I see a few interesting releases in Germany from Kinowelt, HMH Hamburger Medien Haus and Ufa.

Fight Club and Dances With Wolves are coming from Kinowelt on December 5th, 2008.

Both could be very popular imports if Fox doesn’t get their act together.

The Hayden Christensen movie Awake will be released by Kinowelt on December 12th, 2008

Anna Karenina (1997), Little Fish and Heavy Petting (2007) are planned by HMH Hamburger Medien Haus for October 16th, 2008.

HMH Hamburger Medien Haus also has Poor Boy’s Game and Da Block Party 1 & 2 Doppelpack coming on November 13th, 2008

Expect Penelope (2006) from Ufa on November 10th, 2008.

Germans will have to wait until June 30th, 2009 for Wall-E!

I have neglected the German releases for a while now, so I will only touch on some of the more interesting releases in this post.

Die Goonies, Interview mit einem Vampir, Gremlins and Gigi are all coming from Warner Home Video on October 17th, 2008.

I expect that US releases will arrive in a similar time frame.

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Certainly some interesting releases for Germany, including a bunch from Kinowelt Home Entertainment. Perhaps of most interest I see The Constant Gardener, Leon - The Professional, The Deer Hunter, Cliffhanger and The Fog on October 10th, 2008.

On the same day they have Basic Instinct, Rambo - Trilogy - Steelbook, Total Recall and Stargate.

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Some interesting titles have been listed at Amazon Germany recently.

Perhaps the most interesting, Indiana Jones und das Königreich des Kristallschädels has been listed by Paramount Home Entertainment for December 31st, 2008. It really seems that the studios notify the retailers much further in advance in Europe - though I imagine that the US release will be the same day or sooner - perhaps sooner to get some Holiday Season action for what could be the top domestic box office release this year (Iron Man is still a little ahead).

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I have been a little slack keeping up with German releases and Sony has just listed a ton of discs, making todays list almost unmanageable! So, here are the new titles with little commentary:

Concorde Video is planning The Incredible Hulk for November 26th, 2008.

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From Germany we are seeing a new set of titles with little information and placeholder release dates. Titles include the critically aclaimed Downfall, Steven Seagal’s Mercenary for Justice and UK film The Football Factory. Additionally, Never Back Down is listed for August 18th, 2008.

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Among numerous new Blu-ray listings in Germany we see a couple of stand out titles, though English language support is doubtful on both of them.

Jet Li - Once upon a time in China and America is scheduled for release by HMH Hamburger Medien Haus on August 28th, 2008. This is a 1997 title, which has both English and Cantonese languages. Perhaps a good choice for Jet Li fans.

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We have quite a few new releases in Germany to report today.

On July 17th, 2008, EMS will release Jackie Chan - New Police Story. Not sure if there will be English language support on this one.

Lonely Hearts Killers (aka Lonely Hearts) - with John Travolta, James Gandolfini and Salma Hayek - will be also be released by EMS on July 17th.

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Today I added a details page for both Amazon France listings and Amazon Germany listings.

Like the Amazon UK details page, this one will list a number of features as well as actors and director for titles where available from the Amazon database. This kind of information, as well as the cover art, can help a lot in identifying what the titles are.

I will add a details page for the US Amazon list also, giving some insight into the upcoming pre-order titles - details for US releases are not available in the main database before release day (though that may change also in the future).

Looks like Warner has been busy in Germany, adding a number of new titles including a couple of steel book releases.

First up though I wanted to mention the release of Anamorph - Die Kunst zu töten from Koch Media on July 11th, 2008. This title features Willem Dafoe, Scott Speedman and Peter Stormare and is a psychological thriller based on the concept of anamorphosis, a painting technique that manipulates the laws of perspective to create two competing images on a single canvas. Sounds kind of interesting.

Back to Warner - coming up in steel book editions, we see 10.000 BC from Warner Home Video on July 7th, 2008 and Keinohrhasen on August 22nd, 2008. There will also be a version of Keinohrhasen with 2 Blu-ray Discs and a DVD on August 22nd.

Other Warner releases coming to Germany include Zodiac on August 22nd, 2008 (a Paramount title in the USA), The Perfect Storm and The Wild Bunch are also on August 22nd, Fool’s Gold on August 29th, and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest on August 20th, 2008.

Germans have quite a wait for Juno, which will be released by Twentieth Century Fox Home on December 31st, 2008.