Miramax titles find distribution (FINALLY!)

[cinemaphile]

Perhaps they can now get to work on Pulp Fiction, Trainspotting, The Crow, Shakespeare in Love.... all the titles we've been waiting for!!

From The Digital Bits:

"it's now official: Miramax (as owned by Filmyard Holdings) has partnered with The Weinstein Company for new content creation and also distribution of its catalog of more than 700 films on Blu-ray, DVD and digital download. Hopefully that means a whole range of eagerly-awaited and long-neglected films will finally see the light of day on Blu-ray. From the piece at Home Media: "Part of the agreement has Miramax and Weinstein creating new material for Blu-ray releases of Miramax films, including roundtables featuring cast and directors." Well, it's about damn time! Here's a suggestion, guys: How's about starting with Pulp Fiction, The English Patient, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Trainspotting and The Crow? As part of the deal, the two companies are also planning on working together to produce sequels to many of the key titles in the Miramax catalog. No doubt we'll hear more in the coming weeks."

...can't say I'm happy about the "sequel" talk (they mention Clerks, Swingers, Copland, and Shall We Dance, among others), but at least we'll finally get our Blu's!

[nf0603]

Great, now what about Dimension?

[Leonidas King]

Niceeeeee! Thanks cinema. Great news indeed.

[cinemaphile]

Originally Posted by nf0603

Great, now what about Dimension?

I think many of those fall under the agreement. The article does mention the Scream franchise.

[Tcan21]

thanks for the update, good to see we will finally get those Miramax films on blu

[Mandalorian]

Nice to hear. Smaller studios that deserve distribution...

[Rizor]

I'm a little mixed on this news.

On the positive side of things, who better to give the Miramax library the respect it deserves than the people that founded it?

On the negative, the Weinsteins tended to amass movies, hold them hostage and even supress superior versions of their films (they cut down Cinema Paradiso then did the same thing to Malena).

Also, I hope this doesn't stop Criterion from getting in on their film library.

[Zydrate]

Hopefully the director's cut of Jersey Girl is in there somewhere. This also brings in some hope for a matching set of all the Scream movies, not just the first three.

[nf0603]

Out of curiosity, I still see Kill Bill and Clerks and some others, are those going OOP?

[Minimejer05]

Pulp Fiction time! So will Sony still be releasing? Or Vivendi?

[technique]

looking forward to Jackie Brown is they release it

[BMM]

Give me Pulp Fiction and Jackie Brown and I'll be a happy camper.

[Brad1963]

Finally! I'm so glad they got away from Disney.

[Trekkie313]

Highlander: The Final Dimension

[fdm]

Hope they get that lossy audio nonsense straightened out.

[Just Myself]

Give me Pulp Fiction or give me death!

[nf0603]

Does this also include the pre-Disney Miramax titles that used to be distributed by LIVE/Artisan/Lionsgate? I notice many of those have yet to be put on BD

[Bunker]

Pulp Fiction and O Brother plz.

[OldPangYau]

I think they still have the rights to Dragons Forever... considering the fact they showed it in its original Hong Kong cut on Spike TV several years ago AND subtitled, I wouldn't mind them working on a blu-ray!

[erock515054]

Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown, The Crow yep yep yep I am in for all of those day one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!