Companies that license studio catalogue titles...

[DukeTogo84]

Just trying to see if I'm missing something here.

Kino tends to work with MGM/Fox/Paramount?

Twilight Time: works with Fox/Sony/MGM

Shout!: Sony/Universal

Criterion: Almost everyone

Arrow: Almost everyone?

Any bigs ones that I'm missing?

Does anyone really work with Sony as much as Twilight Time? Just want to make sure I know who works with who in case I need to ask them about potential releases without getting anyone irritated.

[akaun6899]

Shout! works with MGM too.

[starsteam]

I think you meant to put MGM instead of Sony for Shout!. Shout has also started to work with Warner.

Mill Creek licenses from Sony and Disney.

[Brad1963]

Shout Universal, MGM, Morgan Creek and in the past Fox. They do not have a deal with Sony, but they seem to be starting one with Warner.

Twilight Time ended MGM last December. Now only Fox and Sony and misc titles.

Olive - MGM, Paramount/Republic.

Kino - MGM, Paramount/Republic, Disney/ABC & Touchstone, recently Fox.

Mill Creek - Sony, in the past Disney/Touchstone. The Disney deal seems to have ended with Kino taking over some titles they released.

[RCRochester]

Originally Posted by DukeTogo84

Just trying to see if I'm missing something here.

Kino tends to work with MGM/Fox/Paramount?

Twilight Time: works with Fox/Sony/MGM

Shout!: Sony/Universal

Criterion: Almost everyone

Arrow: Almost everyone?

Any bigs ones that I'm missing?

Does anyone really work with Sony as much as Twilight Time? Just want to make sure I know who works with who in case I need to ask them about potential releases without getting anyone irritated.

Kino do work with Paramount but keep in mind that they can only release titles that Paramount themselves have never released on disc. Kino also have a partnership with Disney which also has certain limitations.

Twilight Time have now ended their partnership with MGM.

Shout apparently now have a deal of sorts with Warner Bros, I'm not sure if there are limitations to their deal. I am not aware of any deal they have with Sony though. Shout also release MGM titles.

Arrow don't really deal with everyone. They work with MGM and they have a deal with Universal that is limited to their UK releases only.

Olive Films have deals with MGM and with Paramount, with the latter coming with the same restrictions as Kino's deal with them.

Mill Creek release Sony titles and have in the past released Disney titles but Kino seem to be re-releasing all of those.

The British label Indicator / Powerhouse has deals with a couple of studios - their deal with Sony lets them release those region free so that's something to keep in mind if you are interested in Sony titles.

[DukeTogo84]

Originally Posted by Brad1963

Shout Universal, MGM, Morgan Creek and in the past Fox. They do not have a deal with Sony, but they seem to be starting one with Warner.

Twilight Time ended MGM last December. Now only Fox and Sony and misc titles.

Olive - MGM, Paramount/Republic.

Kino - MGM, Paramount/Republic, Disney/ABC & Touchstone, recently Fox.

Mill Creek - Sony, in the past Disney/Touchstone. The Disney deal seems to have ended with Kino taking over some titles they released.

Oh yeah, Olive! They release great titles, but wish they released more.

Does anyone work with Lionsgate? There are so many titles that Lionsgate has the rights to from the Artisan catalogue that seems to be wasted. Can't believe there is no Ghost Dog release yet.

[Brad1963]

Originally Posted by DukeTogo84

Oh yeah, Olive! They release great titles, but wish they released more.

Does anyone work with Lionsgate? There are so many titles that Lionsga te has the rights to from the Artisan catalogue that seems to be wasted. Can't believe there is no Ghost Dog release yet.

Lionsgate is kind of questionable. They distribute Studio Canal titles, many of which were once with Criterion. The Miramax titles I believe they only distribute and probably cannot sub-license. They also now have the Starz library which includes Weinstein.

I'm not quite sure what they would have left for anyone else to release.

It is a shame because they have so many great films within the Studio Canal and Miramax library that may never see the light of day on Blu-ray.

[DukeTogo84]

Originally Posted by Brad1963

Lionsgate is kind of questionable. They distribute Studio Canal titles, many of which were once with Criterion. The Miramax titles I believe they only distribute and probably cannot sub-license. They also now have the Starz library which includes Weinstein.

