Beauty and the Beast Diamond Edition on Blu-ray Gets a Date!

Disney has spent the last month promoting the upcoming release of Beauty and the Beast – The Diamond Edition. I was foolishly thinking it was just around the corner, alas, it’s coming October 5, 2010 on Blu-ray and November 23, 2010 on DVD. Unavailable in any formĀ  According to Disney, Beauty and the Beast Blu-ray lovers have made this their most requested Disney title. The Blu-ray transformation reveals the magic, music and majesty of the film as never before experienced with state-of-the-art picture restoration, pristine 7.1 Digital Surround Sound and hours of additional viewing experiences that include behind the scenes features, deleted scenes, enhanced music tracks, immersive games and more. Disney is doing the “Buy this now or it goes back into the Vault” scam with this. It’ll be available for a limited time. Unavailable in any form since 2003, Disney is treating this like a the big release it is. It’s going to have a Blu-ray/DVD Combo pack and 2 Disc Special Edition – but no word on DisneyFile. They haven’t announced what the extras will be, but it’s Disney so I have faith this will get a boatload of extras.