couple in Toontown would wear.

You'll want to be kept up-to-date by visiting his blog at GaryWolf.com where he will be posting all the updates and news on the contest.

Roger Rabbit To Be Released On Blu Ray

It's true folks. Roger Rabbit is being released on Disney Blu Ray DVD on March 12, 2012. This will be a special 25th Anniversary release - but it appears the only thing special about this will be the cover. It's a little upsetting that there isn't anything new for this release, it's possible the menus could have been changed, but there is no word on that so far. There is no mention of anything new in store for this Blu Ray release, and the extra features appear to be the same ones we received from the 15th Anniversary Edition:

• 3 animated shorts (Tummy Trouble, Roller-Coaster Rabbit and Trail Mix-Up)
• Who Made Roger Rabbit? documentary
• Audio commentary
• 5 featurettes (On Set! Benny the Cab, Behind the Ears: The True Story, Before & After Split-Screen, Toon Stand-Ins and The Valiant Files)
• Deleted scene
• Art gallery
• Theatrical trailer

The only thing worth mention is that the three cartoon shorts are now digitally remastered for this release, and the movie will be in crisp, Blu Ray quality. I know this is supposed to be just a "straight to Blu Ray" copy - but then why bother with the "25th Anniversary" on the front if there isn't anything new or special included. Either way, the DVD is set for release in March, along with other Disney films, Mulan, Hunchback and Brother Bear.

Could A New Jessica Doll Be Coming

During the past few years, Disney started to release a very special limited edition collector doll in conjunction with a DVD release. The Snow White doll was the first to be released, along with the DVD coming out on the same date in 2009. The doll was available for pre-order and sold for $99. It was a Limited Edition of 5000, and from what I understand, it has become a fairly sought after doll today. Other Princesses soon followed - up to Rapunzel, she too was released - but there was a surprise doll released as well of Mother Gothel, at an edition size of only 1500 in 2011. Also that year, two surprise dolls (Alice, and Queen of Hearts) were released during the hype of the Disney Designer Princess dollMAGEDDON, and both of them were a Limited Edition of only 500 each. That is an extremely low number to the doll collecting community. (Photo Via DRJ1828)

Jumping to 2012, Cinderella is being re-released on DVD, this time for Blu Ray, and a doll is also on the way October 2nd. A surprise release which was just found out will be Cinderella's wicked stepmother, Lady Tremaine, making only her second appearance now in doll form. With this trend, could we possibly see a Jessica Rabbit doll released in 2013 along with the Who Framed Roger Rabbit 25th Anniversary Blu Ray DVD? There really is no telling if this is a possibility at this point. To not celebrate the special anniversary with some new merchandise would be a shame, but the past anniversaries had not offered much, other than pins. With Disney's new interest in releasing very limited edition dolls at the same time as a DVD, it seems only fitting to have a new and improved Jessica Rabbit doll. Stay Tooned!!

Who Framed Roger Rabbit 25th Anniversary Blu Ray DVD

The video is not very telling, but Who Framed Roger Rabbit will finally make it to Blu-ray in 2013 for its 25th Anniversary. The only thing mentioned on the commercial, so far, is that the short films have been "digitally restored." Hopefully there will be more news soon. STAY TOONED!