Sony is packaging together six more films making their 4K debut in a limited edition collector's set with a hardbound book on February 13.
The films include: His Girl Friday, Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner, Kramer Vs. Kramer, Starman, Sleepless In Seattle, and Punch-drunk Love.
Columbia Classics 4K Ultra HD Collection: Volume 4
All six films will be presented in Dolby Vision HDR and all of them except His Girl Friday will include a Dolby Atmos soundtrack - with the limited edition set housed inside an 80-page hardbound book "featuring in-depth sections about the making of each film within the set via six all-new incisive essays from renowned writers and journalists, plus rare photos from deep within the Columbia Pictures archives".
HIS GIRL FRIDAY
Synopsis:
A classic screwball comedy in which Rosalind Russell plays reporter Hildy Johnson, who, on the eve of her remarriage, is talked into one more assignment by her editor and ex-husband, played by Cary Grant. While interviewing a condemned man, Hildy realizes that his hanging is planned as a vote-getting measure.
His Girlf Friday Disc Breakdown
HIS GIRL FRIDAY has a run time of approximately 92 minutes and is not rated.
GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER
Synopsis:
Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn (who won the Academy Award® for Best Actress for her performance) are unforgettable as perplexed parents in this landmark 1967 movie about mixed marriage. Joanna (Katharine Houghton), the beautiful daughter of crusading publisher Matthew Drayton (Tracy) and his patrician wife Christina (Hepburn), returns home with her new fiancé John Prentice (Sidney Poitier), a distinguished Black doctor. Christina accepts her daughter's decision to marry John, but Matthew is shocked by this interracial union; the doctor's parents are equally dismayed. Both families must sit down face to face and examine each other's level of intolerance. In GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER, director Stanley Kramer has created a masterful study of society's prejudices. Nominated for 10 Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner Disc Breakdown
GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER has a run time of approximately 108 minutes and is not rated.
KRAMER VS. KRAMER
Synopsis:
Winner of 5 Academy Awards® including Best Picture, KRAMER VS. KRAMER is a groundbreaking drama about the heartbreak of divorce and the struggle between work and family. Young husband and father Ted Kramer (Dustin Hoffman) loves his family - and his job, which is where he spends most of his time. When he returns home late one evening from work, his wife Joanna (Meryl Streep) confronts him and then leaves him, forcing Ted to become the sole caregiver to their six-year-old son. Now, Ted must learn to be a father while balancing the demands of his high-pressure career. But just as Ted adapts to his new role and begins to feel like a fulfilled parent, Joanna returns. And now she wants her son back. Celebrating its 45th anniversary.
Kramer vs Kramer Disc Breakdown
KRAMER VS. KRAMER has a run time of approximately 105 minutes and is rated PG.
STARMAN
Synopsis:
Director John Carpenter presents a romantic science fiction odyssey starring Jeff Bridges in his Oscar®-nominated role as an innocent alien from a distant planet who learns what it means to be a man in love. When his spacecraft is shot down over Wisconsin, Starman (Bridges) arrives at the remote cabin of a distraught young widow, Jenny Hayden (Karen Allen), and clones the form of her dead husband. The alien convinces Jenny to drive him to Arizona, explaining that if he isn't picked up by his mothership in three days, he'll die. Hot on their trail are government agents, intent on capturing the alien, dead or alive. En route, Starman demonstrates the power of universal love, while Jenny rediscovers her human feelings for passion. Celebrating its 40th anniversary.
Starman Disc Breakdown
STARMAN has a run time of approximately 115 minutes and is rated PG.
SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE
Synopsis:
Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan star in Nora Ephron's wonderfully romantic comedy about two people drawn together by destiny. Hanks stars as Sam Baldwin, a widowed father who, thanks to the wiles of his worried son, becomes a reluctant guest on a radio call-in show. He's an instant hit with thousands of female listeners who deluge his Seattle home with letters of comfort. Meanwhile, inspired in equal parts by Sam's story and by classic Hollywood romance, writer Annie Reed (Ryan) becomes convinced that it's her destiny to meet Sam. There are just two problems: Annie's engaged to someone else and Sam doesn't know yet that they're made for each other. Co-starring Rosie O'Donnell, Rita Wilson and Rob Reiner.
Sleepless in Seattle Disc Breakdown
PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE
Synopsis:
Winner of the Best Director Prize at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival, this misfit love story of disconnected people trying to find one another in an antagonistic world is a comedy of discomfort and rage that turns unexpectedly sweet and pure. Adam Sandler gives an amazing and unusual performance as Barry Egan, a socially impaired owner of a small novelty business, who is dominated by seven sisters and is unlikely to find love unless it finds him. When a mysterious woman comes into his life, his emotions go haywire, fluctuating between uncontrollable rage, lust and self-doubt. From the writer/director of Boogie Nights and Magnolia, PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE is a dark, lovely and unique film experience.
