Shout Acquires Golden Princess Library...The Killer Hardboiled, etc

[DukeTogo84]

Thanks for RevolverOcelot for posting this over in the Scream thread.

Looks like we are getting BD of The Killer, Hard Boiled, Bullet in the Head, A Better Tomorrow, and so many others! Wow!

Originally Posted by RevolverOcelScott

John Woo, Chow Yun-fat Classics Among 156-Film Golden Princess Library Acquired by Shout! Studios (EXCLUSIVE)

https://variety.com/2025/film/news/j...os-1236272850/

List of Titles:

[Show spoiler]Abracadabra (1986)
Aces Go Places (1982)
Aces Go Places II (1983)
Aces Go Places III (1984)
Aces Go Places IV (1985)
Aces Go Places V (1989)
Against All (1990)
All About Ah-Long (1989)
All the Wrong Clues (1981)
All the Wrong Spies (1983)
Banana Cop (1984)
Best Friend of the Cops (1990)
A Better Tomorrow (1986)
A Better Tomorrow II (1987)
A Better Tomorrow III (1989)
Beware of Pickpockets (1981)
The Big Heat (1988)
A Bloody Fight (1988)
Blue Lightning (1991)
A Book of Heroes (1986)
Bullet in the Head (1990)
By Hook or By Crook (1980)
Cabaret Tears (1983)
Can't Stop the War (1982)
Carry On Pickpocket (1982)
Chase a Fortune (1985)
Chasing Girls (1981)
A Chinese Ghost Story (1987)
A Chinese Ghost Story II (1990)
A Chinese Ghost Story III (1991)
City Hero (1985)
City on Fire (1987)
City War (1988)
Cop Busters (1985)
Cop of the Town (1985)
Crazy Couple (1979)
The Crazy Nuts (1981)
Cupid One (1985)
Daughter & Father (1981)
The Diary of a Big Man (1988)
Dream of Desire (1989)
The Eighth Happiness (1988)
Esprit d'Amour (1983)
Evil Cat (1987)
Faithfully Yours (1988)
A Family Affair (1984)
The Family Strikes Back (1986)
Fantasy Romance (1991)
Fatal Love (1988)
A Fiery Family (1989)
Final Justice (1988)
For Your Heart Only (1985)
Fractured Follies (1988)
Full Contact (1992)
Fumbling Cops (1988)
The Fun, The Luck, and The Tycoon (1990)
Funny Family (1986)
Ghost Ballroom (1989)
Ghost Bustin' (1983)
Give Me Back (1983)
The Good, The Bad, and The Beauty (1987)
Goodbye Darling (1987)
Goodbye My Love (1986)
Gunmen (1988)
The Happy Ghost (1984)
Happy Ghost II (1985)
Happy Ghost III (1986)
Happy Union II (1985)
Hard Boiled (1992)
He Lives By Night (1982)
Heartbeat 100 (1987)
Heaven Can Help (1984)
I Do (1985)
I Love Maria (1988)
The Innocent Interloper (1986)
Intellectual Trio (1985)
The Isle of Fantasy (1985)
It Takes Two (1982)
Just for Fun (1983)
Kidnapped (1983)
The Killer (1989)
A Killer's Blues (1989)
King of Chess (1991)
Kung Hei Fat Choy (1985)
Lady in Black (1987)
Laughing Times (1980)
The Law Enforcer (1986)
Law With Two Phases (1984)
Legend of the Dragon (1991)
The Legend of the Owl (1981)
The Legend of Wisely (1987)
Life After Life (1981)
Life Line Express (1984)
The Loser, The Hero (1985)
Love, Lone Flower (1985)
The Magnificent Scoundrels (1991)
Merry Christmas (1984)
Mismatched Couples (1985)
Mummy Dearest (1985)
The Musical Singer (1985)
My Little Sentimental Friend (1984)
No Compromise (1988)
No U-Turn (1981)
Now You See Love, Now You Don't (1992)
The Occupant (1984)
Oh! My Cops! (1983)
Once a Thief (1991)
Once Upon a Mirage (1982)
Once Upon a Rainbow (1982)
The Other Side of Gentleman (1984)
Papa, Can You Hear Me Sing? (1983)
Parking Service (1986)
Peace Hotel (1995)
Peking Opera Blues (1986)
The Perfect Match (1982)
The Perfect Wife?! (1983)
Play Catch (1983)
Prison on Fire (1987)
Prison on Fire II (1991)
The Red Panther (1983)
Red Shield (1991)
Return of the Demon (1987)
Rhythm of Destiny (1992)
Road Warriors (1987)
Run, Tiger, Run (1984)
School on Fire (1988)
Seven Years Itch (1987)
Silent Romance (1984)
Sister Cupid (1987)
Spooky Kookies (1981)
Super Citizen (1985)
Sweet Sixteen (1985)
Sweet Surrender (1986)
Swordsman (1990)
Swordsman II (1992)
Swordsman III: The East Is Red (1993)
Thank You, Sir (1989)
That Day on the Beach (1983)
The Thirty Million Rush (1987)
Tiger on Beat (1988)
Tiger on Beat 2 (1990)
Till Death Do We Scare (1982)
The Time You Need a Friend (1984)
Treasure Hunt (1994)
Triads - The Inside Story (1989)
Trouble Couples (1987)
True Colours (1986)
Unforgettable Fantasy (1985)
United We Stand (1986)
Unmatchable Match (1990)
Vampire's Breakfast (1987)
Web of Deception (1989)
Who Is the Craftiest (1987)
Who's the Crook (1986)
Why Me? (1985)
Working Class (1985)

