MGM have released an official statement regarding "The Living Daylights" DVD

MI6 has been sent an official statement from MGM Home Entertainment regarding the issue:

The reason the James Bond DVD "The Living Daylights" is not available to purchase as a single disc, yet is available in the James Bond Collection box set, is due to a pending rights issue that we had anticipated would have been resolved before our November DVD release.

However, production timelines meant that we had assembled and packaged the Box Set including "The Living Daylights" in advance of the release, and an interim agreement was reached that we could sell "The Living Daylights" in the Box Set.

We hope to resolve the issue soon and will make "The Living Daylights" available as a single product again as soon as possible.

The negotiations were still taking place when the "Buy Bond Get Bond Free" offer launched in the UK, leading to much confusion among Bond fans about the missing film. MGM Home Entertainment did publish a similar statement to retailers at the time but it failed to filter through.

Although the MGM statement notes an agreement was reached whereby they could ship "The Living Daylights" as part of the box set, this interim agreement by Danjaq (owners of the distribution rights) seems to have been rescinded as box sets have been recalled from retailers in the UK.

There is still no known release date for "The Living Daylights" DVD.

Thanks to John Cork for continuing the hard work solving the TLD DVD mystery!

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