Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' critically acclaimed graphic novel set in an alternate dystopian 1985 is getting an animated two-part movie. Digital will be available on August 13, while 4K UHD Blu-ray and Blu-ray arrives on August 27. Watchmen Chapter II will debut later this year.
The pages of the comic come to life with the voices of Matthew Rhys (TV’s “Brothers & Sisters,” “The Americans,” “Perry Mason”) Katee Sackhoff (TV’s “Battlestar Galactica,” “Longmire,” “The Mandalorian”) and Titus Welliver (TV’s “Lost,” “Deadwood,” “Sons of Anarchy”), and more.
Chapter 1: In an alternate world history set in 1985, the murder of a government sponsored superhero draws his outlawed colleagues out of retirement and into a mystery that threatens to upend their personal lives and the world itself.
Watchmen Chapter 1 - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray
SPECIAL FEATURES INCLUDE:
You'll be able pre-order the Blu-ray or 4K UHD of Watchmen Chapter 1 soon, below is the full press announcement:
WATCHMEN CHAPTER I
Part 1 of a Two-Part Animated Movie Event Brings DC Comics'
Acclaimed Series to Life
Available exclusively on Digital on August 13
4K UHD and Blu-ray arriving on August 27
Watchmen Chapter II to debut later in 2024
BURBANK, CA (July 10, 2024) - Based on DC’s acclaimed graphic novel co-created and illustrated by Dave Gibbons, Watchmen Chapter I, the first part of an all-new animated two-part feature film from Warner Bros. Animation and Paramount, will be released on Digital on August 13.
The animated feature is a faithful adaptation of the groundbreaking graphic novel series by writer Alan Moore and illustrator Dave Gibbons, which redefined the superhero genre when it debuted in the mid-1980s.
Watchmen Chapter I delves into the gritty and complex world of masked vigilantes in an alternate version of America during the Cold War era. The “Watchmen” saga remains a cornerstone of comic book literature, having garnered numerous awards and accolades over the decades.
The adaptation captures the spirit and style of Moore and Gibbons’ original, groundbreaking vision with stunning animation that pays homage to the comic book’s iconic visual style. The film features a stellar voice cast that includes Matthew Rhys (TV’s “Brothers & Sisters,” “The Americans,” “Perry Mason”) Katee Sackhoff (TV’s “Battlestar Galactica,” “Longmire,” “The Mandalorian”) and Titus Welliver (TV’s “Lost,” “Deadwood,” “Sons of Anarchy”).
The film is produced and directed by Brandon Vietti from an adaptation by J. Michael Straczynski. Jim Krieg and Cindy Rago serve as producers and Dave Gibbons serves as consulting producer. Sam Register, Larry Gordon and Lloyd Levin are executive producers.
Fans will also be able to enjoy a range of bonus features including interviews with the filmmakers including Dave Gibbons, J. Michael Straczynski, and more.
Watchmen Chapter I features all all-star voice cast including Matthew Rhys (Dan Dreiberg, Nite Owl), Katee Sackhoff (Laurie Juspeczyk, Silk Spectre) and Titus Welliver (Rorschach, Walter Kovacs), along with Troy Baker (Adrian Veidt, Ozymandias), Adrienne Barbeau (Sally Jupiter, Silk Spectre), Corey Burton (Captain Metropolis), Michael Cerveris (Jonathan Osterman, Dr. Manhattan), Jeffrey Combs (Edgar Jacobi, Moloch), Grey DeLisle, Kelly Hu, John Marshall Jones (Hooded Justice), Max Koch, Phil LaMarr, Yuri Lowenthal (Wally Weaver), Geoff Pierson (Hollis Mason, Nite Owl), Dwight Schultz, Jason Spisak, Kari Wahlgren (Janey Slater), and Rick D. Wasserman (Edward Blake, The Comedian).
Watchmen Chapter I will be available on August 13 to purchase digitally from Amazon Prime Video, AppleTV, Google Play, Fandango at Home and more. On August 27 the film will be available to purchase on 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray Discs online and in-store at major retailers. Pre-order your copy now.
Watchmen Chapter II will be released later in 2024.
SYNOPSIS:
Chapter 1: In an alternate world history set in 1985, the murder of a government sponsored superhero draws his outlawed colleagues out of retirement and into a mystery that threatens to upend their personal lives and the world itself.
SPECIAL FEATURES INCLUDE:
FILM INFORMATION
4K UHD & Blu-ray Languages: English, Spanish
4K UHD & Blu-ray Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
Running Time: 83 min.
Rated: R
*Digital version not available in Canada
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Like waiting for a ride in the middle of the desert, Second Sight's new 4K UHD of 'The Hitcher' is finally up for preorder! Featuring Rutger Haurer in his most chilling performance, the film has long been in need of some restoration TLC. Working with director Robert Harmon, Second Sight will deliver this cult classic to 2160p in style!
