Twilight Time could very easily select titles with existing 4K/2K assets -- MGM has 4000 library titles. It costs about USD 50k to properly scan an IP. Criterion, when they license MGM titles, pays those rescan and restoration costs. If Twilight Time is in the business of distributing...
It's unlikely that it is a contract dispute. In the screenshot used, WILLY WONKA was, at one time, licensed for EST/Download (Sell Through) and SVOD. The rights likely lasted 2 years and the title(s) wasn't renewed or extended (or another SVOD / EST provider licensed the exclusive Domestic...
If a previous deal expired, titles can still be licensed for EST/Home Video (BD), assuming MGM still holds those Rights (or in perpetuity) -- which they do in this case. Would still love to speak with a rep.
Edit: Also, I don't believe TT has had a deal with MGM -- FOX distributes MGM BD/Home...
Newbie here. Please get the Home Video Rights for THE IN CROWD (1988), one of Orion's last releases before declaring bankruptcy. You've likely picked through MGM's entire catalog, but you've missed several titles that have yet to be released on BD. Could a TT rep please DM me (is that...