Arrow Announcements, Speculation & Wild, Irresponsible Conjecture

[yoloswegmaster]

James Flower confirmed on Twitter that there will be more than 2 Shawscope sets, and that they will look to add some Chor Yuen films to it.

[ryannichols7]

Fran reveals something new is coming from this year's Berlinale.

anyone have any idea what it could be? Hong and Taviani have seen previous releases from Arrow, Denis and Golden Bear winner Alcarras are also possibilities. interested to see what comes

[sabbath]

Fran reveals something new is coming from this year's Berlinale.

anyone have any idea what it could be? Hong and Taviani have seen previous releases from Arrow, Denis and Golden Bear winner Alcarras are also possibilities. interested to see what comes

He just said "from Berlin." It could mean European Film Market, the festival's industry wing. The market is not limited to festival entries. There was "a total of 1,300 market screenings of 827 films took place, including 600 premieres" this year.

Among the festival entries, the first thing that comes to my mind is the new Dario Argento film Dark Glasses, given that Arrow doesn't seem too interested in "Academy" titles like Hong or Taviani lately, after the merge between "Video" and "Academy" last year.

[dwk]

The Argento film was bought by Shudder, so it isn't that.

[Finch]

Arrow are teasing this week's announcement with a picture of bacons. BarnDoor on the other forum thinks it could be Wild Things. Kevin Bacon is in it, it'd be their second John McNaughton following Henry, and it apparently has a cult following of its own.

[dwk]

There was also a WT UHD on the teaser schedule

[M Sanderson]

Very welcome, not one but possibly two McNaughton films in 4k.

Hopefully they’re successful releases that potentially pave the way for more like The Borrower and Normal Life, at least on Blu ray.

[dwk]

MVD posted the US releases early:
Wild Things UHD
One Armed Boxer
Girls Nite Out

[yoloswegmaster]

One Armed Boxer getting a release means that Arrow has a deal with Fortune Star. I wonder if they will be releasing all the other titles already released by Eureka/88 Films or if they will also be releasing titles not yet released by either company.

[dwk]

Some of those are probably still with Miramax (Iron Monkey, Dragons Forever, Armor of God 1 & 2, Project A 1 & 2, Wheels on Meals, Zu, Twinkle Twinkly Lucky Stars, Dragon Lord, The Master) and some are with Criterion (Young Master, Fearless Hyena, Spiritual Kung Fu, My Lucky Stars.) Other than those, I imagine that there will be a lot of the same titles from Arrow.

[Finch]

Wild Things specs:

New 4K restorations of both the Original Theatrical Version and the Unrated Edition from the original camera negatives by Sony Pictures Entertainment
4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible)
Original uncompressed stereo audio and DTS-HD MA 5.1 surround audio
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
Exclusive new audio commentary by director John McNaughton and producer Steven A. Jones
Commentary by director John McNaughton, cinematographer Jeffrey Kimball, producers Steven A. Jones and Rodney Liber, editor Elena Maganini and score composer George S. Clinton
Exclusive new interview with John McNaughton
Exclusive new interview with Denise Richards
Making of documentary
An Understanding Lawyer outtakes
Trailer
Illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by Anne Billson and Sean Hogan
Double-sided fold-out poster
Six double-sided, postcard-sized lobby card reproductions
Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Sam Hadley

[Glowingwabbit]

Bummer not to get Fassbinder Vol 3. I guess that got pushed back on the schedule

[yoloswegmaster]

Arrow is also releasing Candyman 4K UHD, Lux Aeterna, and Enter the Void. These are UK only releases.

[Finch]

Candyman 4k (UK)

New 4K restoration from the original negative, supervised and approved by writer-director Bernard Rose and director of photography Anthony B. Richmond
4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible) of two cuts of the film, the US R-rated version and the original UK theatrical version featuring alternate, more graphic footage, presented via seamless branching
Original uncompressed stereo audio and optional DTS-HD MA 5.1 and Dolby Atmos surround options
Audio commentary with writer-director Bernard Rose and actor Tony Todd
Audio commentary with authors Stephen Jones and Kim Newman
Be My Victim, an interview with actor Tony Todd
It Was Always You, Helen, an interview with actor Virginia Madsen
The Cinema of Clive Barker: The Divine Explicit, an in-depth interview with Clive Barker on Candyman and other adaptations of his work
The Writing on the Wall: The Production Design of Candyman, an interview with production designer Jane Ann Stewart
Forbidden Flesh: The Makeup FX of Candyman, interviews with special makeup effects artists Bob Keen, Gary J. Tunicliffe and Mark Coulier
A Story to Tell: Clive Barker’s “The Forbidden”, an interview with writer Douglas E. Winter on Barker’s seminal Books of Blood and Candyman’s source story
Urban Legend: Unwrapping Candyman, a critical analysis of the film with writers Tananarive Due and Steven Barnes
Three rarely-seen Bernard Rose short films, restored in HD: A Bomb With No Name on It (1975), The Wreckers (1976) and Looking at Alice (1977)
Original theatrical trailer
Image gallery
Limited edition 40-page perfect-bound booklet reproducing the original hand-painted storyboards by Bernard Rose
Fully-illustrated collectors’ booklet featuring new writing on the film by festival programmer Michael Blyth
6 postcard-sized original UK lobby card reproductions
Reversible sleeve and poster featuring original and new artwork by Gary Pullin

