Disney’s “Prep & Landing” Coming To DVD on November 22 Disney’s “Prep & Landing” Coming To DVD on November 22

BURBANK, Calif. – This coming holiday, Disney invites audiences of all ages to make Prep & Landing (the all-new modern classic Christmas tale) part of their family’s “must own” holiday-viewing collection!  Arriving to DVD on November 22, 2011, Prep & Landing is the perfect blend of Christmas spirit, humor and entertaining characters that will keep the entire family grinning from ear-to-ear. Complete with two new bonus shorts – Tiny’s Big Adventure and Operation Secret Santa (which features Betty White as the voice of Mrs. Clause) — Prep & Landing will be available for the suggested retail price of $19.99 in the U.S. and $24.99 in Canada. It’s the perfect stocking stuffer for all ages! For more information on this release, please visit www.Disney.com/PrepAndLanding.

Prep & Landing is an adorable holiday story about a high-tech team of elves who ensure homes around the world are properly prepared for their visit from Santa. After working for a tireless 227 years, an elf named Wayne (voiced by Dave Foley) is upset when he doesn’t receive an expected promotion. Instead he is partnered with an idealistic rookie elf named Lanny (voiced by Derek Richardson) to execute a special Christmas Eve mission. While on their journey, Wayne and Lanny encounter unexpected challenges that push them to their limits and ultimately threaten Christmas for children around the world. But in the end, these two elves work together to guide Santa through a raging snowstorm in order to save Christmas.

Prep & Landing, which first debuted in 2009 as ABC TV’s first animated television special produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, features the voice talents of DaveFoley (Disney●Pixar’s A Bug’s Life, Toy Story 2, Cars) as Wayne, Derek Richardson (TV’s Men in Trees) as Lanny, Sarah Chalke (TV’s Scrubs and Roseanne) as Magee, Mason Vale Cotton (TV’s Desperate Housewives) as Timmy Terwelp, David DeLuise  (Disney Channel’s Wizards of Waverley Place) as Dancer, Peter Jacobson (TV’s House M.D., Transformers) as Waterkotte, Lino DiSalvo (Disney’s Bolt) as Gristletoe Joe, William Morgan Sheppard (Transformers, The Prestige) as The Big Guy, Nathan Greno (Disney’s Bolt, Meet The Robinsons) as Dasher, Hayes MacArthur (Life As We Know It, She’s Out Of My League) as Thrasher and Kasha Kropinski (Fame, Big Fish) as Miss Holly.

Bonus Features:
·       Prep & Landing Stocking Stuffer Shorts:
—      Tiny’s Big Adventure — The assistant to the North Pole Christmas Eve Command Center is trying to make a pot of coffee and in the process, accidentally ruins the elves’ break room
—     Operation Secret Santa — Lead elves Lanny and Wayne are sent on a special assignment by Mrs. Clause (voice of Betty White) into Santa’s office
·       Prep & Landing Kringle Academy Training Videos — Entertaining Elf training videos shot in Santa’s workshop
—      Elfdate.com/The Fruitcake Factory/Spa Navidad
—      Welcome to Kringle Academy
—      Kringle Academy Equipment Training
—      Academy Do’s and Don’ts

Disc Specifications:
STREET DATES:  November 22, 2011
Direct prebook:                         September 27, 2011
Distributor prebook:                   October 11, 2011

Release Format:                  1-Disc DVD
Suggested Retail Price:          $19.99 U.S. / $24.99 Canada
Feature Run Time:                 22-minutes
Rated:                         TV-G (bonus material not yet rated)

Presentation:                           16×9 Widescreen
Audio & Languages:                English 5.1 Dolby Digital, French Canadian 5.1 Dolby Digital, Latin Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital
Subtitles:                                French & Spanish

Chris Arrant

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