This 4K UHD restoration and release of The Hitcher from U.K. label Second Sight Films feels like its been a long time coming. Probably because it has! In their quest to get this one perfect, Second Sight delayed the release many times to ensure Robert Harmon's terrifying road epic gets the best release possible. Now we're on the verge of witnessing a brand new 2160p Dolby Vision (with HDR10) transfer and a new Atmos mix with legacy 2.0 stereo audio as well as hours upon hours of extra features. Now all you have to do is ask which version you want to get?
Limited Edition Contents
Note - if you live someplace where Second Sight doesn't ship to you directly, DiabolikDVD is taking preorders.
The 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray sets will both offer up Dolby Vision HDR. All three releases will feature Atmos Audio and legacy 2.0 stereo along with the following extra features:
It's been a long, long wait...but Godzilla: Minus One can finally be added to your 4K UHD/Blu-ray collections as a Deluxe 4-Disc Collector's Edition this September exclusively from the Godzilla Store!
This Godzilla Store Exclusive monster of a release features Both Godzilla: Minus One and Godzilla: Minus One/Minus Color on 4K UHD and Blu-ray REGION-FREE with English subtitles. Note that the bonus fourth disc does not include English subtitles for the bonus features. The 4K presentation will be in Dolby Vision, and this massive collector's edition will rumble your house with Dolby Atmos. Again, no fixed actual release date right now, but it's due to start shipping sometime in September. That could change and if it does, we'll update our listings ASAP.
Be one of the first in the US to own Godzilla Minus One on Blu-ray with the “Deluxe Japan Collector’s Edition”! This Godzilla Store Exclusive mirrors the deluxe 4-disc box set released on May 1, 2024 in Japan, and includes both Godzilla Minus One and Godzilla Minus One/Minus Color.
Preserving the Japanese treatment in both packaging and content, the “Deluxe Japan Collector’s Edition” includes all the same features as the original Japan release with the added addition of English menus and the option to select the theatrical release English subtitles for Godzilla Minus One and Godzilla Minus One/Minus Color.
With an estimated ship date of September 2024, this edition will be a limited release and the first opportunity to own Godzilla Minus One home video in the US. .
Full details of each disc content:
Region Free
You can pre-order Godzilla: Minus One: Deluxe Japan Collector's Edition now directly, and only from, the Godzilla Store for $65.00.
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REPENT! For the Severin Summer Sale Event is Upon Us!!!
In addition to huge discounts on previous Blu-ray, 4K UHD, and big box set releases, Severin will unveil 10 new fan favorites and deep-cut (in more ways than one) cult classics! Sale lasts July 12th through the 15th.
Severin has long been known for their commitment to delivering some insane box sets and deluxe editions. I mean, where else are you going to find massive multi-film box sets dedicated to Folk Horror, Nuns, Bruce Lee knock-offs, and Christopher Lee? To top off their most recent mega releases that we're all scrambling to add to our collections, Severin will drop ten new very exciting titles on 4K UHD and Blu-ray! As of right now, these are going to be exclusive to Severin's website, eventually, they'll be made available elsewhere but there's no set date for when. So let's dive in and see what we're going to be making shelf space for:
Dario Argento's Opera - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray
It’s been acclaimed by aficionados worldwide as “his biggest film” (Bloody Disgusting),“a breathtaking visual feast” (Daily Dead) and “up there with DEEP RED and SUSPIRIA” (DVD Drive-In). Now experience “Dario Argento’s last full-fledged masterpiece” (Slant Magazine) in The Director’s Cut and U.S. Theatrical Version, both in UHD for the first time ever: When a young opera singer (Cristina Marsillach, in her career-defining performance) is stalked by a masked psychopath, she will be forced into a grisly aria of murder, memories and unimaginable torment. Ian Charleson (CHARIOTS OF FIRE), Urbano Barberini (DEMONS), Antonella Vitale (THE CHURCH), Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni (MOTHER OF TEARS) and Daria Nicolodi (TENEBRE) co-star in this definitive presentation of “one of Argento’s best” (IndieWire) – co-written by Franco Ferrini (PHENOMENA) with cinematography by Oscar® winner Ronnie Taylor (GANDHI) and music by Brian Eno, Bill Wyman and Claudio Simonetti – newly scanned in 4K from the original camera negatives at Cinecittà with 10 hours of Special Features, a soundtrack CD and more.
