Rumor: Grindhouse Coming to Bluray? (EDIT:Yup! Oct. 5th!)
 

From Blu-ray.com:

I can't post URL's yet, but it's there.

Only a rumor, but I really hope this actually does come out, but I wish that this set would have been as expansive as the 6-disc Japanese set that came out a while back.

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^ I'm quite content with my 6-disc Japanese box set, thank you.

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Welcomed news if it pans out. I'm just hoping it's Grindhouse proper and not the two previously-released Blu-ray discs packaged together.

It's unexpected since by all indications, The Weinstein Company has pretty much given up on Blu-ray. Only a tiny number of their day-and-dates have been making it to high-def on these shores as of late.

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If it has all the fake trailers as it was in the theatre, new extras and is under $20... ill probably pick it up at some point.

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Fanboys, Killshot and Outlander were sourced out to Alliance (like Black Christmas 2006 which was skipped over last year) and obviously Inglorious Basterds is going to be a Universal release now...that leaves them with only H2 in coming months (for maybe a December DVD/Blu release like the first film?) as they show no indication to release the dozen or so HD DVD 'exclusive' titles or the other limbo titles that are still being shown with boxart via their BD-Live service (Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden etc.) They still continue to release new Day and Date DVDs and are pretty much done with Blu-ray until they get some serious cashflow. The Reader was never going to arrive on Blu-ray but because it got nominated it was fast-tracked for a Blu release (hence the 2 week delay). If nothing drastic happens soon (i.e. they get some serious cash or a studio buys them out) I don't expect to see many - if any - new Weinstein/Genius Blu-ray releases.

As for the Grindhouse, it could very well just be both discs packaged in the same case. It's not bad from a marketing standpoint and most consumers wouldn't even know (nor care) how the film was show in Theaters. If this was really the Grindhouse experience, I would think we would be hearing more buzz on this right now. Oh well...guess we'll know soon enough!

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they're idiots. Given their current financial problems giving up on blu, seems like the last thing to do.

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Sales have been weak on all of their releases (like it was on HD DVD - the 2-4 week delay on their titles was a stupid, stupid decision). Zack and Miri along with The Reader did pretty well compared to the DVD (15-20% IIRC), so its odd to see them drop Blu so fast since those were their last two releases (besides the Animal Planet/Discovery stuff - more of a Genius product though). Let's face it - they don't bring the best films to the table, and when they have what might be a hit they butcher the hell out of it or delay it until no one cares (Fanboys). They should have fast-tracked Scream 4 years ago as that would have been a decent little hit with the fanbase.

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I'll believe it when I see it... at which point I will also buy it.

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^ same day they'll release "Kill Bill The Whole Bloody Mess"

yeah, right, and pigs will fly out of my ass -ohbfrank-

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Ditto.

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Call me a cynic, but until I hold the discs in my hands... I'm betting this is going to be the existing Death Proof/Planet Terror discs in a cardboard holder proclaiming "Grindhouse".

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Confirmed?

http://twitter.com/RobertRdz/status/2483912027
Editing another 10 Minute Cooking School. "Texas BBQ" for Grindhouse DVD/BLU Ray9:34 AM Jul 5th from web

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Fingers crossed!!! But, it is only a month away, can they really pull it off? Sure would be cool!

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DVD is for sure coming eventually but unknown about Blu-ray. There is no reason for him not to work on the Blu-ray at the same time of the DVD but who knows if Weinstein will actually release it (the previous Blu-rays did poorly). Well over a year later we are still waiting for the 10 out of 12 HD DVD exclusive titles to be released as well as the dozen or so titles they skipped over for no apparent reason when they were publishing on Blu-ray.

FYI, Walmart has postponed the August 18th release date as well to 12/31/09....so that August date is not set in stone.

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Planet Terror will be 2.40:1, right? I think it should be that ratio for consistency with the rest of the film, and that's how it was in theaters. But, I don't know. There didn't seem to be much controversy over The Dark Knight's shifting ratios.

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Here is something alot of you might appreciate, while getting my inglorious bastards poster signed by tarentino tonight,when he taped his apperance on tonight jimmy kimmel live. The person next to me asked him about the bluray release of Grindhouse, He said all the work is complete on it, and it will be released on BOTH BLURAY and dvd the same time that Inglorious Bastards comes out on both formats.

he was also asked about kill bill whole bloody afair, he mentioned that would not likely happen as soon as he liked cause of issues he wasnt able to talk about.

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Knew that would happen as far as the co-release dates

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That's fantastic if that ends up coming to pass...

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one of those times i wish there had been person with a video camera there to have captured it when he said that.

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Glad I've decided to hold off upgrading my DVDs.

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Not to start any fights or anything like that, but if Basterds and H2 don't do well in Theaters, Weinstein is pretty much kaput. Someone else would have to buy their library and release their titles (and I imagine Grindhouse would be one of their top catalog titles to do). Their entire Blu-ray catalog was postponed months ago and nothing is officially planned. It's a wait and see for them as the studio is betting Basterds/H2 do well for them (moreso with H2 since it is 100% Weinstein).

Good news to hear Grindhouse is done though. I've never seen the Theatrical-version and hope to one day.

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Iam just being friendly enough to pass along to people on here, what tarintino said last night, and just to clarify he was specificly asked BLURAY and he specificly mentioned the bluray. and I didnt post this on any other site as this is the only one i visit.

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I guess he means the work on producing it is done, and that it's up to the studio to manufacture the discs and release it - which would be delayed if Weinstein goes under.

I hope it makes it out. I've held off on all the editions on DVD and BD so far.

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I just want to know what so great about Grindhouse vs. the individual films. Some people won't want them unless they are in their proper Theatrical presentation.

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It's mostly about seeing them straight through with the trailers between them. Changing the disc would lessen the experience, since you'd have to sit through the FBI and modern studio logos before Death Proof. Also, of course you don't get to see those great trailers. And, Planet Terror was 2.40:1 in the theatrical version, which works better for continuity.

It's one of those things where the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.