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‘The Croods: A New Age’ Tops March Disc Sales, ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ No. 2
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment’s The Croods: A New Age was No. 1 on the top 10 list of combined DVD and Blu-ray Disc unit sales for March 2021 according to the NPD Group’s VideoScan tracking service. It’s the second month in a row topped by the DreamWorks Animation sequel, which was released on disc Feb. … Continue reading “‘The Croods: A New Age’ Tops March Disc Sales, ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ No. 2”
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Vintage Charles Bronson TV Crime Series ‘Man with a Camera’ Headed to DVD, Digital
MPI Media Group has set a May 12 release date for Charles Bronson’s “Man with a Camera: The Complete Series” on digital and DVD platforms. The crime drama ran for two seasons on ABC, from 1958 through 1960, and predated Bronson’s rise to film stardom in the 1970s with a succession of box office hits, … Continue reading “Vintage Charles Bronson TV Crime Series ‘Man with a Camera’ Headed to DVD, Digital”
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Shout! Studios Nabs Rights to Two Aaron Lee Lopez ‘Teenage’ Comedies
Shout! Studios, the multi-platform entertainment distribution and production arm of Shout! Factory, has acquired North American rights to two young adult comedy features directed by Aaron Lee Lopez, Teenage Girl: Valerie’s Holiday and Teenage Vampire, both from Mutt Productions. Under the agreement, Shout! Studios gets domestic theatrical and home entertainment rights (broadcast, digital, video-on-demand, and … Continue reading “Shout! Studios Nabs Rights to Two Aaron Lee Lopez ‘Teenage’ Comedies”
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‘Donnie Darko’ 4K Ultra HD, ‘Elvira’ Blu-ray Among Titles Available From MVD and Arrow in April
Donnie Darko on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray, Elvira: Mistress of the Dark on Steelbook Blu-ray, and two 1970s cult films on Blu-ray, Switchblade Sisters and Death Has Blue Eyes, are available in April from Arrow Video and MVD Entertainment Group. Richard Kelly’s debut feature Donnie Darko (2001) is coming to 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray April … Continue reading “‘Donnie Darko’ 4K Ultra HD, ‘Elvira’ Blu-ray Among Titles Available From MVD and Arrow in April”
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NPD: March Sets Another Monthly Video Game Revenue Record
Another month, another 30 days generating record billions of dollars in sales of video games, hardware and accessories. New data from The NPD Group found that gamers spent record $5.61 billion in March, which was up 18% from $4.75 billion spent in the previous-year period. Through 90 days of 2021, videogame spending is up 30% … Continue reading “NPD: March Sets Another Monthly Video Game Revenue Record”
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Vintage Charles Bronson TV Crime Series ‘Man with a Camera’ Headed to DVD, Digital
MPI Media Group has set a May 12 release date for Charles Bronson’s “Man with a Camera: The Complete Series” on digital and DVD platforms. The crime drama ran for two seasons on ABC, from 1958 through 1960, and predated Bronson’s rise to film stardom in the 1970s with a succession of box office hits, … Continue reading “Vintage Charles Bronson TV Crime Series ‘Man with a Camera’ Headed to DVD, Digital”
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Shout! Studios Nabs Rights to Two Aaron Lee Lopez ‘Teenage’ Comedies
Shout! Studios, the multi-platform entertainment distribution and production arm of Shout! Factory, has acquired North American rights to two young adult comedy features directed by Aaron Lee Lopez, Teenage Girl: Valerie’s Holiday and Teenage Vampire, both from Mutt Productions. Under the agreement, Shout! Studios gets domestic theatrical and home entertainment rights (broadcast, digital, video-on-demand, and … Continue reading “Shout! Studios Nabs Rights to Two Aaron Lee Lopez ‘Teenage’ Comedies”
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‘The Croods: A New Age’ Tops March Disc Sales, ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ No. 2
