This Week on DVD and Blu-ray: May 12, 2009

Here are some of the DVD and Blu-ray options available this Tuesday:

• Big: Blu-ray
• Black Sheep: Blu-ray
• Fargo: Blu-ray
• Force 10 from Navaraone: Blu-ray
• Galaxy Quest (Deluxe Edition): DVD
• The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Blu-ray
• The Grudge: Blu-ray
• Licence to Kill: Blu-ray
• The Man with the Golden Gun: Blu-ray
• The Pianist: Blu-ray
• S. Darko: A Donnie Darko Tale: DVD, Blu-ray
• Star Trek: Motion Picture Trilogy: DVD, Blu-ray

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Donnie Darko Sequel Begins Filming

In unfortunate sequel news, newbie director Chris Fisher (Rampage: The Hillside Strangler Murders, Nightstalker) has taken on the S. Darko project, the follow-up to Richard Kelly’s cult classic Donnie Darko. Production began today in Los Angeles.

Fox has, for unclear reasons, picked up this sequel, which focuses primarily on Samantha Darko’s road trip to Los Angeles with her friend. Along the way, they are haunted by mysterious visions marked by meteorites and rabbits. Samantha is, of course, the younger sister of Donnie’s (the irksome dancer in Sparkle Motion) and will be 18 years old in the film, apparently now a troubled teen in a broken home.

Daveigh Chase is so far the only original cast member reprising her role as Samantha. Newcomer Briana Evigan (Step Up 2: The Streets), Gossip Girl‘s Ed Westwick, and Dragonball Z star Justin Chatwin have also signed on for this awful production.

Apparently the film’s sales group, Velvet Octopus, is expecting the film to become a box office favorite once it hits theaters in 2009. If anyone truly appreciates Richard Kelly’s masterpiece, they will opt not to see this flagrant movie next year.

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