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Scott W. Davis
08-25-2003, 04:33 AM
Arrgh, I knew it! I knew it! I knew it! When will I learn?



Actually, I spotted this on a while back, but when I went back to post the news here, I couldn't find it anywhere. I began to think I hallucinated the whole thing. Now, other sites have repeated the news as well.



It seems like whenever a DVD comes out that is a wee bit less than what one would expect of a major release, the studios are just lying in wait to spring a Special Edition on us so we can buy it all over again. It's called double-dipping and we've been suckered into doing it for EVIL DEAD, ARMY OF DARKNESS, HALLOWEEN, BLACK HAWK DOWN and many more.



When Dreamworks released their 100 million-grossing remake of Hideo Nakata's film on DVD with nothing but a 15 minute conceptual piece, we should have known better. Sure enough, just in time for Halloween, Dreamworks is unveiling an Unrated Edition of the 2002 film THE RING on October 7th.



does not say exactly what the disc will entail, but you can probably count on some heavy-duty specs to hit the net within a couple weeks. This release is Region 1 and we have no news if it will go to other continents. However, does say that the unofficial RINGU sequel, RAISEN (SPIRAL) will be released on Region 2 on September 29th, and the U.S. hasn't seen a peep out of that one yet.



Finally, for those who like their horror more animated, the RINGU manga will be released in trade paperback format by on November 12th. The manga is reproduced faithfully from the Japanese original and will span 304 pages.



Looks like RING fans will have a busy fall ahead of them.



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DevilMan
08-25-2003, 10:08 PM
Question... will this new "unrated" RING DVD be for the R1 market or the R2 market? I hadn't heard anything about it on my end.

-Steve

Scott W. Davis
08-26-2003, 04:36 AM
It's Region 1, DevilMan. But I wouldn't doubt that it will come to your shore soon enough.

DevilMan
11-03-2003, 08:00 AM
I thought I'd bump this thread up for updates.

I checked the official DREAMWORKS (http://www.dreamworks.com/) website but there wasn't any news about a RING "Special Edition" mentioned yet.

I even checked a pretty good UK region 2 DVD website called THE R2 PROJECT (http://www.r2-dvd.org/) and couldn't find anything there either.

I do know that DREAMWORKS has dropped the price on their R1 release of the original Japanese RINGU DVD from $25 to $15.

So, just curious as to the status of THE RING "Special Edition"?

And here's a shameless plug for a RINGU thread I started earlier.

>>> THE RING Gets An English Translation (http://www.fanboy.info/yabbse/index.php?board=23;action=display;threadid=6917) <<<

-Steve

Scott W. Davis
11-04-2003, 04:21 PM
Yeah, me neither. I read one blurb on it on Dark Horizons a while back. Then nothing, so I thought I may have imagined it or something. Then, a few other sites broke the news on the RING SPECIAL EDITION. Ooookay, I'll run the story then. But since then, nothing. Maybe it will come out after the holidays? :wacko:

Still, nice to hear about the price drop on RINGU.