Australian Blu-ray Release Schedule

[uinstitches]

Ex_Machina 4K will release in 5 weeks!!!
Any news on the bonus content, @Kicks?

[rightformula1]

Originally Posted by uinstitches

Ex_Machina 4K will release in 5 weeks!!!
Any news on the bonus content, @Kicks?

I don't think this release date is sticking. Same for Duel and Kickass. Doom already has preorders active at multiple retailers and coverart - something which is lacking for the other 3 titles (unless I'm mistaken, it's only the Stack upcoming list where these 3 are mentioned?).

Would love to be proved wrong though...

[Gaffer]

Originally Posted by rightformula1

I don't think this release date is sticking. Same for Duel and Kickass. Doom already has preorders active at multiple retailers and coverart - something which is lacking for the other 3 titles (unless I'm mistaken, it's only the Stack upcoming list where these 3 are mentioned?).

Would love to be proved wrong though...

Yeah don't think they are happening either. At least not on the dates Stack has. Honestly the dates on Stacks website should always be taken with a grain of salt till they actually appear for preorder on one of the online retailers (JB itself or Sanity, ezyDVD, Amazon.au etc). Same as you said for Duel and Kick-ass. A 4K of Kick-ass from Universal (the Australian distributor) is apparently coming to Germany on September 15th so we might not get that one it till closer to that date.

There have been other times - such as a recent The Driver on 4K listing that Stack put up - where the release date comes and goes with no preorders eventuating and Stack just removes it from their list.

[mikezilla2]

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Army-...lu-ray/277667/

bring on the Aussie Release i say !

guess that Might be With sony ?

[Alister_M]

Originally Posted by mikezilla2

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Army-...lu-ray/277667/

bring on the Aussie Release i say !

guess that Might be With sony ?

Definitely won't be Sony. The rights to it are all over the place, all the local BD releases have been ports of various inferior sources through Via Vision.

[Gaffer]

Originally Posted by Alister_M

Definitely won't be Sony. The rights to it are all over the place, all the local BD releases have been ports of various inferior sources through Via Vision.

Yep. This ain’t getting a local release.

[Tim573]

There has been a listing on Stack for a few weeks: War Of The Worlds, The | UHD 25-Aug-2022

I thought this was just a UHD only reprint of the Tom Cruise movie but then when I saw the news about the US getting The War of the Worlds (1953) soon I realised that the modern movie doesn't have 'the' in front of it. I haven't seen it listed anywhere else yet and Stack has proven to be unreliable so I consider it unconfirmed at this stage.

[Tim573]

The Ex Machina and Kick-Ass UHD release dates have changed from Aug 10th to 14th of Sept.

[mikezilla2]

Originally Posted by Alister_M

Definitely won't be Sony. The rights to it are all over the place, all the local BD releases have been ports of various inferior sources through Via Vision.

all the 4ks for evil dead are though via vision ?

hmm okey so studio canal for the UK ?

just wondering as i think some of the Cuts will be on the BD and with it being Shout i suspect the BD will be locked were as the UHD wont be .....

[Levi0ffline]

Originally Posted by mikezilla2

all the 4ks for evil dead are though via vision ?

hmm okey so studio canal for the UK ?

just wondering as i think some of the Cuts will be on the BD and with it being Shout i suspect the BD will be locked were as the UHD wont be .....

The rights for the Evil Dead franchise have always been messy.
As far as I'm concerned Sony was in charge of the 4K for "The Evil Dead", and StudioCanal pushed out "Evil Dead II" under their Classics Remastered line in 2019. I think ViaVision owns the rights to "Army of Darkness" down under, so it probably won't get a 4K here (not from them at least). It's a shame because the previous releases from them are all BD25s that don't look too good.

[Alister_M]

Originally Posted by mikezilla2

all the 4ks for evil dead are though via vision ?

hmm okey so studio canal for the UK ?

just wondering as i think some of the Cuts will be on the BD and with it being Shout i suspect the BD will be locked were as the UHD wont be .....

VV has released several BD versions here, not 4Ks. I doubt they'll get into 4K for a while yet. I doubt they have any dealings with Shout, their theatrical disc was a port of the Universal disc from the UK. Studio Canal doesn't have any rights to AOD anywhere, so forget about them. They only own Evil Dead 2 for territories outside North America. If there's ever a non-US 4K of AOD, it'll likely be through Universal.

[kingshane]

Originally Posted by Tim573

The Ex Machina and Kick-Ass UHD release dates have changed from Aug 10th to 14th of Sept.

That's great news! The changing dates indicates that both will be released, because if they were cancelled you'd think they would just vanish from Stack.

I went to the Stack website and also saw a listing for LICORICE PIZZA for September 1st. That's a Thursday, so it seems like September 1st must be either a placeholder date, or LICORICE PIZZA was mistakenly listed on Stack.

[kingshane]

KICKS Australia - there’s also some more upcoming 4K discs that could be released in Australia too. I’d buy all of these except for REAL GENIUS.


REAL GENIUS: https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Real-...lu-ray/318418/

CRAWL: https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Crawl-4K-Blu-ray/319821/

I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER: https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/I-Kno...lu-ray/319377/

BRAM STOKER’S DRACULA (new 4K disc): https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Bram-...lu-ray/319180/

FRIGHT NIGHT: https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Frigh...lu-ray/320147/

Sony's Blu-rays of I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER and FRIGHT NIGHT have been out of print in Australia for a long time. I think those two in particular would sell very well on 4k in Australia!

[Alister_M]

JB Hifi NZ just added a small selection of imported Criterion UK titles to their upcoming release list. 50 bucks each for most of them.

[Gaffer]

Sanity has added individual 4K releases of the Star Trek films 1 through 6 for September 14th.

Also Monty Python's Meaning of Life for same date.

Also they have up Ex-Machina and Kick-ass preorders up now, also Sept 14th

[KICKS Australia]

Hi everyone, not sure the last time you checked out our 4K Under $15 sale but we marked down some more titles last week https://www.kicks.com.au/category/4ks_under_15

[KICKS Australia]

The Jurassic World 6 Movie Collector’s Edition on 4K UHD & Blu-ray including sculpture of Blue & Beta is now live to pre-order on KICKS. We only have 10 units so be quick!

https://www.kicks.com.au/product/jur...ctors_edition_

[Mr_Orange]

Originally Posted by KICKS Australia

Hi everyone, not sure the last time you checked out our 4K Under $15 sale but we marked down some more titles last week https://www.kicks.com.au/category/4ks_under_15

That link shows precisely 2 films that are under $15!

[Gaffer]

Originally Posted by Mr_Orange

That link shows precisely 2 films that are under $15!

Maybe some sort of glitch because when I click on it there are 44 titles.

[Mr_Orange]

Originally Posted by Gaffer

Maybe some sort of glitch because when I click on it there are 44 titles.

Indeed, it's working for me now.