Shout! Nabs Golden Princess Library, Promising Asian Film Fans 100+ Titles Of Classics For Western Release
Variety’s Naman Ramachandran got the exclusive word on Monday that Shout! Studios has acquired the global rights to Golden Princess library of Hong Kong classic films. That’s a reported number of 156 titles that the boutique label will have on its catalogue for the foreseeable future. It also means that films by auteurs such as John Woo, Ringo Lam and Eric Tsang – included in the library – will finally get restorations with a number of features, in addition to bumping up the label’s own streaming stock. This is a total win for a plethora of reasons, especially for anyone who has been championing the collection of physical media as long as the next person with the ever-foreshadowing posterity of streaming becoming a factor. The acquisition’s crown jewels include Woo’s action masterpieces “Hard Boiled,” “The Killer,” the complete “Better Tomorrow” trilogy, “Bullet in the Head” and “Once a Thief.” The […]