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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
KL Studio Classics surprises with TV’s Buck Rogers on Blu-ray, plus Beastmaster news & more catalog 4K updates
Well... it’s Friday. And thank goodness. I don’t know about you, but this week has been trying. On top of everything else, we’ve had 90 and 100 degree heat here in SoCal with like 80% humidity. Human beings weren’t designed for that kind of sticky.
I am working on my review of Pitch Black in 4K Ultra HD from Arrow Video. I hope to have it up soon, but at the very latest it will be up on Monday. There’s a lot of extras and I’m going back to look at the past Blu-ray and DVD versions to compare. I will say that the 4K remaster is beautiful and it really holds up. There’s tons of detail and the HDR grade is subtle but really adds to the film’s striking cinematography and overall look. The disc is also loaded—it appears that virtually everything from past releases as carried over, plus there’s new content too.
Meanwhile, we do have one new disc review here: Dennis has reviewed Sebastian Munoz’ The Price, new on Blu-ray from Artsploitation Films. You’ll find that here.
And I believe Tim is working his way through Arrow’s new Gamera: The Complete Collection Blu-ray set, which is a mighty beast. So he’ll have a look for you at that as well sometime soon. [Read on here...]
- Dennis Seuling
- Disney+
- StudioCanal UK
- 4K Ultra HD
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- Pitch Black 4K
- The Beastmaster
- Don Coscarelli
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
- The Price BD review
- Train to Busan Presents: Peninsula 4K
- Three Days of the Condor 4K
- The Middle Earth Collection 4K
- The Lord of the Rings Trilogy 4K
- The Hobbit Trilogy 4K
- WETA
- Weta Digital
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- The Mandalorian: Season 2
- Dune trailer
- The XFiles
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...]