Regency titles being released by Fox on Aug 11, 2015?

[tylergfoster]

Just went to Amazon and Primed myself a Once Upon a Time in America CE just in case.

[MTRodaba2468]

Originally Posted by AaronSCH

Watch the price soar on the boxset of "Once Upon a Time in America." I am so glad I already own that one.

No kidding. I'm glad I got my copy while I have the chance...

[JackKnightStarman]

Originally Posted by Brad1963

The films being re-issued in August are all 100% Regency. Basically anything that shows copyright Regency and Monarchy Enterprises, Warner only distributed.

Heat is one of these titles. It even has a updated copyright for Monarchy/ New Regency only....

[Nailwraps]

So let me see if I got this straight; Fox somehow acquired the Regency library and are going to be releasing titles that were originally owned and distributed by Warner (save for some they own by default)?

That's...that's insane . I just hope the original Warner logos are intact (sorry, I'm a guy who likes having his films with what they originally and presently have).

Also kinda ironic considering Warner has a couple of Fox titles under their belt (though through their Turner, Morgan Creek, and HBO libraries).

[tylergfoster]

It does give me some hope that the Blu-rays put out by 20th Century Fox are essentially identical, though, as Point Break's was.

[Buscemi]

Originally Posted by Nailwraps

So let me see if I got this straight; Fox somehow acquired the Regency library and are going to be releasing titles that were originally owned and distributed by Warner (save for some they own by default)?

That's...that's insane . I just hope the original Warner logos are intact (sorry, I'm a guy who likes having his films with what they originally and presently have).

Also kinda ironic considering Warner has a couple of Fox titles under their belt (though through their Turner, Morgan Creek, and HBO libraries).

Fox partially owns Regency (about 20%, while Arnon Milchan has the other 80%), much like how Warner Bros. owns Castle Rock. It's not that unusual when there's money involved.

Though it is interesting how some Regency titles in recent years have been released by other distributors (Role Models, Noah, Aloha) without Fox having some rights (Guess Who? and The Fountain were distributed by Fox internationally while Columbia and Warner Bros. respectively handled those domestically). I guess that's where Milchan's 80% comes into play.

[rdodolak]

A list of New Regency titles can be found on their site:

http://www.newregency.com/movies

[John Ross Ewing]

Originally Posted by tylergfoster

It does give me some hope that the Blu-rays put out by 20th Century Fox are essentially identical, though

I remember Warner Brothers was and may still be re-releasing titles in the Paramount catalog. The ones that I came across were all essentially identical releases except for a Warner Brothers logo near the UPC. Maybe that will be the same with Fox?

[StingingVelvet]

Originally Posted by AaronSCH

Watch the price soar on the boxset of "Once Upon a Time in America." I am so glad I already own that one.

It's only $25 right now from Amazon if anyone wants it. I just ordered, just in case. To be clear, Devil's Advocate is not on that list and partially owned by Warner so it should be fine to wait on, correct?

[AgentOrange]

Originally Posted by John Ross Ewing

I remember Warner Brothers was and may still be re-releasing titles in the Paramount catalog. The ones that I came across were all essentially identical releases except for a Warner Brothers logo near the UPC. Maybe that will be the same with Fox?

There is a subtle difference though, in that deal Paramount had previously handled the work pipeline to create those blu-rays. Since the deal specifically pertained to Warner distributing Paramount library films on blu-ray, they were never going to "duplicate" previously complete work. It was a partnership between two major players in blu-ray DISTRIBUTION designed to increase efficiency.

In this case, the catalog of films is switching studios. But Warner might not simply hand over the blu-ray masters to be replicated by FOX - that remains to be seen. It actually seems unlikely Warner would just hand over the blu-ray master to be copied bit for bit - but Fox are releasing a bunch of these at once (which implies they were ready to go), so who knows...

[HeavyHitter]

Originally Posted by PowellPressburger

Curious what the encodes will be like once FOX releases titles like L.A. Confidential.

I doubt they will re-encode any of these re-releases.

[AgentOrange]

Originally Posted by Nailwraps

So let me see if I got this straight; Fox somehow acquired the Regency library and are going to be releasing titles that were originally owned and distributed by Warner (save for some they own by default)?

