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All right, this is just a quick release news update before the weekend. But we’ve got some good stuff for you…

To start, we have great news on a title I first revealed to all of you on New Year’s Eve: The Wachowski’s Speed Racer (2008)! And the update is that pre-orders are starting to appear online (on Amazon UK and Zavvi so far, but I expect the US pre-orders on Amazon and Gruv to appear soon as well) for the 4K Ultra HD and 4K Steelbook release!

The street date is TBA, but my sources say it’s likely Q2, so I would guess you can look for it to arrive sometime in April or May.

We don’t have A/V specs yet, but I’m hoping for a 100GB disc, and both Dolby Vision HDR and Dolby Atmos audio.

Each edition will be a 2-disc set, including the film on 4K disc and Blu-ray—probably the previous international BD SKU, as the BD disc includes the same featurettes released internationally, which include 4 featurettes: Spritle in the Big Leagues (15 mins), Speed Racer: Supercharged! (16 mins), Speed Racer: Car-Fu Cinema (27 mins), and Speed Racer: Ramping Up! (10 mins, which was not included on the US Blu-ray).

The 4K disc will also include a featurette: Wonderful World of Racing: The Amazing Racer Family (31 mins), which was previously a Target exclusive feature in the US.

And apparently the Steelbook will include a slipcase, a 32-page book (The World of Speed Racer), a pair of mini theatrical posters, plus a Mach 5 art and 6 character cards. We’ll share the final cover artwork, as well as official specs and the street date, as soon as it comes in. [Read on here...]

We’ve got four new disc reviews for you all to enjoy today, including…

Dennis’ review of Harold S. Bucquet’s On Borrowed Time (1939) on Blu-ray from the Warner Archive Collection.

Stuart’s look at Irving Rapper’s The Miracle (1959), also on Blu-ray from the Warner Archive Collection.

Stephen’s thoughts on John Woo’s Bullet in the Head (1990) in 4K Ultra HD from Shout! Studios via their Hong Kong Cinema Classics line.

And finally Tim’s take on Moonrise Kingdom (2012) and The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) in 4K Ultra HD from Criterion’s The Wes Anderson Archive box set.

More reviews are forthcoming all this week, so be sure to keep checking back!

In release news today, it’s finally official: Warner Bros. Discover Home Entertainment has just sent out their press release announcing William Wyler’s Ben-Hur (1959) and Alan J. Pakula’s All the President’s Men (1976) for 4K Ultra and 4K Steelbook release on 2/17! Both films will include Dolby Vision HDR. Ben-Hur is an 8K restoration of the original 65mm camera negative and will have Dolby Vision HDR. It will also include Dolby Atmos audio, while both titles will include DTS-HD MA tracks representing the original theatrical audio. (Ben-Hur will have its original theatrical audio in 5.0, representing the original 6-track stereo experience). [Read on here...]