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Adam X wrote: Fri May 03, 2024 3:59 am Having listened to a recent David Gregory interview, it sounds like the old Mondo set was down to him; with the doco and Goodbye Uncle Tom being what interested Lustig most.

Coming Soon to 4K UHD and remastered Blu-ray... Featuring a brand-new 2024 4K restoration from the long-lost (and recently found) original camera negative, including 10 minutes of additional footage missing from the previous release!!

dwk wrote: Tue Oct 29, 2024 7:05 pm Lustig was on Kino's Youtube show and said they still have the rights to Argento's Inferno and Soavi's Stagefright and want to do 4Ks but they've had trouble accessing the negatives to do 4K scans.

He also said they are working on :
Antonio Margheriti's The Stranger and the Gunfigher (1974)
Piers Haggard's Venom(1981) on UHD (As I mentioned in the post above)
Jess Fanco's The Blood of Fu Manchu and The Castle of Fu Manchu on UHD

Forrest Taft wrote: Tue Oct 29, 2024 7:43 pm Did he by any chance mention his films Hit List and Relentless? I'm curious about both of these, and have been wondering why we haven't seen these on blu-ray. I guess he would have released them through Blue Underground if he'd had the rights.

Orlac wrote: Tue Oct 29, 2024 10:08 pm INFERNO is owned by Disney now internationally I believe....

Franco-mania continues with our 4K UHD upgrades of THE BLOOD OF FU MANCHU and THE CASTLE OF FU MANCHU! Both feature brand-new 2025 Dolby Vision 4K restorations from their original uncut & uncensored camera negatives. New Extras are in production, with an anticipated release this Summer.

dwk wrote: Wed Jul 30, 2025 6:32 pm Blue Underground posted on social media that Fire and Ice's negative has been found and a 4K restoration, and UHD, is underway.

On June 30, 2026, Blue Underground proudly presents the WORLD PREMIERE 4K restoration of FIRE AND ICE in an EXCLUSIVE 3-DISC LIMITED EDITION STEELBOOK®!

From The Director Of The Original Animated THE LORD OF THE RINGS And The Illustrator Of CONAN THE BARBARIAN

It began as a once-in-a-lifetime collaboration between two of the greatest icons of the fantasy genre: Controversial animator Ralph Bakshi (director of FRITZ THE CAT, WIZARDS and the original THE LORD OF THE RINGS) and legendary illustrator Frank Frazetta (creator of the iconic CONAN THE BARBARIAN, VAMPIRELLA and Edgar Rice Burroughs book covers). It became – and remains – one of the most startling animation epics of all time. Now experience a world unlike any ever seen, where savage warriors, horrific monsters and luscious maidens battle for the soul of a civilization in a time of good and evil, pleasure and pain, and FIRE AND ICE.
Featuring the voice talents of William Ostrander (CHRISTINE), Maggie Roswell (THE SIMPSONS), Steve Sandor (STRYKER), Stephen Mendel (JACK FROST), and the incomparable Susan Tyrrell (CRY-BABY),

Blue Underground is proud to present FIRE AND ICE in a brand-new restoration, scanned in 4K 16-bit from the original negative, with Dolby Vision HDR and a new Dolby Atmos audio mix!

• Audio: English Dolby Atmos, 5.1 DTS-HD MA, 2.0 DTS-HD MA
• Subtitles: English SDH, French, Spanish
• Region Free
• 3-Disc Limited Edition includes 4K UHD Blu-ray, Remastered Blu-ray, and Soundtrack CD, in collectible SteelBook® packaging with clear Slipcover
Extras:
• Audio Commentary with Co-Producer/Director Ralph Bakshi
• NEW! The Art Of Fire And Ice: The Frank Frazetta Legacy with Sara Frazetta
• NEW! Frank Frazetta’s Fire And Ice with Robert Rodriguez
• The Making Of Fire And Ice
• Bakshi On Frazetta
• Sean Hannon’s Diary Notes
• Behind-the-Scenes Photo Gallery
• Theatrical Trailer
• NEW! Poster & Still Galleries
• BONUS! FIRE AND ICE Original Motion Picture Soundtrack CD by William Kraft