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Re: Lionsgate

#426 Post by dwk » Thu Apr 05, 2018 3:37 pm

Next two releases in the Vestron series: Brian Yuzna's Beyond Re-animatorand Stuart Gordon's Dagon. Both are out on July 24th
BEYOND RE-ANIMATOR SPECIAL FEATURES
· Audio Commentary with Director Brian Yuzna
· NEW – Isolated Score Selections & Audio Interview with Composer Xavier Capellas
· NEW – “Beyond & Back” – An Interview with Director Brian Yuzna
· NEW – “Death Row Sideshow” – An Interview with Actor Jeffrey Combs
· NEW – “Six Shots By Midnight” – An Interview with S. T. Joshi, author of I Am Providence: The Life and Times of H.P. Lovecraft
· NEW – Production Art Gallery by Illustrator Richard Raaphorst
· Still Gallery
· Vintage EPK Featurette
· “Dr. Reanimator – Move Your Dead Bones” Music Video
· Theatrical Trailer
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DAGON SPECIAL FEATURES:
* Audio Commentary with Director Stuart Gordon and Screenwriter Denis Paoli
* Audio Commentary with Director Stuart Gordon and Star Ezra Godden
* NEW – “Gods & Monsters” – A discussion with Director Stuart Gordon, Interviewed by Filmmaker Mick Garris
* NEW – “Shadows over Imboca” – An Interview with Producer Brian Yuzna
* NEW – “Fish Stories” – An Interview with S.T. Joshi, author of I Am Providence: The Life and Times of H.P. Lovecraft
* Vintage EPK
* Archival Interviews with Stuart Gordon, Ezra Godden, and other Cast & Crew
* Theatrical Trailer
* NEW – Conceptual Art Gallery from Artist Richard Raaphorst
* Storyboard Gallery
* Still Gallery

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Re: Lionsgate

#427 Post by Big Ben » Thu Apr 05, 2018 4:01 pm

Joshi will make for an interesting interviewee on that Dagon disc. He's the most prominent Lovecraft scholar on the planet. He's a goof though (How the hell one can be an apologist to Lovecraft's blatant racism is beyond me.).

Dagon also has a really gross scene in it involving skin so if you're squeamish watch out for that.

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Re: Lionsgate

#428 Post by Robin Davies » Fri Apr 06, 2018 11:22 am

Big Ben wrote:Joshi will make for an interesting interviewee on that Dagon disc. He's the most prominent Lovecraft scholar on the planet. He's a goof though (How the hell one can be an apologist to Lovecraft's blatant racism is beyond me.)
He's not an apologist to Lovecraft's racism.

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Re: Lionsgate

#429 Post by M Sanderson » Thu Jun 07, 2018 1:40 pm

Does anyone know if Gothic will get a UK release - as Lair of the White Worm did?

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Re: Lionsgate

#430 Post by domino harvey » Thu Jun 07, 2018 1:41 pm

It's MGM in the UK

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Re: Lionsgate

#431 Post by M Sanderson » Sat Jun 09, 2018 4:34 am

Cheers

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Re: Lionsgate

#432 Post by M Sanderson » Sat Jun 09, 2018 10:30 am

What was stopping Arrow from acquiring Gothic?

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Re: Lionsgate

#433 Post by MichaelB » Sat Jun 09, 2018 5:03 pm

M Sanderson wrote:What was stopping Arrow from acquiring Gothic?
From what I remember, two different rights holders in the US and UK, neither of whom were keen on sublicensing - and they needed both territories to justify the cost of a full-scale restoration.

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Re: Lionsgate

#434 Post by M Sanderson » Sat Jun 09, 2018 6:30 pm

Cool, thanks for the reminder. I’ll go with the RA Lionsgate of Gothic which got surprisingly good reviews.

