Now then... we have some good Blu-ray announcement news for you guys today...
First up, Universal has announced a new King Kong: Ultimate Edition Blu-ray for release on 2/7 (SRP $19.98). It’s a 3-disc set that will include 2 Blu-rays and a DVD, plus a Digital HD copy. The release will include both the theatrical and extended versions of the film, along with over 13 hours of bonus content. You’ll get the full-length Recreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of King Kong documentary, all of director Peter Jackson’s Production Diaries, nearly 3 hours’ worth of Post Production Diaries, 30 minutes of Deleted Scenes with an introduction by Jackson, 7 featurettes (The Eighth Blunder of the World, The Making of a Shot: The T-Rex Fight, Skull Island: A Natural History, Kong’s New York, 1933, A Night in Vaudeville, King Kong Homage, Pre-Visualization Animatics), and more. Sounds like this is essentially the long-awaited Blu-ray upgrade of the previous (and amazingly comprehensive) DVD box set. Perhaps a 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray release will follow when King Kong: Skull Island arrives in theaters and on disc next year.
CBS and Paramount have set Star Trek: Enterprise – The Complete Series for Blu-ray release on 2/14 (SRP $117). There’s no new special feature content, but you’ll finally be able to own the complete series in a single package. A DVD version is also being released earlier, on 1/10 (SRP $89.98 but it’s available for pre-order on Amazon for just $50 at the moment). I really wish the powers that be had cared this much about the show when it was still on the air. Anyway...
Lionsgate will release American Pastoral on Blu-ray and DVD on 2/7.
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is releasing a brand new Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner: 50th Anniversary Edition on Blu-ray and DVD on 2/7.
Any fans of the BBC’s Sherlock out there? Well, look for them to release Sherlock: Season Four on Blu-ray and DVD on 1/24 (SRP $39.98 and $29.98).
Mill Creek Entertainment is releasing Glitter on Blu-ray on 1/3.
And here’s something cool: Shout! Factory has announced a new Shout Select title for release on Blu-ray next year: a Red Dawn: Collector’s Edition! Street date is TBA.
Finally, for you film soundtrack fans, our friends at La-La Land Records have just announced The John Williams Jurassic Park Collection, which includes the complete scores to Jurassic Park and The Lost World: Jurassic Park in a 4-CD set that’s newly remastered and expanded. It sells for $58.98, is limited to just 5,000 units, and starts shipping on 12/2. Also newly announced by La-La Land is the Star Trek: 50th Anniversary Collection – Musical Rarities from Across the Star Trek Universe 4-CD set. It’s $49.98 and is also limited to 5,000 copies and due to ship on 12/2. Act fast if you want either. La-La Land does amazing work on these releases, so don’t miss them. Click on the title links in this paragraph to pre-order them.
We’ll leave you with a look at the Blu-ray cover artwork for a few of the titles we mentioned above (with Amazon links if available)...
Stay tuned...
- Bill Hunt (@BillHuntBits)