Transfer Question?

[jasononyx]

This may have been discussed somewhere else, but I was just wondering if anyone knew why, certain films will get a Blu release in another country but not in the US. I don't mean a catalog title, but a new release.
I'll use "Kaboom" as an example. It has a french Blu-Ray, but will only be getting a DVD release here in May.
It seems just a tad on the stupid side to me, that there is already a Blu-Ray transfer available, if the US company doesn't want to take the time to do it themselves why not just license the existing one, and use that for a release?

[Mahatma]

Business as usual

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by jasononyx

This may have been discussed somewhere else, but I was just wondering if anyone knew why, certain films will get a Blu release in another country but not in the US. I don't mean a catalog title, but a new release.
I'll use "Kaboom" as an example. It has a french Blu-Ray, but will only be getting a DVD release here in May.
It seems just a tad on the stupid side to me, that there is already a Blu-Ray transfer available, if the US company doesn't want to take the time to do it themselves why not just license the existing one, and use that for a release?

Not exactly sure with Kaboom, but it usually has to do with the studio that has the distribution rights. There are many U.K. BDs that are not available in the U.S. but the DVD is such as Downfall, Zulu, and Saints and Soldiers.

[Banned User]

It seems silly , but it has been going on for years. Its actually not that bad as a lot of time one of the releases is better then the other. People with region free players can take advantage of that to get the best release possible. If they were all the same transfer you would be stuck with whatever your got.

[Pyoko]

The French distributor obviously thought it would be worth their time to release it on Blu-ray, the US distributor didn't, it's as simple as that.