I'm actually glad Boomerang keeps getting pushed back because I shelled out $40 for one of the ones that didn't get pulled. The longer it takes to release it the less unhappy I'll be about spending so much.
Because they want to make lots of money! If they sell this DVD boxset, lots of people will buy and then when they release the Blu set in a year or so many of the same people will buy them again.
The MGM version of The Night of the Hunter is in fullscreen 1:33:1 format. I believe the film's original aspect ratio was 1:37:1(even though IMDB says 1:66:1). I would also like to have it in its original aspect ratio, but I don't imagine it will look much different from the MGM version.
I wonder if Fox will pull Boomerang! again? I was hoping Fox might release The Locket and Undercurrent (1946) in the next film noir wave. And if they want to stretch the limits of noir why not release Blood on the Moon?