Punch Drunk Love Disc Breakdown
PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE has a run time of approximately 95 minutes and is rated R for strong language including a scene of sexual dialogue.
EXCLUSIVE BONUS DISCS INCLUDE:
• STARMAN – the complete 1986-1987 22-episode follow-up series, based on the feature film—exclusively presented in high definition! HD episodes included on 4K UHD discs for maximum space
Academy Award® and Oscar® are the registered trademarks and service marks of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Pre-orders for Columbia Classics 4K Ultra HD Collection: Volume 4 will be coming soon! Happy Collecting
Look forward to a 4K UHD Blu-ray upgrade of Robert Altman's McCabe & Mrs. Miller; Blu-rays of Michael Roemer's Nothing But a Man and Eric Rohmer’s Tales of the Four Seasons; and Raoul Walsh's The Roaring Twenties as well as Johnnie To and action choreographer Ching Siu-tung's double-feature The Heroic Trio / Executioners on both formats.
Leading the charge on February 6 is a 4K UHD Blu-ray + Blu-ray of Robert Altman's McCabe & Mrs. Miller starring Warren Beatty and Julie Christie.
McCabe & Mrs. Miller - The Criterion Collection 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray
This unorthodox dream western by Robert Altman may be the most radically beautiful film to come out of the New American Cinema. It stars Warren Beatty and Julie Christie as two newcomers to the raw Pacific Northwest mining town of Presbyterian Church, who join forces to provide the miners with a superior kind of whorehouse experience. The appearance of representatives for a powerful mining company with interests of its own, however, threatens to be the undoing of their plans. With its fascinating, flawed characters, evocative cinematography by the great Vilmos Zsigmond, innovative overlapping dialogue, and haunting use of Leonard Cohen songs, McCabe & Mrs. Miller brilliantly deglamorized and revitalized the most American of genres.
4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
Next on February 13 comes Eric Rohmer’s Tales of the Four Seasons containing four films on Blu-ray.
Eric Rohmer’s Tales of the Four Seasons - The Criterion Collection
The seasons may change, but the follies of the heart are constant in this ineffably lovely quartet of films by Eric Rohmer, one of cinema’s most perceptive chroniclers of the pangs and perils of romance. Set throughout France, Tales of the Four Seasons is a cycle to stand alongside the director’s two earlier acclaimed film series, Six Moral Tales and Comedies and Proverbs. By turns comic and melancholic, breezy and richly philosophical, these bittersweet tales of love, longing, and the inevitable misunderstandings that shape human relationships probe the most complex of emotions with the utmost grace.
FOUR-BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
On February 20, Michael Roemer's Nothing But a Man will arrive on Blu-ray.
Nothing But a Man - The Criterion Collection
Michael Roemer’s groundbreaking first feature, sensitively shot by his close collaborator Robert M. Young, is a still-resonant expression of humanity in the face of virulent prejudice. Made at the height of the civil rights movement, Nothing but a Man reveals the toll of systemic racism through its honest portrait of a southern Black railroad worker (Ivan Dixon) confronting the daily challenges of discrimination and economic precarity, as he attempts to settle down with his new wife (jazz great Abbey Lincoln) and track down his father (Julius Harris). Admired by Malcolm X and now recognized as a landmark of American cinema, this tender film grounds its social critique in characters of unforgettable complexity and truth.
DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
Also on February 20, Johnnie To and action choreographer Ching Siu-tung's The Heroic Trio / Executioners will be available on 4K UHD Blu-ray and Blu-ray.
The Heroic Trio / Executioners - The Criterion Collection 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray
The star power of cinema icons Maggie Cheung, Anita Mui, and Michelle Yeoh fuels these gloriously unrestrained action joyrides from auteur Johnnie To and action choreographer Ching Siu-tung. The Heroic Trio and its sequel, Executioners, follow a new kind of justice league: a team of blade-throwing, shotgun-toting, kung fu–fighting heroines who join forces to battle evildoers in a dystopian, noirish city. Blending dazzling martial-arts mayhem with exhilarating blasts of comic-book lunacy, these beloved superhero movies reimagine the genre through the giddy genius of the Hong Kong film industry at its height.
SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
And closing the month on February 27 is Raoul Walsh's The Roaring Twenties arriving on 4K UHD Blu-ray. A Blu-ray edition will be also be available.
The Roaring Twenties - The Criterion Collection 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray
Ripped from the headlines of the turbulent era between the Great War and the Great Depression, this dynamic, nostalgia-tinged crime drama balances tommy-gun action with epic historical sweep. Legends James Cagney and Humphrey Bogart star as army buddies whose fortunes rise and fall as their fates intersect, first in a foxhole on the front lines of World War I, then in Manhattan’s Prohibition-era underworld. Directed by Hollywood master Raoul Walsh, and based on a story by prolific journalist turned screenwriter and producer Mark Hellinger, The Roaring Twenties brought to a close the celebrated Warner Bros. gangster cycle of the 1930s, and it remains one of the greatest and most influential crime films of all time.
