Paramount Presents - Blu-ray Forum

kyloren · 03-10-2020, 04:54 PM

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Paramount Pictures announced today that it will introduce a new “Paramount Presents” label to recognize and celebrate films from the studio’s vast and storied library.* The “Paramount Presents” banner will be used for a new line of collectible Blu-ray Discs™ incorporating a curated selection of enduringly popular movies, as well as films that had a cultural impact upon their release.* The* label will also be used to bring classic films to select theaters for limited theatrical runs so audiences can experience them again on the big screen.

“Paramount’s library represents over a century of filmmaking and includes some of the greatest films in cinematic history,” said Bob Buchi, president, worldwide home media distribution, Paramount Pictures.* “We look forward to opening the vault and sharing some of our most treasured films with fans under the new ‘Paramount Presents’ banner, both in theaters and in our new Blu-ray collection, which has been crafted to offer something special to casual fans, dedicated film enthusiasts, and collectors.” Designed for fans and film lovers, the new line of “Paramount Presents” Blu-ray Discs will include a diverse and eclectic array of films spanning all genres.* The new collection will return each title to the spotlight with meticulously remastered releases that include brand new bonus content focused on the filmmakers. Presented in collectible packaging that includes a foldout image of the original movie poster and interior artwork featuring key movie moments, each Blu-ray in the Paramount Presents line features new interviews with filmmakers and/or celebrated film historian Leonard Maltin.

“Movies have the power to hold a mirror up to the world.* Sometimes they make us think about big issues and sometimes they simply reflect the times in which they were made,” said Maltin.* “The ‘Paramount Presents’ banner encompasses a wide array of films that are worth revisiting because they captured something unique that resonated with audiences.* Whether you’re watching them for the first time or the hundredth, you will see why these films have stood the test of time.” The first three films in the “Paramount Presents” Blu-ray line will be the unforgettable phenomenon Fatal Attraction, which has been remastered under the supervision of director Adrian Lyne; 1958’s acclaimed Elvis Presley drama King Creole; and director Alfred Hitchcock’s intoxicating romantic thriller To Catch A Thief, which celebrates its 65th anniversary this year.* All three titles will be available beginning* April 21, 2020.* Fatal Attraction will also have a limited theatrical release in 2020 (details to be announced at a later date). Additional titles scheduled to be released as part of the “Paramount Presents” Blu-ray line include newly remastered editions of Flashdance, Airplane!, and Ghost, as well as several titles arriving on Blu-ray for the first time ever, including Pretty In Pink and The Golden Child.*

Fatal Attraction (#1)

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King Creole (#2)

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To Catch A Thief (#3)

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Flashdance (#4)

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Days of Thunder (#5)

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Pretty in Pink (#6)

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Airplane! (#7)

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Ghost (#8)

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Roman Holiday (#9)

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The Haunting (#10)

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The Golden Child (#11)

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Trading Places (#12)

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The Court Jester (#13)

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Elizabethtown (#14)

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Love Story (#15)

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The Greatest Show (#16)

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Mommie Dearest (#17)

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The Last Train From Gun Hill (#18)

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48 Hours (#19)

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Another 48 Hours (#20)

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Almost Famous (#21)

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A Place in the Sun (#22)

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Busy Malone (#23)

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Nashville (#24)

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The Sheik (#25)

Breakdown (#26)

Vanilla Sky (#27)

Ragtime (#28)

Harold and Maude (#29)

Ordinary People (#30)

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance 4K (#31)

The First Wives Club (#32)

Rough Cut (#33)

Back to the Beach (#34)

The War of the Worlds 4K / When Worlds Collide (#35)

Blue Hawaii 4K (#36)

Double Jeopardy 4K (#37)

Just Another Girl on the I.R.T. (#38)

Red Eye 4K (#39)

The Nutty Professor 4K (#40)

Hustle & Flow 4K (#41)

Terms of Endearment 4K (#42)

Primal Fear 4K (#43)

Once Upon a Time in the West 4K (#44)

Chinatown 4K / The Two Jakes (#45)

Election 4K (#46)

Snicket · 03-10-2020, 04:56 PM

Looks like Criterion did not get Pretty in Pink either.

Dailyan · 03-10-2020, 04:57 PM

“Foul Play”, “Hud”, “The Parallax View”, “Roman Holiday”, and “Romeo & Juliet” pretty please Paramount.

