Comments on: New Release “Wanted” Delayed, Universal Smiles?

By: SamPleaz

SamPleaz — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 22:05:35 +0000

Does any Redbox in Houston have WANTED????

By: Handsomestranger

Handsomestranger — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 23:13:32 +0000

I got widescreen in Louisville.

By: Robert

Robert — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 21:06:47 +0000

Got widescreen in LA.

By: Press Release: Redbox Stocks 100,000 Copies of “Wanted” | Inside Redbox

Sat, 06 Dec 2008 16:14:21 +0000

[...] delay comes from the pending litigation between Redbox and Universal, with Universal wanting Redbox to [...]

By: I_will_follow_redbox

I_will_follow_redbox — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 05:43:11 +0000

Oh sure, Lets play the Blame Walmart Game! Everything is Walmart’s fault, right? You have no right blaming Walmart. What about Walgreens? They have boxes. And McDonald’s? I don’t hear you blaming them.

By: Roy Boy

Roy Boy — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 02:23:13 +0000

I just rented a Widescreen version of “Wanted” in Pittsburgh, PA.

By: MyBlueNovember

MyBlueNovember — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 18:32:20 +0000

I am in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and my copy was Widescreen from the Walmart on the SW side.

By: spurgen8r

spurgen8r — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 16:56:44 +0000

This title showed up here in Iowa today. It is the fullscreen version which I am not too pleased about.

By: DVDCHANCE

DVDCHANCE — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 16:48:26 +0000

Has everyone thats rented “Wanted” all gotten full-frame, or does it vary?

By: Rhonda

Rhonda — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 16:20:27 +0000

Hmmm, maybe the advertising for the “widescreen” didn’t match because the purchase department at Redbox is scrambling to get the title from any source it can; thus they wouldn’t be too discriminating about whether the product they got was “widescreen” or “full frame”.

The media is awfully quiet on this. I wonder if Ingram and VPD gave in to Universal’s threats. I guess the proof will be what happens to future Universal titles and Redbox.

P.S. I don’t see Wanted listed on DVDPlay’s website either.