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment’s The Croods: A New Age was No. 1 on the top 10 list of combined DVD and Blu-ray Disc unit sales for March 2021 according to the NPD Group’s VideoScan tracking service. It’s the second month in a row topped by the DreamWorks Animation sequel, which was released on disc Feb. … Continue reading “‘The Croods: A New Age’ Tops March Disc Sales, ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ No. 2”
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‘Donnie Darko’ 4K Ultra HD, ‘Elvira’ Blu-ray Among Titles Available From MVD and Arrow in April
Donnie Darko on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray, Elvira: Mistress of the Dark on Steelbook Blu-ray, and two 1970s cult films on Blu-ray, Switchblade Sisters and Death Has Blue Eyes, are available in April from Arrow Video and MVD Entertainment Group. Richard Kelly’s debut feature Donnie Darko (2001) is coming to 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray April … Continue reading “‘Donnie Darko’ 4K Ultra HD, ‘Elvira’ Blu-ray Among Titles Available From MVD and Arrow in April”
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NPD: March Sets Another Monthly Video Game Revenue Record
Another month, another 30 days generating record billions of dollars in sales of video games, hardware and accessories. New data from The NPD Group found that gamers spent record $5.61 billion in March, which was up 18% from $4.75 billion spent in the previous-year period. Through 90 days of 2021, videogame spending is up 30% … Continue reading “NPD: March Sets Another Monthly Video Game Revenue Record”
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Parrot: Death of Prince Philip Gave ‘The Crown’ a Demand Bump
The death of the U.K.’s Prince Philip increased global demand for the Netflix series “The Crown,” according to Parrot Analytics. In the days immediately following Prince Philip’s death, “The Crown” saw double digit percentage increases in demand worldwide, and in the show’s two most popular markets — the United Kingdom and the United States. From April 8 … Continue reading “Parrot: Death of Prince Philip Gave ‘The Crown’ a Demand Bump”
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Supernatural Thriller ‘The Unhealer’ Due June 8 from Shout! Studios, Scream Factory
Shout! Studios and Scream Factory on April 15 announced that in collaboration with VMI Worldwide they will release the supernatural thriller The Unhealer through digital retailers and on Blu-ray Disc and DVD, as well as VOD, on June 8. Each collectible Blu-ray Disc and DVD of The Unhealer includes behind-the-scenes interviews, alternative/ extended scenes, a … Continue reading “Supernatural Thriller ‘The Unhealer’ Due June 8 from Shout! Studios, Scream Factory”
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Pete Davidson to Star in Biopic ‘I Slept With Joey Ramone’ for Netflix
Netflix and STXfilms have partnered to develop and produce I Slept with Joey Ramone, a biopic chronicling the life of the punk rocker. Directed by Jason Orley (Big Time Adolescence, Pete Davidson: Alive from New York and upcoming film I Want You Back), the film will star Pete Davidson (“Saturday Night Live,” The King of Staten Island, Big … Continue reading “Pete Davidson to Star in Biopic ‘I Slept With Joey Ramone’ for Netflix”
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Amazon Upped 2020 Content Spend 41% to $11 Billion
Among streamers such as Netflix, Disney+, HBO Max, Hulu and Peacock, Amazon Prime Video remains relatively under the radar when it comes to publicized content spending. So when founder/CEO Jeff Bezos released his final shareholder letter April 15, the world’s richest man threw out a lot of big numbers befitting a company tagged on Wall … Continue reading “Amazon Upped 2020 Content Spend 41% to $11 Billion”
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‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Remains Top Disc Seller for Second Week
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment’s Wonder Woman 1984 remained No. 1 for a second straight week on the NPD VideoScan First Alert chart, which tracks combined Blu-ray Disc and DVD unit sales, and the dedicated Blu-ray Disc chart the week ended April 10. In fact, the top three titles remained the same from the previous week, … Continue reading “‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Remains Top Disc Seller for Second Week”