I'm not quite sure what they would have left for anyone else to release.

It is a shame because they have so many great films within the Studio Canal and Miramax library that may never see the light of day on Blu-ray.

I would love to see someone in the states release the 4K remaster of Ran.

Lionsgate bought all of Artisan's library right? I would really like to see Ghost Dog and the Funeral get a release at some point.

[BagheeraMcGee]

Originally Posted by DukeTogo84

I would love to see someone in the states release the 4K remaster of Ran.

Lionsgate bought all of Artisan's library right? I would really like to see Ghost Dog and the Funeral get a release at some point.

I'd like to see Trees Lounge (superb directorial debut for Steve Buscemi) get a release, and wish that Pi would get a US release for those who aren't region-free. Still one of my favorite Aronofsky films.

[Brad1963]

Originally Posted by DukeTogo84

I would love to see someone in the states release the 4K remaster of Ran.

Lionsgate bought all of Artisan's library right? I would really like to see Ghost Dog and the Funeral get a release at some point.

Yes. But Ran is a Studio Canal owned title. Criterion had the rights and announced a Blu-ray. They lost it when Studio Canal made the deal with Lionsgate and all everything they had went OOP.

I kind of wonder if Criterion will end up getting it back and will release the 4K remaster. If the Lionsgate edition goes out of print, then that would be a sign that someone is planning to release the 4K.

[DukeTogo84]

Originally Posted by Brad1963

Yes. But Ran is a Studio Canal owned title. Criterion had the rights and announced a Blu-ray. They lost it when Studio Canal made the deal with Lionsgate and all everything they had went OOP.

I kind of wonder if Criterion will end up getting it back and will release the 4K remaster. If the Lionsgate edition goes out of print, then that would be a sign that someone is planning to release the 4K.

Yeah, Criterion needs to release this on blu at some point. They did such an amazing job with the DVD.

[Rzzzz]

Almost all the movies I want are Paramount that they won't let others release yet do nothing with them: Paint Your Wagon, Nevada Smith, Sons of Katie Elder, Donavan's Reef, Heaven Can Wait, War Of the Worlds, I Married A Monster From Outer Space, Blue Hawaii, The Shootist, The Naked Jungle, Back To The Beach, The Ghost and the Darkness, The Tenant, Bringing Out The Dead, Paper Moon, Targets, Mommy Dearest and more. My DVDs of these are looking pretty old and worn out and it pisses me off that everyday obscure stuff most people here have never even seen are getting quality releases while these just sit in some vault collecting dust or worse yet, going the way of John Wayne's The Alamo, where MGM waited so long they literally let the film rot.

[Nailwraps]

Shout! and Warner had a deal since 2010, but only with TV titles on DVD (and Warner had to call the shots from what I heard). It wasn't until this year and recently that they apparently expanded their deal. Also, Shout! still has a deal with Fox but so far recently I've only seen TV shows on DVD releases.

And regarding Miramax titles, I know Miramax/Lionsgate sublicensed Hellraiser III to Arrow in the States and Microcosmos to Kino.

[Thomas Irwin]

Originally Posted by Rzzzz

Almost all the movies I want are Paramount that they won't let others release yet do nothing with them: Paint Your Wagon, Nevada Smith, Sons of Katie Elder, Donavan's Reef, Heaven Can Wait, War Of the Worlds, I Married A Monster From Outer Space, Blue Hawaii, The Shootist, The Naked Jungle, Back To The Beach, The Ghost and the Darkness, The Tenant, Bringing Out The Dead, Paper Moon, Targets, Mommy Dearest and more. My DVDs of these are looking pretty old and worn out and it pisses me off that everyday obscure stuff most people here have never even seen are getting quality releases while these just sit in some vault collecting dust or worse yet, going the way of John Wayne's The Alamo, where MGM waited so long they literally let the film rot.

Paper Moon was released in the UK, but is unfortunately region locked.

[GasmaskAvenger]

Originally Posted by BagheeraMcGee

and wish that Pi would get a US release for those who aren't region-free.

The UK Region B disc is pretty nice, though I too am surprised that we haven't received our own domestic release.

Same with the uncut version of The Possession and the extended edition of Wild Card.