'Eastern Promises' (2007) - 4K UHD from Kino Lorber Studio Classics in a Brand New Dolby Vision Restoration!

Coming soon

Starring Viggo Mortensen, Naomi Watts, Vincent Cassel & Armin Mueller-Stahl – Shot by Peter Suschitzky (eXistenZ) – Music by Howard Shore (Silence of the Lambs) – Written by Steven Knight (Locke) – Directed by David Cronenberg (A History of Violence, Dead Ringers).

Kino Halloween release dates of interest:

Release dates:

October 12th
Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974-75 Complete TV Series) Brand New 2K Masters by KL

October 19th
Secret of the Blue Room (1933) Brand New 2K Master by KL
Mastery of Edwin Drood (1935) Brand New 2K Master by KL
The Mad Doctor (1941) Brand New 2K Master by KL
The Spider Woman Strikes Back (1946) Brand New 2K Master by KL

All four of the films I want released on the same day. Nice!

Cover artwork for 'Percy'

'Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker' (1981) [a.k.a. Night Warning] - Coming from Code Red DVD, distributed by Kino Lorber!

Release date: August 3

"Terror begins when a night of murder and bloodshed leads bigoted police detective Joe Carlson (Bo Svenson, Walking Tall Part 2, Choke Canyon, Breaking Point) to try to frame orphaned high school basketball player Billy Lynch (Jimmy McNichol, Escape From El Diablo). However, Billy’s aunt Cheryl (Susan Tyrrell, Fat City, Forbidden Zone) is the real knife-wielding culprit, and with Billy about to graduate, her twisted urge to keep him all to herself is about to erupt in a wave of carnage

No one is safe when an unstable lawman and a psychotic aunt converge in a shocking climax you’ll never forget!

Julia Duffy (TV’s Newhart) and Bill Paxton (Aliens, Mortuary) co-star in this cult shocker directed by TV great William Asher (Johnny Cool). Now see this cutting-edge thriller in HD from a 2k scan from the original camera negatives!"

Special features:

• 2017 2K Scan from the Original Camera Negative
• Audio Commentary by Producer/Writer Steven Breimer and Co-Writer Alan Jay Glueckman, Moderated by Mondo Digital's Nathaniel Thompson
• Audio Commentary by Jimmy McNichol
• On Camera Interviews with Stars Jimmy McNichol and Susan Tyrrell, Actor Steven Eastin, Make-Up Artist Allan A. Alpone and Producer Steve Breimer
• Theatrical Trailer
• Reversible Night Warning Art
• Limited Edition O-Card Slipcase

Just out of interest, what is the etiquette with these kind of announcements?

Is it better to post them in the Kino Lorber thread, or would they be better in the specific threads for the alternate labels - Scorpion, Code Red etc?

***NEW TITLE ANNOUNCEMENTS***

1 - Sometime in 2022 – KINO LORBER CLASSICS - will put out a new SPECIAL EDITION of - MIRACLE MILE !!! To be scanned in 4K off the original negative. (the last giant improvement in 2015 was 2k off the inter-positive). This will be a regular Blu Ray - (not released on 4k) - but upping the ante considerably on image quality. (please no bitching and moaning about it not being out in 4k – I don’t have a machine – few do – and I could care less). It will be wonderful with this major new restoration.

Plenty ‘o great new extras not on the 2015 release – plus the noir short - TARZANA – with Eddie Constantine, Tim Carey, Michael C. Gwynne, Edie Adams (the Coroner from Chinatown, the Madam from Farewell My Lovely, Carel Struycken, Ann Dusenberry and Reni Santoni etc. ( maybe just maybe – another very special item)

2 - Kino will also be re-upping their deal on Cherry 2000 – and we will do more extras !!! (Kino Lorber Classics RULES !! ) And I think a new 4k scan. (this is a general announcement – not the locked down specifics )”

'The Fortune Cookie' (1966) - Coming to Blu-Ray from Kino Lauber

Release date: August 17th

"Powered by an Oscar-winning performance by Walter Matthau (The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, Charley Varrick) as the quintessential all-American chiseler, The Fortune Cookie is a hysterically funny comedy that showcases legendary filmmaker Billy Wilder (Some Like It Hot, The Lost Weekend) at his uproarious best.

