Where's Harryhausen?

[kosvines]

Clash of the Titans was supposed to be released on HD DVD (and probably Blu-ray as well) a few years ago. I remember even seeing a finalized cover from Warner Home Video. After HD DVD lost the war, it seems the release was scrapped (at least for now).

They (Warner) probably deicided to wait until the remake hits theaters to release it.

EDIT: After a search, I found a UPC for the Blu-ray (012569796515), so it's probably finished and just awaiting release.

[Ray_Rogers]

Originally Posted by kosvines

Clash of the Titans was supposed to be released on HD DVD (and probably Blu-ray as well) a few years ago. I remember even seeing a finalized cover from Warner Home Video. After HD DVD lost the war, it seems the release was scrapped (at least for now).

They (Warner) probably deicided to wait until the remake hits theaters to release it.

EDIT: After a search, I found a UPC for the Blu-ray (012569796515), so it's probably finished and just awaiting release.

I'd bet it'd be released prior to the remake as you said but I think it might have some movie cash to the remake as an incentive to get people to buy the Blu-ray. I don't care, I'm still buying one of the movies my Momma rented for me and my siblings as I was growing up in the 1980's. Made me a huge fan of ancient mythological stuff.

[RalphoR]

We're down to the last 3. Any thoughts or news on The 3 Worlds of Gulliver, One Million Years, B.C., or The Valley of Gwangi coming to blu-ray this year?

[Sinbad75]

Originally Posted by RalphoR

We're down to the last 3. Any thoughts or news on The 3 Worlds of Gulliver, One Million Years, B.C., or The Valley of Gwangi coming to blu-ray this year?

Wow, surprised to see this thread I started back in 2009 resurrected! I must admit I am more than happy with what has followed since my initial posting. Most of Ray's films are now out, and pretty uniformly excellent Blu-rays to boot! I really think we will see the final three out this year. Three Worlds of Gulliver by TT is pretty much a given. An HD master is out there, and it is great! Unless Warner's Special Effects box release (and the individual titles which I bought (except for Them!)) was a bust, I think a volume 2 will include Valley of Gwangi. If we end up not going that route, Warner archives will step up to the plate. I think the one problematic title may be One Million Years B.C. Issues on what cut and in what shape they are in along with video rights seem to be plaguing this title. I think that if its going to happen, it will be through TT, and they will work to get it right since they are obviously Harryhausen fans.

Keep your fingers crossed, and we'll see how this plays out.

[RalphoR]

Originally Posted by Sinbad75

Wow, surprised to see this thread I started back in 2009 resurrected! I must admit I am more than happy with what has followed since my initial posting. Most of Ray's films are now out, and pretty uniformly excellent Blu-rays to boot! I really think we will see the final three out this year. Three Worlds of Gulliver by TT is pretty much a given. An HD master is out there, and it is great! Unless Warner's Special Effects box release (and the individual titles which I bought (except for Them!)) was a bust, I think a volume 2 will include Valley of Gwangi. If we end up not going that route, Warner archives will step up to the plate. I think the one problematic title may be One Million Years B.C. Issues on what cut and in what shape they are in along with video rights seem to be plaguing this title. I think that if its going to happen, it will be through TT, and they will work to get it right since they are obviously Harryhausen fans.

Keep your fingers crossed, and we'll see how this plays out.

I saw how old this thread was but feel it's very relevant because all of Ray's films have not yet made it to blu-ray. I know I'm always going to do my part to make sure the powers that be know how much these movies mean to us and we want them on bd.

I'm not sure if you saw the TCM Harryhausen marathon recently but both The Valley of Gwangi and One Million Years, B.C. were presented in hd and looked amazing. So there's definitely hd masters of all three remaining movies. Best of all, they presented B.C. in the uncut version.