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BREAKING: James Cameron confirms THE ABYSS is coming to 4K Ultra HD by March 2023
All right, I’m very pleased to break in with a rare weekend My Two Cents post here on The Bits this evening to report some very good news: Director James Cameron has now confirmed the impending 4K Ultra HD release of The Abyss!
The news comes from French journalist Arthur Cios of Konbini, who had the chance to interview the director briefly this weekend about the upcoming theatrical release of Avatar: The Way of Water.
After the formal interview was completed, Cios asked Cameron about The Abyss, who confirmed that he “had a new master and it would be out by March 2023 max.”
You can read Cios’ own comments directly here on Twitter. (And special thanks to Bits reader Stéphane L. for the heads up!) [Read on here...]
48 Hrs. & Another 48 Hrs. are official for 4K, plus Romero’s Martin, Team Deakins returns, True Lies in HD on Hulu & more
We’ve got two new disc reviews for you today, as well as more interesting 4K Ultra HD news and a few other things as well. First up, those reviews...
Tim has turned in his thoughts on Kenneth G. Crane’s Monster from Green Hell (1957) on Blu-ray from The Film Detective.
And Dennis has offered his take on Michael Curtiz’s The Scarlet Hour (1956) on region-free Blu-ray from Imprint Films in Australia.
More reviews are on the way all this week, so be sure to stay tuned for them.
The big 4K news today is that Paramount has officially set Walter Hill’s 48 Hrs. (1982) and Another 48 Hrs. (1990) for release on 4K Ultra HD on 12/6, just as we’ve been anticipating. [Read on here...]
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- Universal
- Nope 4K
- Tim Salmons
- 4K Ultra HD Release List
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Paramount
- Dennis Seuling
- 49 Hrs 4K
- Another 4K Hrs 4K
- Escape from Alcatraz 4K
- High Plains Drifter 4K
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- 88 Films
- Second Sight Films UK
- Martin 4K
- George A Romero
- Police Story 3: Super Cop 4K
- Mystery Men 4K
- Team Deakins podcast
- Roger Deakins
- Criterion December 2022 BDs
- James Cameron
- Hulu
- True Lies (1994) HD streaming
A new 4K catalog update with Universal Monsters Vol. 2, To Kill a Mockingbird, Highlander, Pulp Fiction, Avatar, The Abyss & more!
We’re back as promised this evening with more upcoming catalog 4K Ultra HD news and rumors from our studio, industry, and retail sources. Keep in mind, some of these titles are not yet officially announced, so the dates and details are subject to change.
First of all, this is a title we’ve known is coming for a few months now and while it’s not yet been officially announced by the studio, we do have the final cover artwork from retailers: Universal Studios Home Entertainment is expected to release their Universal Classic Monsters: Icons of Horror Collection – Volume 2 box set in 4K Ultra HD on 10/11.
The set will include The Mummy (1932), The Bride of Frankenstein (1935), Phantom of the Opera (1943), and Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954). You can see the cover artwork at left and also below.
It’s also believed that the titles in the studio’s Volume 1 set—Dracula (1931), Frankenstein (1931), The Wolf Man (1941), and The Invisible Man (1932)—will finally be released as single-film SKUs, for sure in the UK and possibly in the US as well. We’ll post more as soon as the studio makes any of this official. [Read on here...]
- Lionsgate
- Universal
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Universal Classic Monsters: Icons of Horror Collection Volume 2 4K
- The Mummy 4K
- Phantom of the Opera (1943) 4K
- Bride of Frankenstein 4K
- Creature from the Black Lagoon 4K
- Dracula 4K
- Frankenstein 4K
- The Wolf Man 4K
- The Invisible Man 4K
- To Kill a Mockingbird: 60th Anniversary Edition 4K
- Highlander 4K
- StudioCanal
- The Others 4K
- The Driver 4K
- The Longest Yard 4K
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Saturday Night Fever 4K
- Wayne's World 4K
- Pulp Fiction 4K
- Quentin Tarantino
- Kiss the Girls 4K
- Aeon Flux 4K
- Æon Flux (2005) 4K
- Star Trek V: The Final Frontier 4K
- Apple TV
- iTunes
- digital
- Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country 4K
- Avatar 4K
- 20th Century Studios
- James Cameron
- The Abyss 4K
- Star Trek: The Motion Picture The Director's Edition 4K
Disney & Marvel set Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness for Blu-ray & 4K on 7/26, plus Flatliners, Paths of Glory & more
I’m about to dive back into disc reviewing here this afternoon, but before I do we have two new reviews for you this morning and a major piece of release news as well. First those reviews...
