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Universal sets The Wild Robot for Blu-ray & 4K UHD on 12/3, plus new KLSC announcements & Imprint Films’ January slate!
Morning everyone!
Today is a holiday here in the States, so we’re giving the team a break. But we do have a bunch of new reviews that we’ve posted recently, including...
Tim’s look at Thomas Schlamme’s So I Married an Axe Murderer (1993) in 4K Ultra HD from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.
Dennis’ reviews of Alvin Rakoff’s Crossplot (1969) on Blu-ray from Imprint Films and Via Vision, and Harmony Korine’s Mister Lonely (2007) on Blu-ray from IFC Films and Vinegar Syndrome.
Sam’s thoughts on Vera Drew’s The People’s Joker (2022) on Blu-ray from Altered Innocence.
And finally, Stuart’s look at Philip Kaufman’s The White Dawn (1974) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics and Luchino Visconti’s L’Innocente (1976) on Blu-ray from Vinegar Syndrome.
Meanwhile, in announcement news today, Kino Lorber Studio Classics has set a pair of much-loved Universal live action films for release on 4K Ultra HD, including Chris Noonan’s Babe (1995) and George Miller’s Babe: Pig in the City (1998). Both are “coming soon” to the format, with details TBA. [Read on here...]
- Lionsgate
- Imprint Films
- Vinegar Syndrome
- Smoke BD review
- Dennis Seuling
- Stuart Galbraith IV
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Support The Digital Bits via Patreon
- Back the Bits
- Tim Salmons
- Bluray Disc
- 4K Ultra HD Release List
- Release Dates & Artwork with 4K search
- Universal
- Sam Cohen
- Time Salmons
- The Wild Robot 4K
- DreamWorks
- So I Married an Axe Murderer 4K review
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Crossplot BD review
- Mister Lonely BD review
- IFC Films
- The People's Joker BD review
- Altered Innocence
- The White Dawn BD review
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- L'Innocente BD review
- Babe 4K
- Babe: Pig in the City 4K
- George Miller
- Snake Eyes 4K
- Brian De Palma
- Chris Sanders
- DreamWorks Animation
- Kickboxer 4K Steelbook
- Through the Looking Glass
- The Tenant
- Film Focus: Marlon Brando Vol 2
- Corpse Mania
- Film Focus: Burt Reynolds
- Walk with a Dragon
- James Clavell
- Blaxploitation
- The Night of the Following Day
- The Nightcomers
- Last Tango in Paris
- The Missouri Breaks
- A Dry White Season
- White Lightning
- Hustle
- Gator
- The Legend of Black Charley
- The Soul of Black Charley
- Superly TNT
- Detroit 9000
Paramount bows a new Interstellar 10th Anniversary 4K Ultra HD box, plus The Crow (2024), Joker: Folie à Deux, Severance: S1 on Blu-ray, Sideways on 4K Digital & more!
We’ve got several more new disc reviews for you here at The Bits today, including...
Tim’s look at Bryan Bertino’s The Strangers (2008) in 4K Ultra HD and Kevin Tenney’s Night of the Demons (1998) in 4K Ultra HD, both from Shout! Studios and Scream Factory.
Stephen’s look at Peter Hyams’ Capricorn One (1978) on Blu-ray from Via Vision’s Imprint Films and also their new Two Films by Wayne Wang box set which includes Smoke (1995) and Blue in the Face (1995) on Blu-ray.
Dennis’ thoughts on Basil Dearden’s Woman of Straw (1964) on Blu-ray also from Imprint.
And finally Stuart’s review of Elijah Drenner’s That Guy Dick Miller (2014) on Blu-ray from Dekanalog and Vinegar Syndrome.
More reviews are on the way, so be sure keep your eyes peeled from them.
Also here at The Bits today, we’ve posted our weekly update of our Release Dates & Cover Art section with all the latest Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K UHD cover art and Amazon.com pre-order links. As always, whenever you order literally anything from Amazon after clicking to them through one of our links, you’re helping to support our work here at the site and we really appreciate it. [Read on here...]
