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- Ronald Epstein
Hey Gang!
Just got back from Los Angeles where I had the
opportunity to go out to Paramount and Fox studios
to talk with the Home Video department heads.
Not a whole bunch of stuff to report to you (some
of my fellow colleagues who also attended may
have something extra to report), but this is what
I can tell you....
Most likely, there will be no Jerry Lewis DVDs
released by Paramount in 2004. I can't post
specific reasons to the problem other than that
the fault does not lie with Paramount, a studio
that really wishes to give these releases
the attention they deserve.
We are working with Paramount to arrange a special
HTF Member screening of their upcoming DVD, Once
Upon A Time In The West. The studio is anxious
to do something nice for our members, and we hope
to have some details on this posted for you shortly.
Don't expect the Batman TV series on DVD
anytime soon from Fox Home Video. There are huge
unresolved rights issues with licensing and Warner
Brothers that will probably keep this show off
video shelves for quite a long time. Fox would
really like to get this show out on DVD, if they
could.
In related news, we spent the last couple of
days having drinks and cigars a few feet away
from Frank Gorshin, the original "Riddler" on
Batman. He was staying at our hotel and was
very visible enjoying cocktails with his woman
friend.
Despite all the posted release dates for Lost
In Space, Fox has indicated that there is no
release date presently for this TV series. It
seems the discs are still in production and that
a release has been slated for an unspecified 2004
date.
Fox has just received their check discs for the
Alien Quadrilogy set. The studio should
be announcing news about this set shortly with a
possible new release date (as the original film
is to be released theatrically first).
Fox Home Video has agreed to do a live chat with
the forum membership. We hope to schedule this
chat in the next few weeks.
That's all I can report here. My colleagues may
follow up with other news from those meetings.
Update and Apology
(posted almost two weeks later 10/8)
I want to post a public apology here....
I always attempt to try to be honest about
all the information I post to this forum. I
don't like to post what I feel to be factual
information about an upcoming release without
having facts to back it up.
In the case of LOST IN SPACE to DVD....
I'm a huge fan of this show. In fact, I have
been politely asking Fox for the past two years
to put this show into production. In a small
way, I think my efforts (and those of the fans
within this forum) are the reason why the show
is finally being released in January.
You noticed that I have finally come to the
conclusion that the show is in fact going to be
released this upcoming January 13th, 2004.
This comes after a little more than a week
after I told all of you that there will be a
delay in the release. This was, from what I
had gathered, to be the situation regarding
Lost In Space when I asked Fox's
Peter Staddon directly about it during a
meeting at the studio in September.
Perhaps something was misunderstood in our
conversation? I don't think so, as there
were 4 other people in the room with me
who all heard the same conversation and can
confirm exactly what was told to me.
This is my opinion on why we were not
given confirmed information....
Fox was obviously days away from making a Press
Release announcement on Lost In Space and
My Darling Clementine. Obviously, Fox
did not want us breaking the news on the net early.
However....
If Fox would have confidentially told us the
information and asked us not to print it, we
would have heeded their request. We have been
told many private things that we have never posted
without authorization. It's a trust that we have
never broken.
Meanwhile, I am given false information and I
end up looking like a fool.
I apologize that I reported information that
I had thought to be correct. Be assured that it
did come straight from Fox and that there were
four others that confirm exactly what I originally
posted.
I'm a little embarrassed. The information I posted
was taken as FACT and passed along to Lost In Space
fan sites and other TV forums as factual. I ended up
with egg in my face as a result.
My apologies again.
Just got back from Los Angeles where I had the
opportunity to go out to Paramount and Fox studios
to talk with the Home Video department heads.
Not a whole bunch of stuff to report to you (some
of my fellow colleagues who also attended may
have something extra to report), but this is what
I can tell you....
Most likely, there will be no Jerry Lewis DVDs
released by Paramount in 2004. I can't post
specific reasons to the problem other than that
the fault does not lie with Paramount, a studio
that really wishes to give these releases
the attention they deserve.
We are working with Paramount to arrange a special
HTF Member screening of their upcoming DVD, Once
Upon A Time In The West. The studio is anxious
to do something nice for our members, and we hope
to have some details on this posted for you shortly.
Don't expect the Batman TV series on DVD
anytime soon from Fox Home Video. There are huge
unresolved rights issues with licensing and Warner
Brothers that will probably keep this show off
video shelves for quite a long time. Fox would
really like to get this show out on DVD, if they
could.
In related news, we spent the last couple of
days having drinks and cigars a few feet away
from Frank Gorshin, the original "Riddler" on
Batman. He was staying at our hotel and was
very visible enjoying cocktails with his woman
friend.
Despite all the posted release dates for Lost
In Space, Fox has indicated that there is no
release date presently for this TV series. It
seems the discs are still in production and that
a release has been slated for an unspecified 2004
date.
Fox has just received their check discs for the
Alien Quadrilogy set. The studio should
be announcing news about this set shortly with a
possible new release date (as the original film
is to be released theatrically first).
Fox Home Video has agreed to do a live chat with
the forum membership. We hope to schedule this
chat in the next few weeks.
That's all I can report here. My colleagues may
follow up with other news from those meetings.
Update and Apology
(posted almost two weeks later 10/8)
I want to post a public apology here....
I always attempt to try to be honest about
all the information I post to this forum. I
don't like to post what I feel to be factual
information about an upcoming release without
having facts to back it up.
In the case of LOST IN SPACE to DVD....
I'm a huge fan of this show. In fact, I have
been politely asking Fox for the past two years
to put this show into production. In a small
way, I think my efforts (and those of the fans
within this forum) are the reason why the show
is finally being released in January.
You noticed that I have finally come to the
conclusion that the show is in fact going to be
released this upcoming January 13th, 2004.
This comes after a little more than a week
after I told all of you that there will be a
delay in the release. This was, from what I
had gathered, to be the situation regarding
Lost In Space when I asked Fox's
Peter Staddon directly about it during a
meeting at the studio in September.
Perhaps something was misunderstood in our
conversation? I don't think so, as there
were 4 other people in the room with me
who all heard the same conversation and can
confirm exactly what was told to me.
This is my opinion on why we were not
given confirmed information....
Fox was obviously days away from making a Press
Release announcement on Lost In Space and
My Darling Clementine. Obviously, Fox
did not want us breaking the news on the net early.
However....
If Fox would have confidentially told us the
information and asked us not to print it, we
would have heeded their request. We have been
told many private things that we have never posted
without authorization. It's a trust that we have
never broken.
Meanwhile, I am given false information and I
end up looking like a fool.
I apologize that I reported information that
I had thought to be correct. Be assured that it
did come straight from Fox and that there were
four others that confirm exactly what I originally
posted.
I'm a little embarrassed. The information I posted
was taken as FACT and passed along to Lost In Space
fan sites and other TV forums as factual. I ended up
with egg in my face as a result.
My apologies again.