That's...that's insane . I just hope the original Warner logos are intact (sorry, I'm a guy who likes having his films with what they originally and presently have).

Also kinda ironic considering Warner has a couple of Fox titles under their belt (though through their Turner, Morgan Creek, and HBO libraries).

Why is that "insane"?

Independent studios change "alliances" all the time. Not surprising that when new deals are struck that re-releases happen.

I mean we are talking an industry where Warner distributes Paramount's films (which just happened for blu-ray), Warner basically owns entire MGM catalog into perpetuity, MGM doesn't own much of anything from their own catalog - but controls United Artists and a bunch of other independents, Universal owns Paramount's early catalog, Lionsgate distributes Studiocanal, Disney owns Lucasfilms, but Fox still owns Star Wars OT. That's just a sampling of the "insane" arrangements in the U.S.

[DMRI2006]

Fox somehow acquired the Regency library and are going to be releasing titles that were originally owned and distributed by Warner (save for some they own by default)?

"Somehow"? Only the same way Warner distributed those Regency titles in the first place. Now they're with Fox. Those movies weren't ever "owned" by Warner, they're owned by Regency and now their distribution deal is with another studio...so there you have it. It's really not very insane at all.

Warner distributes a fair amount of product from other companies they don't actually own, but merely distribute -- Alcon being another one. This Blade Runner sequel is actually being made by Alcon, not WB -- WB is only distributing it. Someday years from now if Alcon leaves WB, they'd take the movie with them like Regency did with their catalog (unless WB is co financing it which I don't believe they are).

, MGM doesn't own much of anything from their own catalog - but controls United Artists and a bunch of other independents

I laugh all the time when I see MGM's "90th Anniversary" historical sizzle reel and it's entirely comprised of United Artists and Orion films (Rocky, Dances With Wolves, etc) -- next to nothing that's actually MGM itself. What a celebration of the company's historical legacy! lol. A more apt anniversary would be to celebrate when they gobbled up all of those libraries, seeing as they produced probably less than 20% of all the films they actually own.

[erixon20]

Originally Posted by oildude

I sure hope Cobb gets released soon, whether part of this deal or not (probably not since it was a joint Regency-Warner release). Tommy Lee Jones was never better in a role than in this film. If you are a baseball fan, it rocks. If not, you will appreciate a rousing well-made biopic filled with lots of quotable lines and enough sense of the history of the greatest game on earth to perhaps make you one.

I Love COBB! Still have the DVD-which is hard to find.

[IndyMLVC]

I'd love to pick up Little Manhattan and The Power Of One. However, I'm not holding my breath on either one.

[tylergfoster]

Role Models isn't a Regency film. Unless you mean something other than the 2008 David Wain movie.

A couple of other relatively high profile examples of this is Marvel's jump from Paramount to Disney, and DreamWorks' Animation's jump from Paramount to 20th Century Fox (the latter was so subtle I hardly noticed it had happened).

[Buscemi]

Originally Posted by tylergfoster

Role Models isn't a Regency film. Unless you mean something other than the 2008 David Wain movie.

It was produced by Regency. It might not have the logo but it is listed on-screen as a New Regency production.

[DMRI2006]

Originally Posted by Buscemi

It was produced by Regency. It might not have the logo but it is listed on-screen as a New Regency production.

Role Models (2008) is a RELATIVITY film, not Regency...unless you are thinking about something else.

[Buscemi]

Originally Posted by DMRI2006

Role Models (2008) is a RELATIVITY film, not Regency...unless you are thinking about something else.

So it might not be in the film (though I could have sworn the film's credits did mention New Regency very subtly) but Regency did produce the film, albeit unbilled. IMDb also lists Regency having worked on Role Models.

This could have been a case where the project began at Fox and Regency handled some pre-production but it was placed into turnaround.

[Nailwraps]

Originally Posted by AgentOrange

Why is that "insane"?

Independent studios change "alliances" all the time. Not surprising that when new deals are struck that re-releases happen.

I guess I'm just use to films being owned by the original distributor.

You're right, it changes though; Warner owns the pre-86 MGM catalog, Universal owns a selection of the Paramount library, even Disney has 2 ITC titles (The Muppet Movie and The Great Muppet Caper), 4 Paramount titles, and in 2020, 5 Fox titles.