Shout Acquires Golden Princess Library...The Killer Hardboiled, etc

[apollo828]

Originally Posted by bsend

Is there a list of all of the titles they acquired?

See the two links in the post above yours. I haven't counted, but between the two, that should be at least 150. There may be some nuances in what is and isn't included but my links should get you at least 95% of the way there.

[Rizor]

This is excellent and very exciting news. It'll take some time for me to process the enormity of it. But it's good news.

[Watershipdownisgood]

Originally Posted by drush9999

Wonder how much it cost in the end, or whether that property company told them to stop pestering them and said here ya go.

Now just need the Bristol Myers Squibb library and the early Dutch films of Paul Verhoeven releasing from purgatory.

Same Bristol Meyers needs to start licensing all of their titles out too, but still this is great freaking news, and this is one of the biggest if not the biggest physical media news of the year.

[themp3000]

Originally Posted by Xephix

[Show spoiler]

I’m still keeping my dubious German BDs, not letting go of those until I know with certainty that the Shout releases will have the original and faithful audio tracks. None of these Shout releases will be day 1s until I know they will be properly handled and released in definitive editions.

[steve_dave]

Now I can forgive Shout/Scream for being frugal with extras and the obvious 4K cash grab reissues. Because they needed the money to complete this deal.

That property development company suddenly and instantly became a movie company again at the right price. As for supposed upscales and AI talk, Shout will have access to the available elements just like Fortune Star did.

[Stanis]

I remember back when the PS3 game Stranglehold came out and people were griping about it being the only way to watch Hard Boiled but it wasn't great on that disc. Times they are a changin

[kem71]

Amazing news!! My wallet won't be happy, tho. I just hope the big releases from John Woo get all the tender loving care they deserve.

[night_golf]

Originally Posted by Stanis

I remember back when the PS3 game Stranglehold came out and people were griping about it being the only way to watch Hard Boiled but it wasn't great on that disc. Times they are a changin

i 100% bought the deluxe version of the game for that. lost it over the years after i got the dragon dynasty disc and rebought the game without the movie on it and legit hooked my ps3 back up a few weeks ago to play it.

the timing of this is all wild

[Watershipdownisgood]

Originally Posted by Stanis

I remember back when the PS3 game Stranglehold came out and people were griping about it being the only way to watch Hard Boiled but it wasn't great on that disc. Times they are a changin

Got that game for Xbox 360 had a lot of fun with that game still one of the most underrated video games of all time

Basically it was a game that was essentially you playing as a character in a John Woo movie, but it was so
freaking cool.

[apollo828]

Originally Posted by themp3000

I’m still keeping my dubious German BDs, not letting go of those until I know with certainty that the Shout releases will have the original and faithful audio tracks. None of these Shout releases will be day 1s until I know they will be properly handled and released in definitive editions.

The devil's in the details, of course, but I think it's safe to say Shout will provide the original theatrical audio and, whenever possible, original English dubs. They've done a good job of that with their HK box sets. I see no reason to believe that this will be any different.

[Pete Rock]

Originally Posted by DukeTogo84

Yeah, I was actually using this one as this is the most comprehensive one I've found so far, but it misses most of the Golden Princess ones.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_City_Enterprises

I wonder how Vinegar Syndrome was able to obtain the rights to Undeclared War?

[DukeTogo84]

Originally Posted by Pete Rock

I wonder how Vinegar Syndrome was able to obtain the rights to Undeclared War?

I don't remember, but there was some explanation as to why it was able to happen. It somehow escaped that lump of films, but don't remember how.

[apollo828]

Originally Posted by Pete Rock

I wonder how Vinegar Syndrome was able to obtain the rights to Undeclared War?

Wasn't that some sort of co-production that was mostly shot in English? I know there were American home video releases when the film came out. It could be that somebody else has the rights in perpetuity outside HK/Asia, kinda like how I think somebody else (Sony?) has some degree of rights to Full Contact that may make it exempt from this deal.

EDIT: Also, I believe God of Gamblers is listed as a GP title in some places because they distributed it. (Win's Movie Productions actually produced it.) That one has already been remastered and re-released in a couple of territories. So, that's another title that presumably doesn't apply here, other than maybe as an American-only release.

[Arcluna]

I am SO excited for this. Absolutely amazing news.

[AlanClarke]

Originally Posted by willo007

Ok, I wants 4K's of these:

JOHN WOO'S A BETTER TOMORROW
JOHN WOO'S A BETTER TOMORROW II
RINGO LAM'S CITY ON FIRE
JOHN WOO'S THE KILLER
TSUI HARK'S A BETTER TOMORROW III
JOHN WOO'S BULLET IN THE HEAD
JOHN WOO'S ONCE A THIEF
JOHN WOO'S HARD BOILED
RINGO LAM'S FULL CONTACT

Add JUST HEROES to that list and you've just had a peek at my dreams.

[The hitcher]

$3M and change will be made back on The Killer alone

If Vinegar Syndrome can make a million on one day off of an unfinished oddball, Shout is set to make $100M in the next decade.

Home video ain't going anywhere, fellows

I'm watching Winners and Sinners to celebrate!

[Mikezilla3k]

Originally Posted by AnimalCMan

So happy I can talk about this finally! Known this for a month, but yeah, I stressed to my friend at Shout how much people care about this. They won't just be dumping these out. I have also seen via Facebook that Frank Djeng is working on a lot of these, teasing an interview he already did for City on Fire.

Know if they're gonna have John Woo involved with remastering them? Know he's stated before on how he was hoping to get them released on 4K.

[Yautja_Warrior]

Awesome news but please please please get some better quality control and don't fudge these up.

[DukeTogo84]

Originally Posted by Yautja_Warrior

Awesome news but please please please get some better quality control and don't fudge these up.

The Killer and Hard Boiled are two of the biggest action films of ALL TIME. If they mess these up, the internet would be in a huge uproar.

[Cplhicks]

Wow amazing news! Hope they restore these correctly and go for 4k. They have been languishing far too long. Please don't F it up Shout.