RCRochester · 03-10-2020, 04:57 PM

Fantastic news! Not too keen on that packaging, I prefer just the usual case with paper insert, but at this point beggars can't be choosers. Glad to see some new to blu-ray titles being announced.

monwobbbo · 03-10-2020, 04:58 PM

has potential . maybe they will do WAR OF THE WORLDS (1953)

GeoffOliver · 03-10-2020, 04:58 PM

May have to double dip on that gorgeous edition of To Catch a Thief, although the current disc is already both stunning and packed with extras.

Gunsnroses092789 · 03-10-2020, 05:00 PM

At least we're getting a few new-to-Blu-ray releases. Hopefully Roman Holiday, The Parallax View and Detective Story and others aren't far behind.

Geoff D · 03-10-2020, 05:00 PM

Come on Paramount, make War of the Worlds '53 number 4 of this series. Looks like they're waking up to the packaging/tat-led sales model as well, i.e. it's not enough to just slap a movie onto a disc, you gotta make it specialer like.

bonehica · 03-10-2020, 05:01 PM

Oh baby, now this is some fantastic news!

TravisTylerBlack · 03-10-2020, 05:01 PM

This sudden re-comittment to catalogue titles is so out of left field but I’m here for it. Roman Holiday and Mommie Dearest may finally be just around the corner!

steve_dave · 03-10-2020, 05:01 PM

*Crosses fingers, toes, eyes* “Please last longer than the Sapphire Series. Please”

Guydowood · 03-10-2020, 05:02 PM

so basically digi-book re-issues (some remastered, some not) but no mention of 4K-UHD titles of catalog that has been issued over & over again.....

tama · 03-10-2020, 05:02 PM

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Originally Posted by GeoffOliver

May have to double dip on that gorgeous edition of To Catch a Thief, although the current disc is already both stunning and packed with extras.

A new 4K master has been around the last few years. I'm hoping this is what they use.

tama · 03-10-2020, 05:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Dailyan

“Foul Play”, “Hud”, “The Parallax View”, “Roman Holiday”, and “Romeo & Juliet” pretty please Paramount.

Paramount also has recently remastered films such as John Wayne's True Grit, Audrey Hepbern's Sabrina, and recently Primal Fear. Crossing fingers these make the cut and get release down the line this year.

steve_dave · 03-10-2020, 05:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Guydowood

so basically digi-book re-issues (some remastered, some not) but no mention of 4K-UHD titles of catalog that has been issued over & over again.....

They don’t look like Digibooks, more like Blu-ray scale Laserdisc packaging. The gatefold opens to present a replica one-sheet and the case opens to a digipack style tray.

They also mention new features in the announcement so these won’t be the same discs repackaged.

moviegeek1992 · 03-10-2020, 05:07 PM

Roman Holiday will be day one. It's doubtful stuff like Breakdown or Nick of Time etc would qualify so Shout may release those alongside The Temp, Thief of Hearts and other smaller movies. I'll only be grabbing re-release of existing titles if there is a new transfer, otherwise I'm content with the current releases of some of these.

whiteberry · 03-10-2020, 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Dailyan

“Foul Play”, “Hud”, “The Parallax View”, “Roman Holiday”, and “Romeo & Juliet” pretty please Paramount.

Great list! I'd add:
-Fancy Pants (1950)
-Paris When It Sizzles (1964)
-The Bad News Bears (1976)
-Urban Cowboy (1980)
-Some Kind Of Wonderful (1987)
-Summer School (1987)

GeoffOliver · 03-10-2020, 05:11 PM

Wonder if they’ll be reissuing Sunset Boulevard as well, although again, the current Blu-ray is just fine. They might do something to tie into the Glenn Close remake when that finally comes out.

dukeroberts · 03-10-2020, 05:11 PM

They come out next month, but Amazon doesn't have them on their site even as pre-orders yet.

captainjoe · 03-10-2020, 05:15 PM

That's great to see a studio still invested in physical media and trying something new for collector's and also remastering some of the existing blu-rays. It'd be nice to get 4k versions of these but it's a step in the right direction I think. Based on those pictures too the packaging looks really great as well!

03-10-2020, 04:56 PM	#2
Snicket Blu-ray Knight Member since:Jul 2010 4K collection:621 Blu-ray collection:1162 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:56	Looks like Criterion did not get Pretty in Pink either.

03-10-2020, 04:57 PM	#3
Dailyan Blu-ray Baron Top contributor Member since:Feb 2015 Location:Beyond the Blue Horizon 4K collection:195 Blu-ray collection:2245 DVD collection:197 Blu-ray reviews: 58 Trading Score:55	“Foul Play”, “Hud”, “The Parallax View”, “Roman Holiday”, and “Romeo & Juliet” pretty please Paramount.

