I just sent an email inquiry as to the DtB/BH release that was supposed to have come out last Tuesday and, while on the site, I noticed that a His Name was King poster was listed under the Coming Soon header, along with a Night of the Sharks (1988) poster…?
I haven’t got my hopes up. Have not heard from him in quite a while.
Unless he unearthed a uncut version with the missing 9 minutes I’m not really interested in another release of His Name Was King.
Yes agree with you.
Got a reply:
“DJANGO had a delay at the manufacturers but we are currently waiting on hearing from them to see when we will have the product in stock.”
The DVD has finally been released (as of Dec. 22nd) and you can see screenshots and comments in this thread: Django the Bastard/Boot Hill DVD Double Feature (Retrovision)
Apologies for not commenting here personally, but thank you all for your patience and I can promise you there is more coming!
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After some calls to Italy over the past weeks, we’ve selected 3 Spaghetti Westerns for a new US release, all with HD masters. Two of these films have never had an official English release yet, and one will be an HD upgrade! Stay tuned…
The ones without an official English release, will they have English audio options?
Which westerns were they. If you got Executioner of God, I’m excited.
Yes – all three films with feature the dubbed English track, as well as the original Italian audio.
EXECUTIONER was considered, but ultimately did not make it into the final deal. I certainly haven’t ruled it out, though. As to the titles of the three films, I can’t give much away but one of them is not ‘Django’ related.
Looking forward to when you can name the titles.
There will be a definite announcement within the next two weeks. Although our Facebook page does slightly give one away. 
I know you had His Name Was King in the coming soon section of your website, might that be the HD upgrade? Also, will you be pursuing a double bill with these?
Edit:
I also noticed you mentioned Shango would be handed off to another studio for restoration, would that mean you would be the one releasing it or would someone else? Also figured out one of the releases, won’t spoil the excitement however
I still wanna bring up O’Cangaceiro, whoever gets a chance to get this out English-friendly I personally buy them a beer
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KING is a seperate deal in its own; not included in the three that have been recently licensed. KING might be paired with a Steffen western. Both will be HD.
SHANGO would be restored by a company in Italy that works with the rights holders. Then they would hand the 2k master off to us.
Two of the three will be double-billed due to similar “inspirations”.i
Thanks for the info! Are you looking into releasing the HD master on Blu-ray? How certain of a deal are King and Shango? Also when can we expect all of these to be released, sometime in the summer or fall of this year?
KING will happen, but I have to wait on numerous things. One of those includes a new HD master, along with the Steffen film. I’m hoping to start working on those at the end of the year.
SHANGO is the same situation. Needs to be restored, which is why I saved it for another deal. This would be a 2017 project as it requires more attention than KING or the others.
As per the mysterious 3, these will be released hopefully in early fall and through Winter. We would do summer but that quarter is dedicated to our upcoming feature film. However, I will post a sample or two of each film in the coming months. They will also be Region Free.
So there must be decent source material? Would definitely make a nice second feature. I guess you mean the 2 first time English releases would have had a non-English DVD release which rules out Ramon the Mexican and Cold Killer 
There’s an HD scan for EXECUTIONER, surprisingly. I see it as a double bill in the near future.