Displaying items by tag: Peter Jackson
Scream bows the Halloween films in 4K, plus our BIG Ultra HD catalog update for the rest of 2021 & remembering Richard Donner
All right, it’s been a busy last several days here at The Bits. For one thing, just personally, I had my mother visiting from North Dakota all last week for the first time in over two years given the pandemic. And that was great, but of course it set me back on 4K review work (which I intend to catch up on this week).
I’ve also just spent most of today on the phone with industry sources, gathering information for our big preview of 4K Ultra HD catalog releases that are coming in the second half of 2021. And that’s the crux of today’s post here at The Bits, but more on that in a minute.
First, we have a couple more new disc reviews to share with you...
Dennis has posted his thoughts on Andrew V. McLaglen’s 1965 Civil War drama Shenandoah, which stars Jimmy Stewart. The film arrives on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics on 7/27.
And Stephen has offered a look at John Sturges’ acclaimed 1959 western Last Train from Gun Hill, a VistaVision classic newly released on Blu-ray as part of the Paramount Presents line-up. [Read on here...]
- Stephen Bjork
- Dennis Seuling
- Bluray
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Scream Factory
- Shout! Factory
- John Carpenter's Halloween 4K
- Shenandoah BD review
- Last Train from Gun Hill BD review
- Richard Donner RIP
- 4K Ultra HD Release List update
- The Bits' 4K Ultra HD update for the second half of 2021
- The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It 4K
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- Vinegar Syndrome
- Deadlock 4K
- Awaken 4K
- Alone in the Dark: Collector’s Edition
- Halloween II 4K
- Halloween III: Season of the Witch 4K
- Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers 4K
- Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers 4K
- Transformers: The Movie 4K
- Blithe Spirit
- Elvira’s Haunted Hills
- The Shawshank Redemption 4K
- A Clockwork Orange 4K
- Mad Max 4K
- Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior 4K
- Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome 4K
- Gravity 4K
- MiddleEarth Collection 4K
- Peter Jackson
- Unbreakable 4K
- Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Looper 4K
- Drive 4K
- The Guns of Navarone 4K
- Highlander 4K
- StudioCanal
- Arrow Video
- Hellraiser 4K
- The Frighteners 4K
- Scream 4K
- The Addams Family 4K
- Paramount Pictures Home Entertainment
- Superman: The Movie
- The Goonies
- Lethal Weapon
- The Omen
- Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
- Inside Moves
- Star Trek: The Motion Picture 4K
- Star Trek: The Motion Picture The Director's Edition 4K
- Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan 4K
- Star Trek III: The Search for Spock 4K
- Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home 4K
- Star Trek V: The Final Frontier 4K
- Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country 4K
- Star Trek: Generations 4K
- Star Trek: First Contact 4K
- Star Trek: Insurrection 4K
- Star Trek: Nemesis 4K
Director Peter Jackson discusses the new 4K remasters of The Hobbit & The Lord of the Rings
Well... the day is finally here. Many of you are no doubt picking up or receiving in the mail your copies of Warner’s The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit in 4K Ultra HD. I hope you all enjoy them as much as I did!
There have been reports of Amazon and other retailers running out of stock this week, and that’s no doubt because Warner Bros. Home Entertainment is scrambling to manufacture enough copies to meet demand.
Keep in mind that there’s only one physical media replication plant in all of North America now and every studio is trying to get their big Q4 titles produced there at the moment.
But I would imagine that more stock will arrive in the next week or two, so that everyone who wants a copy should be able to get one by Christmas. [Read on here...]
IT’S OFFICIAL: The Lord of the Rings Trilogy & The Hobbit Trilogy arrive on 4K Ultra HD on 12/1!
All right Tolkien fans, this is it!
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has just provided us with the official confirmation: Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings Trilogy and The Hobbit Trilogy will officially arrive on 4K Ultra HD on 12/1.
The Hobbit Trilogy will include The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, and The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, in both the theatrical and extended versions.
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy will include The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, again each in both the theatrical and extended versions. [Read on here...]
Godfather Coda, LOTR/Hobbit 4K update, ClassicFlix’s Our Gang restoration, RIP Helen Reddy & Borat 2
We’ve a couple good things to report again today here at The Bits...
First, though, I posted my review of Zack Snyder’s 300 in 4K Ultra HD from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment last night here at the site. It’s a 2K DI upsample, but let me just say that HDR and especially the new Dolby Atmos mix make a significant difference. If you’re a fan, the disc is well worth a look.
Now then, Paramount has officially announced the 12/8 Blu-ray and Digital release of Mario Puzo’s The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone. The package will include a new introduction by director Francis Ford Coppola, and a Digital Copy.
You can see the cover artwork above right and also below. [Read on here...]
- Bill & Ted Face the Music 4K
- Zack Snyder
- 300 4K
- Peter Jackson
- The Hobbit: The Motion Picture Trilogy 4K
- The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy 4K
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- Weta Digital
- The Godfather Coda BD
- ClassicFlix
- Our Gang Little Rascals HD restoration
- Borat 2 trailer
- Helen Reddy RIP
- Mario Puzo’s The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone
- Paramount Pictures Home Entertainment
- HFR
- high frame rate
- Collateral 4K
- Blade 4K
Updates on Blade, Basic Instinct, Bill & Ted Face the Music, Lord of the Rings & Hobbit, all in 4K
All right, we’ve got some very interesting ground to cover today...
First, we’ve posted a review of Richard Donner’s Timeline (2003), which has just been released on Blu-ray for the first time ever by Paramount. Our own Dr. Adam Jahnke reviewed the DVD way back in 2004, so I’ve revived his film review and added my own comments on the Blu-ray’s A/V quality. Timeline is cheesy and paper-thin to be sure (I would never call it a great film, or really even a very good one), but I still kind of enjoy it. So it’s nice to finally have it on Blu-ray, especially for just $9.99 SRP.
