HTF Chat Summary: Warner Bros. DVD Release Status

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HTF Chat Summary
Warner Bros. DVD Release Status

The following information was gathered from the Warner Bros. chat on 3/9. Our thanks to HTF member Brandon Conway for doing a superb job of compiling this information.

FILMS

Coming in 2004

The Asphalt Jungle (1950) [July; part of Noir box set]
The Bad Seed (1956)
Blazing Saddles: SE (1974) [Summer; "Wait 'til you hear the bean scene (in 5.1)"]
Buster Keaton silent films
Children of the Damned (1963) [Halloween]
Dead Ringer (1964) [Halloween]
Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995) [Summer]
Fearless Vampire Killers (1967)
Gangster films collection similar to Warner Legends collection
GoodFellas: SE
Graffiti Bridge (1990)
Gun Crazy (a.k.a. Deadly Is the Female) (1949) [July; part of Noir box set]
Heat: 2-disc SE
Hitchcock 7-film box set
The Hunger (1983) [Halloween]
It's Alive! (1974) [Halloween]
It's Alive II (a.k.a. It Lives Again) (1978) [Halloween]
It's Alive III: Island of the Alive (1987) [Halloween]
The Lost Boys: SE (1987)
Mean Streets: SE (1973) ["Sooner than you think"]
Murder, My Sweet (1944) [July; part of Noir box set]
Name of the Rose
Out of the Past (1947) [July; part of Noir box set]
Over the Edge (1979)
Purple Rain: 2-Disc SE (1984)
Return of the Living Dead Part II (1988) [Halloween]
The Set-Up (1949) [July; part of Noir box set]
Seven Brides For Seven Brothers: SE [w/ both Cinemascope and flat versions!]
The Shawshank Redemption: 10th Anniversary (1994) [Closely working w/ Darabont]
That's Entertainment! Trilogy (1974,1976,1994)
THX-1138: 2-Disc SE (1971) [September; cross-promote w/ Star Wars]
Tom & Jerry Collection [similar to Looney Tunes box]
Under the Cherry Moon (1986)
Village of the Damned (1960) [Halloween]

Coming in 2005

Angels in the Outfield (1951)
The Band Wagon: 2-Disc SE (1953) [w/ Ultra-Resolution process]
Batman: SE (1989) [Cross promote w/ 2005 film]
Battle of the Bulge (1965)
Brigadoon (1954)
Bubsy Berkely box set
Caged (1950)
Chariots of Fire: SE (1981) [Coincide with Oscar season]
Dog Day Afternoon: SE (1975)
East of Eden (1955) [Legal issues cleared up; 50th Anniversary release hoped]
Fandango (1985)
Mighty Joe Young (1949)
Ninotchka (1939) [Along with 100th Anniversary Garbo promotion with "all her most beloved films"]
Quick Change (1990)
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957) [being restored]
It's Always Fair Weather (1955)
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
The Yakuza (1975)

Coming in 2006

An American in Paris: 2-Disc SE (1951) [w/ Ultra-Resolution process]
Body Heat: 25th Anniversary (1981)
The Searchers: 50th Anniversary SE (1956) [w/ other Wayne/Ford titles]