Disc 1: UHD (2.35:1 Director's Cut / U.S. Cut + Special Features):
Disc 2: Blu-ray (2.35:1 Director's Cut / U.S. Cut + Special Features):
Disc 3: Blu-ray (1.85:1 Director's Cut + Special Features):
Disc 4: Blu-ray Special Features
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Dario Argento's Deep Cuts - Blu-ray
At the peak of his cinematic triumphs, horror legend Dario Argento created projects for RAI TV that broadcast his singular vision of terror into millions of Italian homes: Door Into Darkness is the top-rated 1973 anthology series produced and hosted by Argento, including Il Tram directed by Argento, Il Vicino Di Casa directed by Luigi Cozzi, and Testimone Oculare co-written by Argento & Cozzi, with three of the four episodes sourced for the first time from the original 16mm negatives. Argento’s popular 1987 variety/talk show Giallo is represented by the maestro’s own Dario Argento’s Nightmares scanned from recently discovered film elements, plus the murder mystery segments Night Shift (Turno Di Notte) directed by Cozzi and Lamberto Bava, behind-the-scenes tours from TENEBRE, PHENOMENA, and OPERA, and guests that include Anthony Perkins, David Gilmour & Nick Mason, and Fiore Argento newly digitized from broadcast masters, with over 8 hours of new and archival Special Features.
Special Features:
Disc 1: Door Into Darkness, Part 1
Disc 2: Door Into Darkness, Part 2
Disc 3: Night Shift
Disc 4: Dario Argento's Nightmares
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2020: Texas Gladiators - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray
The most elusive, requested and unapologetically unhinged Penne Post-Apocalypse epic of all is finally available, uncut and uncensored on disc for the first time ever: From ItaloSleaze Maestro Joe D’Amato comes this “insane and very entertaining” (Rare Cult Cinema) saga of graphic violence, rampant nudity, unholy mutants, big explosions, fascist rhetoric, motorcycle mayhem, saloon brawls, Indian attacks and plenty of lawless Lone Star depravity, written by George Eastman (ANTHROPOPHAGOUS) and assistant directed by Michele Soavi (CEMETERY MAN). Al Cliver (ENDGAME), Peter Hooten (NIGHT KILLER), Sabrina Siani (WHITE CANNIBAL QUEEN), Geretta Geretta (RATS: NIGHT OF TERROR) and Donald O’Brien (DR. BUTCHER, M.D.) star in this “very definition of a guilty pleasure” (The Spinning Image), now scanned in 4K from the original negative with new and archival Special Features, plus the soundtrack by SHOCKING DARK composer Carlo Maria Cordio.
2020: TEXAS GLADIATORS Special Features:
Disc 1: UHD
Disc 2: Blu-ray
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Although best known for his giant monster movies like THE AMAZING COLOSSAL MAN, ATTACK OF THE PUPPET PEOPLE and EMPIRE OF THE ANTS, writer/producer/director Bert I. Gordon took a sharp right turn into ‘70s urban perversion with this “remarkably politically incorrect” (Rock! Shock! Pop!) crime shocker: A psycho citizen (Chuck Connors of THE RIFLEMAN and TOURIST TRAP) is planting deadly bombs across Los Angeles. A depraved rapist (Neville Brand of BIRDMAN OF ALCATRAZ and EATEN ALIVE) is the only witness who can identify him. And a deranged detective (Vince Edwards of Ben Casey and RETURN TO HORROR HIGH) will break every rule in the book to bust them both. Also known in various censored versions as THE POLICE CONNECTION and DETECTIVE GERONIMO, this “dynamite mix of grit and sleaze” (Flick Attack) is now scanned in 4K from the internegative for the first time ever with over 6 hours of explosive Special Features.
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In her first feature film appearance in 25 years, Cristina Marsillach of OPERA fame “gives a quiet, radiant performance” (Pop Horror) in this “poetic and profound” (The Movie Sleuth) “must-see for fans of art-house cinema” (Film Threat): Having learned that she has a terminal illness, a woman (Marsillach) takes a final vacation only to discover a dreamlike triptych of fear, trauma and murder. Susanna Nelson and Hudson Sims co-star in “a feast for cinema lovers” (We Are Cult) written & directed by award winning independent filmmaker Damian K. Lahey (COCAINE ANGEL, THE HEROES OF ARVINE PLACE) with a haunting score by David Wingo (TAKE SHELTER, MIDNIGHT SPECIAL) that Morbidly Beautiful hails as “heartbreaking, dread inducing horror. An eerie and surreal film that marks the welcome return of Cristina Marsillach.”
