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FUNimation sets Akira for 4K on 12/22, plus Going Mad: The Battle of Fury Road on YouTube
We’ll be back later today, but we just wanted to check in early this morning with a quick bit of announcement news that broke over the weekend...
FUNimation has set finally Katsuhiro Otomo’s landmark anime Akira (1988) for release on 4K Ultra HD on 12/22. We’ve known the title was coming for a while now (it returns to theaters here in the U.S. for a limited run on 9/24), but we finally have the official confirmation of the remastered disc release.
The title is now available for pre-order on Amazon.com via this link and you can see the cover artwork at left and also below.
Apparently, it’s already been released on 4K disc in Japan and there’s a bit of concern that too much DNR may have been used by the Japanese animation studio to clean the image (the title is distributed there by Bandai Namco).
But we’ll have to see what it looks like when it finally arrives on disc here in the States. [Read on here...]
The Bits presents a 2020 Ultra HD Release Update: MAJOR catalog titles are coming to physical 4K this year!
All right, many of you have asked about (or otherwise understandably bemoaned) the lack of big or significant announcements relating to catalog films on 4K Ultra HD lately. So today’s update here at The Digital Bits is about addressing that concern.
And while we still have little in the way of official announcements at the moment, I can confidently report that at least some of titles you’re waiting for are on the way in 2020.
The information in today’s post should be considered unofficial until the studios in question make their actual announcements. But we believe it to be a reliable gauge of titles currently in the production pipeline or planning stages.
First, we know for sure that Disney is going to be releasing Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga on 4K coinciding with the Blu-ray and 4K release of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, likely in March. [Read on here...]
- The Elephant Man 4K
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- Walt Disney Home Entertainment
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Universal Studios Home Entertainment
- Discotek Media
- FUNimation
- Studio Canal
- 4K Ultra HD
- 2020 4K catalog releases
- Back the Bits
- Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga 4K
- Jaws 4K
- War of the Worlds 4K
- Days of Thunder 4K
- Top Gun 4K
- A Bug's Life 4K
- Up 4K
- WALLE 4K
- Monsters Inc 4K
- Monsters University 4K
- Beauty and the Beast (1991) 4K
- Beauty and the Beast (2017) 4K
- Star Trek: The Motion Picture 4K
- Full Metal Jacket 4K
- A Clockwork Orange 4K
- Spartacus 4K
- Sherlock Holmes 4K
- Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows 4K
- 47 Ronin 4K
- The Back to the Future Trilogy 4K
- Flash Gordon 4K
- Basic Instinct 4K
- Breathless 4K
- Total Recall 4K
- Highlander 4K
- Serpico 4K
- Dune 4K
- Inglourious Basterds 4K
- Akira 4K
- Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro 4K
- The Hobbit 4K
- The Lord of the Rings 4K
FUNimation’s “Speed-Head” Racer box, They Call Me Bruce?, Warner Archive’s Illustrated Man & Jay Thomas RIP
We’re kicking things off today with two more Blu-ray reviews: Tim’s taken a look at Dusty Nelson’s Effects (1978) and Tom Hanson’s The Zodiac Killer (1971) on disc from Synapse Films and AGFA. Sounds like both are worth a look, so enjoy the reviews. And be aware, that I’ve working on a new Blu-ray review and several more new 4K Ultra HD reviews myself, so watch for those over the next few days.
In announcement news today... FUNimation has finally set Speed Racer: The Ultimate Collection for release on Blu-ray/DVD Combo box set on 11/7. This whopping 10 Blu-ray/16 DVD box set will come in “Speed-Head” packaging and will include Speed Racer: The Complete Series (1967) on both Blu-ray and DVD, the original Japanese version of Mach GoGoGo (1967) on both Blu-ray and DVD, and also the newer Mach GoGoGo “Restart” (1997) series on DVD only. Extras will include a new interview with voice actor Connie Orr (aka Trixie) and a collectible keychain. You can see the packaging above-left and below. [Read on here…]
- Tim Salmons
- Bluray
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- Bluray Disc
- Samurai Jack: The Complete Series Bluray
- Samurai Jack: The Complete Fifth Season
- Effects BD review
- The Zodiac Killer BD review
- Speed Racer: The Ultimate Collection
- Mach GoGoGo
- Speed Head packaging
- FUNimation
- Wish Upon
- They Call Me Bruce?
- Legend of Bruce Lee: Volume Three
- Holiday Inn: 75th Anniversary Edition
- DC Universe Original Movies: 10th Anniversary Collection
- Glory
- The Illustrated Man
- The Warner Archive
- Innocent Blood
- Waiting for Guffman
- Brigadoon BD
- Animal Factory
- Jay Thomas RIP
Kong: Skull Island on 7/18, Batman & Harley Quinn, Orphan Black: S5 & FUNimation’s Speed Racer BD reviewed
To kick things off today, I’ve got a new review for you: A look at FUNimation’s Speed Racer: The Complete Series Blu-ray, a release I’ve waited years to see. Speed was the first Japanese anime series I ever saw, way back in the late 1960s, long before anyone had any idea what an anime was. Let me tell you, the show looks great in HD; FUNimation has done a really nice job of it. Best of all, the set streeted on Tuesday for just $20 on Amazon.
