In announcement news today, the big news is that Sony has just set Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones’ comedy classic Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) for 4K Ultra HD Steelbook release on 8/26, in honor of the film’s 50th anniversary! You’ll get the film in 4K with Dolby Vision HDR and Dolby Atmos audio, as well as English 5.1 and mono audio. The 4K disc will also include the “Near-Theatrical Version” (as seen on VHS) in HD, and you’ll get the ‘Tis But a Tribute: 50 Years of Monty Python and the Holy Grail featurette, in which “over 25 comedy luminaries share their memories of, affection for, and continued fascination with the film.”

You’ll also get a Blu-ray copy of the film with most or all of the legacy special features, including the audio commentaries, the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival Q&A, outtakes and deleted scenes, lost animations, the trailer, etc. You can see the cover artwork for this tile above left and also below...

Also today, 20th Century Studios (via Disney and Sony) will release James Hawes’ spy thriller The Amateur (2025) on Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD on 7/8, with the Digital version due on 6/10. The film stars Rami Malek, Rachel Brosnahan, Jon Bernthal, Caitriona Balfe, and Laurence Fishburn.

The BFI has just announced its August and September Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD titles, which are set to include Akira Kurosawa’s The Hidden Fortress (1958) in 4K Ultra HD on 8/11, Werner Herzog’s Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972) in 4K UHD on 8/25, and Werner Herzog’s Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979) in 4K Ultra HD and Daphne Shadwell’s 6-episode ITV sci-fi series Object Z (1965) on Blu-ray on 9/22.

Vinegar Syndrome is releasing regular edition 4Ks of John Badham’s Drop Zone (1994), George A. Romero’s The Dark Half (1993), William Friedkin’s Jade (1995), John D. Hancock’s Let’s Scare Jessica to Death (1971), Michael Ritchie’s The Golden Child (1986), Bob Saget’s Dirty Work (1988), and Randy Metzger’s Naked Came the Stranger (1975) all on 7/29. Each will feature Dolby Vision HDR and DTS-HD Master Audio.

Universal will re-release Ilya Naishuller’s Nobody (2021) in 4K UHD Steelbook packaging on 7/29.

Our friends at A24 appear to have finalized a wide-release street date for Alex Garland’s Warfare (2024) in Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD—look for it to drop on 7/1. A24 Shop orders will likely ship out a little sooner.

Indicator Films has set wide-release versions of Jean Rollin’s The Night of the Hunted (1980) and Lips of Blood (1975) for 4K Ultra HD release on 8/19. Also coming from Indicator on Blu-ray on 8/19 are Basil Dearden’s Out of the Clouds (1955), Basil Dearden and Michael Relph’s The Rainbow Jacket (1954), Norman Jewison’s ...And Justice For All (1979), William Wyler’s The Liberation of L.B. Jones (1970), Otto Preminger’s Bonjour Tristesse (1958), and Daniel Taradash’s Storm Center (1956).

Circling back to Sony briefly, Amazon and other retailers are now taking pre-orders for the Blu-ray, 4K Ultra HD, and 4K Steelbook release of Jonathan Entwistle’s Karate Kid: Legends (2025), featuring Ralph Macchio and Jackie Chan. The street date is TBA.

HBO has set The Last of US: The Complete Second Season for Blu-ray, 4K Ultra HD, and 4K Steelbook release on 9/23.

And it looks like Paramount may be re-releasing Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning, Part One in 4K Ultra HD on 8/5 (possibly re-branded as simply Dead Reckoning if retail listings are to be believed).

We’ll leave you with a look at the cover artwork for a number of these titles, as well as Criterion’s The Wes Anderson Archive, with Amazon pre-order links if available...

Stay tuned!

- Bill Hunt

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