Mill Creek Entertainment Announces New Licensing Agreement With Disney

[ToonySpoonGoon]

https://whatsondisneyplus.com/mill-c...t-with-disney/

"In the multi-year agreement, Distribution Solutions, a division of Alliance Entertainment Holding Corporation, will distribute hundreds of select physical (Blu-ray and DVD) live-action film and television properties from the ABC Signature, 20th Television, Hollywood Pictures, Touchstone Pictures, and 20th Century Studios content libraries."

[MazeRunner]

Lizzie McGuire Movie Blu-ray with VHS slipcover here we come

[starsteam]

At least they're licensing again. Too bad it wasn't with a better label. Wonder if any of the titles to come out from this deal will get picked up by Kino in 5 years like last time.

[Cinema84]

Why Mill Creek?

[ToonySpoonGoon]

Originally Posted by starsteam

At least they're licensing again. Too bad it wasn't with a better label. Wonder if any of the titles to come out from this deal will get picked up by Kino in 5 years like last time.

I have a feeling this possibly means the door could finally open again for labels like Kino Lorber or Arrow, that might be wishful thinking though

I just want a label that would indulge in all the 30s Fox titles I want

[CouncilSpectre]

Yeah, it's MC, but it's a start.

[iaf6]

Originally Posted by ToonySpoonGoon

https://whatsondisneyplus.com/mill-c...t-with-disney/

"In the multi-year agreement, Distribution Solutions, a division of Alliance Entertainment Holding Corporation, will distribute hundreds of select physical (Blu-ray and DVD) live-action film and television properties from the ABC Signature, 20th Television, Hollywood Pictures, Touchstone Pictures, and 20th Century Studios content libraries."

I wonder if this could include the PLANET OF THE APES TV series (1974) on Blu.

[dylrichard02]

"20th Century Studios"

Well, it's a start. Now hopefully Shout! Factory or Arrow can get access and do Big Trouble in Little China, The Fly, Planet of the Apes, and Commando on UHD!

[whiteberry]

Mill Creek Entertainment Announces New Licensing Agreement With Disney

"In the multi-year agreement, Distribution Solutions, a division of Alliance Entertainment Holding Corporation, will distribute hundreds of select physical (Blu-ray and DVD) live-action film and television properties from the ABC Signature, 20th Television, Hollywood Pictures, Touchstone Pictures, and 20th Century Studios content libraries."

I wonder if they are going to be stuck with the same b-level Touchstone movies the other boutique labels were stuck with.

[cakefactory]

Originally Posted by whiteberry

Nah, that would be VCI!

[floridaswamprat]

Would love to see Breaking Away.

[ij72]

Originally Posted by whiteberry

I wonder if they are going to be stuck with the same b-level Touchstone movies the other boutique labels were stuck with.

Mill Creek was the one releasing those Touchstones back in the day, so I'd hope/think they didn't sign up just to re-release them again some years later.

I don't think even a UHD of ANOTHER STAKEOUT would be flying off the shelves...

[dpc]

Shoot to Kill has been on my list forever.

[Torgon]

This could be good. Let Mill Creek release titles on blu-ray and DVD. At the same time, let Kino, Criterion, Shout, and Arrow have the 4K releases (as we've got our first peek with Criterion). We've seen where companies like Kino release 4Ks and Criterion still releases the blu-ray. This would/could be the best of both worlds if this were to happen.

[Cinema84]

Yeah, this could potentially be a huge development if it turns out this isn't limited to Mill Creek. Even if it's just MC for now, there are so many potential good titles to come out unless the deal is for a rehash of stuff that's been previously licensed. Kino re-released a bunch of Disney titles they weren't interested in because Disney made them take a deal.

Can't think of many titles I want atm but I can come up with one for now: Can't Buy Me Love

[cakefactory]

I don't think this is exciting until I start seeing what they'll release. I hope it's not like Kino's deal with Disney where they pretty much only got the rights to the crappy D-list made-for-TV movies (like, stuff they didn't even put on Disney Plus).

It seems likely it won't be like that, since the list doesn't seem to include any actual Disney movies and thus they probably don't care about keeping stuff locked to their stupid movie club and/or streaming service. But, I'm still going to be skeptical till we start seeing some titles.

[CouncilSpectre]

Originally Posted by Cinema84

Yeah, this could potentially be a huge development if it turns out this isn't limited to Mill Creek. Even if it's just MC for now, there are so many potential good titles to come out unless the deal is for a rehash of stuff that's been previously licensed. Kino re-released a bunch of Disney titles they weren't interested in because Disney made them take a deal.

Can't think of many titles I want atm but I can come up with one for now: Can't Buy Me Love

Sign me up for that!

[AKORIS]

All I can say is wait to read reviews of the discs before you buy them….

[starsteam]

The press release says hundreds of film and television properties, so this sounds like it'll be bigger than their last deal. But I do hope that Kino and others have simultaneously made a deal with them for some of the classics in the catalog.

[whiteberry]

Originally Posted by ij72

I don't think even a UHD of ANOTHER STAKEOUT would be flying off the shelves...