Blu-ray News and Updates (original) (raw)
Clint Eastwood has revealed via social media that two of his iconic films, Dirty Harry and Pale Rider, will soon transition to 4K Blu-ray. The actor also shared preliminary artwork for the two upcoming releases.
Lionsgate home Entertainment is preparing a 4K Blu-ray SteelBook Edition of Carol Reed's The Third Man (1949), starring Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson Welles, Trevor Howard, and Paul H�rbiger. The release is scheduled to arrive on the market on February 25.
Shout Factory/Shout Studios has acquired the Golden Princess library, which has more than one hundred and fifty classic and cult Hong Kong action films, many of them featuring superstars like Chow Yun-Fat and Tony Leung. According to Variety, which broke the news, the deal covers worldwide rights without select Asian markets.
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment and MGM will bring to 4K Blu-ray and Blu-ray Jake Kasdan's Red One (2024), starring Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, Chris Evans, Lucy Liu, J.K. Simmons, and Bonnie Hunt. The two releases are scheduled to arrive on the market on March 4.
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment is preparing a Blu-ray release of Dimitri Logothetis' Gunner (2024), starring Luke Hemsworth, Morgan Freeman, Connor DeWolfe, Mykel Shannon Jenkins, and Gary Wood. The release is scheduled to arrive on the market on March 18.
88 Films is preparing a Blu-ray release of Nic Roeg's Full Body Massage (1995), starring Mimi Rogers, Bryan Brown, Christopher Burgard, Elizabeth Barondes, and Gareth Williams. The release is scheduled to arrive on the market on March 24.
British label Entertainment in Video is preparing a Blu-ray release of Scott Beck and Bryan Woods' Heretic (2024), starring Hugh Grant, Sophie Thatcher, and Chloe East. The release is scheduled to arrive on the market on January 21.
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will release on 4K Blu-ray and Blu-ray J.C. Chandor's Kraven the Hunter (2024), starring Jaron Taylor-Johnson, Alessandro Nivola, Fred Hechinger, Christopher Abbott, and Russell Crowe. The two releases are scheduled to arrive on the market on March 4.
The Cohen Media Group will bring to Blu-ray Aur�lie Saada's Rose (2021), starring Fran�oise Fabian, Aure Atika, Gr�gory Montel, and Damien Chapelle. The release is scheduled to arrive on the market on March 4.
Mondo Macabro will issue a standard edition of Jes�s Garc�a de Due�as' The Killer Is Not Alone (1975), starring Lola Flores, James Philbrook, Teresa Rabal, Domingo Codesido Ascanio, and Francisco Pierr�. The release is scheduled to arrive on the market on March 25.
British label Dazzler Media will release on Blu-ray Jack Cocker's documentary From Roger Moore, With Love (2024).The release is scheduled to arrive on the market on February 24.
Kino Lorber have detailed their upcoming Blu-ray release of Elio Petri's The 10th Victim (1965), starring Marcello Mastroianni, Ursula Andress, Elsa Martinelli, Salvo Randone, and Massimo Serato. The release is scheduled to arrive on the market on March 25.
IFC Films is preparing a Blu-ray release of Adam Elliot's Memoir of a Snail (2024), featuring the voices ofJacki Weaver, Sarah Snook, and Charlotte Belsey. The release is scheduled to arrive on the market on March 25.
The British Film Institute has provided final details for its upcoming 4K Blu-ray and Blu-ray releases of Guillermo del Toro's Cronos (1993), starring Federico Luppi, Ron Perlman, Claudio Brook, Tamara Xanath, and Margarita Isabel. The two releases are scheduled to arrive on the market on February 10.
Kino Lorber are preparing a Blu-ray release of Colin Higgins' The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982), starring Burt Reynolds, Dolly Parton, Dom DeLuise, Charles Durning, and Jim Nabors. The release is expected to arrive on the market later this year.