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The Mummy and the Curse of the Jackals - Blu-ray
Experience the notorious 1969 horror epic that’s been barely seen since its fly-by-night VHS release while existing mostly via sordid rumors for more than 50 years: Anthony Eisley (THE NAKED KISS, DRACULA VS. FRANKENSTEIN) stars in this brain-melting mash-up of dubious Egyptology, risible werewolf transformations, H.G. Lewis-level gore, cut-rate psychedelia and an oven-mitted mummy on a Las Vegas rampage, all set to a swinging soundtrack of lounge and surf instrumentals. The legendary John Carradine (THE GRAPES OF WRATH, HORROR OF THE BLOOD MONSTERS) earns a day’s pay in this “truly incredible masterpiece of bad cinema” (Harbinger) written and produced by William Edwards (DRACULA THE DIRTY OLD MAN), directed by Oliver Drake (THE MUMMY’S CURSE), and scanned in 4K from the original negative discovered at Ewing ‘Lucky’ Brown’s Los Angeles estate sale, now with 2+ hours of Special Features that include the thought-lost Vega International adult feature ANGELICA, THE YOUNG VIXEN scanned from the sole surviving print.
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The Red Light Bandit - Blu-ray
The centerpiece of the radical underground Cinema Marginal movement, this “electric, legendary movie” (Slant Magazine) written and directed by 21-year-old Rogério Sganzerla defiantly attacked Brazil’s sociopolitical morals, gleefully subverted the rules of narrative cinema and has lost none of its power to shock, disturb and delight: Based on police reports of the real-life bandit who terrorized ‘60s São Paulo, a charismatic crook (Paulo Villaça) robs the rich, taunts law enforcement and becomes a public heroin an anarchic odyssey that’s equal parts crime thriller, urban western, grind house roughie, twisted comedy, cultural grenade and still unlike anything you’ve ever seen. Helena Ignez (José Mojica Marins’ EMBODIMENT OF EVIL) co-stars in this “hallucinatory and amazing manifesto” (Next Projection) now scanned in 2K from the original camera negative.
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Don't Change Hands - Blu-ray
From iconoclastic French writer/director Paul Vecchiali (THE STRANGLER, FEMMES FEMMES) comes the wickedly perverse thriller that subverts the conventions of film noir by slyly flipping its traditional gender roles: When a prominent politician receives a pornographic film starring her son, she hires a hard-boiled private detective (Myriam Mézières of MY NIGHTS ARE MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN YOUR DAYS) to track down the blackmailer. But as bodies strip down, corpses pile up and suspects are never what they seem, will this case climax with the most shocking bang of all? Hélène Surgère (SALÒ), Howard Vernon (DRACULA, PRISONER OF FRANKENSTEIN), Michel Delahaye (THE SHIVER OF THE VAMPIRES) and Jean-Christophe Bouvet (Emily In Paris) co-star in this dangerously sexy drama scanned in 2K from the original camera negative.
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From Eloy de la Iglesia – the defiantly transgressive and ever-controversial director of CANNIBAL MAN, THE GLASS CEILING and the Quinqui classics EL PICO 1 & 2 and NAVAJEROS – comes the most daring and unsettling film of his entire career: After a heartbreaking miscarriage, a couple (Goya Award winners Ana Belén and Juan Diego) adopts a stray male dog in hopes of saving their rocky marriage. But as the wife develops an obsessive bond with her new companion, it will trigger jealousies and rivalries that may lead to the most inconceivable act of all. Claudia Gravi (BYLETH: THE DEMON OF INCEST), Ramón Repáraz (THE PRIEST) and Manuel Pereiro (THE NIGHT OF THE WALKING DEAD) co-star in this “remarkable gem about extreme love” (Horror Estremo), now scanned in 2K from the negative.
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A Dog Called... Vengeance Blu-ray
Less than two years after the end of Spain’s oppressive Franco regime, Goya Award winning filmmaker Antonio Isasi (THEY CAME TO ROB LAS VEGAS, SUMMERTIME KILLER) co-wrote and directed the action blockbuster that shocked European audiences and became one of the most culturally-charged survival thrillers of the decade: Best Supporting Actor Oscar® nominee and Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Jason Miller (THE EXORCIST, THAT CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON) “gives a fantastic performance” (This Is Quiet Cool) as a political prisoner who escapes custody, only to be relentlessly pursued by a military dictatorship dog driven to hate, hunt and kill. Donatello Award winner Lea Massari (L’AVVENTURA) and Goya Award winners Marisa Paredes (HIGH HEELS) and Juan Antonio Bardem (THE CORRUPTION OF CHRIS MILLER) co-star in “one of a master director’s most significant films” (Madriz), now scanned in 2K from the original camera negative.
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And that's just the new stuff coming to Severin's ever-growing catalog of cult classics and fan favorites!
Here's a list of titles that will be 50% off for the first time ever:
Here’s a list of the SELECT Box Sets that WILL be on sale for up to 55% off SRP on SATURDAY ONLY (while supplies last):
To cap it off, Severin will also have deals on merch items as well - so hopefully you've budgeted accordingly, it's going to get expensive pretty quick!
