MVD Rewind Collection Discussion Thread

[Katatonia]

Originally Posted by SpaceBlackKnight

Penitentiary III is owned by Xenon Pictures, who also own the 1st two Penitentiary films and had already licensed them out to Vinegar Syndrome. I suspect VS will release III in the near future, provided they can find film elements or work out something with MGM.

I could be wrong, but I seem to remember VS saying not too long ago that Penitentiary III was actually with some other studio and they couldn't get it.

MGM only list Penitentiary & Penitentiary II on their website, with III curiously absent.

Xenon's website also only lists Penitentiary & Penitentiary II. Penitentiary III is absent.

Originally Posted by dmarvin

Pretty sure I remember VS saying III was owned by a larger studio (definitely not Xenon but you could search which one in the VS thread, I believe) and they have no plans to release it.

Yep, thought I wasn't imagining things.

[SpaceBlackKnight]

Originally Posted by Katatonia

I could be wrong, but I seem to remember VS saying not too long ago that Penitentiary III was actually with some other studio and they couldn't get it.

MGM only list Penitentiary & Penitentiary II on their website, with III curiously absent.

Xenon's website also only lists Penitentiary & Penitentiary II. Penitentiary III is absent.



Yep, thought I wasn't imagining things.

Odd, I swore I heard somewhere Xenon had Penitentiary III but the film elements/negatives were ether unable to be located or weren't in MGM's archives.

I do know for certain that MGM/UA strangely enough, does hold some rights to the 1st Penitentiary and it's sequel. How that could've came to be was United Artists probably had international rights to P1 during initial release and may have done a short run re-release in the US and in a double bill with the sequel (which UA did pick up for distribution in the US to cash in on Mr. T's appearance for Rocky III).

[Nailwraps]

It's possible MGM has TV rights to those two. Sometimes when a title is on a site, it probably means they own certain rights to that. For example they own physical home video rights to The Producers and a number of StudioCanal titles and TV rights to the 1980 Flash Gordon Movie and Bubba Ho-Tep (the latter probably the last remaining rights of the film they own).

[zbinks]

Pentitentiary 3 was a Cannon Films production and it was listed on MGM's 2014 Copyright security agreement (Penitentiary and Penitentiary 2 show up on that same filing for reasons that are unclear to me, it's possible they do have some sort of broadcast rights to them).

Penitentiary III / produced by Jamaa Fanaka and Leon Isaac Kennedy ;...

Type of Work: Motion Picture
Registration Number / Date: PA0000360003 / 1988-02-16
Application Title: Penitentiary 3.
Title: Penitentiary III / produced by Jamaa Fanaka and Leon Isaac Kennedy ; written and directed by Jamaa Fanaka.
Description: 5 film reels : sd., col. ; 35 mm.
Notes: Based on characters created by Jamaa Fanaka.
Copyright Claimant: Cannon Films, Inc., & Cannon International
Date of Creation: 1987
Date of Publication: 1987-09-04
Authorship on Application: Cannon Films, Inc., & Cannon International, employers for hire.
Previous Registration: Screenplay prev. reg. 1Dec86, PAu 909-338.
Basis of Claim: New Matter: "motion picture."
Names: Fanaka, Jamaa
Kennedy, Leon Isaac
Cannon Films, Inc.
Cannon International

PENITENTIARY 3 / Reg. PA 360 003.

Type of Work: Recorded Document
Document Number: V9922D295
Date of Recordation: 2014-07-10
Entire Copyright Document: V9922 D295 P1-108
Registration Number Not Verified: PA 360 003
Title: PENITENTIARY 3 / Reg. PA 360 003.

The $6.95 bionic shark & 5, 322 other titles.

Type of Work: Recorded Document
Document Number: V9922D295
Date of Recordation: 2014-07-10
Entire Copyright Document: V9922 D295 P1-108
Date of Execution: as of 25Jun14; as of 26Jun14
Title: The $6.95 bionic shark & 5, 322 other titles.
Notes: Copyright security agreement.
Party 1: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc., MGM Holdings II, Inc., Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc., Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Home Entertainment, LLC, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Lion Corporation, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, Inc., MGM and USA Services Company, MGM Domestic Television Distribution, LLC, MGM Home Entertainment Distribution Corporation, MGM Interactive, Inc., MGM On Demand, Inc., MGM Television Entertainment, Inc., Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Animation, Inc., MGM/UA, Inc., Pathe Films, Inc., Pathe Releasing Corporation, United Artists Corporation, United Artists Pictures, Inc., MGM North America Holdings, Inc., MGM International Television Distribution, Inc., Orion Pictures Corporation, Metro Pictures Corporation of America, Orion Film Classics Company, Heritage Entertainment, Inc., United Artists Films, Inc., Orion Pictures Distribution Corporation, Orion Pictures Library Acquisition Company, Inc., PFE Library Acquisition Company, Inc., Orion TV Productions, Inc., MGM Domestic Digital Media, Inc., MGM Domestic TV Networks, LLC, MGM International Digital Media, Inc., Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distribution Company This Network, LLC, MGM Domestic Networks, LLC, United Artists Production Finance, LLC, United Artists Entertainment, LLC, Orion Home Entertainment Corporation, MCEG Sterling Entertainment & MGM Channel International Holdings, LLC
Party 2: JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA
Links: List of Titles
Names: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.
MGM Holdings II, Inc.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Home Entertainment, LLC
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Lion Corporation
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, Inc.
MGM and USA Services Company
MGM Domestic Television Distribution, LLC
MGM Home Entertainment Distribution Corporation
MGM Interactive, Inc.
MGM On Demand, Inc.
MGM Television Entertainment, Inc.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Animation, Inc.
MGM/UA, Inc.
Pathe Films, Inc.
Pathe Releasing Corporation
United Artists Corporation
United Artists Pictures, Inc.
MGM North America Holdings, Inc.
MGM International Television Distribution, Inc.
Orion Pictures Corporation
Metro Pictures Corporation of America
Orion Film Classics Company
Heritage Entertainment, Inc.
United Artists Films, Inc.
Orion Pictures Distribution Corporation
Orion Pictures Library Acquisition Company, Inc.
PFE Library Acquisition Company, Inc.
Orion TV Productions, Inc.
MGM Domestic Digital Media, Inc.
MGM Domestic TV Networks, LLC
MGM International Digital Media, Inc.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distribution Company This Network, LLC
MGM Domestic Networks, LLC
United Artists Production Finance, LLC
United Artists Entertainment, LLC
Orion Home Entertainment Corporation
MCEG Sterling Entertainment
MGM Channel International Holdings, LLC
JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA

