Warner Archive Discussion Thread (The Announcements/The Films) (2 Viewers)

[Keith Cobby]

Does anyone know whether The Thin Man television series is likely to be available through the Archive. I have been revisiting the films and discovered one episode on the documentary disc. There is also an episode on the Forbidden Planet blu-ray.

 

[JoeDoakes]

DEAR WARNER BROS:
If you are reading this thread, you can already see there is demand for a Blu-ray of THE COURT JESTER. Please consider releasing it, if only as part of the Archive series. Many thanks!

As there is a lot of demand for it, that probably precludes a WA release. I really don't know how they choose what to release, but I haven't had any interest in any of them.

 

[Jakerman1988]

I just hope WA continues releasing TV shows on DVD (i.e. Step By Step, the remaining seasons of Perfect Strangers, Head Of The Class, etc.)

 

[paul59539]

Warner Bros. Sets the Wachowskis' Jupiter Ascendingfor July 2014Source: Warner Bros. Pictures

Warner Bros. has set Jupiter Ascending, the new science fiction film from Andy and Lana Wachowski (The Matrix, Cloud Atlas) for a July 25, 2014 release. They've also moved Peter Segal's boxing comedy Grudge Match from November 15, 2013 to January 10, 2014.

 

[Doug Bull]

Warner Bros. Sets the Wachowskis' Jupiter Ascendingfor July 2014
Source: Warner Bros. Pictures

Warner Bros. has set Jupiter Ascending, the new science fiction film from Andy and Lana Wachowski (The Matrix, Cloud Atlas) for a July 25, 2014 release. They've also moved Peter Segal's boxing comedy Grudge Match from November 15, 2013 to January 10, 2014.

Very interesting I'm sure, but what does it have to do with Warner Archives?


Doug.

 

[Ronald Epstein]

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[ahollis]

Pre ordered CLASSIC SHORTS FROM THE DREAM FACTORY VOLUME 2, but that is the only one that interested me. However I know others are excited about the other titles, so good for them. I guess WAC will take next week off due to the Holidays.

 

[Rob_Ray]

CLASSIC SHORTS OF THE DREAM FACTORY, VOLUME 2 is release enough for me. One short in particular, HAPPILY BURIED, may be the most strangely plotted short ever conceived. It's amazing what they managed to cram into one reel!

 

[Randy Korstick]

I think its usually the tueday after a holiday weekend they take off and they have traditionally taken off the last 2 weeks of the year so we probably have 3 weeks of new releases left for this year.

Pre ordered CLASSIC SHORTS FROM THE DREAM FACTORY VOLUME 2, but that is the only one that interested me. However I know others are excited about the other titles, so good for them. I guess WAC will take next week off due to the Holidays.

 

[Doug Bull]

What with the Classic Shorts from the Dream Factory Vol 2 and the Fox Archive Alice Faye and Sonja Henie feature announcements, it looks like it's going to be a very Merry but costly Christmas.

 

[MattPriceTime]

According to the twitter guy, they are doing new releases next week, and that's it for the year. They didn't take off the one holiday week earlier in the year and did Paramount releases on that day. So looks like they either are taking off early this year, or the twitter guy got confused.

@WarnerArchive 17 Nov
@LemurinCharge We rushed to get everything out early this year, so next week is our last new release for the year

 

[Adam_S]

according to the podcast, George Feltenstein said that they have released 1632 feature films to DVD for the first time ever. That's a pretty amazing number since March 2009. And of course they've had many MORE releases on top of the 1632 new-to-dvd feature films. The stats talk is about 37 minutes in to the current podcast.

 

[MattPriceTime]

That is a pretty amazing stat in fact. Being honest we (myself included) may be a little sad to hear they are taking weeks off for no releases, but at the same time, this company goes far and beyond to give us releases nearly every week of the year. It's really not that cruel of them to occasionally have time off. I think that number speaks for itself.

But also they could also put up some January pre-orders next month or announce/hint at things until then. With that kind of number i'm sure we have plenty of good things to look forward to in 2014.

 

[kingfish]

what are the releases for next week. i went to the preorder section of the archives and found no listings.


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[ahollis]

WAC on their face book page said the DR. KILDARE movie series Volume 1 will be out the first of next year. They said the masters were finished. I'm looking forward to this series. They also said more shorts are coming early next year.

 

[JoHud]

I'm thinking December might have one or two weeks of reissued OOP titles (namely Paramount), and that next week will be the last month of "new" titles. I agree that it's a pretty early break considering previous years at least went into the first weeks of December with new releases.

Kildare Vol 1 will definitely be a good way to start the new year. I'll preorder it the second it becomes available.

 

[Doug Bull]

More shorts sounds great.

I really want the Fitzpatrick Travelogues and the Passing Parades.
Of course more Vitaphone Musicals would be more than welcome.

 

[JoHud]

The long-awaited and expected 3 Stooges MGM shorts perhaps?

 

[rdf8585]

The long-awaited and expected 3 Stooges MGM shorts perhaps?

Hopefully that, and the rest of Shemp Howard's Vitaphone shorts.

 

[ahollis]

Just as expected, no new titles this week. HAPPY THANKSGIVING ALL!!!!!!!!!