Swedish Wallander 2013 series NOT on Blu-ray -- please help

[McCrutchy]

Hi all,

I have recently been informed by Arrow Films that they will not be releasing the 2013 Swedish Wallander films (with Krister Henriksson) on Blu-ray, because "after some careful consideration and extensive research we came to the decision that it wouldn't be commercially viable to release it on Blu-ray".

I am very upset with this. Swedish Blu-rays are available, but without English subtitles, which is surely caused by the international distributor (Zodiak Media) entering into licensing agreements in the English-speaking world. So it is likely that, the very same agreement that allows Arrow to choose to release on DVD only also ensures that, where the films were released in Blu-ray, they are not English-friendly.

I don't understand why brand new, HD ready television, from a series with brand recognition in the UK, is going DVD only, when other Scandinavian series are chanced on Blu-ray. Arrow has not released any Swedish Wallander on Blu-ray before, so I fail to see how they can predict that such content will not sell.

I hate to ask, but if anyone of like mind could please e-mail info@arrowfilms.co.uk, politely, to express your disappointment with Arrow's decision and show them that there are customers for Blu-rays of the new Swedish Wallander series, I would really appreciate it. It may not, in the end, accomplish a Blu-ray release, but it certainly can't hurt, and it will take just a couple of minutes at most.

Thanks so much,
McCrutchy