Blu-ray News and Updates (original) (raw)
Blue Underground has provided promotional trailers for its brand new 4K restorations of Jess Franco's cult films The Blood of Fu Manchu (1968) and The Castle of Fu Manchu (1969). The label is preparing 4K Blu-ray releases of both films, which are expected to arrive on the market this summer.
Severin has dated its upcoming 4K Blu-ray and Blu-ray editions of Sergio Martino's Slave of the Cannibal God (1978), starring Ursula Andress, Stacy Keach, Claudio Cassinelli, Antonio Marsina, and Franco Fantasia. The two releases are scheduled to arrive on the market on June 24.
Disney will release on 4K Blu-ray and Blu-ray Julius Onah's Captain America: Brave New World (2024), starring Anthony Mackie, Harrison Ford, Danny Ramirez, Shira Haas, and Carl Lumbly. The two releases are scheduled to arrive on the market on May 13.
Arrow Video has provided a promotional trailer for its new 4K restoration of Adam Marcus' Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993), which will be released on 4K Blu-ray on May 20.
Umbrella Entertainment has provided a promotional clip for its new fully uncut 4K restoration of David Webb Peoples' film The Salute of the Jugger a.k.a. The Blood of Heroes (1989), starring Rutger Hauer, Delroy Lindo, Anna Katarina, Vincent D'Onofrio, and Gandhi MacIntyre. 4K Blu-ray and Blu-ray releases of the restoration will be available for purchase later this year.
Kino Lorber have detailed their Audie Murphy Collection V (1956-1964). The three-disc set is scheduled to arrive on the market on June 24.
Gkids, in association with Shout Factory, will release on Blu-ray Fuga Yamashiro'a Dan Da Dan: Season One (2024). The release is scheduled to arrive on the market on June 10.
Mill Creek Entertainment is preparing a Collector's Edition Blu-ray of Hal Needham's Rad (1986), starring Marta Kober, Bill Allen, Lori Loughlin, Talia Shire, and Ray Walston. The release is scheduled to arrive on the market on June 17.
Paramount Home Media Distribution has announced that it will release on 4K Blu-ray and Blu-ray Dan Berk and Robert Olsen's Novocaine (2024), starring Jack Quaid, Amber Midthunder, Jacob Batalon, Ray Nicholson, and Matt Walsh. The two releases are scheduled to arrive on the market on June 24.
Paramount has provided an exclusive domestic trailer for Christopher McQuarrie's Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025), starring Tom Cruise, Ving Rhames, Henry Czerny, Simon Pegg, and Hayley Atwell. The film is scheduled to open in theaters across the nation on May 23.
For the week of April 7th, Oscilloscope Pictures will release The Vourdalak on Blu-ray. Other new releases include Good Bad Things from Music Box Films and the anime releases Shangri-La Frontier: Season 1, Part 2 (2024) and Chillin' in Another World with Level 2 Super Cheat Powers (2024) from Crunchyroll and Princess Principal: Crown Handler - Chapter 3 (2023) from Sentai Filmworks. Catalog titles include the Blu-ray box sets Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema XXV (1947-1954) from Kino Lorber and Hardboiled: Three Pulp Thrillers by Alain Corneau (1976-1981) from Radiance Films, as well as 4K UHD upgrades for Some Like It Hot from the Criterion Collection, Sorority House Massacre from Shout Factory and The Long Kiss Goodnight from Arrow Video.
Australian label Via Vision Entertainment has informed us that it is preparing three new Limited Editions of Prom Night (2008), The Wolfman Collection (1941-1046), and The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958). All three releases are scheduled to arrive on the market on May 28.
Kino Lorber are preparing a Blu-ray release of Jose Giovanni's Boomerang (1976), starring Alain Delon, Carla Gravina, Dora Doll, Louis Julien, and Christian de Tilli�re. The release is expected to arrive on the market this summer.
British label Picture House Entertainment is preparing a Blu-ray release of Gia Coppola's The Last Showgirl (2024), starring Pamela Anderson, Dave Bautista, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jason Schwartzman, and Kiernan Shipka. The release is scheduled to arrive on the market on May 26.