4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
Pre-orders should be available any day now, until then - Happy Collecting!
Brian Robbins' 1999 coming-of-age football film starring James Van Der Beek, Jon Voight, Amy Smart and Scott Caan will debut on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray for its 25th anniversary on January 9th.
At first, backup quarterback Jonathan "Mox" Moxom (James Van Der Beek) is nowhere close to being a star athlete. Perfectly content to stay on the bench, he has no time for coach Kilmer’s (Jon Voight) win-at-all-cost strategies. But when the starting quarterback (Paul Walker) is injured, Mox is in the game and confronting the pressures and temptations of gridiron glory. Soon everyone will realize there's not just a new star quarterback in town, there's a new kind of hero.
Varsity Blues - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray
The 4K UHD Blu-ray + Blu-ray + Digital combo pack will include a newly remastered transfer from the original camera negative, a Dolby Atmos soundtrack and supplements (all legacy) include:
Pre-orders for Varsity Blues - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray are up - happy collecting!
Sony has set Gareth Evans' action-packed The Raid: Redemption for 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray on January 19. The release will be a limited edition SteelBook.
Deep in the heart of Jakarta's slums lies an impenetrable safe house for the world's most dangerous killers and gangsters. Until now, the rundown apartment block has been considered untouchable. Cloaked under the cover of pre-dawn darkness and silence, an elite SWAT team is tasked with raiding the safe house in order to take down the notorious drug lord that runs it. But when a chance encounter with a spotter blows their cover and news of their assault reaches the drug lord, they find themselves stranded on the 6th floor with no way out. The unit must fight their way through the city's worst to survive their mission.
The Raid: Redemption - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Limited Edition SteelBook
The 4K UHD Blu-ray + Blu-ray + Digital SteelBook release will have Dolby Vision HDR and a Dolby Atmos soundtrack and supplements include:
4K ULTRA HD DISC
BLU-RAY DISC™
Pre-orders for The Raid: Redemption - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Limited Edition SteelBook should be available soon
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We knew this day was coming. We've been teased and promised for so long we can't remember when the rumors started.
The day is finally here.
James Cameron's Aliens, The Abyss, True Lies, Titanic, Avatar, and Avatar: The Way of Water getting new 4Ks!
Avatar is also picking up a new Blu-ray 3D as well -
Normally at this point we'd be going into some silly little comment about how long it's taken certain films of James Cameron's back catalog to come to Blu-ray and 4K - but there's a TON to get through here. Not only are we finally getting the old favorites but we're getting new collectors editions of both Avatar films. Rather than blither on further - lets get to it!
Sadly all of these aren't coming out at the same clip, so while our wallets get a breather, we do have to wait for three of them into 2024
December 5th:
December 12th - Digital Streaming
December 19th:
March 12th:
So those are the release dates - now it's time for all of the gory details:
THEATRICAL VERSION AND SPECIAL EDITION VERSION
Product Specifications:
Street Date
Digital: December 12, 2023
Physical: March 12, 2024
Product SKUs
Digital: 4K UHD, HD, SD
hysical: 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack (4K UHD + Blu-ray + Digital Code)
Theatrical Version Run Time
Approx. 137 minutes
Special Edition Run Time
Approx. 154 minutes
Rating
U.S. Rated R
Aspect Ratio
Digital: 1.85:1
Physical: 1.85:1
Disc Size
4K UHD: 100GB
Blu-ray: 50GB
U.S. Audio:
Digital: English Dolby Atmos (UHD only, some platforms), English 5.1 & 2.0 Dolby Digital, Spanish 5.1 & 2.0 Dolby Digital, French 5.1 & 2.0 Dolby Digital, English 2.0 Dolby Digital Descriptive Audio (some platforms)
