We don’t have details yet on what the special features will be, other than that there will be “behind-the-scenes bonus content” per the studio’s press release. Here’s what the 4K editions will look like (you can pre-order the 4K editions here, here, here, and here on Amazon)…

Also today, Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment has set David Robert Mitchell’s The End of Oak Street (2026) for Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD release on 11/3 as well. The Digital version will be available on 9/15. Extras will include Banding Together: The Making of The End of Oak Street, Every Creature Tells a Story: The Dinosaurs of Oak Street, and The Spinosaurus Attack: Driving Fear on Oak Street. We expect the 4K to include Dolby Vision HDR and Dolby Atmos.

Speaking of Warner, the studio has revealed that HBO’s Euphoria: The Complete Series will arrive on Blu-ray and DVD on 12/15, with over four hours of special features.

And Universal has set a new 25th Anniversary Edition 4K remaster of DreamWorks’ animated Shrek (2001) for release on 4K Steelbook on 11/3. The newly-remastered edition will include Dolby Vision HDR and Dolby Atmos.

Also today, Disney and Lucasfilm have made it official that George Lucas’ original un-specialized Star Wars (1977) will be returning to theaters on 2/19/27 in IMAX format for the very first time ever, in honor of the film’s 50th anniversary. Here’s hoping for a Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD release of this restored version next year as well.

Meanwhile, Disney and Lucasfilm will bring Shawn Levy’s Star Wars: Starfighter (2027) to theaters in IMAX format as well on 5/28/27.

And finally, today marks the 60th anniversary of another beloved space franchise: Gene Roddenberry’s Star Trek: The Original Series aired its first episode, The Man Trap, in the United States on September 8, 1966 on NBC. In honor of the occasion, I’ve got a bit of news to share, and then some personal thoughts.

Tickets are now on sale for my friend Mark A. Altman’s new documentary, The Sixty-Year Mission: How Star Trek Changed Television and the World (2026), which premieres exclusively at Regal Cinemas on 10/9. You can read more about it here. And here’s an exclusive teaser of the doc…

Now then… my own Star Trek fandom began in 1972, while I was living in Marlborough, Massachusetts. Channel 56 (WLVI, later WKBG) in Boston played Star Trek in syndication every night at 6 PM. Strangely, I have no memory of my first experience with the series, it’s just always been a part of my consciousness. What I do know, is that I built, played with, and quickly broke multiple AMT model kits of the USS Enterprise and the Star Trek Exploration Set, so eventually I had to make my starships out of cardboard. And I know that by the first grade I was a diehard Trekker, because my teacher at Hildreth Elementary, Miss Ramos, was as well. (Upon seeing me drawing the Enterprise on my notebook one day during class, she smiled and flashed me the Vulcan salute, which became our standard daily greeting.)

Star Trek means everything to me. And the only thing stranger than seeing its 60th anniversary is the realization that I’m nearly 60 as well.

I can’t think of a better way to mark the occasion today than by resharing my own words from 2015, posted then in honor of Leonard Nimoy’s passing:

“When I was a young boy, I learned that you could be different and still find your place. That in fact it’s the sum our differences—infinite diversity in infinite combinations—that makes us stronger together. I learned you should always try to do the right thing, even when no one else is looking and especially when it’s hard. I learned that to be a moral person is to respect other’s thoughts, feelings, and ideas, and to always consider them—to try and balance your positions with theirs rather than simply imposing your beliefs on them—to find a common ground that works for everyone. I learned that everyone deserves the freedom to find their own way, but you shouldn’t be selfish about it, because the needs of the many are greater than the needs of the few… or the one. I learned that fighting is always the last resort, not the first. I learned that science and knowledge are empowering, that the spirit of discovery is a fundamental part of what makes us human, and that engaging in the exploration of the unknown—peacefully, together, and for the benefit of all—is among the most noble pursuits that human beings can engage in. Surprisingly, I learned all of this before I ever set foot in a school, because I learned it from Star Trek, where Leonard Nimoy was one of my favorite teachers. And I know I wasn’t alone. That’s a helluva great legacy, if you ask me.”

Thanks to Gene Roddenberry for the vision, and every single person who’s ever contributed to this franchise for their creativity and imagination.

And to my fellow Trekkers everywhere: A better future is still out there for the taking. It’s just on all of us to reach for it.

That’s all for now! Stay tuned…

- Bill Hunt

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