Arrow Announcements, Speculation & Wild, Irresponsible Conjecture

[dwk]

I assume The Last Emperor

[yoloswegmaster]

The Last Emperor. There is also going to be a 4K release coming out in France next year.

[Finch]

Oops. Last Emperor!

Amending previous post now.

[andyli]

Where was this information obtained? The titles on the full program page remain unclickable.

[Finch]

Arrow are teasing Friday's announcements with a picture of Cthulhu.

[dwk]

The Dunwich Horror, which Stephen Bissette said he recorded a commentary track.

According to a BBFC listing, Arrow is releasing The Executioner starring Sonny Chiba. (I guess the listing is a little screwed up, as it is listed under the sequel title Karate Inferno, but the detail are for the first film.)

[yoloswegmaster]

James Flower confirmed that the clue isn't Lovecraft related (so it can't be The Dunwich Horror), and that he's been working on it for almost 3 years.

[What A Disgrace]

Looks like a board game, and Cthulu is am otherworldly abomination, so maybe Game of Death?

[yoloswegmaster]

Looks like a board game, and Cthulu is am otherworldly abomination, so maybe Game of Death?

Good catch! It could be that since an insider who is working with Arrow revealed that they were working on a big 4K boxset for a series of films that have a big following and strongly hinted at it being a Bruce Lee set.

[What A Disgrace]

I also wanted to throw shade on Game of Death for a lark, but if that's a board game it could as well actually be Game of Death as anything, according to other hints as mentioned.

[yoloswegmaster]

SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS
- High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation
- Original uncompressed Japanese mono audio for both films
- Original uncompressed English mono audio track for The Executioner
- Optional English subtitles
- Brand new audio commentary by Chris Poggiali and Marc Walkow
- Sonny Chiba, Karate King, a 30-minute featurette on the legendary Sonny Chiba, featuring Grady Hendrix, Tom Mes, Chris Poggiali, Marco Joachim and Seiji Anno, from the band Guitar Wolf
- Original trailers
- Image galleries for The Executioner and The Executioner II: Karate Inferno
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Lucas Peverill

[yoloswegmaster]

SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS
- New 2K restoration by Arrow Films from the original camera negative
- High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation
- Original lossless mono audio
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- New audio commentary by Guy Adams and Alexandra Benedict, creators of the audio drama Arkham County
- The Door into Dunwich, a new conversation between film historian Stephen R. Bissette and horror author Stephen Laws in which they discuss The Dunwich Horror, Lovecraft, and their memories of seeing the film on release
- After Summer After Winter, a new interview with science fiction and fantasy writer Ruthanna Emrys, author of The Innsmouth Legacy series
- The Sound of Cosmic Terror, new interview with music historian David Huckvale in which he takes a closer look at Les Baxter’s score for The Dunwich Horror
- Theatrical trailer
- Image gallery
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Luke Preece

FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing by film critics Johnny Mains and Jack Sargeant

[What A Disgrace]

James Flower, you got some splainin' to do.

[yoloswegmaster]

It's most likely that he was referring to a different release with his tweet (which was probably most likely for the Moodyson boxset). Anyways here is another U.S only release:

SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS

• Brand new 2K restorations by Fortune Star
• High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentations of both films
• Original lossless Mandarin mono audio for both films, plus lossless English dubbed mono audio
• Optional newly translated English subtitles for both films
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Ilan Sheady

DISC ONE – LADY WHIRLWIND

• Commentary by Frank Djeng & Robert “Bobby” Samuels
• Commentary by Frank Djeng & Michael Worth
• Commentary by Samm Deighan
• Lady Whirlwind Speaks, the first part of a newly filmed interview with Angela Mao
• Kung Fu Cooking, a newly filmed conversation with Mao’s son Thomas King
• Alternate English credits
• Hong Kong theatrical trailer, plus US theatrical trailer and radio spot
• Image gallery

DISC TWO – HAPKIDO

• Three options of English dub: vintage “kung fu” and “hapkido” dubs in lossless mono, plus 2006 DVD dub in 5.1 surround
• Commentary by Frank Djeng & Robert “Bobby” Samuels
• Commentary by Frank Djeng & Michael Worth
• Lady Kung Fu Speaks, the second part of a newly filmed interview with Angela Mao
• Archive interviews with Angela Mao, Carter Wong and Sammo Hung & Yuen Biao
• Original vintage featurette showing Ji Han-jae teaching the lead actors hapkido, newly restored in 2K by Fortune Star
• Three alternate opening credits sequences (textless, English and US)
• Hong Kong theatrical trailers plus US theatrical trailer and TV spot
• Image gallery

FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collectors' booklet featuring new writing on the films by critic James Oliver

[Finch]

That Moodyson set is stacked! I never got the Eureka Angela Mao set and I prefer Arrow's artwork. Anyone seen The Dunwich Horror? Is it any good?

[dwk]

Someone at the Blu-ray forum said there is a recent Arrow press release that says “Upcoming releases include classic films from the likes of David Lynch, Edgar Wright and Quentin Tarantino”

Which if true means Fistful of Fingers, Inglourious Basterds are still on and, what, a UK release of Wild at Heart or Blue Velvet.

[JamesF]

Not sure where the press release came from but that's an old blurb that should have been updated - the Lynch mention referred to Dune, and don't hold your breath on the other two.

[dwk]

Thanks James. I almost joked about it sounding like an old blurb.

I assume when Shout's license on Wild at Heart ends, Criterion will pick it up and do a UHD here in the US.

[swo17]

I've been holding off on Universal's 4K release of Inglourious Basterds assuming that an Arrow release was forthcoming like for Wolf of Wall Street. So I guess I should just pick up the Universal?

[therewillbeblus]

I've been holding off on Universal's 4K release of Inglourious Basterds assuming that an Arrow release was forthcoming like for Wolf of Wall Street. So I guess I should just pick up the Universal?

Same, and I'll gladly keep waiting if it's delayed like the Scorsese

[therewillbeblus]

What are the chances Arrow issues a UHD upgrade of Lifeforce but with its DC in 4K? Shout!’s disappointment demands correcting

[yoloswegmaster]

Terrence J. Brady, a martial arts film scholar and author who has worked with Arrow on the Shawscope sets, has finally outright confirmed that Arrow will be releasing a 4K boxset of the Bruce Lee films next summer.

[Orlac]

Terrence J. Brady, a martial arts film scholar and author who has worked with Arrow on the Shawscope sets, has finally outright confirmed that Arrow will be releasing a 4K boxset of the Bruce Lee films next summer.

Nice!

[Finch]

People might want to hold on to their Criterion set after all since Shogun Supreme tweeted that he will be QC'ing the upcoming Bruce Lee set and said Enter The Dragon will not be included (figures since WB might want to release it themselves for the film's 50th next year).

[dwk]

I think I mentioned this, but Brandon Bentley/OldPangYau told me on twitter that WB has become much more reluctant to license out their Golden Harvest titles and that Criterion had a hard time getting WB to license Once Upon a Time in China 4 & 5 for their set. So setting aside Enter the Dragon's anniversary, it tracks that Arrow couldn't include it.

Shogun said the Arrow set will have some Brucesploitation titles, but he couldn't say which (or how many.) I assume these will be Blu-ray not UHDs.