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BREAKING on The Bits: Disney & 20th Century set EDWARD SCISSORHANDS (1990) for 4K Ultra HD release on 10/28!
Good morning, Bits readers!
We have some more great 4K Ultra HD catalog release news to share with you this morning.
I know this is a title that’s going to make many of you very happy—especially if you’re a fan of director Tim Burton.
So here’s the official Disney press release with all the details...
SHARPER THAN EVER: EDWARD SCISSORHANDS CELEBRATES 35 YEARS WITH 4K ULTRA HD DEBUT THIS HALLOWEEN!
Celebrate Tim Burton’s Beloved Modern Fable With Its October 28 Return in a Stunning New Restoration on Digital and Blu-ray Disc
BURBANK, CA (September 30, 2025) – Tim Burton’s heartwarming story of the innocently endearing character who cannot touch others will charm audiences new and old when Edward Scissorhands makes its debut on digital retailers (Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV and Fandango at Home) and on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Disc on October 28 just in time for the Halloween season. [Read on here...]
Revisiting The Bat, The Cat, and The Penguin: Remembering “Batman Returns” on its 25th Anniversary
“[Batman Returns is] the first auteur superhero movie. I think the execs at Warners realized that you just let Tim Burton alone and let him make a Tim Burton movie and people will see it in droves.” — Danse Macabre: 25 Years of Danny Elfman and Tim Burton author Jeff Bond
The Digital Bits and History, Legacy & Showmanship are pleased to present this retrospective commemorating the silver anniversary of the release of Batman Returns, Tim Burton’s follow-up to the immensely popular 1989 Dark Knight adventure, starring Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito and Michelle Pfeiffer. [Read on here...]
Wings of Change: Remembering Tim Burton’s “Batman” on its 25th Anniversary
“It has the personality not of a particular movie but of a product, of something arrived at by corporate decision.” — Vincent Canby, The New York Times
Blockbuster. Juggernaut. Game Changer.
The event, or tentpole, film was taken to new heights during the summer of 1989, and the industry hasn’t been the same since. Sure, there were hits — and megahits — before, but everything this did was new, unorthodox or amplified: mass-saturation marketing, title-less posters, narration-less trailers, loads of tie-in merchandise, dual soundtrack release, one-day-early sneak-preview screenings, anti-piracy electronic-coded release prints, shattered box-office records, home-video release while still in theaters, franchise. [Read on here…]