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Cash Flagg wrote: Tue May 26, 2020 8:04 pm I'm going to pre-order from Diabolik, even if it costs a little bit more than Base/Zavvi, so I can avoid the risk of cancellation in the case of a sellout (and Diabolik always has excellent packing/customer service).

WALKABOUT: LIMITED EDITION Blu-ray box set released July 27th. Brand new 4K scan and restoration, new extras and 3 books!! Full details shortly, here's the gorgeous new artwork by Michael Boland...

Director: Nicolas Roeg

Starring: Jenny Agutter, Lucien John, David Gulpilil

Following the suicide of their father, Mary and her younger brother Peter are left stranded in the blistering heat of the vast Australian outback. Facing exhaustion and starvation, their salvation comes when they cross paths with an Aboriginal boy on ‘walkabout’, a ritual in which he must leave his home and learn to survive off the land. He teaches them how to survive in the wilderness but a clash of cultures leads to terrible and tragic consequences.


Special Features

Brand new 4k scan and restoration
A new audio commentary with Luc Roeg and David Thompson
Producing Walkabout: a new interview with Producer Si Litvinoff
Luc’s Walkabout: a new interview with Luc Roeg
Jenny in the Outback: a new interview with Jenny Agutter
Remembering Roeg: a new interview with Danny Boyle
2011 BFI Q&A with Nicolas Roeg, Jenny Agutter and Luc Roeg
Archive introduction by Nicolas Roeg
English SDH subtitles for the hearing impaired

Limited Edition Contents

Limited Edition Box Set of only 3,000
Rigid slipcase with new artwork by Michael Boland
The source novel ‘Walkabout’ with cover artwork excusive to this release
Soft cover book featuring facsimile copy of the original 65 page First Draft Script with preface by Daniel Bird
Soft cover book with new essays by Sophie Monks Kaufman, Simon Abrams and Daniel Bird plus stills and lobby card images

Luke M wrote: Tue Jun 02, 2020 8:31 pm Dawn of the Dead is up for pre-order at Diabolikdvd. It'll only be available to order today and tomorrow.

**MARTIN update**
We've been looking into additional source elements and have materials to inspect. Unfortunately the lockdowns have delayed this process but we are hoping to pick up again soon. A release date is now being held until we are more sure of the timings. Thanks for bearing with us.

Calvin wrote: Tue Jun 02, 2020 2:50 pm

Director: Nicolas Roeg

Starring: Jenny Agutter, Lucien John, David Gulpilil
Following the suicide of their father, Mary and her younger brother Peter are left stranded in the blistering heat of the vast Australian outback. Facing exhaustion and starvation, their salvation comes when they cross paths with an Aboriginal boy on ‘walkabout’, a ritual in which he must leave his home and learn to survive off the land. He teaches them how to survive in the wilderness but a clash of cultures leads to terrible and tragic consequences.

While we would have loved to release on 4K, sadly UHD production costs, from HDR grading to encoding, mastering charges and disc replication, are just too high and would be make it unviable for this release. We're constantly monitoring the UHD market and are hoping to release more on the format but have to be very selective with the titles we choose.

Calvin wrote: Sat Jul 04, 2020 11:28 am To their credit, Second Sight responded to queries about a 4K UHD when they announced Walkabout:

While we would have loved to release on 4K, sadly UHD production costs, from HDR grading to encoding, mastering charges and disc replication, are just too high and would be make it unviable for this release. We're constantly monitoring the UHD market and are hoping to release more on the format but have to be very selective with the titles we choose.

Judging by the fact that Vinegar Syndrome have managed to sell 12,000 UHD copies of Rad, I wonder if some labels aren't underestimating the market that will buy a 4K release for the sake of it being a 4K release (or maybe I just don't want to believe there are 12,000 fans of Rad). Though VS's in-house scanning and mastering facilities probably makes it less costly for them.