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Criterion’s June slate, Indiana Jones in 4K update, THX 1138 at 50, more release/industry news & In Defense of Home Entertainment
Okay, we’ve got some serious ground to cover in today’s My Two Cents update, so let’s get right to it...
First, we’ve just posted Michael Coate’s brand new History, Legacy & Showmanship column here at The Bits, featuring a terrific new retrospective of George Lucas’ THX 1138 in honor of the film’s 50th anniversary (which was last week on 3/11 – the piece was delayed due to a technical issue). The column takes an in-depth look back at the original theatrical release and also features a great roundtable discussion with film historian Chris Barsanti, documentary filmmaker Gary Leva, and original Director of Fan Relations at Lucasfilm Craig Miller. I think you’ll really enjoy it. So you’ll find that here.
Next up, as some of you may have noticed over the weekend, we posted word on Saturday (see here) that video distributors had begun listing a 4-film Indiana Jones Collection for release on 4K Ultra HD on 6/8. This is still not to be considered official until Paramount and Lucasfilm make their actual announcement, however be aware that I’ve now confirmed it with multiple film industry sources in addition to retail and distribution sources. And it’s really not all that surprising given that 6/12 is marks the 40th anniversary of the original film’s theatrical release. We expect the set to include all four existing films in 4K with HDR10 high dynamic range and the previous DTS-HD Master Audio lossless sound mixes (but that’s still subject to change). [Editor’s Note: We’ve just confirmed that the set WILL include Dolby Vision HDR and Dolby Atmos audio. Details to follow shortly.] The 5-disc set will also include a disc of bonus features that are TBA. Of course, we’ll post more information on this as it comes in.
The other big news today is that our friends at The Criterion Collection have just unveiled their June slate of titles. [Read on here...]
- Lucasfilm
- Steven Spielberg
- Harrison Ford
- George Lucas
- Raiders of the List Ark 40th anniversary
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull 4K
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 4K
- Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 4K
- Raiders of the Lost Ark 4K
- Indiana Jones: The Complete Collection 4K
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bluray
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- Michael Coate
- History Legacy & Showmanship
- THX 1138 50th Anniversary
- Gary Leva
- Chris Barsanti
- Craig Miller
- Criterion June Slate
- The Human Condition BD
- Streetwise BD
- Tiny: The Life of Erin Blackwell BD
- Pariah BD
- The Signifyin’ Works of Marlon Riggs BD
- Pickup on South Street BD
- Lara Croft: Tomb Raider 2Movie Collection 4K
- Mission: Impossible remastered BD
- Lara Croft: Tomb Raider remastered BD
- Shout! Factory
- Explorers BD
- Vanquish
- David Lynch's Dune 4K
- Basic Instinct 4K
- Studio Canal
- Mandabi
- In Defense of Home Entertainment
- Hercules and the Captive Women BD
- The Film Detective
- Warner Archive Final 4 for 44 sale
- Media Play News
- TK Arnold
- Paramount layoffs
Sony is prepping Elysium, Looper, and GATTACA for 4K, plus Giant from the Unknown (1958) & more
All right, first things first today: I’m pleased to report that we did not have to evacuate from these wildfires here in SoCal after all. But it was a long night while we waited to find that out. Thankfully, when I stepped out this morning, it appeared that the fires had moved farther away from us, not closer. And this afternoon the evacuation orders all around us were lifted. So... whew!
It’s going to take a couple days to get back to normal around here, but I count that as a good problem to have, considering the alternative.
Now then... the big news today is that our industry and retail sources are telling us that Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is quietly preparing to release Neill Blomkamp’s Elysium, Rian Johnson’s Looper, and Andrew Niccol’s GATTACA in 4K Ultra HD early in 2021. Elysium and Looper are already available digitally in 4K, and a few European retailers have listed GATTACA for physical 4K release in March. [Read on here...]
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Elysium 4K
- Looper 4K
- GATTACA 4K
- Giant from the Unknown BD
- The Film Detective
- TENET 4K
- Christopher Nolan
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- Mandabi
- StudioCanal
- Ousmane Sembène
- The Rental
- We're No Angels BD
- Wonder Boys BD
- Richard E Cunha
- Scream Factory
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- IFC Midnight
- Neill Blomkamp
- Rian Johnson
- Andrew Niccol