Posted Sun Nov 8, 2020 at 02:44 AM PST by Matthew Hartman
Without much word or fanfare - or even much of a proper press release for that matter - Disney is releasing both the animated original and the live-action remake of Mulan to 4K UHD Blu-ray with the new Mulan also getting a standard Blu-ray release with an estimated release date of 11/10/2020... or 11/22/2020 there seems to be some confusion on that point. Best Buy briefly had 11/22/2020 listed for their releases before setting the date to "Not Announced" while Target is holding to 11/10/202 for their releases, so until we see different we're going with the very sudden 11/10 date. As of this writing, Amazon doesn't appear to have either disc releases listed. If/when that changes we'll amend our listings accordingly. But for now, you can pre-order these at Best Buy.
Both 4K UHD Blu-ray releases will be getting the standard HDR10 treatment with Dolby Atmos audio mixes, while the standard 1080p Blu-ray of the 2020 Mulan will only be getting a DTS-HD MA 7.1 track.
If you didn't spend the extra $30 to get early access on Disney+ for the remake or if you didn't already own the original, you have a few different purchase options:
Mulan (1998) 4K UHD Blu-ray - Standard Edition
Mulan (1998) 4K UHD Blu-ray - Best Buy Exclusive SteelBook
Mulan (2020) - 4K UHD Blu-ray - Standard Edition
Mulan (2020) - 4K UHD Blu-ray - Best Buy Exclusive SteelBook
and if you're not on the 4K train yet...
Mulan 2020 - Blu-ray
As soon as we acquire copies of these titles we'll cook up some reviews and roll out our thoughts. Hopefully, the Atmos tracks hold up and don't follow down Disney's usual track for being overly soft sounding. We'll just have to wait and see.
What do you think folks? Are these on your shopping list or are you just going to stick with your Disney+ subscription for now?
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