This is some really exciting news if it's true. Until I hear anything official however, I'm not going to get my hopes up. This still could be a hoax. Unlikely with all the evidence, but any number of things could happen that makes Universal scrap the movie before it's released.
One thing's for sure though. I'm going to actually buy this next movie. I normally pirate movies before I buy them because I don't want to waste money on crap movies. Unfortunately I only buy like 1 movie a year because 99% of them are so terrible I wouldn't buy them even if they were $1. But I want to support the series.
I just hope they release it in Blu-Ray (1080p) quality. Maybe even 4k later on. But I'm betting it's just going to be a crappy DVD. But if they release it in Blu-Ray or 4k, it will be the FIRST movie in decent quality. DVD's were acceptable in 2005 and even in 2007 when LBT 13 was released. But come on Universal! It's 2015 now! You've gotta keep up with the times!
LOL. I just had a thought. If they actually release this movie on Blu-Ray, I'll actually have to install a Blu-Ray player in my computer. Maybe I can buy it digitally somewhere though. But if it's DRM infested, I'll pass. I want to actually OWN the content that I purchase. *Sigh.* It's so much easier to pirate than to buy legitimately.
So I basically have two choices:
1. Buy the Blu-Ray and a Blu-Ray player and rip it into an MKV file.
2. Buy it digitally and remove the DRM (not an easy thing to do, let me tell you!)
I can't wait to get new screenshots and design new images for thelandbeforetime.org and here on the forums. That is, assuming the quality is better than a DVD. Otherwise we're stuck in the early 2000's with the quality of images we can have.