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Sony is prepping Elysium, Looper, and GATTACA for 4K, plus Giant from the Unknown (1958) & more
All right, first things first today: I’m pleased to report that we did not have to evacuate from these wildfires here in SoCal after all. But it was a long night while we waited to find that out. Thankfully, when I stepped out this morning, it appeared that the fires had moved farther away from us, not closer. And this afternoon the evacuation orders all around us were lifted. So... whew!
It’s going to take a couple days to get back to normal around here, but I count that as a good problem to have, considering the alternative.
Now then... the big news today is that our industry and retail sources are telling us that Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is quietly preparing to release Neill Blomkamp’s Elysium, Rian Johnson’s Looper, and Andrew Niccol’s GATTACA in 4K Ultra HD early in 2021. Elysium and Looper are already available digitally in 4K, and a few European retailers have listed GATTACA for physical 4K release in March. [Read on here...]
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Elysium 4K
- Looper 4K
- GATTACA 4K
- Giant from the Unknown BD
- The Film Detective
- TENET 4K
- Christopher Nolan
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- Mandabi
- StudioCanal
- Ousmane Sembène
- The Rental
- We're No Angels BD
- Wonder Boys BD
- Richard E Cunha
- Scream Factory
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- IFC Midnight
- Neill Blomkamp
- Rian Johnson
- Andrew Niccol
Pitch Black 4K delay, Dawn of the Dead 4K now shipping to the US, “lost” silent film recovered, Rick & Morty: S4 & Star Trek: TMP 4K on hold
All right, today’s news update is going to be a quick one. The reason is that I’m working to confirm a number of interesting rumors that I’ve heard in the last 24 hours, both on the interwebs and also from my own industry sources. I’m talking not one, but multiple interesting topics, including word of forthcoming releases and also more general stuff that’s going on in the home video industry right now. I’d actually hoped to be able to confirm one of them in time for this post, but I’m waiting on sources to get back to me. So I’ve decided to post a quick update now and come back with more as I hear it.
Before I continue with what news we have this afternoon, we do have a new disc review for you here at The Digital Bits today. Dennis has turned in his thoughts on Noel Black’s A Man, a Woman, and a Bank (1979) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics. You can read that here.
Now then... Arrow Video has pushed back the street date for Pitch Black on 4K Ultra HD to 9/1 (from 8/18). Adjust your plans accordingly. [Read on here...]
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- Dennis Seuling
- A Man a Woman and a Bank BD review
- Pitch Black 4K
- Zavvi US and UK
- Second Sight Films UK
- George Romero's Dawn of the Dead 4K
- Rick & Morty: Season 4 BD
- Blue Ridge
- The B52s: Live at the US Festival DVD
- The First Degree (1923)
- Edward Sedgwick
- Bruce Motnick
- Atmos mix
- Star Trek: The Motion Picture The Director's Edition 4K
- Robert Wise
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Mike Matessino
Paramount sets a sets a restored Roman Holiday for Blu-ray in September, plus The Bits is a Zavvi affiliate!
We’ve got some great announcement news for you catalog fans today, but first we also have another new Blu-ray review for you to check out...
Our own Tim Salmons has just turned in his thoughts on the 4-disc Laurel & Hardy: The Definitive Restorations BD set from Kit Parker Films and MVD Visual, which includes 21 shorts, 2 feature films, and a bevy of extras. Sounds like it’s a pretty nice set, so if you’re a fan of the comedy duo, you should definitely check it out.
Now then, the big news today is that Paramount Home Entertainment has just revealed that its next Paramount Presents Blu-ray title is none other than William Wyler’s Roman Holiday (1953), starring Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck. Look for it to street on 9/15 (SRP $29.98). You can see the cover artwork at left and also below.
The film was digitally restored in 2015 in a process took roughly six months, following an exhaustive worldwide search for the best available elements. [Read on here...]
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- Tim Salmons
- Laurel & Hardy: The Definitive Restorations BD review
- Kit Parker Films
- MVD Visual
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Roman Holiday 4K restoration and BD release
- William Wyler
- Audrey Hepburn
- Gregory Peck
- Mill Creek Entertainment
- George Stevens
- A Place in the Sun 4K restoration and BD release
- Dalton Trumbo
- Andrea Kalas
- Leonard Maltin
- Ian McLellan Hunter
- Ultraman R/B: The Complete Series + Movie
- The Pledge
- Imaginary Crimes
- Silent Fall
- Diabolique
- Incognito
- The In Crowd
- Zavvi affiliate links
- Zavvi US and UK
- Shop at Zavvi
- exclusive Steelbooks
Scream bows a Friday the 13th box set, plus Uni’s Alfred Hitchcock 4K Collection is official, and a bit of hopeful Star Trek TMP 4K news!
