{"id":676,"date":"2007-07-06T16:20:00","date_gmt":"2007-07-06T20:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=676"},"modified":"2018-12-08T15:06:53","modified_gmt":"2018-12-08T20:06:53","slug":"song-of-the-south-finally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2007\/07\/06\/song-of-the-south-finally\/","title":{"rendered":"SONG OF THE SOUTH- Finally?!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> It&#8217;s been a question that seems to have been on Disney fans&#8217; lips since the first DVD players rolled off the assembly lines and into retail outlets over 10 years ago- \u201cWhen is Disney going to release <strong>Song Of The South<\/strong> on DVD?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Well, it looks like they just might have an answer soon enough.<\/p>\n<p>Over at the eponymous JimHillMedia.com, Jim Hill <a href=\"http:\/\/jimhillmedia.com\/editor_in_chief1\/b\/jim_hill\/archive\/2007\/07\/06\/as-tarzan-swings-off-broadway-is-beyonc-getting-ready-to-play-aida-in-disney-s-next-big-movie-musical.aspx\">addresses just such a possibility <\/a>in his weekly \u201cWhy For?\u201d column. It seems that since <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20170801043607\/http:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/disneytoon-studios-to-be-restructured-and-will-operate-as-a-separate-unit-within-walt-disney-animation-studios-58278982.html\">John Lasseter has put a stop to all the direct-to-home video sequels<\/a> that were being produced, the studio\u2019s home video division is looking for product to replace their cancelled titles and <strong>Song Of The South<\/strong> is a guaranteed seller.<\/p>\n<p>For those who don\u2019t know, Jim Hill is perhaps the internet\u2019s best resource for behind-the-scenes information on the House of Mouse. While Hill is definitely in the realm of speculation, his is probably the best educated guess available. It\u2019s one I would certainly put some stock into.<\/p>\n<p>You may recall this past April, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2007\/04\/08\/roy-disney-talks-song-of-the-south\/\">we reported <\/a>that during an appearance at the Philadelphia Film Festival, Walt Disney\u2019s nephew Roy E. Disney had stated he was pushing for a release of the film on DVD.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">It&#8217;s been a question that seems to have been on Disney fans&#8217; lips since the first DVD players rolled off the assembly lines and into retail outlets over 10 years ago- \u201cWhen is Disney going <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2007\/07\/06\/song-of-the-south-finally\/\" title=\"SONG OF THE SOUTH- Finally?!\">[click for more]<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[84],"tags":[33,6,87,88,7857],"series":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-676","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"tag-animated-film","8":"tag-classic-film","9":"tag-cult-films","10":"tag-dvds","11":"tag-history"},"aioseo_notices":[],"nelio_content":{"autoShareEndMode":"never","automationSources":{"useCustomSentences":false,"customSentences":[]},"efiAlt":"","efiUrl":"","followers":[2],"highlights":[],"isAutoShareEnabled":false,"networkImageIds":[],"permalinkQueryArgs":[],"series":[],"suggestedReferences":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=676"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}