[Yearbook]

Originally Posted by DukeTogo84

Thanks for RevolverOcelot for posting this over in the Scream thread.

Looks like we are getting BD of The Killer, Hard Boiled, Bullet in the Head, A Better Tomorrow, and so many others! Wow!

https://variety.com/2025/film/news/j...os-1236272850/

Whoa Nelly, bring on Tequila in 4K!

[DukeTogo84]

Originally Posted by Yearbook

Whoa Nelly, bring on Tequila in 4K!

Oh yeah. I think its a safe bet we are going to get the bigger John Woo films in 4K. This is nuts news.

[jshaide]

I did a spit take. Wild!

[Danespina]

Massive news!

[Yearbook]

Originally Posted by DukeTogo84

Oh yeah. I think its a safe bet we are going to get the bigger John Woo films in 4K. This is nuts news.

I'm mostly familiar with the Woo part of the catalog, so I will be happy to discover the deeper cuts and stuff like Chinese Ghost Story as well.

[cooey]

[DukeTogo84]

Originally Posted by Yearbook

I'm mostly familiar with the Woo part of the catalog, so I will be happy to discover the deeper cuts and stuff like Chinese Ghost Story as well.

Yeah, I haven't seen most of the films. Mainly all the Woo films Ringo Lam films. City on Fire is also a favorite and the film that inspired Reservoir Dogs.

[MifuneFan]

Holy crap this is huge!

[drush9999]

Wonder how much it cost in the end, or whether that property company told them to stop pestering them and said here ya go.

Now just need the Bristol Myers Squibb library and the early Dutch films of Paul Verhoeven releasing from purgatory.

[professorwho]

Unquestionably the biggest power play in years in home video licensing. Holy shit.

Bravo, Shout. This could NOT have been cheap. Let's just hope the physical condition of everything is up to par

[MagellanvsHimself]

Holy shit! this is awesome news!

[ShellBeacher]

F'ing FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! UH-AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Day-One Pre-Orders on almost ALL of these titles listed, so far!!!!!!!

[Mosley likes BFDI]

Hopefully we will get potential 4K releases of the Golden Princess library.

[dex14]

Originally Posted by drush9999

Wonder how much it cost in the end, or whether that property company told them to stop pestering them and said here ya go.

Now just need the Bristol Myers Squibb library and the early Dutch films of Paul Verhoeven releasing from purgatory.

“Wasn’t cheap” - Frank Djeng.

[ShellBeacher]

Originally Posted by Mosley likes BFDI

Hopefully we will get potential 4K releases of the Golden Princess library.

I think we can count on 4K remasters for THE KILLER, HARD BOILED, PEKING OPERA BLUES, maybe even BETTER TOMORROW, CHINESE GHOST STORY... but I'm here in the corner hoping for a decent-upgrade of PEACE HOTEL!

[fred25_Ca]

Wow, so many frigging incredible titles! And here we thought we were soon going to enter a HK drought!
I do wished someone like Arrow would be releasing stuff like The Killer in 4k but still, can't REALLY complain too much here. Hopefully Shout doesn't start putting a bunch of those as exclusives on their websites. :P

[Grethiwha]

Amazing news! I only recently got my head around the whole Golden Princess situation and the unacquirability of these titles, and was pretty close to pulling the trigger on some of the German bootlegs of these... and then this!

[captainjoe]

Holy shit I can’t believe they did it! Shout you magnificent basterds. Give me Tequila in 4K!

[themp3000]

I’m going to choose to be cautiously optimistic. As long as they aren’t some hot garbage 2K/4K AI shenanigans and feature the original, faithful audio tracks.