Scorpion Releasing Discussion Thread (RIP Walt Olsen)

[BarnDoor]

With nothing left in Ronin's 'Coming Soon' section, and no other titles confirmed, I'm wondering what the status is with Walt's MGM deal (not to be confused with his picks from Kino MGM deals that get wider releases). Is it exhausted, or are there a few titles yet to reveal? Hoping for the latter of course.

[willo007]

Originally Posted by BarnDoor

With nothing left in Ronin's 'Coming Soon' section, and no other titles confirmed, I'm wondering what the status' is with Walt's MGM deal (not to be confused with his picks from Kino MGM deals that get wider releases). Is it exhausted, or are there a few titles yet to reveal? Hoping for the latter of course.

Scorpion has titles coming through June 2021, Baxter, Trackdown (you can pre order at RoninFlix), Fool for love, plus a couple of more.

I think RoninFlix might be working on some exclusives of their own at the moment + their mvd exclusives with mini vhs box replicas.(also that you can pre order at their site).

[Savage_Blu]

Originally Posted by BarnDoor

With nothing left in Ronin's 'Coming Soon' section, and no other titles confirmed, I'm wondering what the status' is with Walt's MGM deal (not to be confused with his picks from Kino MGM deals that get wider releases). Is it exhausted, or are there a few titles yet to reveal? Hoping for the latter of course.

I'm hoping myself for a few more MGM titles, or at the least just exclusives from Scorpion via Ronin. From the OP, there only appears to be 3 titles that were announced previously not associated yet with either Ronin or Kino for distribution:

Announced, No Release Date or Distributor (Ronin or Kino)
92 in the Shade
Russian Roulette
Trauma

Kino Distribution
September 30, 1955 - April 13, 2021
The Time Travelers - April 27, 2021
Baxter - May 18, 2021
The Daydreamer - May 18, 2021
Eye of the Tiger - May 25, 2021
Trackdown - June 8, 2021
Fool for Love - June 22, 2021
One Potato, Two Potato - June 22, 2021
For Those Who Think Young - June 22, 2021
Slow Dancing in the Big City - July 6 2021
The Time Guardian - July 20, 2021
The Devil's 8 - Pending
Goldengirl - Pending
The People Next Door - Pending
Night Terror - Pending
Fritz the Cat - Pending
The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat - Pending

[SpaceBlackKnight]

Originally Posted by Savage_Blu

Announced, No Release Date or Distributor (Ronin or Kino)
92 in the Shade

92 in the Shade is an ITC production United Artists only distributed in the US. It's not MGM, but resides with ITV Global. Scorpion has worked with ITV and Shout (the distributor for ITV titles in the US) for some titles such as Hard Country, Killer Fish, Inside Moves, so I'm sure they got more planned maybe as Ronin exclusives.

[exzachary]

I wouldn’t count on 92 in the Shade

This is what the Scorpion said in 2019:

If you've seen Paiste Masters that was used for the DVD then you know why this cannot come out on Blu-ray the film is shot with a humongous Vaseline or Haze over the lens making it not appealing to the HD consumers

[chocolat]

quick and painlessly got in my order for Killer Elite and finally pulled the trigger on Aissgnment Terror about 5 minutes after they went live. Can't wait!

[vortexx]

Originally Posted by TheNoto

PC, Mac and Cell - same issue.

I reached out to Ronin via their Facebook account. They were able to send me an invoice for the two titles (I was only after the Jimmy Caan titles). So I was able to pay through that link. Still. So very weird.

I decided to test it on my Android phone using the Samsung browser and I had no trouble putting them in my cart. I didn't check out though, so I'm not sure if someone had a problem at that point.

[vortexx]

Originally Posted by chocolat

quick and painlessly got in my order for Killer Elite and finally pulled the trigger on Aissgnment Terror about 5 minutes after they went live. Can't wait!

Assignment Terror also stars the guy who played the human alien in the original Day the Earth Stood Still.

[BarnDoor]

Originally Posted by Savage_Blu

I'm hoping myself for a few more MGM titles, or at the least just exclusives from Scorpion via Ronin. From the OP, there only appears to be 3 titles that were announced previously not associated yet with either Ronin or Kino for distribution:

Announced, No Release Date or Distributor (Ronin or Kino)
92 in the Shade
Russian Roulette
Trauma

Kino Distribution
September 30, 1955 - April 13, 2021
The Time Travelers - April 27, 2021
Baxter - May 18, 2021
The Daydreamer - May 18, 2021
Eye of the Tiger - May 25, 2021
Trackdown - June 8, 2021
Fool for Love - June 22, 2021
One Potato, Two Potato - June 22, 2021
For Those Who Think Young - June 22, 2021
Slow Dancing in the Big City - July 6 2021
The Time Guardian - July 20, 2021
The Devil's 8 - Pending
Goldengirl - Pending
The People Next Door - Pending
Night Terror - Pending
Fritz the Cat - Pending
The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat - Pending

In terms of his collaborations with Kino, Walt also has the following to announce:

1 StudioCanal
1 Universal
2 MGM

We haven't seen any licences from Shout/ITV in a while, so who knows if Russian Roulette is happening. At one point Walt was thanking comments requesting the two Bronson ITV-owned titles (Borderline and Love and Bullets), so I was hopeful we'd see them, but that was some time ago now.

