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Possible home media release announcement on Nov. 10th. What we thinking, WA or Criterion?

Either Criterion or Warner Clockwork under their own label.

I don't think Criterion ever made a special announcement for a single title, only their boxsets. Although - if they were breaking with precedent, The Devils would be the title to do it with, especially after the better-than-anticipated theatrical run. Still, my guess it'll be Warner themselves.

Finch wrote: Wed Nov 04, 2026 6:50 pm I don't think Criterion ever made a special announcement for a single title, only their boxsets.

They did it for WALL-E.

Oh, so they did. I did not remember that at all. I would prefer it being Criterion, especially since they were reportedly promised that they could have the film if Warner leadership ever changed its mind about it.

HardNight'sDay wrote: Wed Nov 04, 2026 6:51 pm

Finch wrote: Wed Nov 04, 2026 6:50 pm I don't think Criterion ever made a special announcement for a single title, only their boxsets.

They did it for WALL-E.

And also for Benjamin Button, I believe.

November 10th would be around when Warner Archive announcements come out

MannFan wrote: Wed Nov 04, 2026 6:48 pm Either Criterion or Warner Clockwork under their own label.

You're right. Clockwork just posted this image.

I've waited 15ish years for people to stop asking if Criterion will release this. finally seeing the light of day on it is lovely

Do we think BFI will do a UK release?

So this is an announcement of the announcement? I hate this trend.

For those of us who don't want to give X and Instagram traffic or clicks, could we in the future just embed the images in the posts instead of linking to the sites?

Matt wrote: Sat Nov 07, 2026 1:51 am

Watch this sell out in the first five minutes

Thank you, Matt!

Leaked on Amazon.

Collector's Edition ($79.99)
Standard Edition ($39.99)

Different run time listed. I'd hate the non-limited edition to miss content.

Well, per the screenshots, the collector's edition has three discs, so it may be reasonable to assume there are a lot of special features or alternative cuts there that may not be included in the standard edition.

Odd though that the standard edition carries an R-rating whereas the collector's edition is NC-17. Given both sets clearly feature the director's cut rather than the older R-rated US cut – and the standard edition does look like a pretty thick box in the image, which would be odd for a single-disc release without a book or whatever else the collector's edition includes – perhaps the product details on the former should be taken with a grain of salt for now.

(Edit: I also noticed that the product details on the collector's set states that it has two discs whereas the image clearly shows three.)

Double the price for the book and the third disc but it's The Devils. One of the fastest preorders I ever made though it'll be a placeholder until the boutiques are putting up their allocations. The third disc should contain Hell on Earth and since it's an NC17 release, Clockwork presumably kept the bit in where someone from the film's production thought the censors/WB were all cunts. I would be looking forward to any Guillermo Del Toro input since he did do pre-rerelease interviews so it may be that but perhaps in longer form. Kermode is going to be all over it and quite rightly so.

A genuinely bizarre feeling to see this release being taken so seriously. I'm hoping the release is unapologetic because like Mark Kermode just recently said on the radio the film could not possibly be more timely and I could not agree more. Thank you sabbath for posting those links!

sabbath wrote: Mon Nov 09, 2026 12:30 pm Leaked on Amazon.

Collector's Edition ($79.99)
Standard Edition ($39.99)

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Must've taken them down before the official announcement tomorrow

Wonder what could possibly be included that's worth $40 extra.

mfunk9786 wrote: Mon Nov 09, 2026 9:42 pm Wonder what could possibly be included that's worth $40 extra.

Commemorative rosary beads & cross.

Ben Stoddart suggested elsewhere that the Limited Edition will exclusively have all three or four cuts of the film. I'm only really interested in Russell's preferred version so if the censored cuts (as important as they are from a historical perspective, I wouldn't watch any of them again) and the book are the main draw for the LE, I might switch over to the standard after all.