Filmarena | Neuigkeiten und FAQ

Dear Collectors,

I would like to provide you with a few updates after a long break caused by the deployment of new hardware and software on our servers.
Unfortunately, the MANIACS BOX BACK TO THE FUTURE still stands in the approval process, so we decided to use the next two expected AVENGERS titles instead for next week: INFINITY WAR and AVENGERS ENDGAME.
In recent weeks, we have launched expeditions of the CASINO, PITCH BLACK, GEMINI MAN, and 47 RONIN editions.
We will start sending another batch of MONSTER FAMILY editions at the end of March because now we are still waiting for lenticulars, the tuning, and production of which traditionally take the longest.
After sending out the FAC 145 - 147 editions, we will move to the completion and distribution of the CIVIL WAR and DOCTOR STRANGE editions. Our robots are still distributing these editions, but it is very slow, which is also due to technical problems that we have been solving for several weeks.
We plan to send you the INFINITY WAR and ENDGAME editions in May.

For UK customers: We have managed to finish duty-friendly shipping via PPL and DHL.

Gradually, we would like to start publishing posts with photos and videos again, for which we have not had much time left recently.

We really appreciate your ongoing comments, posts, and support.

Thank you very much for your support.

Regards,

JC for the FA team

Dear Collectors,

let us inform you about the launch of pre-orders of premium editions:

FAC #152 BATMAN V SUPERMAN: Dawn of Justice E1,

FAC #152 BATMAN V SUPERMAN: Dawn of Justice E2.

When you purchase both editions E1 + E2, you get a HARDBOX as a GIFT.

Start of pre-orders for permanent collector's numbers: 10. 8. 2021 at 8:00 pm CET.

End of pre-orders for permanent collector's numbers: 12. 8. 2021 at 8:00 pm CET.

Start of pre-orders for all customers: 12. 8. 2021 from 8:00 pm CET.

Along with this title, you will also be able to pre-order both editions FAC #153 SUICIDE SQUAD title.

We will present the beauty shots to you as soon as possible tomorrow, the final adjustments are currently underway according to the studio's requirements.

Thank you for your regular support and we look forward to your pre-orders.

Warm regards,
The FA team

Dear Collectors,

we kindly inform you that we have placed our orders on two WWA generic SteelBooks for THE SUICIDE SQUAD.
We plan to release two editions with HARDBOX GIFT.

1) The first edition FULLSLIP XL + LENTICULAR 3d MAGNET should feature the BULLET CASINGS WWA SteelBook version.
2) The second edition Lenticular 3D FullSlip XL should feature ICONS WWA SteelBook version.

Unfortunately, we are not yet allowed to show the visuals of both steelbooks in public.

Both editions/steelbook should include double disc configuration 4K + Blu-ray.
Thank you for your cooperation and support.

Best regards,
Jan

Dear Collectors,
we kindly inform you that tomorrow we are launching pre-orders on the following FAC titles:

• THE ACCOUNTANT
• TOP GUN
• RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET
• THE LEGO BATMAN MOVIE

We will start presenting these editions to you tomorrow.
Thank you very much for your support, patience, and cooperation.

Kind regards,
The Filmarena team

Dear collectors,
we kindly inform you about the launch of pre-orders for the collector's digipack edition in 4K resolution THE GODFATHER for the 50th anniversary of the film (4x UHD + 5x Blu-ray).
Celebrating 50 years, this deluxe limited edition set offers, for the first time in one collection, the essential, definitive saga of the Corleone family, overseen by director Francis Ford Coppola and based on the bestselling novel by Mario Puzo. A global cultural touchstone captivating fans across generations, the enduring cinematic legacy of THE GODFATHER has immeasurably influenced popular culture, and rightfully earned its legacy as one of the greatest in the history of motion pictures. Remastered and restored in 4K UHD with HDR-10 and Dolby Vision, this collection includes Best Picture Academy Award winners for Best Picture THE GODFATHER and THE GODFATHER PART II, alongside the acclaimed conclusion MARIO PUZO’S THE GODFATHER CODA: THE DEATH OF MICHAEL CORLEONE. Includes both the Theatrical and 1991 cuts of THE GODFATHER PART III, as well as a special features Blu-ray featuring all-new content.
Currently set pre-order price: 3499 CZK.
Pre-orders have been launched. In the case of a price update, the prices will also be adjusted for received pre-orders.
THE VISUAL IS NOT FINAL AND IS FOR ILLUSTRATION ONLY.
We look forward to your pre-orders.
The FA team