- Warner Bros Discovery Home Entertainment
- Release Dates & Artwork with 4K search
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- Tim Salmons
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- Amadeus 4K
- Miloš Forman
- Todd Phillips
- Joker: Folie à Deux 4K
- Stuart Galbraith IV
- Stephen Bjork
- Dennis Seuling
- The Strangers 4K review
- Night of the Demons 4K review
- Shout! Studios
- Scream Factory
- Capricorn One BD review
- Two Films by Wayne Wang BD review
- Smoke BD review
- Blue in the Face BD review
- Woman of Straw BD review
- That Guy Dick Miller Bd review
- Vinegar Syndrome
- Imprint Films
- Christopher Nolan
- Interstellar: 10th Anniversary Collector's Edition 4K box set
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Lionsgate
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- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- The Forge
- Joker: Folie à Deux
- Fede Álvarez
- Alien: Romulus 4K
- 20th Century Studios
- Apple TV
- Severance: Season One BD
- RLJ Entertainment
- Sideways (2004) 4K Digital
- Disney
- Searchlight Pictures
Deadpool & Wolverine hits 4K on 10/22, plus a new Shaun of the Dead 4K remaster, Bug, VynSyn & Degausser bow Cannibal! The Musical too, plus True Noir & more!
All right, we’ve got a bunch of news to run down for you all today...
But before we get to that, we wanted to let you know that we’ve just completed major updates of our Release Dates & Cover Artwork section here at The Bits, as well as our 4K Ultra HD Release List, both of which include all the latest Amazon pre-order links. What’s more, we’ve posted some very cool content over the last couple of weeks on our Digital Bits Patreon. And those of you interested in titles that might be coming to 4K UHD in 2025 will definitely want to check those posts out. Becoming a Patreon subscriber is a great way to support the work we do here at The Bits—it’s affordable and we try to make it worth your while. So please consider joining us over there, and we appreciate it! Now then...
The big news today is that Marvel and Disney have just officially set Shawn Levy’s Deadpool & Wolverine (2024) for release on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, and DVD on 10/22, with the Digital release expected on 10/1. The 4K disc will include Dolby Vision HDR and Dolby Atmos audio on a 66GB disc. There will be a wide-release 4K version in Amaray packaging, along with dual limited-edition Steelbooks one of which features Deadpool on the cover with a red interior, and the other featuring Wolverine on the cover with a yellow interior. A Walmart-exclusive Amaray version will also include “pop-up” packaging featuring the Deadpool corp. Regardless of which version you buy, the disc will contain audio commentary with Shawn Levy and actor Ryan Reynolds, a gag reel, 4 featurettes (Finding Madonna: Making the Oner, Practical Approach: Celebrating the Art of Ray Chan, Loose Ends: The Legacy of Heroes, and Wolverine), 3 deleted scenes (Elevator Ride, Do Nothing, and Daddy’s in Love), and “Fun Sack” (Dr. Deadpool, Product Review, and Wade is Back). You can see the cover artwork at left and also below. [Read on here...]
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- Support The Digital Bits via Patreon
- Back the Bits
- Deadpool & Wolverine
- Borderlands
- Shaun of the Dead
- Bug
- Vinegar Syndrome
- Trey Parker
- Degausser Video
- Cannibal! The Musical!
- True Noir: The Assassination of Anton Cermak immersive audio drama
- 4K Ultra HD Release List update
- Release Dates & Artwork update
- Marvel Studios
- Max Allen Collins
- Walt Disney Studios
- Lionsgate
- Eli Roth
- Edgar Wright
- Shaun of the Dead new 4K remaster
- Warner Bros Discovery Home Entertainment
- The Lost Boys 4K Steelbook
- Peter Jackson
- The Lord of the Rings Trilogy One Ring 4K Gift Box
- The Hitcher 4K
- William Friedkin
- Bug 4K
- Below 4K
- The Hunted 4K
- Happy Gilmore 4K
- Hot Pursuit
- MVD Rewind Collection
- Cheerleaders Wild Weekend
- Men of War
- Copkillers
- Frank Capra at Columbia Collection 4K
- Shawscope: Volume Three BD box set
- All the Haunts Be Ours: Volume 2 BD box set
- Robert Meyer Burnett
- Mike Bawden
- Imagination Connoisseurs Unlimited
The West Wing is official for Blu-ray, plus more Jean Rollin 4Ks from Indicator, Transformers One & a Se7en 4K Ultra HD update direct from Warner Bros.
