All right, the big announcement news today is this: Eon Productions, MGM, and Universal Pictures Home Entertainment have just officially set the final Daniel Craig James Bond film, No Time to Die, for release on Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD on 12/21. Both the Blu-ray and 4K discs will feature Dolby Atmos sound. The 4K disc will be a BD100 and will feature HDR10 high dynamic range. The 4K disc will also feature the exclusive (and terrific) 45-minute retrospective Being James Bond, which fans will know played on Apple TV a few weeks back in the lead-up to the film’s theatrical debut. Both the 4K and Blu-ray will also add 4 featurettes (including Anatomy of a Scene: Matera, Keeping It Real: The Action of No Time to Die, A Global Journey, and Designing Bond). It appears that there will also be exclusive Steelbook packaging and Gift Set SKUs available at select retailers. The film was directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga. You can see the cover artwork above left and also below.

Now then... that audio problem we mentioned: It appears that the Warner’s new 4K Ultra HD of Mad Max 2—which promised a new Dolby Atmos mix as well as the previous 5.1 and original 2.0 audio tracks—does indeed include a new Dolby Atmos mix. But that mix alters many sound effects and is missing a number of others. What’s more, the 5.1 and 2.0 tracks are not “original” but are in fact just fold-downs of the new Atmos mix—disappointing all the way around. We’ve just gotten the Mad Max Anthology in for review in 4K UHD here at The Bits, so we’ll dive into it soon and report back over the next day or two. But just be aware of the issue. Note that we’ve informed Warner Bros. Home Entertainment of it and they’ve confirmed that their tech team is looking into it. We’ll report back when we hear more.

All right, here’s the cover artwork for No Time to Die (click on the images to pre-order them on Amazon.com)...

Stay tuned...

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