News: Disney Plans Big Blu-ray Year

Beaches, The Horse Whisperer, The Rescuers and Father of the Bride are among a string of catalog movies that Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment will debut on high-definition Blu-ray in 2012.

The studio plans to add more than 30 films to its Blu-ray library, each fully digitally remastered and cleaned from dirt. Many will be anniversary editions.

Here’s the list of what’s coming and when:

Father of the Bride

Father of the Bride

May 15

Father of the Bride

Bringing Down the House

June 5

The Color of Money

Cocktail

Ransom

June 19

Sister Act

Evita

July 3

The Horse Whisperer

Under the Tuscan Sun

Phenomenon

Step Up

Home On the Range

Treasure Planet

The Rescuers

The Rescuers

Fall

Adventures in Babysitting

Grosse Pointe Blank

Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion

The Rescuers

High Fidelity

Ed Wood

Judge Dredd

Ghost of the Abyss 3D

Lady and the Tramp 2: Scamp’s Adventure

Pocahontas

The Tigger Movie

The Aristocats

Pete’s Dragon

Beaches

Beaches

Halloween and Holidays

Hocus Pocus

Arachnophobia

The Hand That Rocks the Cradle

Son of Flubber

Cold Creek Manor

The Santa Clause Trilogy

The Absent-Minded Professor

Flubber

While You Were Sleeping

Sweet Home Alabama

Beaches

Babes in Toyland

Atlantis: The Lost Empire

Brother Bear

Dick Tracy

About S. Clark

Sam Clark is the former Managing Editor/Online Editor of Video Business magazine. With 19 years experience in journalism, 12 in the home entertainment industry, Sam has been hooked on movies on since she saw E.T. then stared into the sky waiting to meet her own friendly alien. Thanks to her husband’s shared love of movies, Sam reviews Blu-ray discs in a true home theater, with a 118-inch screen, projector and cushy recliners with cup holders.