Another week, another manageable selection of discs to choose from. Unlike the past couple of months, we get it nice and steady for much of the month!
Welcome to Volume 5 Episode 6 of our weekly release guide. A look at the highlights of what's coming to disc the week of July 7th - July 13th, as well as a look at announcements from last week.
Import Monday this week, the UK gets Monkey Man as a 4K release. The US got theirs 2 weeks ago, so, we move on to Domestic Tuesday titles.
There are TWO new release titles this week, with TWO skus each.
From GKIDS and Hayao Miyazaki, animated feature The Boy and the Heron. This one also gets a Limited Edition SteelBook.
From LionsGate, the action/thriller Civil War. The second sku available is an Amazon Exclusive edition, which we cannot determine what is exclusive about it. I suspect it has a difference cover, but Amazon has thoroughly confused me here by posting both covers for the standard edition.
Also from LionsGate in the new(ish) category, 2023 action/crime/thriller Boy Kills World.
Warner Bros brings us the 1996 action/thriller Twister with Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton. This one is also available as a SteelBook. As tornado films go, I have always found this one to be the most entertaining.
Shout! Factory brings us the Dolph Lundgren horror Dark Angel.
Unsure about having a 4K option in the beginning, but now most certain and delivered, MVD Laservision Collection has Ghoulies II this week.
Criterion Collection has French thriller Le Samourai this week.
Closing it out, previously delayed and now on track for a Tuesday release, Kino Lorber sends us the thriller Turbulence with Ray Liotta.
Delayed again (and probably for another 88 days), the 88 Films release The Project A Collection now has an October 15 street date.
Blu-ray counterparts of the above 4K releases include The Boy and the Heron, Civil War, Boy Kills World and Turbulence.
The new horror Tarot is available from Sony Pictures.
Anime highlights include BOFURI: I Don't Want to Get Hurt So I'll Max Out My Defense - Season 2, which is also available as a Limited Edition, One Piece: Season Thirteen - Voyage Eight, School-Live!: Complete Collection and Summoned to Another World for a Second Time - The Complete Season.
Universal gives us short notice for the drama/romance Challengers to be released this wek.
Sounding like an echo here, another zero notice release that probably should get a 4K, horror/thriller Abigail (2024). Currently the US blu-ray gets (an overused term) a 'Collector's Edition', while the UK gets a Blood Bath Edition. I doubt there's a difference.
Mill Creek has comedy/horror Deer Camp '86 this week.
Slowly but surely, we can fill the gaps in our Doctor Who collection, this week BBC offers us Doctor Who: Tom Baker - Complete Season Four.
More TV on disc with True Detective: Night Country (Season 4).
Barring any last second 88 (day) delay, both The Inspector Wears Skirts III and The Inspector Wears Skirts IV should be available this week from 88 Films.
Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, William Holden, that would be The Country Girl from Kino Lorber.
Honorable mention this week goes to Titanic: The Musical. I'm sure we know how this one ends.
Shout! Factory has revealed and announced their September slate. Titles (in no particular order) include The Stepfather 4K, The Strangers 4K, Doomsday 4K, The Boy 4K, The Amityville Horror (2005) 4K, Village Of The Damned (1995) 4K, as well as general releases of Winnie the Pooh: Blood & Honey [SteelBook], Creepshow 4K SteelBook, and a reissue of Dances with Wolves: Collector's Edition SteelBook.
The blu-ray was hard to find and sold out quickly, now Dark Star will be releasing The Farmer (1977) to 4K later this year.
More TV on disc later this year, Mill Creek will be releasing Bewitched: The Complete Series.
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?
The Summer Season is here. That means massive heat waves and a cascade of new movies in theaters. It also means we get a big busy string of new disc releases. July 2024 is a whopper of a release month for 4K UHD.
Since we're just over halfway through the years, this is about when studios and indie labels start slipping out some big major new and catalog releases. We're just a few short months away from the crazy Holiday shopping season. So when we're not queuing up to see the latest new releases in theaters, chances are we're at home binging away on our latest disc buys. July tends to be a packed frame and this year is no different, so let's get into it.
This month starts fast with a full range of new releases, fan favorites, and cult classics. We're getting everything from great Comedies to Classic Westerns to Thrillers and explosive Action flicks. Some big favorites all drop this week putting an early pinch on our wallets. Usually, the month starts a bit slow, but between Criterion's new releases and KLSC moving a lot of their June slate to July, we'll need to make room on our shelves for new arrivals.
Things don't slow down much for this second week. We've got classic horror, classic anime, classic thrillers, an insane Ray Liotta, one of the most controversial new releases of the year, and one of the best summertime disaster films!
