Evil Dead, Book of the Dead update

Started by J.A.F._Doorhof, January 17, 2002, 07:09:28

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J.A.F._Doorhof

Bad news to report today. Anchor Bay's upcoming special edition of The Evil Dead will no longer be including the Within The Woods short film that inspired the feature film. The announcement, posted on a film forum, comes directly from Michael Felsher of Anchor Bay:
"(On) Monday, we were notified of an unexpected situation that is going to prevent us from including WITHIN THE WOODS on our DVD. I do not have further details on that. However, this is not an attempt to hold the short back for another release of EVIL DEAD down the line, or anything of that nature. Needless to say this is disappointing for us as I am sure it will be for the fans. As a result of this, WITHIN THE WOODS is being removed from our packaging and website details, and will not be mentioned in any further ads or print material concerning our March 5th EVIL DEAD promotion. Unfortunately a few advertisements were already running that do mention WOODS, however at this stage we weren't able to recall everything.

In the end, we did everything we could to make WITHIN THE WOODS happen, but, as many other studios have experienced, sometimes last-minute roadblocks can intervene when everything seems set in stone. We've never had an occasion where a feature of a DVD had to be dropped at such a late stage in the process, however we are 100% positive that this will not delay the street date, and that the BOOK OF THE DEAD will, irregardless of this change, a worthy and exciting release come March 5th."

Contrary to what many may believe, the music rights which had originally held up the release, had been resolved. However, according to Mr. Felsher, another legal issue came up out of the blue and because of it, Within The Woods will most likely never see release on home video. Sad to hear. Retail on the limited edition Necronomicon will still remain at $49.98.
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Ik heb deze release gezien op R2, maar komt deze ook uit op R1?

J.A.F._Doorhof

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Volgens mij ook regio 1.

Er was even hoop dat into the woods WEL op de regio 2 versie zou verschijnen, maar zoals dat er nu uitziet zal dat niet gebeuren. Dan dus maar regio 1. ;D

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