Palisades Media acquires Tartan Film’s stable
Variety Asia reports that Palisades Media has acquired ‘the majority’ of Tartan Films’ ginormous film catalogue, which includes such fan-faves as Oldboy, The Eye, A Tale of Two Sisters, Tetsuo: The Iron Man, and many, many others. I’m sure I wasn’t alone in lamenting Tartan’s untimely passing; in a very short span their Asia Extreme label pumped out an impressive array of high-quality DVD releases. I hope Palisades continues this tradition.
Roberti said that he will continue to buy titles for both territories under a new company called Palisades-Tartan Acquisitions. “We believe strongly in the new digital world at Palisades, and will be aggressively ramping up future acquisitions,” he said.
Goal is for Palisades to own a library of some 2,000 titles by 2010.
“We’re not in the blockbuster business,” Roberti added, “but we will continue to do theatrical releases when it benefits the titles. The most important thing about this is preserving titles and making sure they get the exposure and exploitation they deserve.”
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Oh, thank God. I was afraid Tetsuo: Iron Man would go out of print! >rolls eyes<
Yeah, I liked Tetsuo 2: Body Hammer better. So sue me.