Things press the braks a little bit on the number of releases, but we get a few classic heavy hitters. Not only will we finally get all of the Rocky films in 4K but KLSC delivers a classic Horror/Sci-Fi film, a modern drama, while Ben Affleck was the bomb in I!
Rare Friday Release - July 19th 4K UHD
For the fourth Tuesday of the month, the pace picks up hard and fast. Criterion delivers two big ones, including the movie that made Tom Cruise a star. Universal finally delivers their underdog theatrical flick The Fall Guy. Sony unveils one of the greatest film noir thrillers of all time while the biggest shark franchise completes its 4K meal. Again, it's a lot and it's going to be expensive!
Talk about a mix of everything for everyone. You've got thrillers, '80s action movies, a disgusting and terrifying zombie epic, and a whole lot more. No one said this hobby was going to be cheap, but this month doesn't slow down for the rare fifth Tuesday of the month.
And that should just about do it. That's everything that's due to drop domestically on 4K for July 2024. Now as we saw last month with KLSC's 4K slate, release dates can change on a dime, so if anything shifts we'll update our listings ASAP.
Another six films are getting the Sony Columbia Classics treatment in their fifth volume of limited edition collector's sets packaged inside a hardbound book on October 1.
The films in the this volume include: All The King’s Men (1949) 4K UHD, On The Waterfront (1954) 4K UHD, A Man for All Seasons (1966) 4K UHD, Tootsie (1982) 4K UHD, The Age of Innocence (1993) 4K UHD, and Little Women (2019) 4K UHD. Every film in this set is presented in 4K resolution with Dolby Vision High Dynamic Range, with five including immersive Dolby Atmos soundtracks.
Columbia Classics 4K Ultra HD Collection: Volume 5
Synopsis:
In a bravura performance, Broderick Crawford won the 1949 Academy Award® for Best Actor with his stunning portrayal of bull-headed, backwoods lawyer Willie Stark, in this powerful drama about political and personal corruption. A somber but realistic chronicle of raw, brutal power in force, All The King’s Men is based on Robert Penn Warren's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name and won Best Picture of 1949. Celebrating its 75th anniversary.
ALL THE KING’S MEN Disc Breakdown
4K Ultra HD Includes:
Feature presented in 4K resolution with Dolby Vision
Mono DTS-HD Master Audio
Blu-ray Includes:
Feature presented in high definition, sourced from the 4K master
Mono DTS-HD Master Audio
Special Features:
NEW: Audio Commentary Featuring Film Historians Julie Kirgo and Peter Hankoff
NEW: Force of Will: The Making of All The King’s Men Featurette
Theatrical Trailer
ALL THE KING’S MEN has a run time of approximately 109 minutes and is not rated.
Synopsis:
Marlon Brando gives one of the screen’s most electrifying performances in his Oscar®-winning role as Terry Malloy in On the Waterfront (Best Picture, 1954). Ex-fighter Malloy (Brando) could have been a contender but now toils for boss Johnny Friendly (Lee J. Cobb) on the gang-ridden waterfront. Terry is guilt-stricken, however, when he lures a rebellious worker to his death. But it takes the love of Edie Doyle (Eva Marie Saint), the dead man's sister, to show Terry how low he has fallen. When his crooked brother Charley the Gent (Rod Steiger) is brutally murdered for refusing to kill him, Terry battles to crush Friendly's underworld empire. Directed by Elia Kazan (A Streetcar Named Desire) and written by Budd Schulberg (What Makes Sammy Run?), this unforgettable drama about Terry's redemption is among the most acclaimed of all films. Celebrating its 70th anniversary.
ON THE WATERFRONT Disc Breakdown
4K Ultra HDs Include:
Feature presented in 4K resolution with Dolby Vision, restored from the original camera negative
3 separate 4K presentations of the film, with 1.66, 1.37 and 1.85 aspect ratios, plus noted audio options
Dolby Atmos English audio
5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio
Mono DTS-HD Master Audio
Blu-ray Includes:
Feature presented in high definition at 1.66 aspect ratio, sourced from the 4K master
5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio
Mono DTS-HD Master Audio
Special Features:
NEW: Budd Schulberg: A Righteous Indignation Featurette
NEW: Boris Kaufman: A Vision Beyond Borders Featurette
Audio Commentary Featuring Critic Richard Schickel and Film Historian Jeff Young
Contender: Mastering the Method Featurette
Interview with Director Elia Kazan
Martin Scorsese and Kent Jones Featurette
Eva Marie Saint Interview
Thomas Hanley Interview
On the Aspect Ratio
Stills Gallery
Theatrical Trailer
ON THE WATERFRONT has a run time of approximately 108 minutes and is not rated.
