Astronaut - Echo Bridge

[boringperson]

Blu-ray.com states that this title will be released on October 1, 2019. I bought this at Walmart today. Is this normal for movies to be in stores three weeks prior to street date?

Please merge with the appropriate thread if needed.

[rdodolak]

No it's not normal for them to put them on the shelves that early, but it's possible someone put it out early at your local WM. It is common for the stores to have stock on hand that far in advance though. The WM web site doesn't seem to have a listing for this title online.

[starsteam]

Walmart has a deal with Echo Bridge where they get new releases ahead of everyone else. This happened with Jack Hunter and a few other releases this year.

[rdodolak]

Originally Posted by starsteam

Walmart has a deal with Echo Bridge where they get new releases ahead of everyone else. This happened with Jack Hunter and a few other releases this year.

Was this announced somewhere? I'm surprised they don't even have it listed on their web site.

[starsteam]

Originally Posted by rdodolak

Was this announced somewhere? I'm surprised they don't even have it listed on their web site.

No announcement and I've never seen any on the website either. I would buy a new Echo Bridge Blu-ray at Walmart, come home and find it listed nowhere online, only for it to start showing up on Amazon and some other stores weeks later. It's just some exclusivity thing they've got going on.