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Season 3 DVD rumor/question

posted 13 years ago by kennerguy66
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I heard that season 3's DVD was cancelled because of a music rights issue with Luscious Jackson. Does anyone know if that's true?

The cover art was released, there was a release date set, season 1 and 2 sold enough to warrant a season 3 release... Then it all fell apart and seemed to get lost during a change of CEOs.

It's bothered me for years, and there's never been a statement made that I could find.

Shaka Da Gnu

[–] tdl797 12 years ago

Just last month the producers said Season 3 was even printed and they all sit in a warehouse. Isn't that crazy? They said they recorded commentaries and had extras.

There needs to be a letter, e-mail, Fadebook campaign to get it released!

[–] glean7 12 years ago

Why don't they sell season 3? Grrrrr

[–] DickyBettsBass 12 years ago

Last month, I mailed Fabulous Films in the UK about the last season of P&P, and explained that the 3rd season was ready for release, with printed cover, commentary tracks and selected shorts. They recently did a great job releasing the complete run of 'Malcolm in the Middle', even in never-before-seen widescreen (bar recent Netflix airings), with the soundtrack intact, despite music rights issues in the US. I told them that, as they already have 'Eerie Indiana' and 'Alex Mack' in their catalogue, P&P is kind of the missing link. Though I didn't get a reply, I hope they're still considering it.

[–] kennerguy66 12 years ago

That would be interesting, England is a lot more lax about the rights issues... Spaced (the Simon Pegg/Edgar Wright/Nick Frost) show was released on DVD in England like 6 years before the US version just because of rights issues with two songs from Star Wars.

I'd totally buy a region free dvd player to get ahold of season 3, but I doubt Viacom or whomever owns the rights will sell them off since it's been this long.

Shaka Da Gnu

[–] DickyBettsBass 12 years ago

England is a lot more lax about the rights issues

Apparently so! Perhaps it's worthwhile to take a look at Fabulous Films' catalogue and, like me, mail them with a P&P S3 catalogue suggestion (bottom left-hand corner option on homepage). The more requests, the better!

It may actually be an advantage that Viacom has everything ready for release - it means they can just hand over the media without any further effort, as I believe it's just a matter of low returns on printing and releasing the DVDs - cult status, but no bestseller. This is what happened with Malcolm in the Middle Season 1: apart from the widescreen format for the episodes, Fabulous Films just leased the existing US S1 DVD set-up with bonus features and menu layout from Fox, and put it out that way in Region 2.

http://www.fabulousfilms.com/

Dicky

[–] centuryslow 12 years ago

Hey, i just created this: http://www.facebook.com/PeteAndPeteSeason3

Let's try to get as many "likes" as possible and show Paramount, Nickelodeon or anyone responsible that we're still there and waiting - let's try to make it happen!