Mill Creek Entertainment Announces New Licensing Agreement With Disney

[captainsolo]

At the very least we could hope for direct ports of the OOP Vault treasures discs and rare Fox titles in cheap packaging.

Reality to expect: thousands of cheap random collections where 20 old masters are showed onto 1 or 2 discs with awful compression being peddled at Walmart.

This is really bizarre news for Disney to partner with Mill Creek. Maybe they’re just going after that big DVD market share that still exists…

[steve_dave]

Originally Posted by captainsolo

This is really bizarre news for Disney to partner with Mill Creek. Maybe they’re just going after that big DVD market share that still exists…

Disney partnered with Mill Creek before but did not have the no upgrades restriction in the old deal.

[kevin87]

Originally Posted by pullthelever

I think this thread could just be deleted because this key detail is getting missed in the majority of comments still going here.

That's how it is in the news on the front page here too, nobody seems to read the details of the deal, they just launch into a long wishlist of titles with no context.

[mkjurand]

Originally Posted by ToonySpoonGoon

I have a feeling this possibly means the door could finally open again for labels like Kino Lorber or Arrow, that might be wishful thinking though

I just want a label that would indulge in all the 30s Fox titles I want

In your favor is the fact that Disney is desperate for new revenue to make up for how badly the streaming division is bleeding. Its fortunate that they have this massive library of titles that they can actually monetize via licensing and selling physical media.

[kevin87]

Originally Posted by mkjurand

In your favor is the fact that Disney is desperate for new revenue to make up for how badly the streaming division is bleeding. Its fortunate that they have this massive library of titles that they can actually monetize via licensing and selling physical media.

Disney's even been showing D+ originals on their cable networks lately. Disney has aired season 1 of The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder and Monsters at Work two episodes a week since early January, and Freeform aired season 1 of Big Shot on New Year's Eve and season 1 of Mighty Ducks: Game Changers on New Year's Day.

[SwaggerJagger]

Well if they’re able to reissue John Tucker Must Die on Blu-ray since the Blu-ray does not load anymore, I’m down for it

[chip75]

Nothing new, no transfers or new products. It is simply taking older catalog releases and getting them into stores. I hope to see some classic titles I worked on in the past!

Hopefully Mill Creek can just press the files Disney give them onto new discs, but like everyone else I'm worried they'll start compressing stuff.

[Rayjg]

Originally Posted by chip75

Hopefully Mill Creek can just press the files Disney give them onto new discs, but like everyone else I'm worried they'll start compressing stuff.

Entire Simpsons seasons on a single Blu-ray

[Region_unlocked]

Originally Posted by Rayjg

Entire Simpsons seasons on a single Blu-ray

A lot of the early seasons were finished on tape and locked into SD anyway. They could do an SD on BD set like they do in Germany. I'd buy an SDBD set of the first 10 seasons of the Simpsons tomorrow.

[pullthelever]

Originally Posted by kevin87

That's how it is in the news on the front page here too, nobody seems to read the details of the deal, they just launch into a long wishlist of titles with no context.

Long wishlist of titles with no context kinda sums up some of these threads anyway. lol

[cakefactory]

Originally Posted by captainsolo

At the very least we could hope for direct ports of the OOP Vault treasures discs and rare Fox titles in cheap packaging.

Reality to expect: thousands of cheap random collections where 20 old masters are showed onto 1 or 2 discs with awful compression being peddled at Walmart.

This is really bizarre news for Disney to partner with Mill Creek. Maybe they’re just going after that big DVD market share that still exists…

What is a vault treasures disc?

And yeah unfortunately in this late stage physical media death spiral all the Targets and Walmarts that I've been to recently have mostly ditched blu-rays and 4K (last time I was in Walmart THE ONLY 4K disc they had was Top Gun and the only blu-rays were Disney/Marvel/Star Wars movies) and now do DVDs only. I guess they realized the only people using discs anymore were people that were so far behind the technological curve that they either only had a DVD player or didn't notice a visual difference and thus always buy DVD cause it's cheapest (I know people like this). So it wouldn't surprise me if a label like Mill Creek started following the trends and abandoned blu-ray for DVD cause it's again becoming a bigger market share thanks to studios that own streaming services trying to choke the life out of physical media.