All right, we’re kicking off the new week with more Blu-ray reviews and some GREAT release news too...
First, Tim has offered his thoughts on a pair of new Blu-ray releases, including Bert I. Gordon’s The Spider (1958 – aka Earth vs. the Spider) as well as Freddie Francis’ 1964 Hammer Films classic The Evil of Frankenstein, both available from our friends at Scream Factory.
Speaking of Scream Factory, they’re starting us off with the release news today as well...
Scream has just officially announced that they’re going to be releasing a definitive 16-disc Blu-ray collection of the Friday the 13th series. The Friday the 13th Collection: Deluxe Edition box set will arrive on October 13 and will include all 12 original films from Paramount and New Line Cinema. [Read on here...]
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- Tim Salmons
- Scream Factory
- Friday the 13th Collection: Deluxe Edition
- The Spider BD review
- The Evil of Frankenstein BD review
- The Wonderland
- The Alfred Hitchcock Classics Collection 4K
- Psycho: 60th Anniversary Edition BD and 4K
- Vertigo 4K
- Read Window 4K
- The Birds 4K
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Universal Studios Home Entertainment
- Little Monsters
- Shivers
- Vestron Video Collector's Series
- Universal Horror Collection: Volume 6 BD
- 21 Jump Street 4K
- 22 Jump Street 4K
- Star Trek: The Motion Picture The Director's Edition 4K
- Kelly Preston RIP
It’s a Bits Review Day: Police Squad!, To Catch a Thief, Rise of Skywalker 3D, 3D Rarities II & D-Day 4K
Today, we’ve got just a very quick My Two Cents update for you, however not with release news.
But as promised, we’ve got a bunch of new disc reviews...
First, our own Tim Salmons has checked out Via Vision Entertainment’s new region-free Blu-ray import version of Police Squad! The Complete Series. (Note that the CBS/Paramount Blu-ray version has also been reviewed here.)
Speaking of Paramount, Dennis has turned in his thoughts on their new Alfred Hitchcock/Paramount Presents title, To Catch a Thief (1955). [Read on here...]
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- Police Squad! The Complete Series BD review
- To Catch Thief: Paramount Presents BD review
- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker BD3D review
- 3D Rarities: Volume II BD3D review
- DDay: Normandy 1944 4K UHD review
- Tim Salmons
- Flicker Alley
- Dennis Seuling
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- 3D Film Archive
- Disney
- Lucasfilm
- Bob Furmanek
- Shout! Factory
- Via Vision Entertainment
The Hills Run Red runneth over from Scream, plus Top Gun, Days of Thunder & War of the Worlds now official for 4K UHD
All right, we’ve got a few new reviews of for you to enjoy today...
Tim has turned in his thoughts on Takashi Miike, Renpei Tsukamoto, and Manabu Aso’s One Missed Call Trilogy, recently released on Blu-ray by Arrow Video. He’s also got a look at Roman Polanski’s The Fearless Vampire Killers, released late last year on Blu-ray from The Warner Archive Collection.
Meanwhile, I’m finally recovered from my post-Star Wars review blitz, so I’ll have some new Blu-ray and 4K reviews toward the end of this week as well. [Read on here...]
- Robservations
- Robert Meyer Burnett
- Shout! Factory
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- Scream Factory
- Dave Parker
- The Hills Run Red BD
- Top Gun 4K
- Days of Thunder 4K
- War of the Worlds 4K
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Tim Salmons
- Dennis Seuling
- Verotika BD review
- The Fearless Vampire Killers BD review
- One Missed Call Trilogy BD review
Paramount fixes their Top Gun 4K Steelbook art (and finally dials up their catalog Blu-ray game!)
All right, we’ve got just a quickie for you today, but it’s a good one.
A couple weeks ago, a number of Bits readers quietly alerted me to the fact that Paramount’s original artwork for the Top Gun 4K Steelbook featured the silhouette of an F-15 Eagle jet fighter instead of the iconic F-14 Tomcats seen in the film. So after sharing it on my social feeds, I alerted Paramount to the error.
Well, the good news is that the studio has officially corrected the artwork, as you can see to the left there. The bad news is that the Steelbook release is now delayed until 12/8 (presumably due to complications in the Steelbook manufacturing schedule).
But based on the number of readers who were displeased by the original error, those fans will be happy to wait for the correct version. And in the meantime, those of you who simply want the film in 4K can take heart; it’s still coming on regular Ultra HD on 5/19. [Read on here...]
