Indie home entertainment distributor Shout! Factory has set a Dec. 3 release date for Caspar Mazzotti and Paul Phelan’s film Turtle Odyssey: Bunji’s Big Adventure. The 2018 documentary will be available as a 4k Ultra HD Blu-ray combo pack with regular Blu-ray, and on DVD.
The Australian film, which is narrated by Russell Crowe, features the unique lifecycle of a sea turtle named Bunji and her journey across the ocean. The film follows Bunji from a hatchling into adulthood as she swims thousands of miles, meeting various different creatures and having some wild encounters. She eventually migrates back to the beach she was born to lay her eggs that are the foundation for the next generation.
Turtle Odyssey, which grossed over $135,000 in the Australian box office, utilizes the new Imax Enhanced technology, which offers an expanded aspect ratio and immersive sound for an enhanced viewing experience.
Animation distributor GKIDS and Shout! Factory will release the award-winning Birdboy: The Forgotten Children on Blu-ray and DVD March 13. Based on Alberto Vázquez’s graphic novel and award-winning short film, Birdboy relates the story of a group of teenage critters…
Multi-platform media distributor Shout! Factory has formed a multiyear strategic distribution alliance with Michael Eisner’s The Tornante Company to bring Netflix's "Bojack Horseman" to Blu-ray and DVD. Shout! Factory has exclusive home entertainment rights to the first four seasons of…
Shout! Factory is releasing a new “Collector’s Edition” Blu-ray Disc of Dragnet, the 1987 buddy-cop comedy starring Dan Aykroyd and Tom Hanks, on Oct. 30. The “Shout! Select Blu-ray” features a new 4K UHD scan and several bonus features, including…
Multi-platform media company Shout! Factory March 4 appointed former Time Life executive Jeffrey Peisch to the newly created position of SVP of programming and new business development. Peisch, who had been consulting for Shout!, will now focus on identifying opportunities…