Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment

[samdvd1]

Kaleidoscope today announces major new investment from Schneider Media Investments (SMI). SMI has committed to a significant funding package, in return for a minority stake in the business. The investment from SMI will be available immediately, and will enable Kaleidoscope to best exploit the frequent opportunities it is presented with, both in the UK and internationally.

With the new funding, Kaleidoscope will seek to broaden its acquisition strategy into more commercial genre feature films, higher profile television and theatrical documentaries and global production, sales, distribution and investment opportunities.

Spencer Pollard, CEO of Kaleidoscope said: “I am thrilled to have brought SMI in as partners to help continue Kaleidoscope’s growth. Over the last five years we have been very much an organic business and continued to try to innovate and buck market trends. We have had various proposals to discuss over the last few months, which hopefully was a sign of the good work we have been doing but we felt 100% that SMI were the right people to go into business with. It should be an exciting Berlin and Cannes as we look to add to our already solid 2014 slate. I look forward to a long and exciting working relationship with SMI.”

SMI is headed by city executive Sonny Schneider of the Schneider Group, founded in 1996, focusing on trading, broking, debt finance and early stage venture capital. Sonny added: “We are very pleased to be partnering with Kaleidoscope in this deal. We believe that this bringing together of our knowledge and abilities in financing with Kaleidoscope’s considerable expertise in the selection, promotion, sales and distribution of quality films and related content will result in an exciting and bright future for both parties.”

I've found them to be more miss than hit to be honest, but let's hope this means some good acquisitions and better releases.

[Buzz201]

Deadline have been going on and on about how the merger of Entertainment One and Alliance (Momentum), coupled with the closure of Revolver Entertainment, had left a gap in the British market for somebody to step up and introduce a bit of competition.

So far Studiocanal appears to have taken that role, with Koch Media and the UK divisions of Warner Bros. and Universal also trying to take advantage of the situation. It seems like Kaleidoscope also want to take a crack...

[rapta]

Didn't know where else to post this. According to the LFF listing on the BFI site, Kaleidoscope have the UK rights to Na Hong-jin's THE WAILING, so hopefully we will get a Blu-ray of it in the new year! Think it's quite likely, seeing as they've released foreign language titles in the recent past (e.g. Suburra, Police Story: Lockdown, Ip Man 3). Can't wait to see this one...

[Le Grande Blu]

Originally Posted by rapta

Didn't know where else to post this. According to the LFF listing on the BFI site, Kaleidoscope have the UK rights to Na Hong-jin's THE WAILING, so hopefully we will get a Blu-ray of it in the new year! Think it's quite likely, seeing as they've released foreign language titles in the recent past (e.g. Suburra, Police Story: Lockdown, Ip Man 3). Can't wait to see this one...

My copy of The Wailing should be here for the weekend. Can't wait! Shame Eureka didn't pick it up though, as their Masters of Cinema series doesn't have any Korean directors in it.

[rapta]

Originally Posted by Le Grande Blu

My copy of The Wailing should be here for the weekend. Can't wait! Shame Eureka didn't pick it up though, as their Masters of Cinema series doesn't have any Korean directors in it.

Yeah, they released The Yellow Sea but as a Monster Pictures/Bounty Films release (so not even a regular Eureka title, let alone Masters of Cinema).

I too hope we do get some Korean stuff from MoC, but I guess it'd have to be something newly restored that they can acquire the rights to. I think I read an interview that Third Window once gave and they said Korea is even more difficult to navigate than Japan in terms of rights and quality of materials.

[Le Grande Blu]

Originally Posted by rapta

Yeah, they released The Yellow Sea but as a Monster Pictures/Bounty Films release (so not even a regular Eureka title, let alone Masters of Cinema).

I too hope we do get some Korean stuff from MoC, but I guess it'd have to be something newly restored that they can acquire the rights to. I think I read an interview that Third Window once gave and they said Korea is even more difficult to navigate than Japan in terms of rights and quality of materials.

Hong Sang Soo would be a good fit, although probably not commercially viable. To be honest, there have been so many classic Korean films from the last 16-odd years, that even if a fraction of them received a release here I'd be happy.

[CelestialAgent]

Kaleidoscope are releasing Sound of Freedom on Blu-ray on Christmas, a film that definitely doesn’t have any controversy around it or take any liberties with the real events.

[CelestialAgent]

Kaleidoscope are releasing a Billy Idol concert film as a digipack on December 11th.



Kaleidoscope are releasing Tribeca selected John Lennon documentary The Lost Weekend (not to be confused with the Wilder film) on December 18th.

[CelestialAgent]

Kaleidoscope are releasing Scottish horror Lore next year.

https://northeastscreen.org/kaleidos...d-horror-lore/

[CelestialAgent]

Battle Over Britain on January 29th

[CelestialAgent]

Before Dawn, Bermondsey Tales: Fall of the Roman Empire - June 10th

[CelestialAgent]

Cabrini on May 27th

[Nitroes]

Freud's Last Session / Anthony Hopkins / Matthew Goode / October 2024

FREUD'S LAST SESSION | Official Trailer (2023) - YouTube

Bored with Hopkins years ago but that has potential.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DF2TMN1Z/


Seems to only had a DVD in the US https://www.blu-ray.com/dvd/Freuds-L...on-DVD/292823/

[Nitroes]

The Beast / Léa Seydoux / George MacKay / Bertrand Bonello / October 2024

The Beast | Official Trailer | In Cinemas 31 May - YouTube

Will be watching this for Bertrand Bonello. I thought George MacKay was excellent in 1917 but everything else so far (and before -I went back and looked) he's been very poor.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DF2WBZ8V/

[Nitroes]

Duchess / Neil Marshall / Stephanie Beacham / Colm Meaney / October 2024

Duchess Official Trailer (2024) - YouTube

Vinnie Jones and Luke Goss need to be in this.

Poundland's making shelf space right now for Marshall's latest opus.


https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DF2VQG2P/

[Nitroes]

The Exorcism / Russell Crowe / Sam Worthington / October 2024

The Exorcism | Official Trailer (HD) | Vertical - YouTube

Don't fancy that. "THE POWER OF CROWE COMPELS" Very good. EIV would be proud.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DF2WQ6GN/

[RossyG]

So much of what I buy now comes from boutique labels that it’s quite jarring to see covers like these: garish artwork plastered with critics’ quotes and stars wrapped around a blue Amaray case. No slipcovers; no reversible sleeves. And Irish film board ratings alongside the BBFC ones as the finishing touch.

It’s a real throwback to when discs were for the masses rather than collectors and connoisseurs.

And let me guess: forced trailers when you put the disc in.

[Nitroes]

Yeah, Poundland heaven. Icon and Signature (forced trailer specialist) have been dumping 100s of back catalogue titles for free on Youtube and that's where things are moving for most stuff.

These are all manufactured in Austria & Poland according to Amazon so that can't be cheap either. These labels will be using Stackry soon

I think Freud's Last Session and The Beast are definitely worth a look though. Bonello made the brilliant Le pornographe As long as Hopkins keeps away from the Widow Twankey (Hannibal) acting I will enjoy Freud's Last Session hopefully.

There's that much stuff getting released it's becoming more difficult to weed out the trash. That's if we even know about something. There's so many unknown unknowns now with film releasing.

[Foggy]

The Beast is a great film, happy it’s getting a release.

[DAT_JB]

The Beast is such a good film. Watched it last year in cinema and both Lea Seydoux and
especially George MacKay are impressive.