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Recent films that still haven't been shown on terrestrial TV

montyburns56montyburns56 Posts: 2,011
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I watched Zombieland a few weeks ago after it had its terrestrial TV premiere, but I noticed that it was released in 2009 which means it took five years for it to be shown. Normally it seems to take about 3-4 years after a film's release before it's shown on TV, but the length of time does seem to depend on how good/successful a film has been.

I've noticed that Inception still hasn't been on TV and that is four years old, so it must be due to be shown pretty soon.

So It got me thinking what other decent films that were released over four years ago still haven't been on terrestrial TV yet?
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  • dearmrmandearmrman Posts: 21,515
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    Has Shutter Island been shown yet?
  • MotthusMotthus Posts: 7,280
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    The Dark Knight still hasn't been shown on terrestrial TV and that is now 6 years old!
  • dodradedodrade Posts: 23,850
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    Motthus wrote: »
    The Dark Knight still hasn't been shown on terrestrial TV and that is now 6 years old!

    ITV have shown it several times.
  • MotthusMotthus Posts: 7,280
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    No they haven't dodrade as ITV have shown Batman Begins a lot but they have never shown The Dark Knight!

    Sky stopped showing it a while back as well!
  • fmradiotuner1fmradiotuner1 Posts: 20,499
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    Most films now days seem to be on Channel 4 , Film 4 and Five.There not many on ITV OR BBC that are new now?
    I do watch some on movie Mix , Movies4men which now is on freeview though to.
  • Virgil TracyVirgil Tracy Posts: 26,806
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    Motthus wrote: »
    No they haven't dodrade as ITV have shown Batman Begins a lot but they have never shown The Dark Knight!

    Sky stopped showing it a while back as well!

    correct , Dark Knight has never been on terrestrial/freeview .
  • yaristamanyaristaman Posts: 1,844
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    There are quite a few 'big' Warner films still to be shown that would normally have been shown by, or around, now (Get Smart, TDK, TDKR, Titans x 2, Sherlock Holmes x 2, Inception) plus most of the Marvel films are due to be premiered still - Iron Man 2, Thor, Captain America, The Avengers
  • montyburns56montyburns56 Posts: 2,011
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    yaristaman wrote: »
    There are quite a few 'big' Warner films still to be shown that would normally have been shown by, or around, now (Get Smart, TDK, TDKR, Titans x 2, Sherlock Holmes x 2, Inception) plus most of the Marvel films are due to be premiered still - Iron Man 2, Thor, Captain America, The Avengers

    Sherlock Holmes is another one that is five years old, so is due a showing on TV. I suspect that at least some of these films will be shown over Christmas though.

    Also one phenomena I have noticed recently is to show the first film on TV just as the sequel is released in the cinema, such as the 21 Jump St TV premiere being used to promote the sequel.
  • MotthusMotthus Posts: 7,280
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    I do wonder if Netflix has delayed the terrestrial premieres of Marvel films as Captain America, Thor, Iron Man 2 and The Avengers by showing them after Sky!
  • Mr SirsMr Sirs Posts: 4,839
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    Just to let you know (if you don't know already) there is a thread on the Broadcasting forum entitled - "Movie premieres on terrestrial television" - listings and comment/discussion on confirmed movies coming our way to the terrestrial/Freeview channels (not Sky/satellite). Read here:-

    http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1525596&page=63
  • logansdadlogansdad Posts: 1,068
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    Motthus wrote: »
    No they haven't dodrade as ITV have shown Batman Begins a lot but they have never shown The Dark Knight!

    Sky stopped showing it a while back as well!

    The whole Batman trilogy is now on Buy and Keep in the Sky On Demand section. Which i find annoying as i haven't seen the last one..Same with Kick Ass 2. Still can't rent it.
  • gerry dgerry d Posts: 12,518
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    Has Rob Zombie's Halloween (2007) & Halloween II (2009) been shown on Terrestrial tv yet?
  • dodradedodrade Posts: 23,850
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    gerry d wrote: »
    Has Rob Zombie's Halloween (2007) & Halloween II (2009) been shown on Terrestrial tv yet?

    I think the first one has been.
  • Fowl FaxFowl Fax Posts: 3,968
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    gerry d wrote: »
    Has Rob Zombie's Halloween (2007) & Halloween II (2009) been shown on Terrestrial tv yet?

    Nope, not yet.
  • dodradedodrade Posts: 23,850
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    I don't believe the original Friday Night Lights film has ever been shown on UK terrestrial TV.
  • dodradedodrade Posts: 23,850
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    gerry d wrote: »
    Has Rob Zombie's Halloween (2007) & Halloween II (2009) been shown on Terrestrial tv yet?

    Halloween II is listed for 5* tomorrow night, Radio Times says it's the premiere of the 2009 film but the Sky EPG says it's the 1981 sequel.
  • rfonzorfonzo Posts: 11,772
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    What about Lincoln or The Silver Linings Playbook and Hangover 3?
  • Lee_Smith2Lee_Smith2 Posts: 4,166
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    I'd bet heavily on Adventures of Tintin, The Muppets, Puss in Boots and John Carter being shown on BBC over Christmas 2014 and into New Year's Day. They're either Dreamworks Animation distribution or Disney films from 2011/2012. Seems the BBC has an exclusive deal for productions from there.
  • Fowl FaxFowl Fax Posts: 3,968
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    dodrade wrote: »
    Halloween II is listed for 5* tomorrow night, Radio Times says it's the premiere of the 2009 film but the Sky EPG says it's the 1981 sequel.

    5* are actually showing the 1981 one with 4music showing exactly the same film one hour later at 10:00pm. A few TV guides have got confused and thought it was the sequel to the new one despite the fact that the first Rob Zombie movie hasn't even appeared on terrestrial TV yet.
  • Fowl FaxFowl Fax Posts: 3,968
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    rfonzo wrote: »
    What about Lincoln or The Silver Linings Playbook and Hangover 3?

    The first Hangover movie still hasn't been shown.
  • Los_TributosLos_Tributos Posts: 2,100
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    Bizarrely A Serbian Film has never been broadcast.
  • dodradedodrade Posts: 23,850
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    Fowl Fax wrote: »
    5* are actually showing the 1981 one with 4music showing exactly the same film one hour later at 10:00pm. A few TV guides have got confused and thought it was the sequel to the new one despite the fact that the first Rob Zombie movie hasn't even appeared on terrestrial TV yet.

    How many sequels have been shown on Terrestrial TV before the original film? I think it has happened occasionally.
  • FusionFuryFusionFury Posts: 14,121
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    House of 1000 corpses?
  • blgsmrssblgsmrss Posts: 19
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    Final Destination 5. The others have been screened to death.
  • Pisces CloudPisces Cloud Posts: 30,239
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    Maybe they think it's not worth buying a lot of films these days.
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