Look for it to include a Jackie Chan: Emergence of a Superstar box set (Spine #1197 – includes Half a Loaf of King Fu, Spiritual Kung Fu, The Fearless Hyena, Fearless Hyena II, The Young Master, and My Lucky Stars – Blu-ray only) on 11/7, followed by 4K updates of Peter Bogdanovich’s The Last Picture Show (Spine #549 – 4K Ultra HD) and Terrence Malick’s Days of Heaven (Spine #409 – 4K Ultra HD) on 11/14, and finally Martin Scorsese’s Mean Streets (Spine #1198 – 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray) and Claude Chabrol’s La cérémonie (Spine #1199 – Blu-ray and DVD) on 11/21. You can see the cover artwork for these titles below. Note that all of the 4K titles will include Dolby Vision HDR.
Kino Lorber Studio Classics has announced that Don Siegel’s Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970) is “coming soon” to 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray. Street date is TBA.
Our friends at Curzon in the UK have announced a 14-disc/7-film Lars von Trier: A Curzon Collection Blu-ray box set for release on 9/25, that includes the films Element of Crime, Epidemic, Europa, Breaking the Waves, The Idiots, Dogville, The Five Obstructions, Manderlay, The Boss of it All, Antichrist, Melancholia, Nymphomaniac: The Director’s Cut – Volumes I & II, and The House that Jack Built, many of them newly restored. The set will also include over 14 hours of special features, 3 collectible posters, 1 wide poster of the cover illustration by Daniele Castellano, and a 68-page booklet including new essays by Slavoj Zizek, Catherine Wheatley, Steven Ryder and more. You can see it below (and pre-order it on Amazon UK by clicking on the cover art)...
As you can see above, Curzon is also releasing von Trier’s Breaking the Waves on 4K Ultra HD that same day (also available for pre-order on Amazon UK by clicking on the cover art).
In other news this afternoon, it seems that Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment has discovered a mastering error on some copies of their new Metalocalypse: The Complete Series DVD. Here’s the studio with an official statement:
“A mastering error has been discovered that affects select copies of Metalocalypse: The Complete Series DVD. The affected product is missing the special Metalocalypse: The Doomstar Requiem – A Klok Opera from one of the Season 4 discs. Unfortunately, a small quantity of product was sent to retailers before the issue was identified. Consumers who have purchased the title may contact WB Customer Support for a replacement disc at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Additionally, corrected product is currently being manufactured and will be shipped to retailers as soon as it is available.”
And we wanted to alert you all to a trio of new 4K titles that are now available for pre-order on Amazon: Cujo, Red Dragon, and the Universal Classic Monsters Limited Edition Collection (which includes the 8 previously-released 4K titles). Here’s a look at the cover artwork for those, with the Amazon links...
Finally today, we’ll leave you with a look at the cover artwork for the new Criterion November titles, as well as Paramount’s Kiss the Girls in 4K (street date 9/12). Amazon links for these will be added as they become available...
Back with more news tomorrow! Stay tuned...
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