Now then... some announcements... [Read on here…]
Criterion’s August has Sid & Nancy, plus new Twilight/Kino, Joe vs the Volcano, Shakes the Clown & more
We’ve got some great new title announcements for you today!
First or all, The Criterion Collection has just revealed their August Blu-ray and DVD slate, which breaks down as follows. Look for Michael Curtiz’s The Breaking Point (Cat #889 – Blu-ray and DVD) on 8/8, Mike Leigh’s Meantime (Cat #890 – Blu-ray and DVD) and an updating of Ronald Neame’s Hopscotch (Cat #105 – Blu-ray, DVD, and iTunes) on 8/15, and Sacha Guitry’s La Poison (Cat #891 – Blu-ray and DVD) and an updating of Alex Cox’s Sid & Nancy (Cat #20 – Blu-ray and DVD) on 8/22. Also, it now appears that Orson Welles’ Othello (Cat #870 – Blu-ray and DVD) has finally been rescheduled for release on 9/26. We’ve updated our Criterion Spines Project page accordingly. [Read on here…]
- Bluray
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- Bluray Disc
- Criterion August slate
- The Breaking Point
- Meantime
- Hopscotch
- La Poison
- Sid & Nancy
- Orson Welles' Othello
- The Criterion Spines Project
- Twilight Time June Slate
- Snake in the Eagle's Shadow
- Drunken Master
- Hell and High Water
- The Valachi Papers
- The Quiet American
- The Lost City of Z
- The Gumball Rally
- Joe Versus the Volcano
- The Ballad of Cable Hogue
- Warner Archive Collection
- The Mighty Ducks Trilogy
- Disney Movie Club
- Shakes the Clown
- Speed Racer: The Complete Series
- FUNimation
- Mill Creek Entertainment
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Bob Hope Singles
- Star Slammer
- Star Crystal
- The Hunting Party
- Shalako
- No Man's Land
- The Last of the Finest
- Freeway
- Clambake
- The Devil's Brigade
- The Birthday Party
- William Friedkin
FUNimation sets Shin Godzilla for U.S. home video release in August
We have a late update of the site with some breaking news...
FUNimation has just announced that it officially plans to release Toho’s live action Shin Godzilla (2016) on Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital HD on 8/1. The film was directed by Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi. You’ll be able to watch the film in the original Japanese with English subtitles or in a new English language dub. The package will also include special features TBA. [Read on here…]
Patriot’s Day, League of Their Own: 25th, Underworld: Blood Wars, Saturday Night Fever: DC & Bill Paxton RIP
Kicking off a new week here at The Bits, we’ve got a couple of things for you today...
In announcement news today, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has set A League of Their Own: 25th Anniversary Edition for release on Blu-ray on 4/18. It includes the new Bentonville, Baseball & the Enduring Legacy of A League of Their Own featurette, as well as legacy extras including 15 deleted scenes, a 9-part documentary, audio commentary with the filmmakers, Madonna’s This Used to Be My Playground music video, and the film’s theatrical trailer. [Read on here…]
- FUNimation
- Speed Racer: The Complete Series official
- Patriot's Day
- Mark A Altman
- MOS DEF
- Bluray
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- Bluray Disc
- Tim Salmons
- Wild Beasts BD review
- A League of Their Own: 25th Anniversary Edition
- Underworld: Blood Wars 4K
- Saturday Night Fever: Director's Cut
- Bill Paxton RIP
- Iron Man Trilogy 4K Germany
- Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies
Rogue One official, plus Passengers, Hell in the Pacific, Lion date change, Twilight’s March slate & MUCH more
Afternoon, folks! We’ve got some great stuff for you here at The Bits today…
First up, Tim has turned in a review of Shout! Factory’s Mystery Science Theater 3000: Volume IV, which includes the episodes Space Mutiny, Overdrawn at the Memory Back, Girl in Gold Boots, and Hamlet. The disc is now available, so do give it a look.
Meanwhile, we have a new MOS DEF column from Mark A. Altman as well today, in which he takes a look back at his favorite Blu-ray releases of 2016. We’ll have more from Mark later this week too. Enjoy!