Being Worked on No Date

Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)
The Battle of Cable Hogue (1970) [Peckinpah promotion]
Bells Are Ringing (1960)
The Big Parade (1925) [Being restored]
Bonnie and Clyde: SE (1967)
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
Bullit: SE (1968)
Camille (1936)
Cat People (1942) [Part of 9 film Val Lewton box set]
Demon Seed (1977)
The Devils (1971)
Dinner at Eight (1933)
Freaks (1932)
Gone With the Wind: 2-Disc SE (1939) [w/ Ultra-Resolution process, "mind boggling"]
The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
I Married a Witch (1942) [Perhaps 2005]
Ivanhoe (1952)
The Jazz Singer (1927)
King Kong: 2-Disc SE (1933) [Being painstakingly restored; "Will blow you away"; "Kong will now fall from the Empire State Building without gaps"]
The Mackintosh Man (1973)
Matrix Trilogy Box Set [In discussion, "cannot say more"]
O Lucky Man! (1973)
Pat Garrett and Billy the kid (1973) [Peckinpah promotion]
Rebel Without a Cause: SE (1955)
Ride the High Country (1962) [Peckinpah promotion]
Robert Mitchum box set ["several films contemplated"]
Stagecoach: SE (1939) [restoration planned]
Strangers on a Train: SE (1951) [being restored]
A Streetcar Named Desire: SE (1951)
The Wild Bunch: SE (1969) [Peckinpah promotion]

In Discussion for Release, But No Plans

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (OAR) (1994)
Beetlejuice: SE (1988)
Blade Runner: SE (1982) [Investigating options, still has legal issues]
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Poltergeist: SE (1982)
Vincent Minnelli musicals

No Plans for Release at This Time

Beau Brummel (1924)
A Big Hand for a Little Lady (1966)
The Big Red One (1980)
The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters (1954)
Clara's Heart (1988)
Cruising (1980)
Dark Night of the Scarecrow (1981)
Deadly Obsession (1989)
Dillinger (1945)
Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972)
Electric Dreams (1984)
Hamlet (1996) [Legal issues]
Hand Done (?)
The High and the Mighty (1954)
His Kind of Woman (1951)
House of Dark Shadows (1970)
Killer Party (1986)
Looker (1981)
Night of Dark Shadows (1971)
Night School (1981)
No Time for Sergeants (1958)
Raintree County (1957) [Needs restoration]
Silent Partner (1944)
So Fine (1981)
Sphinx (1981)
Under the Rainbow (1981)
Waterloo Bridge (1940)
When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970)

No Plans to Re-release at This Time

Burglar (1987)
Clint Eastwood films [current releases have specs per Eastwood's preference]
The Crush (1993)
Deathtrap (1982)
Fearless (1993)
The Goonies (1985)
Grumpy Old Men (1993)
Grumpier Old Men (1995)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
The NeverEnding Story (1984)
Nightbreed (1990)
Superman II (Richard Donner Cut) (1980)
Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
The Witches (1990)

TV SHOWS

Coming in 2004

Batman: The Animated Series (1992-1995) [Box sets]
E.R. Season 3
Superman: The Animated Series (1996-2000) [Box sets]
Teen Titans (2003-current) [Box sets]
Wonder Woman (1976-1979)

Coming in 2005

Miss Marple series

Being Worked on No Date

Everwood (2002-current)
The O.C. (2003-current)
Superfriends [No specifics if box sets or not]
V (1984-1985)

In Discussion for Release, But No Plans

Animaniacs (1993-1998)
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990-1996)
Knot's Landing (1979-1993)
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman 91993-1997)
Mad TV (1995-current)
Night Court (1984-1992)
Pinky and the Brain (1995-1998)

No Plans for Release at This Time

The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. (1993-1994)
ALF (1986-1990)
Beetlejuice (1989-1991)
Birds of Prey (1973)
Brimstone (1998-1999)
Bucky O'Hare (1992)
CNN's Cold War (1998)
Fish Police (1992)
The Flash (1990-1991)
Freddy's Nightmares (1988-1990)
Growing Pains (1985-1992)
Justice League (2001-current) [16x9; box sets]
Off Centre (2001-2003)
Perfect Strangers (1986-1993)
Run of the House (2003-current)
Thundercats (1985-1987)
Xiaolin Showdown (2003-current)

OTHER GENERAL INFO

'DVD Decision 2004' will be open to the voting of all the public (not just AOL users like 2003). One title to be voted on is Greed (1925).

"We do not sublicense titles to third parties (Criterion)."

Batman 60's TV show and legal issues w/ Fox, "can't comment"

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