03-10-2020, 04:57 PM	#4
RCRochester Banned Top contributor Member since:Sep 2017 Trading Score:9	Fantastic news! Not too keen on that packaging, I prefer just the usual case with paper insert, but at this point beggars can't be choosers. Glad to see some new to blu-ray titles being announced.

03-10-2020, 04:58 PM	#5
monwobbbo Power Member Member since:May 2013 Location:upstate NY Blu-ray collection:666 Blu-ray reviews:11	has potential . maybe they will do WAR OF THE WORLDS (1953)

03-10-2020, 04:58 PM	#6
GeoffOliver Blu-ray Knight Member since:Sep 2014 Location:Atlanta GA 4K collection:259 Blu-ray collection:1505 DVD collection:332	May have to double dip on that gorgeous edition of To Catch a Thief, although the current disc is already both stunning and packed with extras.

03-10-2020, 05:00 PM	#7
Gunsnroses092789 Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Nov 2010 4K collection:193 Blu-ray collection:1267 DVD collection:135 Blu-ray reviews: 18 Trading Score:89	At least we're getting a few new-to-Blu-ray releases. Hopefully Roman Holiday, The Parallax View and Detective Story and others aren't far behind.

03-10-2020, 05:00 PM	#8
Geoff D Blu-ray Emperor Top contributor Member since:Feb 2009 Location:Swanage, Engerland 4K collection:1346 Blu-ray collection:2523 Blu-ray reviews: 6 Trading Score:33	Come on Paramount, make War of the Worlds '53 number 4 of this series. Looks like they're waking up to the packaging/tat-led sales model as well, i.e. it's not enough to just slap a movie onto a disc, you gotta make it specialer like.

03-10-2020, 05:01 PM	#9
bonehica Blu-ray Grand Duke Top contributor Member since:Nov 2018 Location:Flint, MI 4K collection:1175 Blu-ray collection:4739 DVD collection:319 Trading Score:1	Oh baby, now this is some fantastic news!

03-10-2020, 05:01 PM	#10
TravisTylerBlack Blu-ray Guru Member since:Nov 2014 Location:Los Angeles, CA 4K collection:508 Blu-ray collection:3301	This sudden re-comittment to catalogue titles is so out of left field but I’m here for it. Roman Holiday and Mommie Dearest may finally be just around the corner!

03-10-2020, 05:01 PM	#11
steve_dave Blu-ray Duke Member since:Nov 2008 Trading Score:21	Crosses fingers, toes, eyes “Please last longer than the Sapphire Series. Please”

03-10-2020, 05:02 PM	#12
Guydowood Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Aug 2008 Location:Guydowood 4K collection:1426 Blu-ray collection:3244 DVD collection:74 MA collection:1255 Digital collection:1619 iTunes collection:1511 Prime collection:1266 Blu-ray reviews: 4275 Trading Score:53	so basically digi-book re-issues (some remastered, some not) but no mention of 4K-UHD titles of catalog that has been issued over & over again.....

03-10-2020, 05:07 PM	#16
moviegeek1992 Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Apr 2015 4K collection:73 Blu-ray collection:1512 DVD collection:266	Roman Holiday will be day one. It's doubtful stuff like Breakdown or Nick of Time etc would qualify so Shout may release those alongside The Temp, Thief of Hearts and other smaller movies. I'll only be grabbing re-release of existing titles if there is a new transfer, otherwise I'm content with the current releases of some of these.

03-10-2020, 05:11 PM	#18
GeoffOliver Blu-ray Knight Member since:Sep 2014 Location:Atlanta GA 4K collection:259 Blu-ray collection:1505 DVD collection:332	Wonder if they’ll be reissuing Sunset Boulevard as well, although again, the current Blu-ray is just fine. They might do something to tie into the Glenn Close remake when that finally comes out.

03-10-2020, 05:11 PM	#19
dukeroberts New Member Member since:Mar 2020 Location:Jacksonville, FL	Where to order? They come out next month, but Amazon doesn't have them on their site even as pre-orders yet.

03-10-2020, 05:15 PM	#20
captainjoe Blu-ray Guru Member since:Mar 2008 Location:Alberta, Canada Home Theater Gallery:38 4K collection:1392 Blu-ray collection:4031 Blu-ray reviews: 5	That's great to see a studio still invested in physical media and trying something new for collector's and also remastering some of the existing blu-rays. It'd be nice to get 4k versions of these but it's a step in the right direction I think. Based on those pictures too the packaging looks really great as well!

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