This could be the start of something big!:
http://www.digitalbits.com/#mytwocents
"And before we get to the title announcement news, here's the big story today: Starz has sold a 25% equity stake in Starz Media to The Weinstein Company, in exchange for which Weinstein and Starz' Anchor Bay have entered into a multi-year agreement to for DVD, Blu-ray and digital distribution of Weinstein catalog films. This will include up to 20 Weinstein and Dimension titles per year, including new films like The King's Speech, Blue Valentine and Company Men. Other films to be released include Sarah's Key, the Scream, Spy Kids and Scary Movie franchises, and new installments of the Halloween, Hellraiser and Children of the Corn series, among other titles. Very good news indeed!"
What will this mean for us fans? Can you say new SE DVDs and Blus of our favorite Dimesion/Weinstein movies?
Weinstein teams up with Anchor Bay!
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The best thing that could come from this is any release of Children of the Corn Part II: The Final Sacrifice. That's only if Paramount have finally let go of it (greedy bah-stards!!). And I do believe Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth needs an uncut release (not to mention I think there might have been problems with Paramount's audio on their R-rated DVD release).
Naturally, Scream is still DYING for the Director's Cut to get a widescreen DVD release so we don't have to keep hunting desperately for those uncut scenes on YouTube, see them back in the film in all their glory. But I actually doubt that will happen. Though I would love to own a copy of Scream with Anchor Bay's logo on it rather than Dimension's (as a change, Anchor Bay usually have much more attractive packaging, although their new Starz era logos are crap give me the old 90's image anyday!!), it's SO doomed to be Blu-Ray only. As for new bonuses- MAN would I love a cast commentary on the original film.
I would love to buy a Children of the Corn boxset, on standard- NOT Blu. But odds are- 'll never see the light of day (though Anchor Bay own The Final Sacrifice in the UK).
Naturally, Scream is still DYING for the Director's Cut to get a widescreen DVD release so we don't have to keep hunting desperately for those uncut scenes on YouTube, see them back in the film in all their glory. But I actually doubt that will happen. Though I would love to own a copy of Scream with Anchor Bay's logo on it rather than Dimension's (as a change, Anchor Bay usually have much more attractive packaging, although their new Starz era logos are crap give me the old 90's image anyday!!), it's SO doomed to be Blu-Ray only. As for new bonuses- MAN would I love a cast commentary on the original film.
I would love to buy a Children of the Corn boxset, on standard- NOT Blu. But odds are- 'll never see the light of day (though Anchor Bay own The Final Sacrifice in the UK).
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I approve of this. Anchor Bay's a pretty good company that releases quite a few interesting titles. I've never purchased any of their DVD's, but they were a godsend in the late 90's when I was able to get their widescreen VHS of Return To Oz as opposed to paying $50 or more at flea markets for Disney's OOP tape.
One thing I don't understand is why in the DVD era, some of their releases were still only on VHS. I recently picked up their 2000 VHS issue of Katharine Hepburn's first film, A Bill Of Divorcement, because there is no DVD of it, period. I'm thinking possibly because their video master wasn't the best quality - looked a lot like a late night network TV broadcast with some ghosting and such - but still, I can't understand why they wouldn't want to release a DVD of it, especially when DVD was picking up by then. But no matter - Anchor Bay VHS tapes are Macrovision-free and therefore, I can simply make my own DVD's in my VCR/DVD-R combo.
One thing I don't understand is why in the DVD era, some of their releases were still only on VHS. I recently picked up their 2000 VHS issue of Katharine Hepburn's first film, A Bill Of Divorcement, because there is no DVD of it, period. I'm thinking possibly because their video master wasn't the best quality - looked a lot like a late night network TV broadcast with some ghosting and such - but still, I can't understand why they wouldn't want to release a DVD of it, especially when DVD was picking up by then. But no matter - Anchor Bay VHS tapes are Macrovision-free and therefore, I can simply make my own DVD's in my VCR/DVD-R combo.
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Considering Anchor Bay's history of releasing Army of Darkness (THX-remastered quality of the theatrical version with inserted director's cut deleted scenes that everyone under the sun says look bad and makes watching the whole film a chore), I really don't think they care about how bad the movie looked. They'd rather give fans the option to see a title they own the rights to. It simply must have been a rights' issue or they didn't think they'd make enough money on the DVD were they to release it. Maybe they had more of a history with doing this than I would assume.my chicken is infected wrote:I approve of this. Anchor Bay's a pretty good company that releases quite a few interesting titles. I've never purchased any of their DVD's, but they were a godsend in the late 90's when I was able to get their widescreen VHS of Return To Oz as opposed to paying $50 or more at flea markets for Disney's OOP tape.
One thing I don't understand is why in the DVD era, some of their releases were still only on VHS. I recently picked up their 2000 VHS issue of Katharine Hepburn's first film, A Bill Of Divorcement, because there is no DVD of it, period. I'm thinking possibly because their video master wasn't the best quality - looked a lot like a late night network TV broadcast with some ghosting and such - but still, I can't understand why they wouldn't want to release a DVD of it, especially when DVD was picking up by then. But no matter - Anchor Bay VHS tapes are Macrovision-free and therefore, I can simply make my own DVD's in my VCR/DVD-R combo.