Sony’s new single-film SKU presents the film in 4K with Dolby Vision HDR, along with unrated English audio in Dolby Atmos and 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio format, as well as the theatrical 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio mix. All that is on the 4K disc, along with theatrical trailers. The package also includes a Blu-ray Disc that includes theatrical 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio mix, audio commentary with David Fincher, a second commentary with Aaron Sorkin and the cast, all of the legacy special feature content. You can see the cover artwork at left and also right here...

Also today, Powerhouse Films has announced their next two Indicator label titles, which includes a pair of Australian Ozploitation cult classics: Rod Hardy’s Thirst (1979) and Simon Wincer’s Harlequin (1980). Each will be available on both 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray, and each will be available in both the US and UK. Here’s a link to their online store.

Thirst will include Dolby Vision HDR, original mono audio, audio commentary with Hardy and producer Antony I Ginnane, multiple interview featurettes (including Thirst: A Contemporary Blend, an Archival TV Interview with David Hemmings, an Archival Audio Interview with Chantal Contouri, outtake interviews from Not Quite Hollywood, an Appreciation by Stephen Morgan), the film’s isolated score, the original theatrical trailer, TV spots, image galleries, and a limited 80-page book with essays and more.

Harlequin will also include Dolby Vision HDR, original mono audio, audio commentary with Wincer and producer Antony I Ginnane, multiple interview featurettes (including an Archival TV Interview with David Hemmings and Robert Powell, Archival Audio Interviews with Wincer, associate producer Jane Scott, and production designer Bernard Hides, outtake interviews from Not Quite Hollywood, Destruction from Down Under with Kim Newman, and an Appreciation by Stephen Morgan), the film’s isolated score, the original theatrical trailer and teaser trailer, image galleries, and a limited 80-page book with essays and more.

Also today, Kino Lorber Studio Classics will release Andreai Tarkovsky’s The Sacrifice (1986) on Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD on 2/4/25. That will include audio commentary by Layla Alexander-Garrett (Tarkovsky’s translator on the set of the film), an Interview with Michal Leszczylowski (the editor of The Sacrifice and director of Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky), and trailers.

KLSC has also revealed that Ralph S. Singleton’s Graveyard Shift (1990) is coming to 4K + Blu-ray on 2/25. And coming to Blu-ray only on 2/18 are David Schmoeller’s Crawlspace (1986) and Graeme Clifford’s Frances (1982), and Bob Kellett’s Are You Being Served? The Movie (1977).

In other news, in addition to Michael Bay’s Armageddon (1998), which we reported here recently has been remastered in 4K Ultra HD, we’ve also confirmed that another Touchstone Pictures title—Simon West’s Con Air (1997)—has also been remastered by Disney. So it’s possible that we’ll see both of them released on physical 4K UHD in the next 12-24 months. Also, with Danny Boyle’s long-awaited sequel, 28 Years Later, set for theatrical release on 6/20 of next year, it’s very likely that Fox (via Sony Pictures Home Entertainment) will release the previous films in the trilogy—28 Days Later (2002) and 28 Weeks Later (2007)—on physical 4K UHD around that time as well.

And in a bit of international release news that will be of particular interest to Blu-ray 3D fans, our friends at Turbine in Germany have announced the Blu-ray 3D release of Travis Knight’s BumbleBee (2018), Steven Caple Jr’s Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023), and Garth Jennings’s Sing 2 (2021) on 12/19. And they also have three more titles available on Blu-ray 3D: Christopher McQuarrie’s Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018), Benjamin Renner and Guylo Homsy’s Migration (2023), and Stephen Gaghan’s Doctor Dolittle (2020).

Finally today, we’ve learned that South Korean manufacturer LG has decided to follow Oppo and Samsung’s lead in discontinuing the manufacture of Blu-ray players, including their more recent UBK80 and UBK90 4K UHD players. This is not entirely surprising, because they haven’t announced new models in a while now. For years, I used to attend CES and there would new players models every single year. But that’s no longer the case, and it hasn’t been in a while. And yet, almost every year, there are new flat panel and projector models. Something is definitely wrong with that picture. It’s also ironic, because Hollywood is actually ramping up its support of the physical 4K UHD format going into 2025. Now, LG hasn’t exactly been on the top of anyone’s list of must-have 4K players. Sony and Panasonic definitely own that space, not to mention Yamaha, Magnetar, Reavon, etc. But still, it’s unfortunate news and a shame to see the market for player options shrinking regardless. You can read more here at FlatPanels HD.

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