[Kyliefan1]

Originally Posted by Region_unlocked

A lot of the early seasons were finished on tape and locked into SD anyway. They could do an SD on BD set like they do in Germany. I'd but an SDBD set of the first 10 seasons of the Simpsons tomorrow.

I have the complete series of Murder She Wrote which was released on SD-BD in Germany which comprised of 12 discs. Murder She Wrote ran for 12 seasons. The 1st season was released in the UK on full HD blu-ray, but subsequent seasons weren't most probably due to low sales. This SD-BD box set is better than nothing.

[Kyliefan1]

As I now realize that this deal between Mill Creek and Disney will only focus on reissues of previous titles, I am disappointed with this because most people will already have what most probably be reissued. This means that Mill Creek and Disney will be losing money by only focusing on reissues of previously released titles when they could have been making money by releasing titles with upgrades to blu-ray which is what people prefer now.

[pullthelever]

Originally Posted by Kyliefan1

As I now realize that this deal between Mill Creek and Disney will only focus on reissues of previous titles, I am disappointed with this because most people will already have what most probably be reissued. This means that Mill Creek and Disney will be losing money by only focusing on reissues of previously released titles when they could have been making money by releasing titles with upgrades to blu-ray which is what people prefer now.

I'm disappointed too, but it does not mean they're going to lose money on the deal. There are many titles that haven't been in print for ages that would sell just fine. Presumably the company that owns them knows this already too. Then you got the whole packaging possibilities of multi-movie sets, slipcovers, steelbooks, etc.

[StingingVelvet]

I'll take cheapo BD releases of stuff like Stakeout over nothing.

I'll also take cheapo 4k re-releases of stuff like Aliens over nothing.

I'll also also take cheapo releases of Disney+ shows over nothing.

So... good news! Sorta!

[cornbetts]

Here's to hoping we FINALLY get a blu-ray release of Can't Buy Me Love.

[BudtheChud]

Originally Posted by StingingVelvet

I'll take cheapo BD releases of stuff like Stakeout over nothing.

I'll also take cheapo 4k re-releases of stuff like Aliens over nothing.

I'll also also take cheapo releases of Disney+ shows over nothing.

So... good news! Sorta!

Yeh but none of these are part of the deal. It’s only already released stuff and NO Disney branded stuff at all.

[Member-222782]

Originally Posted by cornbetts

Here's to hoping we FINALLY get a blu-ray release of Can't Buy Me Love.

It's already been said, more than once, No format upgrades. Mill Keek can only re-release the old DVD but not upgrade it and, frankly, a fullscreen DVD with an ancient transfer and no extras isn't going to set off any fireworks.

This thread shouldn't exist. Why did they even bother with a Press release?

[movieben1138]

Originally Posted by SwaggerJagger

Well if they’re able to reissue John Tucker Must Die on Blu-ray since the Blu-ray does not load anymore, I’m down for it

My HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY went the same way. I know there's a cheap import I could get...but I'm more likely to buy it on impulse if I stumbled across a new disc at V-Stock.

[mike962]

Originally Posted by cakefactory

What is a vault treasures disc?

And yeah unfortunately in this late stage physical media death spiral all the Targets and Walmarts that I've been to recently have mostly ditched blu-rays and 4K (last time I was in Walmart THE ONLY 4K disc they had was Top Gun and the only blu-rays were Disney/Marvel/Star Wars movies) and now do DVDs only. I guess they realized the only people using discs anymore were people that were so far behind the technological curve that they either only had a DVD player or didn't notice a visual difference and thus always buy DVD cause it's cheapest (I know people like this). So it wouldn't surprise me if a label like Mill Creek started following the trends and abandoned blu-ray for DVD cause it's again becoming a bigger market share thanks to studios that own streaming services trying to choke the life out of physical media.

I wonder why dodn't they do something like a DVD2 (or whatever they want to call it ) format where they use same discs of 8 GB but instead of Mpeg-2 use AVC or even HEVC codecs (and E-AC3 for 5.1 audio) and release the movies in 720P and no telecine !!, this would allow much better quality while keeping costs down for casual viewers and for die hards collectors still give a reason to get bluray

and bonus for studios they may double dip same movies again for the new format