Harry Hinkle (Jack Lemmon, Irma La Douce, Avanti!) is one lucky guy! When he’s accidentally clobbered by a 220-pound halfback, all Harry suffers is a slight concussion. All, that is, until Whiplash Willie (Matthau)—a legal scoundrel of the first order—arrives on the scene! For if Harry follows shyster Willie’s advice and feigns a crippling injury, the two charlatans can split a cool million in phony insurance claims. But can Willie’s world-class finagling dispel those ominous words that lie within the fortune cookie on Harry’s hospital plate: You can’t fool all of the people all of the time?

The first film to feature the dynamic duo of Matthau and Lemmon (The Odd Couple, The Front Page, Grumpy Old Men) was co-written by Wilder and his brilliant collaborator I.A.L. Diamond (One, Two, Three) and boasts beautiful black-and-white cinematography by Joseph LaShelle (Laura)."

Special Features:

• NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian Joseph McBride, author of Billy Wilder: Dancing on the Edge
• Call for Extras: Jack Lemmon Asks the Good People of Cleveland to Show Up at Municipal Stadium
• Tribute to I.A.L. Diamond: Scene Work with Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau
• TRAILERS FROM HELL with Chris Wilkinson
• Theatrical Trailer

'Thoroughly Modern Millie' (1967) - Coming to Blu-Ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics

Release date: August 24

"The hit musical Thoroughly Modern Millie stars the iconic Julie Andrews (Mary Poppins, The Sound of Music) in the title role of an innocent small-town girl who comes to the big city in search of a husband. Along the way she becomes the secretary of the rich and famous Trevor Graydon (John Gavin, Back Street), befriends the sweet Miss Dorothy (Mary Tyler Moore, What’s So Bad About Feeling Good?), fights off the wretched Mrs. Meers (Beatrice Lillie, On Approval) and hooks up with a lively paper clip salesman, Jimmy (James Fox, Isadora). In the end it takes a rich and nutty jazz baby like Muzzy (Carol Channing, Skidoo) to unravel all these complications, give a great party and match up lovers. George Roy Hill (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Sting) directed this zany romantic spoof of the Roaring Twenties that garnered seven Academy Award nominations and won for its wonderful score by the great Elmer Bernstein (The Magnificent Seven, To Kill a Mockingbird)."

Special features and specs:

• Roadshow Edition - Newly Restored in 4K by Universal Pictures
• NEW Audio Commentary by Author/Film Historian Lee Gambin and Art Historian Ian McAnally
• Two Theatrical Trailers (Newly Restored in 2K)
• Color
• 152 Minutes
• 1.85:1
• Rated G

'Guyana: Cult of the Damned' (1979) - Coming to Blu-Ray and DVD from Kino Lorber and Code Red DVD

Release date: August 24

"Guyana: Cult of the Damned (aka Guyana: Crime of the Century) is a 1970 Mexican-American exploitation drama written and directed by René Cardona Jr. (Tintorera, The Bermuda Triangle). The film was shot in Mexico, was based on the Jonestown Massacre. The names of the central characters are slightly tweaked from the historical ones, the film is set in “Johnsontown” rather than Jonestown, the cult is led by “Reverend James Johnson” (Stuart Whitman, Shadows in an Empty Room, Rio Conchos, Maniac!) rather than Rev. Jim Warren Jones, and the murdered Congressman is “Lee O’Brien” (Gene Barry, The War of the Worlds and TV’s Burke’s Law) instead of Leo Ryan.

Guyana: Cult of the Damned features a stellar cast that includes John Ireland (Red River), Joseph Cotten (The Third Man), Yvonne De Carlo (TV’s The Munsters), Bradford Dillman (Chosen Survivors), Nadiuska (Conan the Barbarian), Hugo Stiglitz (Tintorera) and Robert DoQui (The Devil’s).

Now see this cult classic thriller in HD, from a brand new 2K scan!"

• Brand New 2K Master
• Isolated Score and Effects
• Reversible Blu-ray Art
• Theatrical Trailer