Shout! Factory: April 2026 Titles Announced

APRIL 7, 2026

LIMITED EDITION 4K ULTRA HD + BLU-RAY STEELBOOK | $35.99

The Deer Hunter

Shout! Studios | 1978 | 182 min | Rated R
Directed by Michael Cimino

One of AFI’s Top 100 Films of All Time, The Deer Hunter follows a group of Pennsylvania steelworkers from their blue-collar lives, hunting in the woods of the Alleghenies, to the hell of Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War. Academy Award® winners Robert De Niro and Christopher Walken star in this unforgettable saga of friendship and courage. Experience the brutality of war and the depths of emotional strain on the human spirit in this extraordinarily powerful film classic.

  • Audio Commentary With Cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond And Film Journalist Bob Fisher
  • We Don’t Belong Here: An Interview with Actor John Savage
  • The War at Home: An Interview with Actress Rutanya Alda
  • A National Anthem: An Interview with Producer Michael Deeley
  • This Is Not About War: Interview with Post Production Supervisor Katy Haber and – Universal Marketing Executive Willette Klausner
  • Interview with Film Critic David Thomson
  • Deleted and Extended Scenes
  • Theatrical Trailer
  • Radio Spots
  • Still Gallery

APRIL 14, 2026

2-DISC BLU-RAY BOX SET | $58.99

COLORFUL STAGE! The Movie:
A Miku Who Can’t Sing

(Collector’s Edition)

GKIDS | 2025 | 105 min | Rated PG
Directed by Hiroyuki Hata

High school musician Ichika can enter a mysterious place called “SEKAI,” where she and her friends express their emotions through music alongside Hatsune Miku. One day, Ichika meets a new Miku that she has never seen before. No matter how hard this Miku tries to sing, she struggles to connect with her listeners’ hearts. Now, Miku must rely on the help of others to find a way to sing again.

  • 20 After Show Concerts
  • Unit & Virtual Singer Music Videos
  • Stage Greeting
  • Opening Credits
  • Teasers & Trailer
  • 36-page booklet

APRIL 14, 2026

LIMITED EDITION 4K ULTRA HD + BLU-RAY STEELBOOK (REISSUE) | $26.99

Wolf Children

GKIDS | 2012 | 117 min | Rated PG
Directed by Mamoru Hosoda

College student Hana falls in love with a “wolf man” and together they have two half-human, half-wolf children, Ame and Yuki. The young family’s happy but humble life comes to an abrupt end when the father is tragically killed during a hunt. After struggling to raise her children in the busy city, Hana boldly decides to move to a dilapidated house in the countryside, in hopes that her children may one day decide their own path to happiness—whether “human” or “wolf.”?

This heart-wrenching modern fairy tale is a staggering work of beauty and emotion from Academy Award®-nominated director Mamoru Hosoda. Rich with gorgeous animation and set to a poignant musical score, Wolf Children is a sweeping tale about self-discovery and the bonds of family.

  • Making-of Featurette
  • Stage Greetings
  • Director’s Cut Trailers
  • Teasers & Trailers

APRIL 21, 2026

LIMITED EDITION 4K ULTRA HD + BLU-RAY STEELBOOK (REISSUE) | $35.99

Ghosts of Mars

Scream Factory | 2001 | 98 min | Rated R
Directed by John Carpenter

By the year 2176, the planet Mars, long inhabited by human settlers, has become the manifest destiny of an over-populated Earth. Nearly 640,000 people now live and work all over Mars, mining the planet for its abundant natural resources. But one of those mining operations has uncovered a deadly mother lode: a long dormant Martian civilization whose warriors are systematically taking over the bodies of human intruders. Lt. Melanie Ballard (Natasha Henstridge, Species) of the Martian Police Force is on transport assignment to bring James “Desolation” Williams (Ice Cube, 21 Jump Street), the planet’s most notorious criminal, to justice. Williams has no plans to make Ballard’s job easy. What begins as a battle of force and wits between cop and criminal soon turns into something more fundamental: a battle for human survival in the realm of the Martian warriors. It’s civilization against civilization as Ballard and Williams join forces in mortal combat with the Ghosts of Mars.