Our next pre-order plan for this year is as follows:

February:
TENET
ONWARD
THE LION KING
TOY STORY 4
THE THING

March:
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
JUSTICE LEAGUE E1 + E2
ALADDIN
CRY MACHO

April:
GODZILLA vs KONG
I LEGEND
FROZEN 2
MALEFICENT 2
SCOTT PILGRIM

May:
MULAN
NOBODY
SUICIDE SQUAD 2 E1 + E2
A QUIET PLACE 2

June:
BLADE RUNNER
BLACK WIDOW
FF9
UNFORGIVEN
HALLOWEEN KILLS

July:
BLACK BARONS EXCLUSIVE UNTITLED PROJECT
MATRIX RESURRECTION

August:
DUNE E1 + E2 + E3
OLD
ETERNALS

September:
SHANG-CHI
NO TIME TO DIE
HARRY POTTER AND THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE
SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION
REMINISCENCE

October:
THE LAST DUEL
CONJURING
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE
MALIGNANT
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

November:
E.T.
THE KING'S MAN
BOURNE IDENTITY
DEATH ON THE NILE

December:
MAD MAX 1-4 + LIBRARY CASE
TOP GUN MAVERICK
January 23:
MATRIX 1-4 + LIBRARY CASE
PIKACHU

Please take the list as a guide, we will update it continuously (move / add / remove).
We have currently ordered the SteelBook EDGE OF TOMORROW (UHD + BD) and are awaiting order confirmation.
Thank you very much for your support, time, and cooperation.
We look forward to furthering our cooperation with you.

Kind regards,
JC for teams FA and BB

Dear collectors,
we would like to inform you about current events and preparations.
We kindly apologize for the delay in the WONDER WOMAN 84 title due to the late delivery and subsequent complete lenticular reprint. We were not satisfied with the quality, and as we had already announced earlier, we will release the products to you when we are satisfied with them in all respects.
The current delivery date for lenticulars is mid-October, i.e. around 17/10 and then if everything goes well, we will proceed to complete WW84 and then move on to the next titles in order. We will update the release dates on the site in the second half of October to be more accurate than before. Unfortunately, due to delivery shifts, we were unable to plan better. We will try to improve it.
For the PREDATOR title, we are still waiting for the studio to finally confirm that we can start sending out the editions. Since communication is very slow or non-existent, which is also confirmed with other 20th Century Studios releases like THE LAST DUEL, they are very slow and unfortunately, this is also starting to show in the studio's reluctance to provide regular material. We dare to criticize this approach because it is retailers like Filmarena and others who have kept physical media sales afloat for a long time. And if some studios are no longer interested in these collaborations, it will be best if retailers get this information fairly and in front of their eyes. No hiding behind excuses and such. Earlier cooperation with the Fox studio was completely different than it is now, and it cannot currently be explained in any other way than the transition to the Disney studio, increased bureaucratic burden, and meaninglessly set criteria that do not correspond to specific m arket situations and customer requirements. Unfortunately, we cannot do more than this statement. How else to explain the situation when we have approved editions from an earlier time from the FOX studio, then the title goes under the DISNEY studio, which after minor corrections approve the title again, then asks to wait for the sending until it presents the PREY title and launches the Disney + channel and subsequently hardly responds to our communication. If this is an idea of future cooperation, then thank you, but we do not want to continue down this path. There are also studios where cooperation works, and we will focus on them, at least until we start to feel other signals.
As soon as we have any feedback from FOX/DISNEY, we will let you know. Together with the distributor, we are trying to negotiate the possibility of sending out at least separate E5 editions (steelbooks in jcards) in the first wave, but again we encounter communication that is very slow due to the strong bureaucratic apparatus at Disney.
We are currently not ordering more steelbooks for new titles from other studios and we are focusing on finishing work on older titles.

