Aquí no se estila eso de que las editoras comuniquen sus planes a los clientes, ya sabéis que Warner en USA sí lo hace. Como creo que no se han puesto por aquí las últimas noticias, las pego para que se nos pongan los dientes largos (mientras aquí, el tándem infame Warner/Impulso sigue haciendo de las suyas con masters de basurero):


Warner Bros. Chat with the Home Theater Forum

On Monday, March 23rd, Warner Bros. participated in a live chat with the Home Theater Forum. Representing the studio were George Feltenstein (SVP Catalogue Marketing), Ronnee Sass (VP Publicity and Promotion), and Janet Keller (Manager of Publicity). Ron Epstein of the Home Theater Forum moderated. The full transcript can be found here. Following is a list of the key items concerning classic titles.

1. The studio indicated that its regular DVD program of retail initiatives is not being replaced by the new Warner Archive initiative, so we can continue to expect those great Warner box sets. Some releases that were anticipated via the latter route will now appear in the Archive line instead, however.

2. The studio wants to honour major silent films such as The Big Parade, The Wind, The Crowd, Greed, etc. in the way they were presented by Kevin Brownlow in the Thames series of silents. To that end, WB has been in discussions with Photoplay (Kevin's company) to work together to update the restorations on all those premiere silent pictures. Meanwhile, expect about 20 other silent films through WarnerArchive.com in addition to those already announced.

3. Those interested in the Abbott & Costello films Captain Kidd/Jack and the Beanstalk/Rio Rita will have their patience rewarded.

4. Warners owns the entire Tarzan feature film library regardless of who originally released them theatrically and they will all be coming out in the near future.

5. More Jane Powell musicals and Ginger Rogers comedies via Warner Archive later this year.

6. The studio is evaluating various series films for release. A retail set of the Monogram Charlie Chan films, restored from the original nitrate negatives, is coming in early 2010.

7. The fifth Film Noir box set is coming in a few months. The actual titles were not revealed, but they do NOT include Riffraff, The Clay Pigeon, Armored Car Robbery, I Died a Thousand Times, The Locket, Stranger on the Third Floor, or Born to Be Bad.

8. A release of a Complete Show Boat Collection is still planned, with Show Boat (1951) likely receiving an Ultra Resolution treatment.

9. The Magnificent Ambersons is still in the planning stages, with a significant exploration of the film's production history to be included. Journey Into Fear will come out at the same time. No date set yet.

10. Collections of shorts (McDoakes, Dogville, Pete Smith, etc.) will start to come out in the Warner Archive in 2010.

11. Warners now optimistic that a release of No Time for Sergeants will be possible.

12. Early James Cagney films will soon arrive in Warner Archive.

13. The nitrate negative for Merry Widow (1934) did not burn in the Eastman House fire and the studio hopes to restore the film shortly.

14. Bowery Boys films coming in 2010. Original negative for Mr. Hex located.

15. A 2009 Hallowe'en Karloff/Lugosi retail set will include Frankenstein 1970, The Walking Dead, Zombies on Broadway, and You'll Find Out.

16. No more Gangster Collection retail box sets are planned, but more Bogart/Cagney/ Robinson/Raft gangster films will be out shortly on Warner Archive.

17. Mary, Mary (1963, Debbie Reynolds) on Warner Archive in September.

18. The Prize (Paul Newman) is being remastered at present. No release date set.

19. Mission to Moscow, The Tall Stranger, and Colorado Territory coming to Warner Archive this year.

20. TCM Spotlight: Esther Williams Collection - Volume 2 coming this summer to retail.

21. Jean Simmons films such as Home Before Dark and Young Bess coming through Warner Archive in 2010. This Could Be the Night and Until They Sail require remastering, but are planned.

22. The Maltese Falcon on Blu-ray in 2011.

23. The remaining five unreleased Judy Garland films will be released, most likely when the studio issues its new restoration of A Star Is Born, tentatively in spring 2010.

24. Warners has had some discussions with Criterion regarding licensing a limited group of films at the behest of their respective directors. No titles specified.

25. About 25 more westerns will be added to Warner Archive later this year, mainly ones from the 1940s and 1950s. Several Randolph Scott westerns will appear in April, including Trail Street.

26. A Jean Harlow collection will come to retail for her centenary in 2011. No titles specified.

27. John Garfield titles are coming to Warner Archive this summer.

28. The Constant Nymph remains in rights limbo, though the studio is trying to free it up.

Podemos comprobar como algunos títulos que se han comercializado aquí en malas condiciones ("La viuda alegre", "El premio", "Juntos hasta la muerte") están siendo acondicionados para editarlos allí en condiciones normales. En fin...