As we close out the week, let’s start today as always with more new disc reviews...
Stephen has turned in his thoughts on John Mackenzie’s The Long Good Friday (1980) in 4K Ultra HD from the Criterion Collection.
Stuart has offered his take on a trio of new and recent Blu-ray titles, including Daniel Mann’s Come Back, Little Sheba (1952) from Kino Lorber Studio Classics, and the 1965 French anthology film Six in Paris (1965) and Larry Kent’s The Bitter Ash (1963) from Vinegar Syndrome.
Tim has taken a look at Tinto Brass’ Frivolous Lola (1998) in 4K Ultra HD from Cult Epics.
And finally, Dennis has delivered a review of Penny Lane’s documentary Nuts! (2016) on Blu-ray from Vinegar Syndrome.
In announcement news today, Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment has finally made Aaron Sorkin’s The West Wing official for Blu-ray on 10/1, in honor of the NBC series’ 25th anniversary. [Read on here...]
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Federico Fellini
- 8 1/2 4K
- Eastern Condors BD
- No Country for Old Men 4K
- Paris Texas 4K
- Criterion's December 2024 slate
- Vinegar Syndrome
- Imprint Films
- Dennis Seuling
- Tim Salmons
- Back the Bits
- Support The Digital Bits via Patreon
- Bluray
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Stephen Bjork
- Stuart Galbraith IV
- The Long Good Friday 4K review
- Come Back Little Sheba BD review
- Six in Paris BD review
- The Bitter Ash BD review
- Frivolous Lola 4K review
- Nuts! BD review
- The West Wing: The Complete Series BD
- Aaron Sorkin
- NBC
- Cult Epics
- Powerhouse Films
- Indicator Films
- Jean Rollin
- Requiem for a Vampire 4K
- The Escapees 4K
- Transformers One 4K
- Warner Bros Discovery Home Entertainment
- David Fincher
- Se7en 4K
- Seven 4K
Criterion’s December has No Country for Old Men & more, plus Paramount’s Galaxy Quest in 4K, new Sony & KLSC titles, Via Vision’s 175-disc Prisoner box & more!
All right, here’s today’s new disc reviews for all of you to enjoy...
Stephen has taken a look at Aleksandr Ptushko’s Ruslan and Ludmila (1972) on Blu-ray from Mosfilm via Deaf Crocodile and Vinegar Syndrome.
Dennis has reviewed William C. Reilly’s Men of Respect (1990) on Blu-ray from Columbia Pictures via Imprint Films.
And Tim has checked in with his thoughts on Nancy Walker’s Can’t Stop the Music (1980) in 4K Ultra HD from EMI via Kino Lorber Studio Classics!
Now then, we have a bunch of great announcement news for you today, so let’s get right into it...
For starters, Criterion has just announced their December release slate, which is set to include Wim Wenders’ Paris, Texas (1984) (Spine #501 – 4K + Blu-ray and Blu-ray) on 12/3, Joel and Ethan Coen’s No Country for Old Men (2007) (Spine #1243 – 4K + Blu-ray and Blu-ray) and Federico Fellini’s 8½ (1963) (Spine #140 – 4K + Blu-ray) on 12/10, and Sammo Hung’s Eastern Condors (1987) (Spine #1244 on Blu-ray) on 12/17! Paris, Texas and No Country for Old Men will both include Dolby Vision HDR. No Country for Old Men is a Miramax title currently controlled by Paramount, so this is a licensing situation (and a welcome one). More details are available here, and you can see the cover artwork for all of these below the break. [Read on here...]