4K UHD Theatrical Version and Special Edition: English Dolby Atmos, English 2.0 DTS-HDMA, English 2.0 Dolby Digital Descriptive Audio, French 5.1 DTS-HDHR, Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital
Blu-ray Theatrical Version and Special Edition: English 5.1 DTS-HDMA, English 2.0 Dolby Digital, English 2.0 Dolby Digital Descriptive Audio, French 5.1 DTS-HDHR, Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital
U.S. Subtitles
Digital: English SDH, Spanish
Physical: English SDH, Spanish, French
Bonus Features:
THEATRICAL VERSION AND SPECIAL EDITION VERSION
Product Specifications:
Street Date
Digital: December 12, 2023
Physical: March 12, 2024
Product SKUs
Digital: 4K UHD, HD, SD
Physical: 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack (4K UHD + Blu-ray + Digital Code)
Theatrical Version Run Time
Approx. 145 Minutes
Special Edition Run Time
Approx. 171 minutes
Rating
U.S. Rated PG-13
Aspect Ratio
Digital: 2:39:1
Physical: 2.39:1
Disc Size
4K UHD: 100GB
Blu-ray: 50GB
U.S. Audio
Digital: English Dolby Atmos (UHD only, some platforms), English 5.1 & 2.0 Dolby Digital, Spanish 5.1 & 2.0 Dolby Digital, French 5.1 & 2.0 Dolby Digital, English 2.0 Dolby Digital Descriptive Audio (some platforms)
4K UHD Theatrical Version & Special Edition: English Dolby Atmos, English 2.0 DTS-HDMA, English 2.0 Dolby Digital Descriptive Audio, French 5.1 DTS-HDHR, Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital
Blu-ray Theatrical Version & Special Edition: English 5.1 DTS-HDMA, English 2.0 Dolby Digital, English 2.0 Dolby Digital Descriptive Audio, French 5.1 DTS-HDHR, Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital
U.S. Subtitles
Digital: English SDH, Spanish, French (some platforms)
Physical: English SDH, Spanish, French
Bonus Features:
NEW: Documentaries
ADDITIONAL BONUS:
Documentary
Archives
Still Gallery
Product Specifications
Street Date
Digital: December 12, 2023
Physical: March 12, 2024
Product SKUs
Digital: 4K UHD, HD, SD
Physical: 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack (4K UHD + Blu-ray + Digital Code)
Feature Run Time
Approx. 141 minutes
Rating
U.S. Rated R
Aspect Ratio
Digital: 2.39:1
Physical: 2.39:1
Disc Size
4K UHD: 100GB
Blu-ray: 50GB
U.S. Audio
Digital: English Dolby Atmos (UHD only, some platforms), English 5.1 & 2.0 Dolby Digital, Spanish 5.1 & 2.0 Dolby Digital, French 5.1 & 2.0 Dolby Digital, English 2.0 Dolby Digital Descriptive Audio (some platforms)
4K UHD: English Dolby Atmos, English 2.0 DTS-HDMA, English 2.0 Dolby Digital AD, French 5.1 DTS-HDHR, Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital
Blu-ray: English 5.1 DTS-HDMA, English 2.0 Dolby Digital, English 2.0 Dolby Digital AD, French 5.1 DTS-HDHR, Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital
U.S. Subtitles
Digital: English SDH, Spanish
Physical: English SDH, Spanish, French
Bonus Features:
NEW Documentary
Archives:
ADDITIONAL BONUS:
Product Specifications
Street Date
Digital: December 5, 2023
Physical: December 5, 2023
Product SKUs
Digital: 4K UHD, HD, SD
Physical: 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack (4K UHD + Blu-ray™ + Digital Code) and 4K Ultra HD Limited-Edition Collector’s Boxed Set
Feature Run Time
Approx. 194 minutes
Rating:
US: PG-13
Aspect Ratio
Digital: 2.35:1
Physical: 2.35:1
Disc Size
4K UHD: 100GB
U.S. Audio
Digital: English Dolby Atmos (UHD only, some platforms), English 5.1 & 2.0 Dolby Digital, LAS Spanish 5.1 & 2.0 Dolby Digital, French 5.1 & 2.0 Dolby Digital, English Descriptive Audio 2.0 Dolby Digital -
4K UHD: English Dolby Atmos, English 2.0 DTS-HDMA, English 5.1 Dolby Digital Descriptive Audio, French 5.1 Dolby Digital, Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital
U.S. Subtitles
Digital: English SDH, French, Spanish,
Physical: English SDH, French, Spanish
Bonus Features:
NEW:
ADDITIONAL BONUS:
Reflections on Titanic
Deleted Scenes – Check out scenes that didn't make the final cut.
Deleted Scenes with James Cameron Commentary – All deleted scenes also available with commentary.
Additional Behind the Scenes
Videomatics
Visual Effects
Music Video “My Heart Will Go On” by Celine Dion – Watch and listen to Celine Dion perform the award-winning song “My Heart Will Go On,” written for the movie by Will Jennings and James Horner.
