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For people who think Area 51 is overrated: Warehouse 13

Without critical darling and fan favorite Battlestar Galactica on its schedule, newly rebranded SyFy was caught in an uncomfortable position about a year ago when it found itself in need of fresh and original programming. Four months after BSG’s series finale, Warehouse 13 premiered to the sweet tune of 3.5 million viewers, the network’s third largest debut to date. And, but the end of the season’s 12-episode order, Warehouse 13 would become SyFy’s most successful series… ever.

From exec producers Jack Kenny and David Simkins, Warehouse 13 follows two U.S. Secret Service agents who are reassigned to the titular Warehouse 13, a government secret that houses supernatural goodies. They both retrieve missing objects and uncover new ones.

Disc includes: Deleted scenes, Artie-Facts featurette, Saul Searching featurette, What’s in the Shadows featurette, Ye Olde Curiosity Shoppe featurette, “Claudia” audio commentary, “Implosion” audio commentary, “MacPherson” audio commentary, “Pilot” audio commentary, “Pilot” podcast, gag reel, SyFy featurettes, season 2 sneak peek

For people who aren’t really sure what a lightning thief actually does: Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief

Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief, in the running with Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World and The Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl for longest movie title in Hollywood, did decent biz for its distributor, 20th Century Fox. Produced for $95 million, the fantasy-adventure adaptation of a similarly titled 2005 book grossed $88 million in the States and another $137 million abroad.

Paired with expectedly big home media sales, future Percy Jackson titles will likely be produced. And Fox has plenty of material to work from, too. Its source material, from author Rick Riordan, is a series of five books, with the fifth and final one released in May 2009.

Disc includes: Deleted scenes, Secrets of the Gods featurette, Inside Camp Half-Blood featurette, Discover Your Powers quiz

June 29, 2010
Blu-ray
Alice in Wonderland
Beautiful
Black Sabbath: Paranoid (Classic Albums)
Brock Enright: Good Times Will Never Be The Same
The Crazies
Crazy
Don McKay
The Doors: When You're Strange
The Eclipse
Everlasting Moments (Criterion Collection)
Heroes Two
Hot Tub Time Machine
How The Earth Changed History
Jonathan Miller: La Boheme
Kill Switch
The Leopard (Criterion Collection)
Loose Screws: Screwballs 2
National Geographic: A Traveler's Guide to Planets
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage
Stolen
Uncle Sam
The Warlords
The White Ribbon
Wicked Lake (Director's Cut)

DVD
13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo: The Complete Series
Alice in Wonderland
America's Test Kitchen: 10th Season
Beautiful
Bonnie's Kids (Special Edition)
The Closer: The Complete Fifth Season
The Crazies
Crazy (Widescreen)
Don McKay
The Doors: When You're Strange
The Eclipse
Everlasting Moments (Criterion Collection)
The Graduates (2 Disc Collector's Edition)
Hal Sparks: Charmageddon (Widescreen)
Hot Tub Time Machine
How The Earth Changed History
How The Earth Was Made: The Complete Season Two
Kill Switch
Leave It To Beaver: The Complete Series (Set)
The Leopard (Criterion Collection)
Mad About You: The Complete Fourth Season
Paranormal Cops: The Complete Season One
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
Pretty Bird
The Real McCoys: Complete Season 4
Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage
Stolen
Warehouse 13: Season One
The Warlords
The White Ribbon

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