Synopsis:
Winner of six 1966 Academy Awards® including Best Actor, Best Director and Best Picture! Sir Thomas More (Paul Scofield), England’s Roman Catholic Chancellor, is forced into a difficult position when corrupt King Henry VIII (Robert Shaw) demands his approval to divorce his wife and marry his mistress. Torn between his conscience and duty to the crown, Sir Thomas chooses to say nothing, sparking the rage of the king. What unfolds is a battle of wills packed with palace intrigue, political brinksmanship and the fate of man, church and country. In the end, his silence spoke loudest of all.
A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS Disc Breakdown
4K Ultra HD Includes:
Feature presented in 4K resolution with Dolby Vision, restored from the original camera negative
Dolby Atmos English audio
5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio
Mono DTS-HD Master Audio
Blu-ray Includes:
Feature presented in high definition, sourced from the 4K master
5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio
Mono DTS-HD Master Audio
Special Features:
Audio Commentary Featuring Lem Dobbs, Julie Kirgo and Nick Redman
NEW: Moral Clarity with Bishop Robert Barron Featurette
The Life of St. Thomas More Featurette
Theatrical Trailer(s)
A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS has a run time of approximately 120 minutes and is rated G.
Synopsis:
Michael Dorsey is a talented actor, but his demanding nature and stubborn temperament have antagonized every producer in New York. Now his agent insists no one will hire him. But Michael needs money - eight thousand dollars to be exact - and to earn it, he's willing to play the role of a lifetime. Dustin Hoffman stars with Jessica Lange, Teri Garr, Dabney Coleman, Charles Durning, Bill Murray and Geena Davis in director Sydney Pollack's heart-filled classic that heralded a new era of Hollywood wig-flipping and set a new standard for unpredictable laugh-out-loud comedy.
TOOTSIE Disc Breakdown
TOOTSIE has a run time of approximately 116 minutes and is rated PG.
Synopsis:
Martin Scorsese, one of the great directors of our time, directs Oscar®-winner Daniel Day-Lewis (Best Actor – 1989, My Left Foot; 2007, There Will Be Blood; 2012, Lincoln), Michelle Pfeiffer and Winona Ryder in a brilliant adaptation of Edith Wharton’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. A ravishing romance about three affluent New Yorkers caught in a tragic love triangle, the ironically-titled story chronicles the grandeur and hypocrisy of high society in the 1870s. At the center of the film is Newland Archer (Day-Lewis), an upstanding attorney who secretly longs for a more passionate life. Engaged to the lovely but ordinary socialite May Welland (Ryder), Newland resigns himself to a life of quiet complacency. But when May’s unconventional cousin returns to New York amid social and sexual scandal, Newland risks everything for a chance at true love. The Age of Innocence is a spellbinding portrait of hidden romance and regret.
THE AGE OF INNOCENCE Disc Breakdown
4K Ultra HD Includes:
Feature presented in 4K resolution with Dolby Vision, restored from the original camera negative
Dolby Atmos English audio
5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio
Mono DTS-HD Master Audio
Blu-ray Includes:
Feature presented in high definition, sourced from the 4K master
5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio
Mono DTS-HD Master Audio
Special Features:
Audio Commentary Featuring Lem Dobbs, Julie Kirgo and Nick Redman
NEW: Moral Clarity with Bishop Robert Barron Featurette
The Life of St. Thomas More Featurette
Theatrical Trailer(s)
THE AGE OF INNOCENCE has a run time of approximately 138 minutes and is rated PG for thematic elements and some mild language.
Synopsis:
Writer-director Greta Gerwig (Lady Bird) has crafted a Little Women that draws on both the classic novel and the writings of Louisa May Alcott, and unfolds as the author’s alter ego, Jo March, reflects back and forth on her fictional life. In Gerwig’s take, the beloved story of the March sisters – four young women each determined to live life on their own terms – is both timeless and timely. Portraying Jo, Meg, Amy, and Beth March, the film stars Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh, Eliza Scanlen, with Timothée Chalamet as their neighbor Laurie, Laura Dern as Marmee, and Meryl Streep as Aunt March.
LITTLE WOMEN Disc Breakdown
LITTLE WOMEN has a run time of approximately 135 minutes and is rated PG for thematic elements and brief smoking.
EXCLUSIVE BONUS DISC INCLUDES:
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Columbia Classics 4K Ultra HD Collection Volume 5 is not yet up for pre-order but we expect it to be soon enough!
After an amazing first season, Amazon didn't hesitate to bring Reacher back for Season Two. To whet our appetites for the third season of a really big guy punching people in the face, Paramount is bringing the second season of Reacher to Blu-ray on September 17. The 4K UHD Blu-ray will be another MOD.