Still Galleries
TITANIC will also debut in a Limited-Edition Collector’s Boxed Set that’s a must-have for fans and perfect for gift giving. This spectacular set includes all of the above along with the following exclusive collectibles in an elegant slipcase:
THREE VERSIONS OF THE FILM INCLUDING THEATRICAL VERSION, SPECIAL EDITION AND COLLECTOR’S EXTENDED CUT
Product Specifications
Street Date
Digital: December 12, 2023
Physical: December 19, 2023
Product SKUs
Digital: 4K UHD, HD, SD
Physical: 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack (4K UHD + Blu-ray + Digital Code),
Blu-ray 3D Combo Pack (Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray + Digital Code)
Theatrical Version Run Time
Approx. 162 Minutes
Special Edition Run Time
Approx. 170 Minutes
Collector’s Extended Cut Run Time
Approx. 178 Minutes
Rating
U.S. Rated PG-13
Aspect Ratio
Digital: 1.78:1
Physical: 1.78:1
Disc Size
4K UHD: 100GB
Blu-ray 3D: 50GB
Blu-ray: 50GB
U.S. Audio
Digital: English Dolby Atmos (UHD only, some platforms), English 5.1 & 2.0 Dolby Digital, Spanish 5.1 & 2.0 Dolby Digital, French 5.1 & 2.0 Dolby Digital, English Descriptive Audio 2.0 Dolby Digital (some platforms)
4K UHD Extended Edition: 5.1 DTS-HDMA, English 2.0 DTS-HDMA, French 5.1 Dolby Digital, Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital
4K UHD Special Edition: 5.1 DTS-HDMA, English 2.0 DTS-HDMA, English Family Friendly 5.1 Dolby Digital, French 5.1 Dolby Digital, Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital
4K UHD Theatrical Edition: English Dolby Atmos, English 2.0 DTS-HDMA, English 2.0 Dolby Digital AD, English Family Friendly 5.1 Dolby Digital, French 5.1 Dolby Digital, Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital
Blu-ray 3D Theatrical Edition: English 5.1 DTS-HDMA, English 2.0 Dolby Digital, English 2.0 Dolby Digital AD, English Family Friendly 5.1 Dolby Digital, French 5.1 Dolby Digital, Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital
Blu-ray Extended Edition: English 5.1 DTS-HDMA, English 2.0 Dolby Digital, Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital
Blu-ray Special Edition: English 5.1 DTS-HDMA, English 2.0 Dolby Digital, Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital, English Family Friendly 2.0 Dolby Digital
Blu-ray Theatrical Edition: English 5.1 DTS-HDMA, English 2.0 Dolby Digital, Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital, English Dolby Digital AD, English Family Friendly 2.0 Dolby Digital
U.S. Subtitles
Digital: English SDH, Spanish
4K UHD: English SDH, Spanish, French
Blu-ray: English SDH, Spanish
Blu-ray 3D: English SDH, Spanish, French
Bonus Features
NEW:
ADDITIONAL BONUS:
Direct Access to New/Additional Scenes – Special Edition
Direct Access to New/Additional Scenes – Collector’s Extended Cut
Memories from Avatar – Producer Jon Landau leads a spirited conversation with cast members, Sam Worthington, Zoë Saldana, Sigourney Weaver and Stephen Lang, recalling warm memories from production and reflecting on the extraordinary success of Avatar.
Avatar: A Look Back – In this retrospective, cast and filmmakers reflect on their extraordinary journey making Avatar, the groundbreaking technologies they used to create an unparalleled cinematic experience, and the profound effect the film had on audiences worldwide.
Capturing Avatar – Journey with James Cameron and crew in this feature-length documentary, as they embark on a film the likes of which the world had never seen.
Featurettes – Take a closer look at the creation of Pandora and the making of Avatar with featurettes on key aspects of production design, performance capture, and the post-production process.
Production Materials
A Message from Pandora – See how James Cameron’s lifelong quest to protect the environment led him to fight for the Amazon and its indigenous peoples
Deleted Scenes – Check out scenes that didn't make the final cut.
Scene Deconstruction – View these scenes in various production stages: final with picture-in- picture reference, template and performance capture.
Archives: Script, Artwork, Marketing
Still Galleries
Raw Footage Production Elements
Pandora Discovered – Sigourney Weaver narrates this first look at the world of Pandora.
Product Specifications
Street Date
Digital: December 12, 2023
Physical: December 19, 2023
Product SKUs
Digital: 4K UHD, HD, SD
Physical: 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack (4K UHD + Blu-ray + Digital Code)
Feature Run Time
Approx. 183 minutes
Rating
U.S. Rated PG-13
Aspect Ratio
Digital: 1.85:1
Physical: 1.85:1
Disc Size
4K UHD: 100GB
Blu-ray: 50GB
U.S. Audio
Digital: English Dolby Atmos (UHD only, some platforms), English 7.1, 5.1 & 2.0 Dolby Digital, Spanish 7.1, 5.1 & 2.0 Dolby Digital, French 7.1, 5.1 & 2.0 Dolby Digital, English Descriptive Audio 2.0 Dolby Digital (some platforms)
U.S. Audio
Digital: English Dolby Atmos (UHD only, some platforms), English 7.1, 5.1 & 2.0 Dolby Digital, Spanish 7.1, 5.1 & 2.0 Dolby Digital, French 7.1, 5.1 & 2.0 Dolby Digital, English 2.0 Dolby Digital Descriptive Audio (some platforms)
4K UHD: English Dolby Atmos, English 2.0 DTS-HDMA, English 2.0 Dolby Digital Descriptive Audio, English Family Friendly 5.1 Dolby Digital, French 5.1 Dolby Digital, Spanish 7.1 Dolby Digital Plus
Blu-ray: English 5.1 DTS-HDMA, English 2.0 Dolby Digital, English 2.0 Dolby Digital Descriptive Audio, English Family Friendly 5.1 Dolby Digital, Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital
U.S. Subtitles
Digital: English SDH, Spanish
4K UHD: English SDH, Spanish, French
Blu-ray: English SDH, Spanish
Bonus Features
NEW:
Scene Deconstruction – View these scenes in various production stages: final with picture-in-picture reference, template and performance capture.
