Are You Ready for Deadlands 1?
by Pravin on September 5th, 2010 in articles.
Our old pal Gary Ugarek is back with another HD DVD to release. As you already know from recent posts at the site, Deadlands 2 not only came out on HD DVD, it also won Indie film awards.
Gary is going back to his vault and bringing out a 500-copy limited production run of the original Deadlands 1 on HD DVD. Here’s the rest of the story directly from Gary:
Yep, it is official… I have gone completely off the deep end. HA
Due to the success of the Deadlands 2 HD DVD project from late 2009/early 2010 there has been a large demand from Deadlands 2 HD DVD owners to get Deadlands 1 onto the defunct format as well. We originally couldn’t put both together because at the time Deadlands 2 was under the Anthem label and Deadlands 1 under TEMPE VIDEO… now that Deadlands 2 is back in my possession and coming to DVD in an extended and unrated release this October… I found it would be easier to bring Deadlands 1 to the format as well and complete the boxset as intended.
However, this has proven to be an even harder task than it was to bring Deadlands 2 to the defunct format. While Deadlands 2 helped HD DVD crawl out of the grave and stumble around like a good zombie should… Deadlands 1 is proving to be even more challenging because stampers for the format are non existent and since Deadlands 2 had to be duplicated to HD DVD R… I have opted to do the same with Deadlands 1… this will help cut back on delays after delay in the production process… Deadlands 2 was nearly 8 months overdue before it finally hit HD DVD… but now we can make it happen and are going to make it happen.
Like Deadlands 2 Deadlands 1 will be an up-res of the original source material. Both films were shot nearly 100% Standard Def… only Deadlands 2 contains some HD footage. I will also pack the disc with special features… including some deleted scenes, and I am in the process of working on filming a brand new featurette titled BACK FROM THE GRAVE – Deadlands: The Rising 5 Years later. Special features from Deadlands 1 will carry over, and I will record a Brand Directors Commentary for Deadlands 1 just for this release.
I am currently working on assembling the original cast of the film and also trying to find all the b-roll footage to make some bang up special features to help fill the void. A full and complete list will be provided in the next 30 days. The best part is that Deadlands 2 owners will only have to take their HD DVD from its current case and drop into the empty slot in the 2 disc HD DVD case for the new release. only 500 copies will be made available this will match the limited production run of Deadlands 2. The disc set will be titled… BACK FROM THE GRAVE EDITION
Release Date: I am setting a release date of January 17th 2011, but I may release sooner. However January 17th is so far the date we will go with, this will allow me to address any delays.
Any questions let me know
Thanks
Gary
What do you say?
September 6th, 2010 at 2:07 pm
hi,
its good to know that HD-DVD is still not dead. I liked this format from day one and i think that Toshiba should have kept the format alive, even in small quantity for us who still own and favored the format against the blu-ray. In fact, i never had a problem with any HD-DVD title, but with blu-ray, many titles would not play unless i keep on updating the device frequently. The technology behind HD-DVD was simple, effective and in some titles the picture quality was even better then blu-ray.
i wish that toshiba work out an update for the current models so that we can play the China HD-DVD discs.
I also want to see more titles coming out from other studious with special edition movies.
Regards
September 15th, 2010 at 9:15 am
Gary, we love ya, any links for pre-order?
October 3rd, 2010 at 9:44 am
I have a concern and I hate to put a dampener on things. I love the HDDVD format and hope it can be kept alive for some considerable time.
I placed an order for `Smokers’ and the money was taken by MCB Entertainment LLC on 4th September via Paypal but I have still (October 3rd) not received the item. I also seem unable to contact MCB, the e-mail bounces back from the admin address. This may not necessarily mean anything negative, it may still be in transit and I could be concerned for nothing as MCB are located in the USA and I live in the UK. However, I cannot stop worrying about this.
Kind regards,
Phil Meaden
October 11th, 2010 at 10:15 am
Yes, a link would be appreciated. Thank you. And yes, Phil, I also bought this title and things are not looking too promising…
October 21st, 2010 at 12:38 am
Glad to know that there are still people passionate about HDDVD. I love the format given that the quality is excellent and most important no region code. Just hoping that someone or Toshiba to come with us with firmware so that the old Toshiba players can play China HDDVD.
Regards,
Sam
November 10th, 2010 at 12:10 am
Gary,
I just purchased Deadlands 2 on HD-DVD thru the Anthem site. Now that it is Nov. 2010, I am guessing the film should arrive very soon to my house.
How can I preorder Deadlands 1 on HD-DVD???
Thanks and keep up the support. Other directors/studios should continue support for HD-DVD because if there are enough new stuff coming out, people will continue to support and buy on the format.
Sincerely, Lyle
December 9th, 2010 at 4:22 am
No worries everyone… I will not be allowing pre-orders until a working disc is in place. When Deadlands 2 was coming it out Anthem took pre-orders then failed to deliver the discs in a timely manner nor keep people in the loop. When I decided to take on Deadlands 1 as an HD DVD Project I said that until i have a working disc that plays on all players i would not put up any pre-order links… this way there are no hassles.
We are very close to a finished and ready to market disc (about a week or so more and we should have it hopefully) Once I have a tested working and RTM disc I will update the editor hear at HDDVD.COM so he can post the news.
December 11th, 2010 at 11:47 am
Head to the official website folks… discs can now be ordered