As for Walt's MGM deal proper, he said it was 50+ titles, and we've had that many, so it could be that it is done, we'll just have to wait and see. That said, since he's acquired something like another 15 MGM titles via his relationship with Kino I can't see him being in a rush to sign another deal.

[ghidorah]

Originally Posted by Savage_Blu

I'm hoping myself for a few more MGM titles, or at the least just exclusives from Scorpion via Ronin. From the OP, there only appears to be 3 titles that were announced previously not associated yet with either Ronin or Kino for distribution:

Announced, No Release Date or Distributor (Ronin or Kino)
92 in the Shade
Russian Roulette
Trauma

Is that 'Trauma' title Argento's Trauma?

[toxic-shock]

Originally Posted by spawningblue

I hope they put some effort in these releases and don't just give us barebones discs. Yes the picture and audio is the most important thing but extras are a huge bonus for me! They should look at the praise Scream Factory is getting for giving their titles the effort they deserve and do these releases right. If they are going to be barebones they should be in the $10-$15 range tops, with extras $20-$25 is reasonable.

Grizzly and Day of the Animals are great movies, and I have been wanting to see Death Ship for a while now.

If they are looking at some of their old catalog to throw on Blu, my recommendations would have to be: House on Sorority Row, The Devil's Men/ Terror, Final Exam, Savage Streets, Where the Boys Are '84, The Hearse, Joysticks, Survivor, Mortuary, and Humongous.

I'm going to second Joysticks and Mortuary.

[Member-222782]

Shame about 92 In the Shade. I actually lost my DVD copy when I moved a few years ago before I even got a chance to watch the film. Even if it's not OOP I don't really want to pick up another copy on DVD. If Shout controls the rights maybe they'll release it on Blu at some point

[toxic-shock]

Originally Posted by BarnDoor

In terms of his collaborations with Kino, Walt also has the following to announce:

1 StudioCanal
1 Universal
2 MGM

We haven't seen any licences from Shout/ITV in a while, so who knows if Russian Roulette is happening. At one point Walt was thanking comments requesting the two Bronson ITV-owned titles (Borderline and Love and Bullets), so I was hopeful we'd see them, but that was some time ago now.

As for Walt's MGM deal proper, he said it was 50+ titles, and we've had that many, so it could be that it is done, we'll just have to wait and see. That said, since he's acquired something like another 15 MGM titles via his relationship with Kino I can't see him being in a rush to sign another deal.

Holy crap I had no idea they were releasing People Next Door. What good news ❤️❤️

[dullboy]

Originally Posted by toxic-shock

I'm going to second Joysticks and Mortuary.

Mortuary and House on Sorority Row are getting reissues through MVD in July:
https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=28278

[Jobla]

From MGM, i want:

all of the remaining 1960's Beach Party series
the 2018 4K restoration of DEMENTIA 13
UNHOLY ROLLERS
THE DEATHMASTER (said to be with Lionsgate)

[Savage_Blu]

Originally Posted by ghidorah

Is that 'Trauma' title Argento's Trauma?

I believe so. However, I have a feeling it's just a rumor / assumption. See post #7523 through #7530:
https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...a#post14208448

I couldn't find any solid confirmation for Trauma searching this tread. I only took the info I posted earlier from the OP.

[willo007]

.....and my order (killer Elite/Rollerball) has shipped.....I love ❤️ you RoninFlix!!!

[Blu Titan]

Wow...looks like Walt has a very nice slate of releases coming .

[Mose Harper]

Patiently waiting on an update for Goldengirl.
I just hope it hasn't hit any snags.


I watched Hard Country last night. It''s clearly a budget Lew Grade cash-in on Urban Cowboy from a year earlier, yet I came away from it impressed that it felt far more authentic to the milieu than that other big, splashy Hollywood production.
Performances were excellent too. Jan-Michael Vincent was usually great earlier in his career and this might have been my favorite performance from him so far. It's amazingly tragic how far he fell later on, because he was every bit as charismatic and talented as any big name from this era.
So impressive.

Equally so was Bassinger. In fact, she surprised me more than anything else.

As befitting the modest aims but general higher quality of the material, Scorpions disc looks completely analog and natural- much better than Paramount's handling of their bigger hit last year which I thought had a pronounced electronic signature. The source material here isn't in pristine shape, showing cue marks and such, but it all contributed to an even more filmic feel to me.

Good job!

[SpaceBlackKnight]

Originally Posted by BarnDoor

We haven't seen any licences from Shout/ITV in a while, so who knows if Russian Roulette is happening. At one point Walt was thanking comments requesting the two Bronson ITV-owned titles (Borderline and Love and Bullets), so I was hopeful we'd see them, but that was some time ago now.

I heard Shout and Scorpion were having issues with finding film elements for many titles within ITV's holdings. The Stepfather sequels, as well as Borderline and Love and Bullets, were believed to have it's film elements stored at a London facility but are unable to be located. For 92 in the Shade, ITV themselves have no film elements at all (the OCN was rumored to be destroyed during the Granada/Carlton shuffles) and MGM only has a battered interneg (which was several gens away from the OCN on top of being intentionally shot out of focus).