I have mentioned Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair more times than I can imagine from those Quentin Tarantino quotes back in 2005 saying it would come to theaters, to a rumored December 2008 DVD release date, to talk of a new animated sequence and then even box art. Obviously none of that talk ever came true as the Miramax and Disney relationship never saw fit to release the film. At one point Miramax was even preparing to release Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction on Blu-ray back in August 2009 before pulling the plug and never releasing it.
This is just the start of things when it comes to Miramax’s unreleased slate on Blu-ray, but perhaps that’s all about to change as Lionsgate, Studiocanal and Miramax announced today they have entered into a worldwide home entertainment distribution deal. Under the long-term deal, Lionsgate and Studiocanal will distribute more than 550 titles from the renowned Miramax film library via DVD, Blu-ray, EST and Internet Video On Demand (VOD), in addition to cable VOD internationally.
Quoted in the press release, Steve Beeks, President and Co-Chief Operating Officer of Lionsgate, said, “The Miramax library will be one of the most treasured jewels in our home entertainment crown. With our longstanding commitment and expertise in aggressively managing library titles, we are thrilled to bring together under one roof such Miramax film icons as Shakespeare in Love, The English Patient, Pulp Fiction and Good Will Hunting.”
Of course, that’s not all there is to look forward to. Outside of everything mentioned above, here are a few other titles that have not yet seen a Blu-ray release domestically (at least not to my knowledge) that we could possible see in the near future:
- Amelie
- Bridget Jones’s Diary
- Bullets Over Broadway
- Cinema Paradiso
- City of God
- Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
- The Crow
- The Crying Game
- Dirty Pretty Things
- The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
- Frida
- The Hours
- Infernal Affairs Trilogy
- Jackie Brown
- My Left Foot
- The Piano
- Princess Mononoke
- Rounders
- The Scream Trilogy
- Strictly Ballroom
- Swingers
- The Talented Mr. Ripley
- The Three Colors Trilogy
- Trainspotting
As for the first title to be released through the deal… Drum roll please… The Jennifer Aniston and Jason Bateman rom-com The Switch! Yup, things can only improve from here so let’s keep our fingers crossed. Is there anything else from the Miramax vault you’d like to see get a Blu-ray release that I haven’t yet mentioned?
