cineMANIAC
Senior HTF Member
This would've been released by Sony had it been announced after the Disney deal, am I rite?
I'm holding off on any purchase for the time being on the off-chance that Sony might later release it on UHD.
This would've been released by Sony had it been announced after the Disney deal, am I rite?
Nobody here knows because no one has read the agreement, and the reporting on it has been sketchy on the contract details. Deadline reported that it was a licensing arrangement, which (usually) give the licensee more control than a distributor does under a distribution agreement, but the devil is in details to which none of us are privy.Also, I believe that Sony has very little say in what physical media format a Disney/20th Century movie gets released in.
You’re describing a distribution model. Under a licensing model, it’s more likely that Sony would need to ask for permission to release a UHD of Poor Things, and Disney would then have the right to decide whether to grant permission and on what terms. The latter arrangement is more consistent with the reported purpose of the deal: Disney desires to reduce overhead associated with actively curating its catalog for physical media because the market is too small to justify the expense.I don't see Sony as having the power to decide they want to release a 4K of Poor Things without a specific request from Disney to make it so.
Also, I believe that Sony has very little say in what physical media format a Disney/20th Century movie gets released in.
Nobody here knows because no one has read the agreement, and the reporting on it has been sketchy on the contract details. Deadline reported that it was a licensing arrangement, which (usually) give the licensee more control than a distributor does under a distribution agreement, but the devil is in details to which none of us are privy.