  • 4K Transfer from the Original Film Negative
  • Presented in Dolby Vision
  • Audio Commentary with Director John Carpenter and Actor Natasha Henstridge
  • Assault on Outpost 13: Scoring Ghosts of Mars—Interview with Film Music Historian – Daniel Schweiger
  • Red Desert Nights: Making Ghosts of Mars
  • Scoring Ghosts of Mars
  • Ghosts of Mars Special Effects Deconstruction
  • Original Theatrical Trailer

APRIL 21, 2026

LIMITED EDITION 4K ULTRA HD + BLU-RAY STEELBOOK (REISSUE) | $33.99

Prince of Darkness

Universal + Scream Factory | 1987 | 102 min | Rated R
Directed by John Carpenter

Master of horror John Carpenter (Halloween, The Thing) directs this terrifying battle between mankind and the ultimate evil. A group of graduate students and scientists uncover an ancient canister in an abandoned church, but when they open it, they inadvertently unleash a strange liquid and an evil force on all of humanity. As the liquid turns their co-workers into zombies, the remaining members realize they have released the most unspeakable horror of them all. Terror mounts as the team must fight to save the world from a devilish fury that has been contained for over seven million years.?

  • 2021 4K Restoration – Presented in Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos
  • Audio Commentary with Director John Carpenter
  • Theatrical Trailer
  • TV Spot
  • Presented in Dolby Atmos
  • Sympathy for the Devil: An Interview with Director John Carpenter
  • Alice at the Apocalypse: An Interview with Alice Cooper
  • The Messenger: An Interview with Actor/Special Visual Effects Supervisor Robert Grasmere
  • Hell of Earth: A Look at the Film’s Score – An Interview with Co-Composer Alan Howarth
  • Horror’s Hallowed Ground: A Look at the Film’s Original Locations
  • Alternate Opening from the TV Version
  • Trailer and Radio Spots
  • Still Gallery

APRIL 21, 2026

LIMITED EDITION 4K ULTRA HD + BLU-RAY STEELBOOK | $35.99

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow

Shout! Studios | 2004 | 107 min | Rated PG
Directed by Kerry Conran

In this science fiction adventure set in the 1930s, New York City reporter Polly Perkins (Gwyneth Paltrow, Avengers: Endgame, Shakespeare in Love) starts to investigate why so many famous scientists are being reported missing. Soon, she gets clues, as strange flying machines and giant robots threaten the city. Luckily, her old flame, aviator Captain Joseph Sullivan aka Sky Captain (Jude Law, Captain Marvel, Hugo), is there to battle the bad guys with the Flying Legion, in his Warhawk P-40. Now Polly must fly away with Sky Captain to Nepal to find a crazy scientist, Dr. Totenkopf, who apparently wants to destroy the world!

  • Presented in Dolby Vision
  • Audio Commentary with Director Kerry Conran, Production Designer Kevin Conran, – Animation Director Steve Yamamoto, and Visual Effects Supervisor Darin Hollings
  • Audio Commentary with Producer Jon Avnet
  • Brave New World: A Two-Part Look at the Making of Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
  • The Art of Tomorrow Featurette
  • Anatomy of a Virtual Scene
  • The Original Six-Minute Short
  • Deleted Scenes
  • Gag Reel
  • Theatrical Trailers

april 28, 2026

4K ULTRA HD + BLU-RAY | $49.99

Tiger on the Beat I & II

(HONG KONG CINEMA CLASSICS #33-34)

Shout! Studios | 1988-1990 | 2 Movies | Not Rated
Directed by Chia-Liang Liu

Tiger On The Beat
A seasoned cop and his rookie partner are a pair of mismatched partners in this Hong Kong action-comedy in the style of ‘Lethal Weapon’. The wacky twosome are up in arms as they try to solve the murder of a heroin trafficker.?

Tiger On The Beat II
Captain Lam is a cop approaching 40, wants to achieve something memorable before his retirement.

Disc 1 – Tiger on Beat:

  • 4K Scan from the Original Camera Negative
  • Presented in Dolby Vision
  • Optional English Subtitles Newly Translated for this Release
  • Audio Commentary with Film Historian Frank Djeng

Disc 2 – Tiger on Beat:

  • 4K Scan from the Original Camera Negative
  • Optional English Subtitles Newly Translated for this Release
  • Interview with Stunt Man and Actor Billy Lui
  • Interview with James Mudge, Hong Kong Film Critic at easternKicks
  • Audio Commentary with Film Historian Frank Djeng

Disc 3 – Tiger on the Beat II:

  • 4K Scan from the Original Camera Negative
  • Presented in Dolby Vision
  • Optional English Subtitles Newly Translated for this Release
  • Audio Commentary with Film Historian Frank Djeng

Disc 4 – Tiger on the Beat II:

  • 4K Scan from the Original Camera Negative
  • Optional English Subtitles Newly Translated for this Release
  • Interview with Martial Arts Director Ridley Tsui
  • Interview with James Mudge, Hong Kong Film Critic at easternKicks
  • Audio Commentary with Film Historian Frank Djeng
Christopher Haskell

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