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Unfortunate news. Perhaps he knows that he will get obsessed with it all over again if he so much as looks at the Thief, and therefore refuses to have anything to do with it. Or perhaps he's just too busy with his new film right now.
Whatever the case, he doesn't want to open old wounds. You can't really blame him.
At least we have the Sept 12 DVD release to look forward to (maybe). I wonder if the company that's releasing the DVD will suddenly become much more aggressive about what you're doing as the release date approaches...