The Butcher
06-09-2009, 09:34 PM
Source: Blu-ray.com (http://Blu-ray.com)
Deadline Hollywood Daily reports that The Weinstein Company, beset by financial problems, is scrambling to secure the money to promote the theatrical release of Quentin Tarantino's 'Inglourious Basterds'. More importantly for us, Universal is now cited as having the domestic home video rights to the movie (including Blu-ray), much to the chagrin of Genius Products.
This is bad news for The Weinstein Company, of course, but good news for Blu-ray enthusiasts, because TWC's support of BD has dwindled recently. 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona' was released day-and-date with DVD; 'The Reader' was released two weeks after the DVD; and 'Outlander' and 'Fanboys' haven't received a BD release at all.
On the other hand, with Universal a day-and-date BD release of 'Basterds' is all but guaranteed.
Deadline Hollywood Daily reports that The Weinstein Company, beset by financial problems, is scrambling to secure the money to promote the theatrical release of Quentin Tarantino's 'Inglourious Basterds'. More importantly for us, Universal is now cited as having the domestic home video rights to the movie (including Blu-ray), much to the chagrin of Genius Products.
This is bad news for The Weinstein Company, of course, but good news for Blu-ray enthusiasts, because TWC's support of BD has dwindled recently. 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona' was released day-and-date with DVD; 'The Reader' was released two weeks after the DVD; and 'Outlander' and 'Fanboys' haven't received a BD release at all.
On the other hand, with Universal a day-and-date BD release of 'Basterds' is all but guaranteed.