Production Materials
Beyond the Big Screen
Archives: Script, Artwork, Marketing
Archives: Script, Artwork, Marketing – Dive into the AVATAR Archives with these exclusive behind-the- scenes production assets.
ADDITIONAL BONUS:
Inside Pandora's Box – A series of featurettes on the challenges facing cast and crew as filmmakers devise new technologies to push the limits of cinema.
More from Pandora's Box – Additional featurettes that highlight special teams within the production
Marketing Materials & Music Video – Marketing materials used to build audience awareness of the film
Okay - so that was A LOT to dig into! Remember pre-orders start officially November 20th, but don't be surprised if a few crop up before then!
Yep, it's ramping up to be an expensive month for us collectors and enthusiasts. This week in 4K we see a bunch of SteelBooks that we were led to believe were Walmart exclusives, but aren't, an early Steven Spielberg movie titled Duel, Rudy, Equalizer 3 and more.
Welcome to Volume 4 Episode 24 of our weekly release guide. A look at the highlights of what's coming to disc the week of November 12th - November 18th, as well as a look at announcements from last week.
We have no import Monday releases to mention this week. Kicking off New Release Tuesday, The Equalizer 3 with Denzel Washington comes as a Standard Edition, a Best Buy Exclusive SteelBook and as a 3-film Collection. This makes two weeks in a row that Sony breaks the mold and makes their SteelBook release a Best Buy Exclusive instead of a general release. WHY? Did they miss the memo that Best Buy is ending support for movie discs?
Next, from Warner Bros, The Nun II gets a standard edition release. Considered a relatively weak film in the franchise, we would still love to be able to get all of them in 4K. Plus you would get the completionists buyers too. Hint Hint.
Where to go from here with the hefty list if catalog titles? Why not Terms of Endearment, a "Highly Recommended" Paramount Presents release?
Last week had an early George Lucas film, this week we get an early Steven Spielberg release titled Duel. This one comes as a Standard Edition and as a Gruv Exclusive SteelBook and released by Universal Pictures.
Doubling back with Sony, NOT a retailer exclusive and returning to a normal Sony release pattern, Rudy dons a 4K SteelBook release this week. And sort of a double-dip, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse / Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse gets a Collector's Edition release this week.
Criterion Collection this week has The Last Picture Show.
First time to 4K disc, The Twilight Saga 15th Anniversary Edition gets a Best Buy Exclusive SteelBook collection.
Now for that list of SteelBooks from RLJ & Image Entertainment that were originally listed to be Walmart Exclusive SteelBooks, Arizona, Color Out of Space, The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot (first time to 4K disc in the U.S.) and Sympathy for the Devil, which also debuts to 4K disc.
Next week there are three new releases (Expend4bles, Oppenheimer and Saw X), Harrison Ford stars as Richard Kimble, Stalag 17, Mean Streets and more!
Blu-ray counterparts of the above 4K releases include The Equalizer 3 and The Equalizer 3-Movie Collection from Sony, The Nun II from Warner Bros. and The Last Picture Show from Criterion. Doubling back, The Equalizer 3 also has a Walmart Exclusive SteelBook option. Again, Walmart is opting for a blu-ray exclusive and not a 4K.
The rest of this category has got a decent quantity of releases this week.
From Sony Pictures Classics, The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara to a catalog Tri-Star Pictures of Guarding Tess. Lookie, a third release from Sony's catalog, Johnny Five in Short Circuit 2.
Under the LionsGate label, a week almost never passes without an action/thriller release. This week look for Desperation Road in a DVD case that also includes the blu-ray and digital. Still unsure of the strategy of their recent blu-ray in a DVD case releases.
The next Vestron Collectors Series release via LionsGate comes out this week, Blue Steel with Jamie Lee Curtis.
Anime highlights include Bluelock Part 1, Boruto: Naruto Next Generations: Set 16, and a live-action title Spirited Away: Live on Stage.
Under the Warner Archive Label this week, look for In Love and War and Rapa Nui.
For All Mankind: Season One debuts to disc as well this week. This is the more recent highly rated TV series from Apple TV.
More TV on disc includes Justified: City Primeval Season One from Sony and Leave It to Beaver: The Complete Series from Universal.
Shout Factory has martial arts action with The Sonny Chiba Collection: Volume 2.
Just like the last entry in the 4K releases section above, RLJ and Image Entertainment has blu-ray SteelBooks (not Walmart exclusives) for Bone Tomahawk, Clean, I Kill Giants, PG: Psycho Goreman, Vesper and Werewolves Within .