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- Paramount Presents
- Top Gun 4K steelbook
- catalog Bluray
- War of the Worlds 4K
- Days of Thunder 4K
- Days of Thunder BD
- Flashdance BD
- Pretty in Pink BD
- Atlantic City BD
- On a Clear Day You Can See Forever BD
- Funeral in Berlin BD
- Urban Cowboy: 40th Anniversary Edition BD
- Angela's Ashes BD
- MOD
- Manufactured on Demand
- Star Trek: Short Takes BD
- Gladiator 4K
- Braveheart 4K
- Friday the 13th: 40th Steelbook BD
- Airplane BD
- Ghost BD
- Paramount Home Entertainment
Warner Archive’s May slate, new KL Studio Classics, MVD’s Midnight Movie sale & fans REALLY want classic Trek films in 4K!
All right, we’ve got a couple of things to note today...
First up, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has set Shameless: The Complete Tenth Season for DVD only release on 5/12. You’ll get all 12 episodes plus deleted scenes for just $22.99.
While we’re talking Warner Bros, our friends at the Warner Archive have just announced their May Blu-ray slate, which is set to include Michael Curtiz’s Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933), Robert Mulligan’s Inside Daisy Clover (1966), and Lucifer: The Complete Fourth Season on 5/12, followed by Gregory Nava’s Selena (1997) and Peter Tewksbury’s Sunday in New York (1964) on 5/19, and Vincente Minnelli’s The Reluctant Debutante (1958) on 5/26. [Read on here...]
- 4K Ultra HD
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Director's Cut 4K
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- The Warner Archive Collection
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- MVD Entertainment Group
- Star Trek
- Shameless: The Complete Tenth Season
- Selena BD
- Mystery of the Wax Museum BD
- Inside Daisy Clover BD
- The Paleface BD
- Sunday in New York BD
- The Reluctant Debutante BD
- The Day the Earth Caught Fire BD
- Hell Bent BD
- John Ford
- Midnight Movie Society Spring 2020 Sale
- South Park: Season 23 BD
- Paramount Presents: Flashdance
NBCUniversal’s Fandango to purchase Vudu, plus a poll: Who wants Star Trek II in physical 4K?
All right, we’ve got a couple things to report today...
First up, NBCUniversal’s Fandango service is going to purchase Vudu from Walmart, according to reports in the trades today (see this link at Variety). This is interesting and it doesn’t surprise me. I expect there will be lots of consolidation in the Digital space in the months and years ahead, and I also expect every major studio to try and grow their own footprint in the digital space or to team up with others who have. And of course the Digital category includes not just streaming/subscription services but transactional purchases too. So it makes a lot of sense.
Also today, I’ve been invited—and have just begun—to check out the high-end digital movie service Kaleidescape. I’ll have more on that experience here at The Digital Bits in a few weeks, after I’ve really given it a thorough test and tryout. [Read on here...]
The Bits presents a 2020 Ultra HD Release Update: MAJOR catalog titles are coming to physical 4K this year!
All right, many of you have asked about (or otherwise understandably bemoaned) the lack of big or significant announcements relating to catalog films on 4K Ultra HD lately. So today’s update here at The Digital Bits is about addressing that concern.
And while we still have little in the way of official announcements at the moment, I can confidently report that at least some of titles you’re waiting for are on the way in 2020.
The information in today’s post should be considered unofficial until the studios in question make their actual announcements. But we believe it to be a reliable gauge of titles currently in the production pipeline or planning stages.
First, we know for sure that Disney is going to be releasing Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga on 4K coinciding with the Blu-ray and 4K release of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, likely in March. [Read on here...]
- The Elephant Man 4K
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- Walt Disney Home Entertainment
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Universal Studios Home Entertainment
- Discotek Media
- FUNimation
- Studio Canal
- 4K Ultra HD
- 2020 4K catalog releases
- Back the Bits
- Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga 4K
- Jaws 4K
- War of the Worlds 4K
- Days of Thunder 4K
- Top Gun 4K
- A Bug's Life 4K
- Up 4K
- WALLE 4K
- Monsters Inc 4K
- Monsters University 4K
- Beauty and the Beast (1991) 4K
- Beauty and the Beast (2017) 4K
- Star Trek: The Motion Picture 4K
- Full Metal Jacket 4K
- A Clockwork Orange 4K
- Spartacus 4K
- Sherlock Holmes 4K
- Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows 4K
- 47 Ronin 4K
- The Back to the Future Trilogy 4K
- Flash Gordon 4K
- Basic Instinct 4K
- Breathless 4K
- Total Recall 4K
- Highlander 4K
- Serpico 4K
- Dune 4K
- Inglourious Basterds 4K
- Akira 4K
- Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro 4K
- The Hobbit 4K
- The Lord of the Rings 4K