For the week of January 13th, Oscilloscope Pictures will release Sometimes I Think About Dying on Blu-ray. Other new releases on Blu-ray include Icons Unearthed: Marvel (2023) from Mill Creek Entertainment, My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock from Cohen Media Group, Escape (2024) from Well Go USA and a number of anime series releases from Crunchyroll. Catalog titles include Shaw Brothers Classics: Vol. Five (1967-1971) from Shout Factory and 4K UHD upgrades for Incubus (1966) and Inglourious Basterds from Arrow Video, The Mother and the Whore and Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life is Calling from the Criterion Collection and Snowpiercer (2013) from Lionsgate Home Entertainment.
For the week that ended on January 4th, Cineverse's Terrifier 3 remained atop both the Blu-ray only and overall packaged media charts in its third week, while Universal Pictures Home Entertainment's The Wild Robot remained in second place and third place on both charts went to Paramount Home Media Distribution's Transformers One.
VCI Home Entertainment is preparing a Blu-ray release of Steve Barkett's Empire of the Dark (1990), starring teve Barkett, Richard Harrison, Dawn Wildsmith, John Henry Richardson, and Joseph Pilato. The release is expected to arrive on the market in April.
British label Treasured Films is preparing a Limited Edition Blu-ray of John McTiernan's Nomads (1986), starring Pierce Brosnan, Lesley-Anne Down, Anna Maria Monticelli, Adam Ant, and Mary Woronov. The release is scheduled to arrive on the market on March 31.
Kino Lorber are preparing a 2D/3D Blu-ray release of Jack Arnold's The Glass Web (1963), starring Edward G. Robinson, John Forsythe, Kathleen Hughes, Marcia Henderson, and Hugh Sanders. The release is scheduled to arrive on the market on March 25.
Cinematographe will issue a standard edition Blu-ray of Joseph Ruben's Joyride (1977), starring Desi Arnaz Jr., Robert Carradine, Melanie Griffith, Anne Lockhart, and Tom Ligon. The release is scheduled to arrive on the market on February 25.
Second Sight is preparing 4K Blu-ray and Blu-ray releases of David Cronenberg's Scanners (1981), starring Jennifer O'Neill, Stephen Lack, Patrick McGoohan, Lawrence Dane, and Michael Ironside. The two releases are scheduled to arrive on the market on March 31.
Second Sight is preparing 4K Blu-ray and Blu-ray releases of David Cronenberg's The Brood (1979), starring Oliver Reed, Samantha Eggar, Art Hindle, Nicholas Campbell, and Henry Beckman. The two releases are scheduled to arrive on the market on March 31.
Lionsgate Home Entertainment will release a 4K Blu-ray SteelBook edition of Rob Minkoff's The Forbidden Kingdom (2008), starring Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Collin Chou, Bingbing Li, and Michael Angarano. The release is scheduled to arrive on the market on February 25.
Kino Lorber have detailed their upcoming Blu-ray release of Gilles Grangier's Hi-Jack Highway a.k.a. Gas-Oil (1955), starring Jean Gabin, Jeanne Moreau, Gaby Basset, Simone Berthier, and Charles Bouillaud. The release is scheduled to arrive on the market on March 25.
Unobstructed View is preparing a Blu-ray release of Charlie Lightening's Trailer Park Boys Presents: Standing on the Shoulders of Kitties (2024), starring Billy Bob Thornton, Robb Wells, John Paul Tremblay, Patrick Roach, and Ronnie Wood. The release is scheduled to arrive on the market on March 25.
Film Masters has provided a promotional video for its new 4K restoration of Wyott Ordung's Monster From the Ocean Floor (1954), which will be released on Blu-ray on February 4.
Australian label Imprint Films has informed us that it will add to new television releases to its Blu-ray catalog. They are: TV Movie of the Week: Collection (1981-1986) and UFO: The Complete S.H.A.D.O. Files (1970-1971). The two releases are scheduled to arrive on the market on March 26.
Radiance Films has provided an exclusive trailer for the recent 4K restoration Valerio Zurlini's Girls with a Suitcase (1961), starring Claudia Cardinale, Jacques Perrin, Luciana Angiolillo, Renato Baldini, and Riccardo Garrone. Girl with a Suitcase will be released on Blu-ray in the United States and the United Kingdom in April.
88 Films is preparing a Blu-ray release of Clifford Choi's Hong Kong, Hong Kong (1983), starring Cherie Chung, Alex Man, and Charlie Cho. The release is scheduled to arrive on the market on March 25.