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Re: Lionsgate

#435 Post by The Narrator Returns » Tue Jun 26, 2018 1:13 pm

Tucker: The Man and His Dream - August 28

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Re: Lionsgate

#436 Post by dwk » Tue Aug 14, 2018 12:32 pm

"Moron movie" Maximum Overdrive is the next Vestron Video release. Due out on October 23.

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Re: Lionsgate

#437 Post by dwk » Fri Jun 26, 2020 11:39 pm

Little Monsters and Cronenberg's Shivers blu-rays are coming from Lionsgate, supposedly as part of the Vesteon Video line.

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Re: Lionsgate

#438 Post by FrauBlucher » Sat May 22, 2021 8:22 pm

What do folks make about Lionsgate (Studio Canal) releasing Ran 4k for digital version only?

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Re: Lionsgate

#439 Post by dwk » Sat May 22, 2021 10:01 pm

It doesn't shock me. They never bothered to re-released it on Blu-ray using the 2016 4K master. Hell, they can't be bothered to release The Limey on Blu-ray.

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Re: Lionsgate

#440 Post by FrauBlucher » Sun May 23, 2021 7:28 pm

It surprises me that this can go without a physical release and that can be OK with Studio Canal.

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Re: Lionsgate

#441 Post by dwk » Sun May 23, 2021 7:48 pm

StudioCanal made this bed when they licensed their entire catalog to Lionsgate.

I do wonder how much revenue SC did not earn because, except a handful of higher profile titles, Lionsgate essentially shelved all of these films for a decade.

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Re: Lionsgate

#442 Post by cdnchris » Sun May 23, 2021 9:56 pm

Is there going to be a disc release elsewhere?

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Re: Lionsgate

#443 Post by dwk » Sun May 23, 2021 10:03 pm

I think a disc in Germany has been confirmed and a UK disc rumored. I assume like most SC releases the discs will be the same.

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Re: Lionsgate

#444 Post by Michael Kerpan » Mon May 24, 2021 9:04 am

I wonder --- why does Lionsgate even bother existing....

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Re: Lionsgate

#445 Post by Adam X » Mon May 24, 2021 10:01 am

When they can’t even keep the Vestron line going, I think they must just enjoy keeping people in a permanent demoralised state of hopefulness.

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Re: Lionsgate

#446 Post by beamish14 » Mon May 24, 2021 11:18 am

The list of holdings that Lionsgate has is just insane. At some point, you need to actually maximize your profit on them, correct?

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Re: Lionsgate

#447 Post by Drucker » Mon May 24, 2021 12:02 pm

Maximize profit by cutting costs.

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Re: Lionsgate

#448 Post by knives » Mon May 24, 2021 1:54 pm

In that case do what Mill Creek do.

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Re: Lionsgate

#449 Post by FrauBlucher » Mon May 24, 2021 1:57 pm

dwk wrote:
Sun May 23, 2021 7:48 pm
StudioCanal made this bed when they licensed their entire catalog to Lionsgate.

I do wonder how much revenue SC did not earn because, except a handful of higher profile titles, Lionsgate essentially shelved all of these films for a decade.
Right, but when they struck and restruck deals with Kino and Criterion respectively, why would they let Lionsgate keep Ran knowing that it would only be for streaming when the other companies would gladly release it on physical media and still get a streaming release? It doesn't make sense to me. Do Lionsgate have an option to retain the title when its license is up that SC can't override (is there such a thing)?

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Re: Lionsgate

#450 Post by dwk » Mon May 24, 2021 2:33 pm

If I'm remembering correctly, Lionsgate has the first pick, so if they want to keep something they can. This way they can keep the titles they want, your Rambos and Evil Dead II, while the other companies handle the riskier titles.

Who knows why they would keep something like Ran and only sell it digitally. It is extra confusing when previous Lionsgate UHDs were straight ports of the European StudioCanal discs. So they spent no money authoring the discs (which, I think, is one why Lionsgate's UHDs of Canal titles are so inexpensive.)

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