Stephen has checked in with his thoughts on a fascinating Russian fantasy film from 1956, Aleksandr Ptushko’s Ilya Muromets, which also happens to be the first Russian film in both anamorphic widescreen and color. Russian cinema is fascinating, and this film is no exception, so it’s definitely worth a look on Blu-ray from Vinegar Syndrome.
Stephen has also given Cy Endfield, Roger Corman, and Gordon Hessler’s De Sade (1969) a look on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber, also a fascinating film from American International Pictures.
Now for that news... Marvel and Disney have just officially set Sam Raimi’s Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness for release on Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD release on 7/26, with the Digital release anticipated for 6/22. [Read on here...]
- Adventures of Don Juan BD
- The Frisco Kid BD
- The Warner Archive Collection
- Stephen Bjork
- Heat 4K
- Disney
- Michael Mann
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Ilya Muromets BD review
- De Sade BD review
- Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness 4K
- Marvel Studios
- 20th Century Studios
- James Cameron
- The Abyss 4K
- Avatar 4K
- Avatar: The Way of Water
- Quiet Days in Clichy 4K
- Blue Underground
- Paths of Glory 4K
- Flatliners 4K
- Arrow Video
- When Tomorrow Comes BD
- Mercenary Fighters BD
- The A Team: The Complete Series BD
Fargo 4K, Star Trek: Lower Decks – S2 on Blu-ray, Avatar 2 & Top Gun: Maverick wow CinemaCon & remastered Avatar is coming to theaters (& probably Ultra HD too)
There’s some interesting theatrical and home video release news to report today, so let’s get right to it. First though, we need to call your attention to a couple new disc reviews that we’ve posted here at The Bits...
Dennis has posted his thoughts on Rich Ragsdale’s The Long Night (2022) on Blu-ray from Well Go USA Entertainment.
And Stephen has turned in a look at Henri Verneuli’s The Body of My Enemy (1976) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
More reviews are on the way as well, so be sure to stay tuned for them.
By the way, I know that a number of you have been trying to reach me via email and social media, but I’m currently neck deep in the middle of our big site update here at The Bits. [Read on here...]
- 4K Ultra HD Release List
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bluray
- Stephen Bjork
- Fargo 4K
- The Coen Brothers
- Shout! Factory
- Dennis Seuling
- The Long Night BD review
- The Body of My Enemy BD review
- Galaxy Quest BD
- Star Trek: Lower Decks Season Two BD
- Animaniacs: Season Two DVD
- Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water 4K restoration
- GKids
- Hideaki Anno
- Everything Everywhere All at Once 4K
- CinemaCon 2022
- James Cameron
- Avatar 4K
- Avatar 2
- Avatar: The Way of Water
- Top Gun: Maverick
- Autostereoscopic 3D update
- synthetic diamond wafer data storage
Criterion reveals its April slate, plus Indicator comes to the US, and LOTS more new 2022 catalog 4K Ultra HD titles!
First things first today: The Criterion Collection has just announced their April Blu-ray and 4K release slate and—as always—it’s another great list of titles.
Look for Alex Cox’s Walker (Spine #423 – Blu-ray and DVD) on 4/12, Vittorio De Sica’s Miracle in Milan (Spine #1119 – Blu-ray and DVD) and Frank Tashlin’s The Girl Can’t Help It (Spine #1120 – Blu-ray only) on 4/19, and Arie and Chuko Esiri’s Eyimofe (This Is My Desire) (Spine #1121 – Blu-ray and DVD), Bertrand Tavernier’s ‘Round Midnight (Spine #1122 – Blu-ray and DVD), and Al Reinert’s For All Mankind (Spine #54 – 4K Ultra HD – Blu-ray and DVD already available) on 4/26. You can see the 4K art for For All Mankind on the left, and we’ll post the rest of the cover artwork over the next few days as the titles become available for pre-order on Amazon.
Here’s some more great breaking news: Our friends at Powerhouse Films have just informed us that their outstanding Indicator label—which already delivers fantastic special edition Blu-ray titles to the UK and European market—is officially coming to the US!
The company has partnered with Distribution Solutions, a division of Alliance Entertainment, to ensure that retailers throughout North America will be able to carry Indicator releases. These will include Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Sunrise, Critics Choice, and DiabolikDVD. The first Indicator titles should start becoming available here in the US starting this week. [Read on here...]