Also, later today or tomorrow morning I expect to finish my review of Zack Snyder’s 300 in 4K Ultra HD from Warner Bros. So watch for that to be posted very soon.
Now then, in release news today, we’ve got a few things for you. None of this is yet official—as in no press releases have been issued, but we expect them to be shortly—but we’ve got updates today on a few new 4K catalog titles that we know many of you have been eagerly awaiting. [Read on here...]
- Universal Studios Home Entertainment
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bluray
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- Germany
- Blade 4K
- StudioCanal
- Basic Instinct 4K
- The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy 4K
- The Hobbit: The Motion Picture Trilogy 4K
- Peter Jackson
- Weta Digital
- Timeline BD review
- Richard Donner
- Dr Adam Jahnke
- 300 4K
- Zack Snyder
- Bill & Ted Face the Music 4K
A quick update on the status of Warner’s forthcoming The Middle Earth 4K Ultra HD Collection
As you can imagine, things are a little busy here at The Bits this week, and for good reason. As I mentioned yesterday, I’m continuing to dig pretty deep with studio and industry sources on a number of significant home video rumors that have been circulating over the past few days.
I covered the status of the Star Trek: The Motion Picture – Director’s Edition remaster yesterday, so let’s move on to another title.
Today I have an update for you on another of the rumors you’ve probably read about online: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment’s plans for The Middle Earth 4K Collection, the long-awaited release of Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit films on physical 4K Ultra HD.
Here’s the latest from our sources... [Read on here...]
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, King Kong: Ultimate follow-up, and Hulu in 4K
Fox Home Entertainment has just announced the Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D, DVD, 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray, and Digital HD release of Tim Burton’s Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children on 12/13 (see the official announcement by Burton here). The 4K SKU will include Dolby Atmos audio. Extras on all the BD versions will include 4 featurettes (The Peculiar Story, The Peculiars, Hollows and Ex-Hollows, and Map of Days), Florence + The Machine’s Wish That You Were Here music video, and a gallery of photos and never-before-seen sketches by Tim Burton. [Read on here…]
King Kong: Ultimate Edition, Red Dawn: Shout Select, Star Trek: Enterprise Complete, Sherlock: S4 & more!
All right, we’re starting today with some new disc reviews: I’ve just posted my thoughts on Fox’s Independence Day: Resurgence in 4K Ultra HD format, as well as Paul Greengrass’ Jason Bourne in 4K Ultra HD format from Universal. Meanwhile, Tim has posted a review of Arrow Video USA’s The Hills Have Eyes (1977) on Blu-ray Disc. All three of these titles are worth a look.
Also here at The Bits today (in case you missed it when we posted it here at the site yesterday), our dear friend Bud Elder has turned in a new View from the Cheap Seats column called Movie Begats and More. In it, Bud runs down new deep catalog releases from all the usual indie distributors and remembers the late Leon Russell. Don’t miss it! [Read on here…]
- Arrow Video USA
- Tim Salmons
- Bluray Disc
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- Amazon Deal
- Cyber Monday Deals Week
- Bud Elder
- King Kong: Ultimate Edition
- Sherlock: Season Four
- Star Trek: Enterprise The Complete Series
- La La Land Records
- The John Williams Jurassic Park Collection
- Star Trek: 50th Anniversary Collection
- Musical Rarities from Across the Star Trek Universe
- Glitter
- Red Dawn: Collection's Edition
- Shout Select
- Shout! Factory
- Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner: 50th Anniversary Edition
- Peter Jackson
- American Pastoral
- View from the Cheap Seats
- Movie Begats and More
- Jason Bourne 4K UHD BD review
- The Hills Have Eyes BD review
- Independence Day: Resurgence 4K UHD BD review
Star Trek Beyond date, Ghostbusters official, plus Sony 4K on PCs & watch Bill on TheOneRing webcast
First things first today...
Our own Tim Salmons has just posted another new Pick-Ups/Dailies Blu-ray review, this time featuring a look at Arrow Video’s Microwave Massacre: Special Edition. Do check it out.
Also, the good Russell Hammond has posted the weekly update of the Release Dates & Artwork section, featuring all the latest Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD cover artwork and street dates. Remember, anytime you order literally anything from Amazon after clicking through one of our links, you’re helping to support The Bits and we really do appreciate it. [Read on here…]
- Tim Salmons
- Bluray
- BD
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- Bluray Disc
- Ghostbusters 2016
- TheOneRingnet
- TORNLive webcast
- Michael Pellerin
- The Lord of the Rings
- The Hobbit
- Middle Earth: Ultimate Collector's Edition
- William Kircher
- Bifur
- Star Trek Beyond street date
- Star Trek: The Animated Series date
- Peter Jackson
- Arrow Video
- Microwave Massacre
- Russell Hammond
- Release Dates & Artwork update
- Ice Age: Collision Course
- Sony Ultra 4K streaming on new Intel PCs
“In the lands of Middle-Earth, legend tells of an $800 Blu-ray shelf...”
So um... yeah. Since yesterday morning, when the SRP and final product images first went up on Amazon – and even before we posted our column on the subject yesterday afternoon – we started getting e-mails and private messages from diehard Rings fans asking: “Is Warner’s Middle Earth: Ultimate Collector’s Edition Blu-ray set really $799.99?!”
I understand the feeling behind that question, believe me, because I feel it too. When I first saw that $799 price listed, I thought surely it was an error. Especially when you consider that the theatrical set was listed at $68.99, and when that price info quickly disappeared.
I figured there was absolutely no way Warner would charge $800 for a Blu-ray release of these films that contained no new disc-based content whatsoever. Had to be a mistake. [Read on here…]