The current launch schedule for pre-orders is set as follows. Next week on Tuesday, we will launch pre-orders for the following titles:

FAC #167 TENET
FAC #168 UNFORGIVEN
FAC #169 F9
FAC #170 A QUIET PLACE PART II
FAC #171 GODZILLA VS KONG


We will present these editions to you in the coming days
We will launch further pre-orders in November and now we want to continuously inform you which ones they will be.

At the same time, we apologize to everyone for the recent error of launching pre-orders only for the TENET title, which occurred due to our incorrect setup.

Finally, we have news for you regarding our own merch, which you are increasingly interested in. We have decided to prepare the first round for you, which we will present and launch as part of this round of pre-orders.


Thank you very much for your support and cooperation.

We look forward to your pre-orders.

Best regards,

Jan Cikanek for the FA and BB team

Dear Collectors,
first of all, we wish you all the best in 2023 and after a long break, we would love to bring you news regarding the preparations for the premium editions of the Filmarena and Black Barons teams.
We are currently working with the hardbox manufacturer on reprinting the entire batch of Justice League hardboxes, as the first shipment did not meet our set quality standards. The new hardboxes should be ready in February and then we will ship all the pairs in the JL hardboxes. Separate editions have already been sent out. Furthermore, we will continue to complete the editions according to their order and we will continuously try to update the release dates of the individual ones.
Tonight we will start pre-orders for the next three FAC editions, after a longer time you will also get two premium editions of the Black Barons team:
BB #31 THE CONJURING: The Devil Made Me Do It (UHD + BD)
BB #32 A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (UHD + BD + Bonus BD)
FAC #172 CRY MACHO (UHD + BD)
FAC #173 THE LITTLE THINGS (BD)
FAC #174 THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION (UHD + BD)
As for new information on the PREDATOR title, in 4Q last year we have been asked for an update, where the studio requested minor modifications to logos and copyrights, now unfortunately we are waiting again. We have been confirmed to release all the editions, so we are not dealing with the fact that the editions cannot be issued, we are only dealing with the final adjustments.
Unfortunately, the communication of the Disney studio has been very slow for several years, and it is impossible to expect it to speed up since physical media is no longer a priority for this studio in regions outside the US. So our plan is to finish the projects we have already announced and then wait for the studio's response as to whether it is interested in continuing the collaboration.
Another studio that limits activity toward premium editions is the Paramount studio. We learned from this studio before Christmas 2022 that they are unwilling to approve any additional premium element for THE UNTOUCHABLES title. These were several cards and booklet. Not even the distributor was informed about this current position. We only found out when we were submitting our edition for approval. Since this attitude will be taken by the studio for future editions, we have suspended or canceled all our joint projects. We're still keeping THE UNTOUCHABLES title open in case the studio changes its mind, but we're not counting on it. We are already trying to see things more realistically as they are.
Our cooperation continues with Warner Bros. and Universal studios, which so far have responded flexibly and there was a noticeable desire to do something together for collectors.
Studio SONY is unfortunately not represented in our territory. Many of you are encouraging us to take up this opportunity, but unfortunately, we currently do not have the capacity to guarantee this cooperation in any way.
And now we have some important news from our background. A couple of weeks ago, we promised you new merch, which we decided to delay for a while and give priority to a new project, which we will present to you soon, and we will give priority to existing regular customers/collectors to be part of its creation and future. With this new project, we will want to become more self-reliant and not be dependent on the will of other subjects who are not interested in bringing new elements and enriching the collector’s world. It will not only concern films and media, we want to have a somewhat wider and also global scope, which should also be a more attractive attraction for a wider group of customers and collectors, to whom we will offer our top products in attractive limitations. We will start gradually by introducing you to the first limited series, which will then be followed up and supplemented by others.
We are looking forward to new energy and, above all, a space where we will be able to exercise our creativity and desire to invent new premiums. At the same time, we are experienced and we know in which things we have great reserves and need correction. We mainly mean the long delays in delivery dates, which we will now be precise about because we will shorten and simplify the overall process while maintaining the same high quality as we have had so far. Delivery times will therefore now be calculated with much greater accuracy than was the case until now.
When we jump back to the film editions for a moment, it will also return to normal delivery times, but it will take longer, especially due to the large number of editions and their elements that were dealt with at the same time, it was never easy to coordinate reprints and corrections so that they fit in time. We tried to do it all the time, but the delays were getting longer due to other external factors as well.
In collector's film editions, we want to continue with selected titles after the completion of the current projects. As long as there is a taste and will of the studios.
Thank you for your continued support and we look forward to your orders.
Pre-orders for still collector’s numbers starting tonight at 8:00 pm CET.
Pre-orders for all customers will start on Thursday 26, at 8:00 pm CET.
With warm regards,
JC for teams FA and BB

Dear Collectors,

we would like to inform you about the May's news.