Extra Special Interest: This week the Disney Legacy Animated Film Collection (Walmart Exclusive) streets. If I had a spare $1.5K laying around, I would seriously consider grabbing it.
Next week in the blu-ray category we get sort of a break. Some of us will need it because there is a little think called Black Friday!
Paramount has revealed 4K and blu-ray discs for Pet Sematary: Bloodlines with a December 19th street date. I find it a pleasant surprise to see a 4K of this.
Sony has revealed that Spike Lee's School Daze 35th Anniversary Edition will be getting a 4K release on December 12th.
This section might be a little weak this week but believe me, it's not doom and gloom. There were a lot of smaller announcements and reveals during the week. Check out our release calendar for updates.
Which titles are you buying this week? Which ones are on your wishlist, be it to buy as an impulse buy or to wait for the right price?
Turbine returns to the action-packed world of David Hasselhoff's Michael Knight with a new
swag-free Knight Rider: Special Edition Blu-ray collection!
Around this time last year German label Turbine Medien unleashed a massive (in size and scope) Knight Rider: 40th Anniversary Edition featuring every episode fully restored spread over 20 discs with two discs reserved for the follow-up films, the short-lived Team Knight Rider series, with an extra disc with over three hours of bonus features on top of posters, books, and a bunch of swag items. It was a lot and commanded a pretty hefty price tag. Now fans of the series anxious to get their hands on the excellent Blu-ray discs can now pre-order the stripped-down special edition. Reduced to the same 20 discs fo the main series and an additional Blu-ray for all of the same excellent extra features content, the set ditches the swag items, Team Knight Rider as well as the rather uneven follow-up TV films. Best of all for collectors, the price point is half the cost of the still available and very awesome 40th Anniversary Collection. Here's a look at what this set has to offer:
He's coming. A car, a computer, a man. Knight Rider!
Michael Knight and his talking wonder car K.I.T.T. hunt down criminals of all kinds on behalf of the Law and Constitution Foundation. The team includes Foundation director Devon Miles, computer experts Dr. Bonnie Barstow and April Curtis, and brave driver RC III. Together, they fight against Goliath, K.A.R.R. and numerous other villains to ensure that justice prevails.
20 Blu-ray Discs offer the classic series - uncut and with complete dubbing.
Bonus Blu-ray with three hours of world-exclusive interviews with the creators and much more.Special Edition with world-exclusive retro artwork by Paul Shipper.
Specifications:
Bonus material:
+ Bonus Blu-ray with brand new world-exclusive interviews (HD, approx. 3 hours):
- Stu Phillips (composer - approx. 11 min.)
- Steven E. de Souza (Producer & Writer - approx. 32 min.)
- Rebecca Holden (Actress - approx. 25 mins)
- Jack Gill (Stunt Coordinator & KITT Driver - approx. 34 mins)
- Tom Greene (Producer & Writer - approx. 50 min.)
- Deborah Davis (author - ca. 17 min.- Knightcon 2011 - with Tom Greene (ca.
28 min.)
- myKITT.de - The fulfillment of a childhood dream (approx. 13 min.).
- Universal Archive (approx. 30 min.):
- Knight Rider - Under the Hood (approx. 16 min.)
- Knight Stunts (approx. 6 min.)
- Knight Sounds (approx. 7 min.)
- Sketch gallery (approx. 3 min.)
- Photo gallery (approx. 3 min.)
+ Audio commentary on the pilot by David Hasselhoff and Glen A. Larson.
All features with optional German & English subtitles.
Number of discs: 21 Genre: Action
The set is set to start shipping on November 23rd - so get those pre-orders in now before you over-commit to holiday shopping for friends and family!
Pet Sematary: Bloodlines - the prequel to Paramount's Pet Sematary (2019) based on Stephen King's novel will debut on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray and Blu-ray on December 19. Look for Digital on December 5.
In 1969, young Jud Crandall dreams of leaving his hometown behind, but soon discovers sinister secrets buried within and is forced to confront a dark family history that forever binds him to Ludlow. Banding together, Jud and his childhood friends must fight an ancient evil that has gripped the town since its founding, and once unearthed has the power to destroy everything in its path.
Pet Sematary: Bloodlines - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray
Pet Sematary: Bloodlines - Blu-ray
Specs have yet to be revealed, but supplements for include:
Pre-orders for Pet Sematary: Bloodlines should be available soon and here is the full press release:
Find out why sometimes dead is better when the terrifying prequel PET SEMATARY: BLOODLINES arrives to buy on Digital December 5, 2023 and debuts on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray™ and DVD December 19 from Paramount Home Entertainment.
Based on the untold chapter from Stephen King’s bone-chilling novel Pet Sematary, PET SEMATARY: BLOODLINES follows a young Jud Crandall in 1969. The blood-curdling thriller stars Jackson White as Jud and an outstanding ensemble cast including Forrest Goodluck, Jack Mulhern, Henry Thomas, and Natalie Alyn Lind, with Pam Grier and David Duchovny.