Girls Nite Out BD (UK/US/CA) & The Scaremaker BD (US/UK) Sleeve alternate

Brand new 2K restoration from 35mm vault elements
High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation
Original uncompressed mono audio
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
Brand new audio commentary with genre film critic/author Justin Kerswell and film historian/author Amanda Reyes
Staying Alive – a brand new video interview with actress Julia Montgomery
A Savage Mauling – a brand new video interview with actress Laura Summer
Alone in the Dark – a brand new video interview with actress Lois Robbins
It Was a Party! – a brand new video interview with actor Paul Christie
Love & Death – a brand new video interview with actors Lauren-Marie Taylor and John Didrichsen
Archival video interview with actress Julia Montgomery
Archival audio interview with actress Rutanya Alda
The Scaremaker Alternate Title Card
Original Trailers
Reversible sleeve featuring original artwork and newly-commissioned artwork by Justin Osbourn

FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by Michael Gingold

Enter The Void BD (UK)

High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentations of both the 143-minute UK theatrical cut and the full-length 161-minute director’s cut
Original lossless DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and PCM 2.0 stereo soundtracks
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
Enter the Sensorium, a brand new visual essay on the film by author and critic Alexandra Heller-Nicolas
Brand new video interview with typography designer and long-term Noé collaborator Tom Kan
8 deleted scenes
Archival Making of – Special Effects featurette
Archival Vortex featurette
Archival DMT Loop featurette
French and international theatrical trailers
8 teaser trailers
3 unused trailers
Image gallery
Limited edition packaging with reversible sleeve featuring two choices of artwork
Illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by Jon Towlson and Rich Johnson, and an oral history of the film by Steven Hanley
Fold-out double-sided poster featuring two choices of artwork
Six double-sided, postcard-sized artcards

Lux Aeterna BD (UK)

High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation
Original lossless DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and PCM 2.0 stereo soundtracks
Optional English subtitles (French dialogue)
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (all dialogue)
Brand new audio commentary by author and critic Kat Ellinger
Brand new visual essay on witchcraft in cinema by author and critic Miranda Corcoran
The Flicker, a 30-minute short film by Tony Conrad, whose strobing effect inspired Lux Æterna
Lux in Tenebris, a selection of photos from the set by camera operator, title designer and long-term Noé collaborator Tom Kan
Theatrical trailers
Image gallery
Reversible sleeve featuring two choices of artwork
FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by Neil Mitchell

Wild Things BD + 4k (UK/US/CA)
see my previous post
One-Armed Boxer BD (US/CA)

2K restoration from the original elements by Fortune Star
High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation
Original lossless Mandarin mono audio, alternate Mandarin soundtrack and original English dubbed audio
Optional English subtitles, plus hard-of-hearing subtitles for the English dub
Commentary by Frank Djeng from the NY Asian Film Festival
Career retrospective interview with Wang Yu, filmed in Nantes in 2001 and never released before, courtesy of the Frédéric Ambroisine Video Archive
Trailer gallery, featuring the original Hong Kong theatrical trailer, a US TV spot (as The Chinese Professionals) and over half an hour of trailers for other Wang Yu classics including One-Armed Swordsman and Master of the Flying Guillotine
Image gallery
Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Ilan Sheady

FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by Simon Abrams

[DarkImbecile]

Just a heads up that I’ll make new threads for these as usual when I’m in front of a computer, so no need to post everything here as well

[ryannichols7]

not even one academy-like release this month. hope everything is cool with Fassbinder 3

[Finch]

Fran tweets that he is about to sign a deal including several "bucket list" titles for release in 2023. If it's the Golden Princess catalogue with the Woo films amongst others, I'd do a happy dance.

[Drucker]

Pics or it didn't happen.

[dwk]

Based on this tweet from translator Dylan Cheung, it sounds like the issues holding up the Golden Princess titles is still there.

[yoloswegmaster]

Some of those are probably still with Miramax (Iron Monkey, Dragons Forever, Armor of God 1 & 2, Project A 1 & 2, Wheels on Meals, Zu, Twinkle Twinkly Lucky Stars, Dragon Lord, The Master) and some are with Criterion (Young Master, Fearless Hyena, Spiritual Kung Fu, My Lucky Stars.) Other than those, I imagine that there will be a lot of the same titles from Arrow.

Going back to this, it seems as if the HK titles that Miramax owns are now up for grabs since Criterion was able to gain the rights to 'The Heroic Trio'. Also, is Twinkle Twinkle Lucky Stars a Miramax title? I swear I've seen it on the list of Golden Harvest titles that is owned by Warner Bros.

[dwk]

The WB title is Twinkle Twinkle Lucky Star not Stars.

[yoloswegmaster]

[therewillbeblus]

My heart jumped as I instinctively thought "Sleuth!" before depressingly realizing this is an impossibility

[Dr Amicus]

My first thought was Freddie Francis's Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny and Girly, but it's a long time since I last watched it and can't remember if a television has relevance. Unless the television is to show it was something originally intended for television - at which point The Spider's Stratagem popped into mind.

It could be the Branagh version of Sleuth - that's not a Fox film.

[therewillbeblus]

As I understand it, this doesn’t have anything to do with it being a Fox title, but the rights owners refusing to give distribution for a reasonable figure given the money they got for the sequel, as if they’re equitable domains for similar monetary expectations