bobwil54

Echo Bridge Entertainment, a leading worldwide distribution company, and Miramax announced today that they have entered into a domestic distribution deal. Under the long-term deal, Echo Bridge will distribute 251 titles from the distinguished Miramax film library via DVD and Blu-ray to retailers around the country utilizing Echo Bridge’s unique merchandising and distribution techniques. Miramax titles under the new partnership include such films as the From Dusk Till Dawn trilogy, award-winning dramas such as Music of the Heart, Marvin’s Room, Tsotsi and Becoming Jane, and select titles from the Hellraiser, Halloween, Pokemon and Children of the Corn franchises.

“These Miramax titles are fabulous additions to our home entertainment offerings,” said Michael Rosenblatt, Chairman, President and CEO of Echo Bridge. “We’re elated to partner with Mike Lang and the new Miramax team. We are all very excited about bringing these Miramax titles - many of which have tremendous star power and are cult classics - to audiences for their discovery and enjoyment.”

“We are very pleased to partner with Michael Rosenblatt and the team at Echo Bridge on these titles, which in many cases have never been fully exploited,” said Mike Lang, CEO of Miramax. “Our goal at Miramax is to work with the right partners to fully maximize every asset in our extraordinary film catalog across all platforms. We believe the Echo Bridge team will bring the right experience, execution and a strong entrepreneurial approach to our business, along with our other home entertainment partners.”

http://www.deadline.com/2011/02/echo...s/#more-107321

davidh777

Are they going to release the 251 titles on 10 five-disc sets?

bigjim25

Give Echo Bridge a little credit, the DVDs will probably be around 62 different 4-5 movie per disc titles.

manicsounds

I thought it was Lionsgate releasing the Miramax titles. What is going on here?

joltman

Yea, first there was a partnership with Starz, then Lionsgate, now Echo Bridge? Are they splitting the catalog out or something?

TexasDVDer

That's a shame. Echo Bridge DVDs never have closed captioning or subtitling, which are important to some of us.

milo bloom

Doesn't Miramax own the US rights to one of the Godzilla flicks? Is this more or less likely to help that show up?

Ash Ketchum

Isn't Echo Bridge a public domain distributor?

davidh777

It's nice to be on a movie-geek board

Josh-da-man

Coming soon to a Wal-Mart bargain bin near you:

Artsy-Fartsy Crap, Vol. 1 (four movies on one disc!)
Cosi
Wings of the Dove
A Price Above Rubies
Life is Beautiful


Artsy-Fartsy Crap, Vol. 2 (four movies on one disc!)
Playing by Heart
House of Yes
Like Water for Chocolate
Velvet Goldmine


Artsy-Fartsy Crap, Vol. 3 (four movies on one disc!)
Holy Smoke
Malena
Chocolat
Of Love and Shadows


Artsy-Fartsy Crap, Vol. 4 (four movies on one disc!)
Sirens
Cider House Rules
Kate and Leopold
Ready to Wear


Artsy-Fartsy Crap, Vol. 5 (four movies on one disc!)
Amelie
Il Postino
Enchanted April
City of God

Bluelitespecial

I hope they will actaully do something decent for these movies on bluray, the only bluray I have seen has been Mega Pirahana in the 5.00 dump bin at Best Buy. I better be able to buy From Dusk til dawn and not have to buy the shitty DTV sequels.

Doc Moonlight

Didn't the Weinstein brothers retain the rights to some of the Miramax titles? I'm hopeful that we'll get a BluRay or anamorphic DVD of EVERYONE SAYS I LOVE YOU.

Pizza

Has Miramax really fallen this hard? Or has Echo Bridge suddenly gotten better?

Josh-da-man

Disney sold Miramax to an investment group called Filmyard Holdings last year. Filmyard has been licensing the catalog out to other companies, notably Lions Gate, which will handle A-list titles like Pulp Fiction and the Scream franchise, and Echo Bridge, which will apparently be getting most of the Dimension horror franchises and some of the lesser known Miramax movies.

JJE-187

here is the first batch announced.

*4-12-2011*

Gordy
The Human Stain
My Boss's Daughter (PG-13)
Don't Be A Menace (R)
The Crow 2: City of Angels
Duplex
Becoming Jane
Pokemon Heroes
Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice
Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth (R)
From Dusk Till Dawn
Jersey Girl

Bluelitespecial

^^^Dvd or bluray?

JJE-187

DVD only right now, I haven't seen any pre-orders for anything on Blu-Ray yet

joltman

Crap, I was looking at the list and assuming Blu-ray. Ah well, hopefully soon.

Rypro 525

directors cut of Jersey Girl? Finally anamorphic From Dusk Till Dawn?

Pizza

Not the most exciting lineup.

Josh-da-man

I won't be surprised if they just recycle the old discs to fill the cheap bins at Walgreen's.

Ash Ketchum

The only must-have title on that list, of course, is POKEMON HEROES!

Alan Smithee

The next must-have, of course, will be HELLRAISER: BLOODLINE (since I directed it!)

LosingMyMind

The Monster Box is the only way to go, with that one.

mooovies

hellraiser bloodline is one of my favorite hellraiser movies....i had the dvd but it looked bad on my hd tv...it was formated to fit the screen