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Well, here’s another nice 4K catalog surprise…

Walt Disney Pictures Home Entertainment has just set Andrew Adamson’s The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) for release in 4K Ultra HD Steelbook format on 12/15!

This is obviously tied to the launch of the promotional campaign for Greta Gerwig’s Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew (2027), which arrives in theaters early next year on 2/12 (and 4/2 on Netflix).

The package will include the film on 4K disc (66GB) and Blu-ray, as well as a Digital Code. The 4K disc will include English Dolby Atmos audio, as well as 2.0 Dolby Descriptive Audio, Spanish 5.1 DTS, and French 5.1 Dolby Digital (and subtitles in English SDH, Spanish, and French). HDR is TBA.

The Blu-ray should carry over all of the legacy special features.

I don’t think anyone had this title on their 4K bingo card for 2026, and it gives us a lot of hope that more 4K UHD surprises await us from Disney in 2027. (PLEASE Disney: Finally release Star Wars: Andor – Season Two on the format!) [Read on here...]

“Shrek sits alongside Spider-Man, Pirates of the Caribbean and Harry Potter as one of the definitive ‘new’ franchises of the global tentpole era, while making both animated features and rom-coms ‘safe’ for male-centric protagonists and PG ratings.” – Scott Mendelson, box-office analyst

The Digital Bits and History, Legacy & Showmanship are pleased to present this retrospective commemorating the 20th anniversary of the release of Shrek, PDI and DreamWorks Animation’s popular, award-winning animated film based upon William Steig’s picture book and featuring the voice talent of Mike Myers (Wayne’s World, Austin Powers), Eddie Murphy (Beverly Hills Cop, Coming to America) and Cameron Diaz (The Mask, There’s Something About Mary).

Shrek, directed by Andrew Adamson (The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe) and Vicky Jensen (Shark Tale) and also featuring the voice talent of John Lithgow (The World According to Garp, 3rd Rock from the Sun) as Lord Farquaad, was released to theaters twenty years ago this month. For the occasion The Bits features a package of statistics and box-office data that places the movie’s performance in context, along with passages from vintage film reviews, a reference/historical listing of the movie’s Digital Cinema presentations, and, finally, a film historian interview who reflects on the movie (and franchise) two decades after its debut. [Read on here...]