Eureka Entertainment announced today that the Founder and Director of its Masters of Cinema Series, Nick Wrigley will be stepping down from the company at the end of May.
Managing Director of Eureka Entertainment, Ron Benson stated “I would like to thank Nick and express what a pleasure it has been to work with him over the past 8 years. However I wish to reassure everyone that Masters of Cinema will continue as before. Our remaining dedicated team will be providing the same high standards into the future, meeting and exceeding expectations as we have done in past”
The announcement of Eureka’s forthcoming releases for July, August and September are set to be announced in early May, including classic and world cinema titles using the finest available materials for home viewing.
Mizoguchi's intensely poetic tragedy Ugetsu Monogatari and his deeply affecting classic Sansho Dayu will be released on Monday 23 April 2012 alongside Alfred Hitchcock's Lifeboat. All titles will be released in dual format editions (Blu-ray & DVD).
Background info:
The Masters of Cinema organisation was founded in 2001. The four co-founders of Masters of Cinema were spread around the world (Canada, USA, and the UK) and together they contributed to the popular website mastersofcinema.org—a touchstone for the worldwide cinephile community. In early 2004, Masters of Cinema began collaborating with Eureka on The Masters of Cinema Series and in late 2008 Eureka consolidated their investment in the Series by acquiring the Masters of Cinema organisation outright. The Masters of Cinema Series is now a wholly owned Eureka.
Eureka Entertainment is the leading independent distributor of classic silent/early films in the UK. The company was responsible for bringing to market the fully restored, remastered, and most comprehensive version of the Fritz Lang classic Metropolis (1927).
Eureka Entertainment Ltd. is independently owned and has been involved in film distribution since 1981, celebrating 25 years in the business in 2006. Most recently Eureka have worked with Celluloid Dreams (France); Gaumont (France); The Criterion Collection/Janus Films (USA); Shochiku (Japan); Toho (Japan); Nikkatsu (Japan); Inray Films (India); Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (USA); BBC Worldwide (UK); Murnau-Stiftung & Transit Film (Germany); Surf Films (Italy); Intramovies (Italy); Beta Film (Germany); and Lobster Films (France).
I think this went as low as £12.99 online at some point before the fire 
