Random Space Media (RSM) closing - no more 3D Blu-ray releases

[BleedOrange11]

I'd like to know what limits Random Space Media has. It looks like they have a license to sell movies from Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment in Australia, which distributes most films from Sony, Universal, and Paramount from the US. Can they just get access to any 3D DCP from those studios and make up their own release and slap USPHE branding on it? Do they pay per individual movie, or do they already have license for the entire catalog?

Best case scenario, they could be our answer to getting lots of unreleased 3D, like Mission Impossible Fallout, Bumblebee, Alpha, Trolls, Captain Underpants, Angry Birds Movie 2, Hotel Transylvania 3, Emoji Movie, Wonder Park, Sherlock Gnomes, Addams Family, Monster Trucks, Ben-Hur, Men in Black: International, Dolittle, Fast & Furious 7&8, and more. They could also be our answer for 3D releases for upcoming films unlikely to be released elsewhere, including F9, Boss Baby: Family Business, Venom: Let There Be Carnage, Spider-Man: No Way Home, Top Gun Maverick, Rumble, etc.--basically anything from Sony/Universal/Paramount. We could literally be buying all of our new non-Warner, non-Disney, non-vintage Blu-ray 3D releases from Random Space Media in the near future.

I'm really curious what loophole they've found or deal they've made that allows them to make up their own USPHE releases that no other stores are selling.

[film11]

Originally Posted by BleedOrange11

I'd like to know what limits Random Space Media has. It looks like they have a license to sell movies from Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment in Australia, which distributes most films from Sony, Universal, and Paramount from the US. Can they just get access to any 3D DCP from those studios and make up their own release and slap USPHE branding on it? Do they pay per individual movie, or do they already have license for the entire catalog?

Best case scenario, they could be our answer to getting lots of unreleased 3D, like Mission Impossible Fallout, Bumblebee, Alpha, Trolls, Captain Underpants, Angry Birds Movie 2, Hotel Transylvania 3, Emoji Movie, Wonder Park, Sherlock Gnomes, Addams Family, Monster Trucks, Ben-Hur, Men in Black: International, Dolittle, Fast & Furious 7&8, and more. They could also be our answer for 3D releases for upcoming films unlikely to be released elsewhere, including F9, Boss Baby: Family Business, Venom: Let There Be Carnage, Spider-Man: No Way Home, Top Gun Maverick, Rumble, etc.--basically anything from Sony/Universal/Paramount. We could literally be buying all of our new non-Warner, non-Disney, non-vintage Blu-ray 3D releases from Random Space Media in the near future.

I'm really curious what loophole they've found or deal they've made that allows them to make up their own USPHE releases that no other stores are selling.

WB and Universal have a joint distribution deal. Not sure if its also international but I wouldnt count on RSM being able to offer discs from those two.

[Emoto]

Big THANK YOU to RSM for making the Jurassic World: Dominion 3D Blu-ray available!!!

Keep it going, please! If it is 3D, I will probably buy it.

[hariseldon]

Originally Posted by BleedOrange11

I'd like to know what limits Random Space Media has. It looks like they have a license to sell movies from Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment in Australia.

It appears they have access to distribute items from those studios, but I'm seeing nothing to indicate they're acting as more than a Sales Conduit for studio produced items -- albeit the RSM Exclusive Rights means they likely paid some fee to entice Sony to do the work. I be shocked if they have any independent access and decision making to release anything without express legal permission from the actual studio.

The Jumanji disc is distributed by RSM, but I can't see any indication that RSM had anything to do with the actual production of the disc, master, encode, etc. All the packaging I've seen doesn't have a RSM logo/nod/name anywhere on it. I see Universal and Sony logo and legalese only. This would mean I strongly doubt anyone from RSM has any access to negatives, IP, DCP, or any of the actual files from the studios, much less the ability to actually work with those elements.

Maybe someone from RSM could clarify the actual terms, but this appears far more like a BBY Exclusive Steelbook than a Twilight Time or a Criterion Release. Even TT for the most part had to accept the files that were given to them and only really controlled the extras, but they created the disc, encode, etc