Throughout the years, Disney has been releasing their old films in theaters again and in 3D. These movies that they bring back are a part of the Disney Vault. The vault is a term used by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment for it’s policy of putting home video releases of Walt Disney Animation Studio’s animated features on moratorium. Each Disney film is available for purchase for a limited time, after which is put in the “vault” and not made available in stores  for several years until it is once again released.
The Lion King was released again on September 16 in 3D and made its debut on Blu-ray on October 4. This is one of the many Disney classics that has been in the vault. Some other movies in the vault are  Cinderella, The Little Mermaid, Peter Pan, 101 Dalmatians, Pinocchio and many more. Disney’s live-action films, Pixar films, and films released by Disney’s  other film divisions (Touchstone Pictures, Miramax Films, Dimension Films) are not held to this rule. They are generally only being discontinued when a newer edition is released. The Walt Disney Company itself states that this process is done to both control their market and to allow old Disney classics to be fresh for new generations of children to come.
So what childhood favorites can you expect to see in theatres again in the coming years? Disney plans on rereleasing four more films in 3D within the next two years: Beauty and the Beast, Finding Nemo, Monsters, Inc., and The Little Mermaid are all expected to be in cinemas  and DVD-BluRay combo packs once again by 2013.
“I’m excited for Cinderella and Beauty and the Beast because they are both french movies,” said junior Denisha Anderson. “I grew up watching them and I think girls should be treated as princesses like that.”