Season two stars Alan Ritchson, Maria Sten, Serinda Swan, Shaun Sipos, Ferdinand Kingsley, Domenick Lombardozzi and Robert Patrick.
REACHER IS BACK – and this time it’s personal. In the heart-pounding second season of REACHER, when members of Reacher’s (Alan Ritchson) old military unit start turning up dead, he’ll risk everything to get revenge.
Pulled from his drifter lifestyle, Reacher reunites with three of his former teammates turned chosen family to investigate, including Frances Neagley (Maria Sten); Karla Dixon (Serinda Swan), a forensic accountant for whom Reacher has long had a soft spot; and fast-talking, switchblade-wielding family man David O’Donnell (Shaun Sipos). Together, they begin to connect the dots in a mystery where the stakes get higher at every turn, and brings about questions of who has betrayed them—and who will die next. Using his inimitable blend of smarts and size, Reacher will stop at nothing to uncover the truth and protect the members of his unit. If there’s one thing Reacher and his team know for certain, it’s that you do not mess with the Special Investigators. This season, get ready for Reacher and the 110th to hit back hard.
Season 2 of REACHER also stars Ferdinand Kingsley, Domenick Lombardozzi and Robert Patrick..
4K UHD Blu-ray will be MOD we don't yet have picture art or pre-order listings yet, but we should soon.
Blu-ray preorders are up now, the 4K MOD edition should be up soon.
SEASON TWO ARRIVES SEPT 17 ON DVD, BLU-RAY & 4K UHD
Specifications:
Blu-ray™ Specifications:
Blu-ray: 2 Discs
Video: 1080p High Definition
Aspect Ratio: Widescreen
Audio: English 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio, Audio Description; French 5.1 Dolby Digital
Subtitles: English, English SDH, French
DVD Specifications:
DVD: 2 Discs
Video: Standard Definition
Aspect Ratio: Widescreen
Audio: English 5.1 Dolby Digital, Audio Description
Subtitles: English, English SDH
4K UHD Specifications:
4K UHD: 2 Discs
Video: 4K Ultra HD
Aspect Ratio: Widescreen
Audio: English 5.1 Dolby Digital, Audio Description
Subtitles: English, English SDH
U.S. Rating: Not Rated
Canadian Rating: 14A -Brutal Violence, Nudity
Total Episodic Run Time: 6:14:00
David Leitch's The Fall Guy featuring Ryan Gosling filling in Lee Majors' shoes and co-starring Emily Blunt will arrive on Blu-ray and 4K UHD Blu-ray on July 23. There will also be a Walmart-exclusive 4K UHD SteelBook.
The action-packed film is inspired by the 1980s TV series of the same name and the 4K UHD and Blu-ray releases both include Dolby Atmos soundtracks as well as the theatrical and extended cut (with an additional 20 minutes of "more action, more laughs, more stunts, and more sexy bacon").
Read Matthew Hartman's The Fall Guy 4K UHD Theater at Home review here.
Directed by David Leitch (Bullet Train, Deadpool 2, Atomic Blonde), THE FALL GUY stars Oscar® nominee Ryan Gosling (Barbie, La La Land, Drive) as Colt Seavers, a battle-scarred stuntman who is drafted back into service after a near-career ending accident when Tom Ryder (Golden Globe® winner Aaron Taylor-Johnson; Bullet Train), the star of a mega-budget studio movie—being directed by Colt’s ex, Jody Moreno, played by Golden Globe® winner Emily Blunt (Oppenheimer, A Quiet Place films, Sicario)—goes missing
The Fall Guy - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray
The Fall Guy - Walmart Exclusive 4K UHD SteelBook
EXCLUSIVE BONUS FEATURES WHEN YOU OWN on DIGITAL, 4K ULTRA HD, BLU-RAYTM AND DVD:
You can pre-order The Fall Guy now and included below is the press announcement:
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After enjoying a rest with the 13-Film Sony Pictures Classics 4K set, Sony is sending Tom Tykwer's iconic multiversal thriller 'Run Lola Run' to the solo-disc races. All indications are this is the same disc as before, only without ten other films... and possibly without a slipcover.
Run Lola Run is a hell of a film with a banger of a soundtrack. It looks amazing in 4K Dolby Vision and that German 5.1 mix is a beast. But, you'd only know that if you bought the 11-film Sony Pictures Classics 4K box set. Which is a great set if you wanted all of those other films. For those you didn't want the box set, well, Lola is taking another run on 4K, this time on her own! All indications for this press release tell me this is the same great disc as before. It doesn't indicate if the English and Spanish dubbed tracks will be included or not. My guess is that they will be and this is just a simple repackage without the custom slipcover - we've put in a question about that and when we get news we'll update. until then here's to 25 years of Run Lola Run!
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