Buena Vista Home Entertainment's Robin Hood: Most Wanted Edition is due on November 28th.

The 1973 animated film arrives with a brand new fullscreen digital transfer and Dolby Digital 5.1 tracks. Bonus materials will include a deleted alternate ending, the animated bonus short "Ye Olden Days," Disney Song Selection, Archery Trivia Challenge, "Rescue Maid Marian" set-top game and more. Retail is $29.99.*

Hi-res packaging is here.

That is very good news indeed. That would explain why the Robin Hood Gold Collection has been recently listed as Out-Of-Print. It's one of my favourite Disney animated features having been the first one I saw as a child. I'll definitely pick this one up, though it sounds extremely light in the extras department.

Great news-thanks!

Will definitely be picking this up.

Hey, that's a great cover.

By the way, for anyone concerned about the full-screen presentation, for Robin Hood Disney was still producing for Academy Ratio.

This is a household favorite so I may have to double dip, esp for the alternate ending.

It's kind of our way of watching the original Star Wars trilogy in under 90 minutes...

Huge fan of the cover and the update of the transfer. It's on the list!

And STILL no Black Cauldron... for shame.

Still, Robin Hood was a favorite of mine as a child.

I don't like Disney doing the cheesy edition titles, but I'll probably pick this up. They should just stick with Gold, Platinum, Special, etc.

that's too easy for the "geniuses" at disney. They have to complicate matters by adding this silly names.

great news...can't wait

Hmm, if the ending had been fully animated this would be a definite purchase, but now I'll just watch for it used somewhere.

Is the transfer the same as the Gold Collection? is there any reason for me to double-dip? If the alternate ending is the only worthwhile extra, I'll just netflix it...

wasn't men in tights the most wanted edition? i might pick it up, i will see.

Price on it is horrible. Everybody wants $19.99 for a second release of a movie with not huge demand. You'd think there'd be some stores knocking at least $5 off that price.

From the review: "Now presented in a 1.75:1 anamorphic aspect ratio, the image feels more cropped and claustrophobic than expanded."

That's probably the first time I've heard someone imply that a fullscreen very is better than the intended AR version.

It's funny how we now get a film in the intended AR, but because it's been seen so much in open matte it now seems more cropped.

I'll be replacing my Gold edition with this one as it was always my favorite Disney movie as kid.

Same reason I haven't picked up the new issue of the Fox and the Hound yet. I like both of these movies, but they're not huge favorites, and with relatively slim (and child-oriented) bonuses, it's hard for me to justify paying a $20 price point.

Always one of my favorites. Time to pick it up.

Reasons to hang onto the Gold Collection version: the Mickey Mouse cartoon "Ye Olden Days" colorized version, there's a different trivia game, the sing-a-long of "Oo-De-Lally" is different and longer, and the aspect is un-matted, thus showing more detail on the top and bottom.

The Most Wanted Collection has the alternate ending in storyboard form with audio, different trivia games, matted version 16:9 enhanced, 5.1 sound, the Mickey Mouse cartoon "Ye Olden Days" is the Black & White version, nice picture galleries with original concepts and promotional artwork.

I'm keeping both.

while the film never looked better... the new aspect ratio sucks hard.

yah, this is kind of a blurred line. The Disney company was always really good about keeping the future in mind, knowing they could make money with television and re-releases, though in 73 home video wasn't yet part of the equation.

They filmed many of their television shows in color, while at the time they could only be broadcast in black and white. Same goes for this feature. It was animated at academy ratio with televison in mind (as they knew it would get more play on tv than in theaters over the years). However they made sure it could be shown in widescreen. SO original intent was for color, but original release was for black and white.

this gets back to the Kubrick debate, as I could see both sides. I have never seen the film in widescreen (though i do plan on picking up the disc) but believe the best course of action is to keep both version available together in the future for people to make their own desicion. there are a few films from disney including Fox & the Hound and Lady & the Tramp, that I feel the same way about. Seems pretty easy to put both versions on disc 1 and 2 and spread the extras out accordingly. I would love to see someone produce a documentary on titles like this, and get thoughts from everyone involved who are still living.

UltimateDisney has some screenshots of the matted version, and I have to admit they don't look that bad, and do seem to tighten up the image. There's a comparison shot about halfway down the page of Alanadale passing a wanted poster on a tree and the matted shot looks much more cinematic, drawing your focus to the poster and Alan, instead of just meandering all over the screen.

I'm more likely to pick this up now seeing those pics, the best solution would have been to include both transfers on the DVD, but how often do the studios do the logical thing. I'll just put it beside my old release on my shelf.