In announcement news today, the BIG news is that Disney and Lucasfilm have just officially set Rogue One: A Star Wars Story for Blu-ray Combo, DVD, and On Demand release on 4/4, with a Digital HD release set for 3/24. There’s no word yet of a 4K version, but it appears that Target and Best Buy will have retail-exclusive Blu-ray 3D versions on 4/4 (per Star Wars.com). The Target package appears to match the Star Wars: The Force Awakens 3D Collector’s Edition. The Best Buy package comes in a Steelbook. Walmart will also have exclusive packaging. Extras on the Blu-rays will include 11 behind-the-scenes featurettes (A Rogue Idea, Jyn: The Rebel, Cassian: The Spy, K-2SO: The Droid, Baze & Chirrut: Guardians of the Whills, Bodhi & Saw: The Pilot & The Revolutionary, The Empire, Visions of Hope: The Look of Rogue One, The Princess & The Governor, Epilogue: The Story Continues, and Rogue Connections). Note that the lack of deleted scenes – and we know there are many – or audio commentary suggests that a more elaborate Collector’s Edition BD release is coming later this year. You can see the cover artwork at the left and below. [Read on here…]
- Tim Salmons
- Release Dates & Artwork
- Silence
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- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
- MOS DEF
- Mark A Altman
- The Best BDs of 2016
- Mystery Science Theater 3000: Volume IV review
- Passengers official
- Lion street date change
- Hell in the Pacific
- Twilight Time March slate
- Patriot's Day
- Hidden Figures
- Baby Boom
- How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
- Peyton Place
- Our Man in Havana
- Flicker Alley
- Blackhawk Films
- Early Women Filmmakers: An International Anthology
- Speed Racer: The Complete Series official
- FUNimation
- Teen Titans: The Judas Contract
Westworld digital release, Kino Lorber news, leaked Speed Racer BD/DVD art & a vintage Ghostbusters discovery
All right, we’re closing out the week with some interesting announcement news and a few other odds and ends...
First up today, Warner Bros has just announced that HBO’s Westworld: The Complete First Season will be available in Digital HD on 3/6. The Blu-ray and DVD release is expected to follow later in 2017, ahead of the debut of the series’ second season. Meanwhile, the Digital release will have some extras, including 5 behind-the-scenes featurettes (Welcome to Westworld, Crafting the Narrative, An Invitation to the Set, Reality of A.I.: Westworld, and About the Series), as well as 7 The Big Moment clips (Bernard Faces an Unlikely Saboteur, Teddy Versus the Man in Black, A Host Self-Sabotages, Maeve Gets An Answer, Dr. Ford’s Blood Sacrifice, The Truth About Bernard, and Dr. Ford’s New Narrative). [Read on here…]
- Martin Scorsese's World Cinema Project No 2
- Jeanne Dileman 23 Quai du Commerce 1080 Bruxelles
- Good Morning
- Dheepan
- Orson Welles' Othello
- Ghost World
- Criterion's May slate
- Bluray
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- Bluray Disc
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- FUNimation
- Speed Racer: The Complete Series
- Ghostbusters rare deleted scenes found
- Westworld: The Complete First Season
- HBO
- A Fantastic Fear of Everything
Wishmaster Collection, Arrow’s Donnie Darko, 5 Centimeters Per Second & Harry Potter films coming to 4K UHD BD?
All right, we’ve had family visiting for a couple weeks but things have finally started to get back to normal here, so we’re back to our usual daily updates. And we have a bunch of new release news to report today...
First up though, our own Russell Hammond has just posted the weekly Release Dates & Artwork update with all the latest Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K cover artwork and Amazon.com pre-order links. Don’t forget, anytime you order titles through our links you’re helping to support our work here at The Bits and we appreciate it!
Now then, in announcement news today, Lionsgate has just revealed that their next Vestron Video Collector’s Series release will include the Wishmaster Collection: 4-Film Set on 3/28 (SRP $49.99). Wishmaster will include audio commentary (with director Robert Kurtzman and screenwriter Peter Atkins), audio commentary (with Kurtzman and stars Andrew Divoff and Tammy Lauren), an isolated score selections track with an audio interview of composer Harry Manfredini, 6 featurettes (Out of the Bottle, The Magic Words, The Djinn and Alexandra, Captured Visions, Wish List, and Making of Wishmaster), trailers, TV spots, image galleries & more. Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies will include audio commentary (with writer/director Jack Sholder), a trailer, and a still gallery. Wishmaster 3: Beyond the Gates of Hell will include audio commentary (with director Chris Angel and cast members John Novak, Jason Connery, and Louisette Geiss), the Making of Wishmaster 3: Beyond the Gates of Hell featurette, and the trailer. And Wishmaster 4: The Prophecy will include audio commentary (with director Chris Angel and cast members Michael Trucco and Jason Thompson), audio commentary (with Angel and actor John Novak), the Wishmasterpiece Theatre featurette, and the trailer. [Read on here…]
- Your Name
- Miss Sloane
- Bluray
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- Bluray Disc
- Wishmaster Collection: 4 Film Set
- Vestron Video Collector's Series
- The Thing
- Arrow Video
- Arrow Academy
- Three Brothers
- Wolf Guy
- Donnie Darko: 4 Disc Limited Edition
- The Witness for the Prosecution
- Return of Kung Fu: Trailers of Fury
- Drive In Massacre
- 5 Centimeters Per Second
- Makoto Shinkai
- FUNimation
- Wolf Children: Hosoda Collector's Edition
- The Boyfriend
- Visit to a Small Planet
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Live by Night 4K
- Underworld: Blood Wars 4K
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 4K
- Savage Pampas 4K
- Django Prepare a Coffin
- Jackie
- Fire at Sea
- When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth
- Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince 4K
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 4K
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 4k