Kinowelt (Germany) Planning Their Own Slew Of Releases..

[Arkadin]

...on October 10th including..


"The Constant Gardener"
"Leon: The Professional"
"Rambo Trilogy: Steelbook Edition"
"Basic Instinct"
"Total Recall"
"Stargate"
"The Deer Hunter"
"Cliffhanger"

all pre-orders are up at Amazon.de!

and other titles coming to Germany include:

"Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" (Oct 27th)
"1408" (steelbook)
"Die Welle" (The Wave) (German film; Highlight)
"Ruby and Quentin" (2003) (Splendid Entertainment)--9/26

[Homerx]

Id like to get cliffhanger but it could be region locked from what I here...

I hope the US gets it one of my favorite stallone Movies

[Arkadin]

well "Cliffhanger" is coming soon to the UK, and I don't think that one should be locked so you should be ok.

[DCSholtis]

Yeah Optimum Home Entertainment is releasing the UK version, no region coding indicated on AmazonUKs page.

[Pro-bassoonist]

Originally Posted by DCSholtis

Yeah Optimum Home Entertainment is releasing the UK version, no region coding indicated on AmazonUKs page.

Unfortunately, what you see from Optimum is primarily channeled through Studio Canal, master-wise. And Optimum is Studio Canal's offshoot in the UK...translating in the company's support for region-coding. Unless otherwise noted, explicitly, you should consider all of their upcoming releases as B-only.

Ciao,
Pro-B

[HD 335]

Will Kinowelt release a T2 Steelbook for Blu-ray?

[Centauri]

Ooooh. Stargate.

I was debating whether or not to grab Stargate as my first Blu purchase. But since I already have the extras-laden Ultimate set, picking up the empty Blu release didn't make much sense.

[DCSholtis]

Originally Posted by HD 335

Will Kinowelt release a T2 Steelbook for Blu-ray?

If so it would be a region B release as Kinowelt and Studio Canal merged sometime in the last few months.

[DCSholtis]

Originally Posted by Pro-bassoonist

Unfortunately, what you see from Optimum is primarily channeled through Studio Canal, master-wise. And Optimum is Studio Canal's offshoot in the UK...translating in the company's support for region-coding. Unless otherwise noted, explicitly, you should consider all of their upcoming releases as B-only.

Ciao,
Pro-B

And since Kinowelt and Studio Canal merged these titles in this thread will be Region B only, correct?

[Flex Mentallo]

Region coding concerns just killed the joy from this announcement.

Hopefully, that won't be the case once they're released (hopefully).

[Pro-bassoonist]

Originally Posted by DCSholtis

And since Kinowelt and Studio Canal merged these titles in this thread will be Region B only, correct?

Hello,

Canal did indeed take over Kinowelt. Thus, I am fairly certain that you will see a B-only coding for the mentioned earlier discs (this has certainly been the policy Canal have applied to Optimum's output).

Of course there are always exceptions to the rule

Ciao,
Pro-B

[Arkadin]

I've been wondering about Studio Canal.
Is there some reason they would want to lock old catalog titles?
Has it been confirmed that they are going to to do this?
doesn't make any sense to me.
why wouldn't they want more sales?
any idea?
btw: if the practice becomes to lock catalogs then I'll certainly be investing in a Region B player.
tired of worrying about this bs!

[jaycee900]

Yeah hopefullya T2 steelbook ala the HD release won't be far off, but until then I'm really looking forward to Leon : The Professional probably in the top 10 of my all time films along with Shawshank Redemption also getting a Blu-Ray release in November....

[Cadrian]

The Profession region free would be a perfect film to import.

As for Germany.... Where is Tin Drum with subs?

[HD 335]

Originally Posted by DCSholtis

If so it would be a region B release as Kinowelt and Studio Canal merged sometime in the last few months.

Sorry for being off topic, anyone know if LG BH200 is the only BD player with region hacks?