We are finishing up FAC #167 TENET next week, and then we'll gradually move on to finishing the other titles in order. We are sorry for the delay, but the last batches of lenticular lenses did not meet our standard quality, so we needed to find suitable material again in cooperation with our printer. Which it did. We will update the release dates of the next editions on our site once we have received updated disc supply data.

Today and tomorrow we will also start introducing individual editions for the next round of pre-orders that we will launch next week. In this round you can look forward to the titles:

1) NOBODY
2) HARRY POTTER AND THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE
3) REMINISCENCE
4) SCOTT PILGRIM vs. World
5) I AM A LEGEND

Another interesting title that we submitted for approval to Warner Bros studio is AMERICAN SNIPER. This will be a loyalty reward for our most loyal collectors. We will announce the conditions for obtaining it in further updates.

As for the PREDATOR title, we are still waiting for confirmation that the update has been approved. Please keep your fingers crossed.

Thank you for your support and we look forward to cooperation with you.
JC for the FA and BB teams

Dear Collectors,
we are currently dispatching the edition of A QUIET PLACE: Part II, which will most likely be the last edition from Paramount that we have prepared for you.
It's not that we don't want to continue with Paramount, but we received information from the studio through distribution that the only way forward is to accept for our next editions the same components that the studio prepares and approves for the whole world, which means that if we want to approve something extra like a booklet or cards, a folder, a lenticular, it won't be possible... Unfortunately, we can't comply with this strategy, because for several years we've been working in a way that we don't want to take away from, we've always tried to add instead. Care, quality, other components, etc.
Distribution and we have tried to discuss the arguments why the cooperation would continue to be worthwhile, but it was in vain so far.
Nevertheless, we decided to release visuals of the intended components of THE UNTOUCHABLES edition as we planned to make it for you. You never know how far visuals can go this way and what if by chance... We don't count on anything, but we never stop believing.
We originally assigned this edition to the Black Barons team, but after a failed approval, we visually previewed it as a FAC.
We do not send this post maliciously. It is not our intention to initiate hate speech, we want to express ourselves positively and calmly. We believe that this is the only way to break through this communication block. At the same time, we want to present that we worked with the best care with this edition, as you and the film deserve. Please respect our intention and thank you in advance!
We also thank you for your support and look forward to further cooperation with you.
Sincerely,
The FA team

Dear Collectors,

we believe that you are spending pleasant sunny summer days and we would like to inform you about current events.
We've been held up by a few lenticular reprints on the FAC #171 GODZILLA v KONG, but we're now hopefully nearing the finals to complete and ship. We don't know the exact release date yet, but we will update it soon on our e-shop pages, and the release dates of subsequent editions will be updated as well.

As we informed you in earlier reports, the quality of manufactured and delivered products is still not where we expected it to be and longer efforts are needed to obtain what we call quality. Thank you for taking these processes into consideration and continuing to support us in our efforts. We believe that this can be seen in the published editions.

Thank you for regularly sending us videos of your FAC collections and competing for the highest finishes. Don't forget that the collection challenge closes on 8/31/2023, so hurry up.

At the same time, we set the date August 31/2023 as an internal date by which we will wait for an instruction from the Disney studio that we can release the PREDATOR editions. If the studio does not reply, we will propose a solution so that everyone can be satisfied and we are not waiting for a miracle from heaven. We wish, just like you, to close this approved project already and we believe that you will welcome our efforts for an active solution.

Next week we will start pre-orders for the titles EDGE OF TOMORROW, HALLOWEEN KILLS, NO TIME TO DIE, TOY STORY 4, THE BOURNE IDENTITY, and this week we will present these editions to you.

We have prepared low-limited premiums for you to pre-order in September and we will reveal these to you soon.
For now, thank you very much for your favor and support.

We look forward to further cooperation with you.

Sincerely,
The FA team