Hopefully we will
. Out of curiosity, I did some investigating to try to figure out approximately when LBT stuff will be released, based on the past history of the LBT sequels as well as the promotional pattern of the new Curious George movie.
*NOTE: All of this is pure speculation and observation; none of this is official news*
So one thing I found out that all the Land Before Time Sequels (except LBT 12's early Australian release) were released on Tuesdays, as is the upcoming Curious George movie, so I'm guessing Journey of the Heart will be released on a Tuesday as well.
Though the last three Land Before Time movies were released (not counting the Australian release date for 12) in different months (11 in January, 12 in February, and 13 in November), 2-10 were all released in December. So since most of the movies were released on December, I'll be treating December as the release month (though it could easily be any of the surrounding months).
The first nine sequels were all released in the first half of December, but varied on whether they were the first or second week- 6, 7, 8 and 10 were released on the first Tuesday, while 2, 3, 4, 5 and 9 were released on the second Tuesday, so there's basically an even split between the first two weeks. If the pattern of the first nine sequels returns this year, the release date of Journey of the Heart would be either December 1 or December 8.
Next, I looked at the patterns of the upcoming Curious George movie from the same company to see how many days before the movie release date was key information from Curious George released. So here's what I got:
Feb 19 (124 days before release): First Twitter mention of the new Curious George movie. Picture of DVD cover and release date mentioned.
https://twitter.com/GoCuriousGeorge Mar 5 (110 days before release): First promotional image on Facebook of the new Curious George movie. More promotional images would be released soon afterward.
https://www.facebook.com/curiousgeorge Apr 7 (77 days before release): First trailer uploaded on Facebook. The trailer was basically an excerpt of one of the movie's songs. Universal uploaded it on YouTube three days later.
https://www.facebook.com/curiousgeorge VIDEO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgM0KntNDyQ May 4 (50 days before release): Another trailer uploaded on YouTube. This one is a short and general 30-second trailer.
VIDEO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTJ1BRzFUU0...8lhqEVZv9QIi2bh May 21 (33 days before release): Many Curious George videos uploaded on Universal Home Entertainment's YouTube page. The same trailer from May 4 was uploaded again, along with nine sneak peeks.
https://www.youtube.com/user/nbcunient/videos May 27 (27 days before release): Today
June 23: Release date
So, if the same promotional pattern occurs with Journey of the Heart and if Journey of the Heart ends up being released in December, we should be seeing something like this (first day listed is with a release on December 1, second is with a release on December 8)
Jul 30/Aug 6 (124 days before release): Twitter announcement, release date revealed, DVD cover shown
Aug 13/Aug 20 (110 days before release): First Facebook promotional image (with more to come later).
Sep 15/Sep 22 (77 days before release): First (song) trailer posted on Facebook.
Oct 12/Oct 19 (50 days before release): Second trailer uploaded
Oct 29/Nov 5 (33 days before release): Sneak peeks on Universal Pictures Home Entertainment channel.
Dec 1/Dec 8: Release date
