Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has announced the Blu-ray release of Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas, an uplifting story about family, friendship and the magic of the holiday season. This stop-motion animated holiday musical movie combines the humor and spirit of the beloved holiday film Elf with songs from the Broadway hit Elf: The Musical to create an all-new retelling of Buddy's delightfully absurd yet heartwarming story. Street date is October 20th.
Synopsis: Buddy's Musical Christmas tells the story of Buddy the elf, and his quest to reunite with the human father he never knew existed. While Buddy's sincerity and idealism are commonplace at the North Pole, these attributes are rejected in cynical New York City. But through song, dance, and relentless good cheer, Buddy rekindles the spirit of Christmas for the entire city.
Produced by Warner Bros. Animation, Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas is directed by Mark Caballero and Seamus Walsh, with the teleplay by Thomas Meehan & Bob Martin and Aaron Horvath & Michael Jelenic. Sam Register, Toby Emmerich and Mark Kaufman are executive producers. Christopher Finnegan, Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic are producers. The score is by Matthew Sklar and Christopher Guardino, with original songs from Elf: The Musical — music by Matthew Sklar and lyrics by Chad Beguelin. Based on the New Line Cinema theatrical motion picture Elf, written by David Berenbaum and the Broadway musical Elf, originally produced by Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures in association with Unique Features.
The film also features a voice cast that includes Jim Parsons, Mark Hamill, Kate Micucci and Ed Asner, and is presented in 1080p with DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 surround. Special features include "Elf-in' All The Way: Inside Buddy's Recording Sessions."