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bluray
- The Godfather Trilogy 4K Ultra HD
- Francis Ford Coppola
- The Godfather 50th Anniversary
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- 4K restoration
- Powerhouse Films
- Indicator comes to the US
- Criterion April 2022 slate
- For All Mankind 4K
- Walker BD
- Miracle in Milan BD
- The Girl Can't Help It BD
- Eyimofe BD
- This Is My Desire BD
- Round Midnight BD
- Al Reinert
- Alex Cox
- American Underdog 4K
- Kurt Warner biopic
- Lionsgate
- Downton Abbey: The Motion Picture 4K
- Universal Studios Home Entertainment
- Dead Heat 4K
- Vinegar Syndrome
- Touch of Evil 4K
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- The Matrix Resurrections 4K
- Heavy Metal 4K
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance 4K
- Scream (2022) 4K
- The Abyss 4K
- James Cameron
- 20th Century Entertainment
- Disney
- Tombstone 4K
- Avatar 4K
- Avatar 2
- Titanic: 25th Anniversary 4K
- The Conversation 4K
- Lionsgate Home Entertainment
- The Green Mile 4K
- Constantine 4K
- Giant 4K
- Elf 4K
- A Christmas Story 4K
- The Lost Boys 4K
- Poltergeist 4K
- Edge of Tomorrow 4K
- Singin' in the Rain: 70th Anniversary 4K
- Casablanca 4K
- Titan Books
- The Art of Rob Cobb book
- Robert Meyer Burnett
- Dieter Bastian
- Let's Get Physical Media YouTube show
New reviews, Fiddler on the Roof, Shooter in 4K & more release news, plus a modest Abyss update from Cameron & Matrix Resurrections hits tomorrow
We’ve got more disc reviews for you today, along with another great film retrospective column, a bit more release news, and some news that... well, I’m not sure what to think of it. But you’ll understand what I mean in a minute. First, those disc reviews...
Tim has checked in over the last couple of days with no less than four new reviews, starting with his thoughts on Mei-Chun Chang’s Revenge of the Shogun Women (1982) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics, a disc that includes both polarized 3D and anaglyph 3D presentations (as well 2D) thanks to our friends at The 3-D Film Archive. It’s a good disc and a rare 3D treat for those who love that format, so do give it a look.
Tim has also reviewed Arrow Video’s Giallo Essentials: Red Edition – Volume One and Yellow Edition – Volume Two, each of which includes three classics of the genre on Blu-ray.
And Tim has posted his thoughts on Brian Trenchard-Smith’s Stunt Rock (1978) on Blu-ray from Umbrella Entertainment (#8 in their Ozploitation Classics line-up) ad well. All are worth your time. [Read on here...]
- The Digital Bits 25th Anniversary in 2022
- Back the Bits via PayPal
- The Digital Bits site upgrade
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bluray
- James Cameron
- Tim Salmons
- The Abyss
- The Matrix Resurrections
- Lana Wachowski
- Michael Coate
- Fiddler on the Roof: 50th anniversary
- History Legacy & Showmanship
- Revenge of the Shogun Women 3D review
- Giallo Essentials Red Edition Volume One BD review
- Giallo Essentials Yellow Edition Volume Two BD review
- Stunt Rock BD review
- Umbrella Entertainment
- Arrow Video
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- 3D Film Archive
- Shooter 4K
- Paramount
- Lionsgate
- La La Land 4K Steelbook
- Red Angel
- Shock
- Sleep
- Tech Noir: The Art of James Cameron book
Arrow’s March includes American Werewolf & RoboCop in 4K, plus Imprint’s March slate has Osterman Weekend, and The Digital Bits 3.0 in 2022!
A funny thing happened on the way to yesterday’s My Two Cents post! For some reason, I lost track of a day this week, so I thought yesterday was Friday. Then I wake up and here’s Friday again, much to my surprise. LOL. So anyway, while a bit of yesterday’s post still applies this afternoon, we’ve got some great breaking release news to share with you all today...
First up, the fine Imprint Films (down in Australia) has just announced their March 2022 Blu-ray slate, which is due to street on 3/30/22. It will include Sam Peckinpah’s The Osterman Weekend (1983 – mastered from new 2K scans of the director’s cut negative and the theatrical cut, so it will include both versions), Buzz Kulik’s The Hunter (1980 – starring Steve McQueen), Samuel Fuller’s China Gate (1957), Byron Haskin’s Conquest of Space (1955 – produced by George Pal), John Sturges’ Marooned (1969), Robert Wise’s Audrey Rose (1977), and Dalton Trumbo’s Johnny Got His Gun (1971). Not bad at all!
As usual, all of these Blu-rays should be region free. You’ll find them available here on the Imprint website.
But here’s the whopper today... Arrow Video has just announced its March 2022 slate as well, which includes no less than three new 4K UHD catalog titles! [Read on here...]
