The negative stigma of “direct to video” (or direct to DVD as we call it now) is still just as strong as it’s ever been. But still, with home theater viewing becoming more and more popular, studios are finding they can actually turn a decent little profit from these minor league films is produced with a tight enough budget. The good folks over at Moviehole put up an interesting article pointing out some of the “bigger” name direct to DVD releases coming in 2007 that I’m sure you’ll be standing in line for on their release dates (please note sarcasm).
Here are a couple of the more notable ones:
– War Games 2: Beat the code (sans Matthew Broderick)
– Starship Troopers 3 (Oh god, wasn’t the DTDVD Starship Trooper 2 enough?)
– Wrong Turn 2 (Why was there even a Wrong Turn 1?)
– Dukes of Hazzard : The Beginning (Do I really have to say anything?)
– THIS IS MY FAVORITE!!!! Once Upon A Time In The Hood (And here’s the rub… it’s stars Steven Seagal and Eddie Griffin! This is going to be so horrible I HAVE to watch it!)
2007 may look like a great year for movies… but I’ll be careful about walking down the row at Blockbuster, one of these might accidentally fall into my basket, and then I’ll have to gouge my eyes out.