Kino Lorber are preparing a Blu-ray release of Georges Lautner's Cop or Hood (1979), starring Jean-Paul Belmondo, Georges G�ret, Jean-Fran�ois Balmer, Claude Brosset, and Julie J�z�quel. The release is expected to arrive on the market this summer.
For the week that ended on March 29th, Walt Disney Home Entertainment's Moana 2 remained atop both the Blu-ray-only and overall packaged media charts in its second week, while Universal Pictures Home Entertainment's Wicked (2024) remained in second place on both charts in its eighth week. Third place on the Blu-ray-only chart went to Paramount Home Media Distribution's Tommy Boy which was released on 4K UHD this week for its 30th anniversary.
VCI Home Entertainment will celebrate the 55th anniversary of Maximilian Schell's First Love (1970) with a brand new Blu-ray release, which is scheduled to arrive on the market in early July.
88 Films has detailed its upcoming Blu-ray releases of Takashi Miike's Zebraman (2004) and Zebraman 2: Attack on Zebra City (2010). The two releases are scheduled to arrive on the market on June 23.
IFC Films will release on Blu-ray Alain Corneau's Love Crime (2010), starring Ludivine Sagnier, Kristin Scott Thomas, Patrick Mille, Guillaume Marquet, and G�rald Laroche. The release is scheduled to arrive on the market on May 27.
Cinematographe will issue a standard 4K Blu-ray release of John D. Hancock's Bang the Drum Slowly (1973), starring Robert De Niro, Michael Moriarty, Vincent Gardenia, Ann Wedgeworth, and Danny Aiello. The release is scheduled to arrive on the market on May 27.
British label Old Gold Media has informed us that it will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the iconic TV show The Sweeney (1975) with a brand new release of a new restoration of it. The release is scheduled to arrive on the market on June 2.
Kino Lorber have detailed their upcoming Blu-ray release of Edward L. Cahn's Law and Order (1932), starring Walter Huston, Harry Carey, Russell Hopton, Raymond Hatton, and Ralph Ince. The release is scheduled to arrive on the market on June 17.
Music Box Films, in association with Doppelg�nger Releasing, is preparing a Blu-ray release of Juuso Laatio and Jukka Vidgren's Heavier Trip (2024), starring Johannes Holopainen, Max Ovaska, and Chike Ohanwe. The release is scheduled to arrive on the market on April 29.
Paramount Pictures has provided an official domestic teaser trailer for Akiva Schaffer's The Naked Gun (2025), starring Liam Neeson, Pamela Anderson, Paul Walter Hauser, CCH Pounder, Kevin Durand, and Cody Rhodes. The film is scheduled to open in theaters across the nation on August 1.
Magnolia Home Entertainment will release on Blu-ray Christopher Smith's Severance (2006), starring Danny Dyer, Laura Harris, Tim McInnerny, Toby Stephens, and Claudie Blakley. The release is scheduled to arrive on the market on April 29.
Shudder has detailed its upcoming Blu-ray release of The Creep Tapes: Season One (2024). The release is scheduled to arrive on the market on June 10.
Decal Releasing and Neon will bring to 4K Blu-ray and Blu-ray Osgood Perkins' The Monkey (2024), starring Christian Convery, Theo James, Tatiana Maslany, Elijah Wood, and Laura Mennell. The two releases are scheduled to arrive on the market on June 24.
Paramount Home Media Distribution will celebrate the 30th anniversary of Amy Heckerling's Clueless (1995) with a brand new 4K Blu-ray release, which is scheduled to arrive on the market in early July.
Warner Archive has announced its May batch of Blu-ray and 4K Blu-ray releases. They are: Mystery Street (1950), High Society (1956), Rhapsody in Blue (1945), Lean on Me (1989), Three Comrades (1938), and La Vie en Rose (2007).
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will issue a 4K Blu-ray SteelBook Edition of Jim Gillespie's I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997). The release is scheduled to arrive on the market on June 24.