- Shout! Factory
- Tim Salmons
- Denis Villeneuve
- James Cameron
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Arrow Video March 2022 slate
- Imprint Films March 2022 slate
- RoboCop 4K
- An American Werewolf in London 4K
- Mary Shelley's Frankenstein 4K
- Come Drink with Me BD
- To Sleep So As to Dream BD
- Mark of the Beast: The Legacy of the Universal Werewolf
- Daniel Griffith
- Sam Peckinpah
- The Osterman Weekend BD
- China Gate BD
- The Hunter BD
- Conquest of Space BD
- George Pal
- Marooned BD
- Robert Wise
- Audrey Rose BD
- Johnny Got His Gun BD
- Dalton Trumbo
- Samuel Fuller
- Steve McQueen
- John Sturges
- The Digital Bits site upgrade
- Back the Bits via PayPal
- The Digital Bits 25th Anniversary in 2022
- Paul Verhoeven
- Kenneth Branagh
- John Landis
Marvel’s Eternals hits BD & 4K on 2/15, plus Rodriguez talks Book of Boba Fett, a Cameron/Villeneuve chat & Steve Yedlin on 4K remastering
We’re wrapping up the week today with another new disc review, a major piece of announcement news, and some very interesting things to check out around the Interwebs. We’ll start with the review...
Tim has posted his thoughts on Alfred E. Green’s The Fabulous Dorseys: Special Edition, which is newly available on Blu-ray from our friends at The Film Detective. The film is essentially a biopic about big band leaders Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey, staring themselves along with Janet Blair. Do give it a look if you’re interested.
Now then, the big release news today is that Disney Media & Entertainment Distribution and Marvel have just officially announced the 2/15 release of Chloé Zhao’s The Eternals on Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD, with the Digital release expected on 1/12. (Note that I haven’t yet seen any indication of an international Blu-ray 3-D release, but one may appear eventually.)
This film was actually finished as a native 4K Digital Intermediate and should feature HDR10 high dynamic range on UHD, with Dolby Atmos audio (the Blu-ray will feature 7.1 DTS-HD MA). Note that the aspect ratio for both disc and digital on this title will be 2.39:1, though it’s likely to appear as IMAX enhanced at 1.90 as a Disney+ streaming exclusive. Extras will include an audio commentary (with Chloé Zhao, Stephane Ceretti, and Mårten Larsson), 4 deleted scenes, a gag reel, and 2 featurettes (Immortalized and Walks of Life). You can see the cover artwork at left and also below. [Read on here...]
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bluray
- Steve Yedlin
- Looper 4K
- The Eternals 4K
- Robert Rodriguez
- Star Wars
- The Book of Boba Fett
- Disney+
- James Cameron
- Denis Villeneuve
- 4K remastering
- Tim Salmons
- The Fabulous Dorseys BD review
- Shout! Factory
- Scream Factory
- Nightmare: Collector's Edition BD
- The Core: Shout Select BD
- The Sword and the Sorcerer: Collector's Edition 4K
- The Hollywood Reporter
- Variety
- Dune
- Avatar sequels
- Knives Out
- fake 4K
- fake HDR
- Arcane: League of Legends
- Hawkeye
- The Expanse
- William Shatner
- The Wheel of Time
- Lost in Space
- Netflix
- Amazon Prime
Supergirl: Season 5, new Warner Archive, a True Lies/Abyss recap & more, plus RIP Charles Lippincott
All right, we’re working on FOUR more 4K Ultra HD reviews for the next couple of days, at least of the first of which we hope to have posted later this afternoon.
In the meantime, we’ve just launched our second giveaway on The Digital Bits’ Facebook page, offering readers the chance to win one of Paramount’s three new Tom Cruise 4K Ultra HD titles – Top Gun, Days of Thunder, or War of the Worlds. All you have to do to enter is follow The Bits’ Facebook page and reply to this post (linked here) with your answer to the question you’ll find. Entries will be accepted until 11 AM Pacific tomorrow (Thursday, May 21). The contest is open to US residents only (due to COVID shipping restrictions—sorry!). THREE winners will be selected at random from the list of those who enter and will be announced tomorrow afternoon. Good luck!
Meanwhile today, we have a bit more announcement news... [Read on here...]
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- HBO
- Warner Bros
- Tom Cruise 4K Giveaway
- Supergirl: The Complete Fifth Season BD
- The Warner Archive Collection
- True Lies
- The Abyss
- James Cameron
- RIP Charles Lippincott
- Alien
- Star Wars
- Strike Up the Band
- Cannery Row
- Romance on the High Seas
- House of Wax 3D
- Project Blue Book: Season 2 DVD
- Trolls World Tour 4K and BD
- Via Vision Entertainment
- Film Stories UK
- Simon Brew