Fans who purchase the film on Digital*, 4K Ultra HD, or Blu-ray will have access to nearly an hour of behind-the-scenes bonus content detailed below:
PET SEMATARY: BLOODLINES and PET SEMATARY (2019) will also be available in a 2-Movie Collection on Digital or DVD. Experience two generations of horror in this terrifying double feature, which makes a perfect gift for collectors and fans of Stephen King.
Synopsis
In 1969, young Jud Crandall dreams of leaving his hometown behind, but soon discovers sinister secrets buried within and is forced to confront a dark family history that forever binds him to Ludlow. Banding together, Jud and his childhood friends must fight an ancient evil that has gripped the town since its founding, and once unearthed has the power to destroy everything in its path.
PARAMOUNT+ Presents A PARAMOUNT+ ORIGINAL MOVIE In Association with PARAMOUNT PLAYERS
A di BONAVENTURA PICTURES Production “PET SEMATARY: BLOODLINES”
JACKSON WHITE FORREST GOODLUCK HENRY THOMAS with PAM GRIER and DAVID DUCHOVNY
Music by BRANDON ROBERTS Costume Designer ODETTE GADOURY
Editors KEN BLACKWELL, ACE JAN KOVAC
Production Designer ADAM SCHER Director of Photography BENJAMIN KIRK, DFF
Produced by LORENZO di BONAVENTURA, p.g.a. MARK VAHRADIAN, p.g.a.
Based on the novel “Pet Sematary” by STEPHEN KING
Written by LINDSEY ANDERSON BEER and JEFF BUHLER Directed by LINDSEY ANDERSON BEER
PET SEMATARY: BLOODLINES originally debuted on Paramount+ and is rated R for horror violence, gore and language.
Denzel Washington reprises his role as former government assassin Robert McCall in Antoine Fuqua and Sony's The Equalizer 3 targeting 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray, 4K UHD Blu-ray SteelBbook and Blu-ray with 3-film sets all arriving on November 14th.
Digital will be available on November 7.
Since giving up his life as a government assassin, Robert McCall (Denzel Washington) has struggled to reconcile the horrific things he’s done in the past and finds a strange solace in serving justice on behalf of the oppressed. Finding himself surprisingly at home in Southern Italy, he discovers his new friends are under the control of local crime bosses. As events turn deadly, McCall knows what he has to do: become his friends’ protector by taking on the mafia.
The Equalizer 3 - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray
The Equalizer 3 - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray SteelBook
The 4K UHD Blu-ray + Blu-ray + Digital combo pack will include a Dolby Atmos soundtrack and supplements for include:
There will also be 3-film Blu-ray and 4K UHD Blu-ray collections and the latter exclusively includes IMAX-Enhanced disc-based presentations of the films, with immersive DTS-X audio for THE EQUALIZER 2 and THE EQUALIZER 3.
Denzel Washington is Robert McCall, an ex-assassin with a mysterious past, who returns to action to serve vengeance for the exploited and oppressed. Witness his transformation from a solitary avenger to an unstoppable force, fighting ruthless adversaries from Russian gangsters to the Italian mafia in this heart-pounding 3-movie collection of action, justice, and redemption.
Pre-orders for The Equalizer 3 are up and here is the full press release:
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Hailed as "the best film of the year" (comicbook.com), Gareth Edwards' science-fiction epic starring John David Washington, Gemma Chan, Ken Watanabe, Sturgill Simpson, Allison Janney and Madeleine Yuna Voyles will be available on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray and Blu-ray on December 12.
Digital arrives on November 14.
Amidst a future war between the human race and the forces of artificial intelligence, Joshua (John David Washington), a hardened ex-special forces agent grieving the disappearance of his wife (Gemma Chan), is recruited to hunt down and kill the Creator, the elusive architect of advanced AI who has developed a mysterious weapon with the power to end the war — and humankind. Joshua and his team of elite operatives journey across enemy lines into the dark heart of AI-occupied territory, only to discover the world-ending weapon he’s been instructed to destroy is an AI in the form of a young child, in this epic sci-fi action thriller directed by Gareth Edwards (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story) from a screenplay by Edwards and Chris Weitz.
The Creator - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray
The 4K UHD Blu-ray + Blu-ray + Digital combo pack will include a Dolby Atmos soundtrack and supplements for both editions include:
Bonus Feature*
True Love: Making The Creator (55 Mins)
Join director Gareth Edwards and crew for nearly an hour look behind the scenes. Hear from actors about the filming experience, and learn about the production's documentary-style approach, the innovative camera and lighting work, and much more.
*Bonus features vary by retailer and are exclusive to the Blu-ray
Pre-orders for The Creator should be available soon and here is the full press release:
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