[SPOILER]This list contains titles in document V9922D295

Document title: The $6.95 bionic shark & 5, 322 other titles.

The complete document is: V9922 D295 P1-108

549 PENITENTIARY / Reg. PA 417321.

550 PENITENTIARY 2.

551 PENITENTIARY 3 / Reg. PA 360 003.

[cropduster]

Originally Posted by WinterBox

Rather Vinegar Syndrome release Penitentiary III if they could to be honest. No offense to MVD.

Same here, but VS said it wouldn't be getting a release from them when they were releasing Jamaa Fanaka's other films. If Penitentiary III is indeed owned by MGM or some other large studio, maybe MVD could look into what exactly the rights situation is regarding the film and find out if a release is possible.

[keke]

I believe I read that the rights to that are no longer with Warner Bros. via Legacy Releasing. Any chance MVD might have interest in it if available?

[Clark Kent]

Originally Posted by keke

I believe I read that the rights to that are no longer with Warner Bros. via Legacy Releasing. Any chance MVD might have interest in it if available?

This is a perfect time to release Eight Days a Week. Keri Russell has a role in the upcoming Star Wars IX movie and her media presence will never be greater near its release.

[WinterBox]

Originally Posted by Clark Kent

This is a perfect time to release Eight Days a Week. Keri Russell has a role in the upcoming Star Wars IX movie and her media presence will never be greater near its release.

Guess you never saw a little show called The Americans?

[tek8080]

What's the word on the Lionheart replacement disc? Is this something they are still working on?

[Clark Kent]

Originally Posted by WinterBox

Guess you never saw a little show called The Americans?

Star Wars Episode IX literally dwarfs the following for the little-seen cable drama on FX. Speculation has it that Russell's character in Episode IX is a pivotal figure in the drama.

[AnthonyGG]

So here's one for the late night cable TV crowd from like 1995:

Due to the revived interest in the Karate Kid series via the excellent Cobra Kai, any plans to visit some of the B-action and made for video movies that were released in the '90s featuring some of that series' stars?

Films like the two Shootfighters with William Zabka and Martin Kove or some of those Thomas Ian Griffith actioners like Crackerjack co-starring Nastassja Kinski and Christopher Plummer or Excessive Force with Lance Henriksen, James Earl Jones, Tony Todd and Burt Young in supporting roles? Just curious...these seem like they'd totally be up MVD's alley.

[Clark Kent]

I'm always down for more Blu-rays with Lance Henriksen.

[trentdiesel]

Originally Posted by AnthonyGG

So here's one for the late night cable TV crowd from like 1995:

Due to the revived interest in the Karate Kid series via the excellent Cobra Kai, any plans to visit some of the B-action and made for video movies that were released in the '90s featuring some of that series' stars?

Films like the two Shootfighters with William Zabka and Martin Kove or some of those Thomas Ian Griffith actioners like Crackerjack co-starring Nastassja Kinski and Christopher Plummer or Excessive Force with Lance Henriksen, James Earl Jones, Tony Todd and Burt Young in supporting roles? Just curious...these seem like they'd totally be up MVD's alley.

Crackerjack and Excessive Force are both high on my want list, I'd be pumped if we got both

[willo007]

Originally Posted by trentdiesel

Crackerjack and Excessive Force are both high on my want list, I'd be pumped if we got both

Ulterior Motives has a good chance of being released by MVD, sine it is an Imperial Entertainment title.

[BluConniseur]

Originally Posted by zbinks

Pentitentiary 3 was a Cannon Films production and it was listed on MGM's 2014 Copyright security agreement (Penitentiary and Penitentiary 2 show up on that same filing for reasons that are unclear to me, it's possible they do have some sort of broadcast rights to them).

Where did you find those copyright documents?

[zbinks]

Originally Posted by BluConniseur

Where did you find those copyright documents?

https://www.copyright.gov/

[MifuneFan]

MVD will be releasing both Nemesis (1992) and Double Dragon (1994) on December 11th.

[Ruemorgue10]

Double Dragon, yes!!! I was hoping they would get that as part of their Imperial deal.

[BluConniseur]

Originally Posted by zbinks

https://www.copyright.gov/

That's odd. I looked them up on the site and nothing came up.

[digirez]

Can MVD release the campy cult film Maryjane 1968 to blu-ray? It has never been released on any format, it only once appeared on MGMs TV channel and briefly on Netflix streaming with a bunch of other MGM titles.