Buena Vista Home Entertainment surprised owners of the recent Beauty and the Beast DVD with the announcement of the imminent release of Disney’s sixteenth animated classic, 1959’s Sleeping Beauty.

Once upon a dream, the lovely Princess Aurora is gifted with grace and beauty — but she provokes the jealousy of the wicked fairy Maleficent. A delightful trio of kindhearted Good Fairies do their best to protect the beloved Princess — but even their magic is no match for the terrifying Mistress Of All Evil, and Aurora falls into an enchanted slumber. The heroic Prince Phillip must brave many dangers — and finally battle a ferocious fire-breathing dragon — if he is to wake Princess Aurora from her eternal sleep.

No information has come about yet concerning features, price or release date for this much anticipated title, but as information becomes available, it will be posted here.