- Stephen Bjork
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- Support The Digital Bits via Patreon
- Back the Bits
- Kino Cult
- Tim Salmons
- Dennis Seuling
- Ruslan and Ludmila BD review
- Men of Respect BD review
- Can't Stop the Music 4K review
- Imprint Films
- Vinegar Syndrome
- Criterion's December 2024 slate
- Wim Wenders
- Joel Coen
- Ethan Coen
- Paris Texas 4K
- No Country for Old Men 4K
- Miramax
- Sammo Hung
- Eastern Condors BD
- 8 1/2 4K
- Federico Fellini
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Dean Parisot
- Galaxy Quest 4K
- White Christmas 4K restoration
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Gillian Armstrong
- Little Women (1994) 4K
- Clint Eastwood
- Play Misty for Me 4K
- The Eiger Sanction 4K
- Two Mules for Sister Sara 4K
- 3D Film Archive
- Frankenstein's Bloody Terror BD 3D
- Via Vision Entertainment
- Prisoner: The Complete Series DVD box set
- Wentworth
- Cell Block H
- Dark Sky Selects
- Tobe Hooper
- Texas Chain Saw Massacre 4K: 50th Anniversay Edition
- Severin Films
- Russ Meyer Trust
- A24
- Stop Making Sense in IMAX theaters
- Jonathan Demme
- Talking Heads
- Vixen!
- Supervixens
- Beneath the Valley of the Ultra Vixens
- Polaris Dawn
- John Williams
- Rey's Theme
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens
- SpaceX
Despicable Me 4, Fear the Walking Dead, Orphan Black: Echoes, a Godzilla Minus One street date, new KLSC & Warner Archive titles, a new Colin Cantwell website & more!
All right, I’d intended to have a news update yesterday, but we all day working on a major upgrade of the Release Dates & Cover Artwork section here at The Bits. Not only have added tons of new Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD cover artwork and Amazon.com pre-order links, we’ve done some software and server upgrades to the section as well, so it should be working better than ever. Better yet, we’re going to have new updates of the section every Tuesday to keep it fresh with all the latest titles!
As you may know, The Digital Bits is an Amazon Affiliate, so anytime you order literally anything after clicking to them through one of our links, you’re helping to support our work at The Bits. It makes a big difference and we truly appreciate it. So we hope you’ll find our upgraded Release Dates & Cover Artwork useful and use it often!
Now then, we have some new disc reviews for all of you to enjoy here today...
Stephen has offered his in-depth thoughts on Robert Altman’s Thieves Like Us (1974) in 4K Ultra HD from Vinegar Syndrome’s Cinématographe label, along with Destin Daniel Cretton’s Just Mercy (2019) in 4K from Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment, and also Peter Hyams’ Sudden Death (1995) in 4K UHD from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
Stuart has weighed in with a look at Ken Loach’s The Old Oak (2023) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber, as well as Fred Zinnemann’s The Nun’s Story (1959) on Blu-ray from the Warner Archive Collection.
And Dennis has reviewed Phil Karlson’s 99 River Street (1953) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics as well.
In announcement news today, Universal and Illumination have just set the CG-animated Despicable Me 4 for Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD release on 9/24, with the Digital version available next week on 9/10. Scores of featurettes and deleted scenes will be included. [Read on here...]
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Stephen Bjork
- Stuart Galbraith IV
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- Support The Digital Bits via Patreon
- Back the Bits
- Dennis Seuling
- Release Dates & Cover Artwork update
- Russell Hammond
- Thieves Like Us 4K review
- Cinématographe
- Vinegar Syndrome
- Warner Bros Discovery Home Entertainment
- Just Mercy 4K review
- Sudden Death 4K review
- The Old Oak BD review
- The Nun's Story BD review
- Warner Archive Collection
- Kino Lorber
- 99 River Street BD review
- Despicable Me 4
- Universal Studios
- AMC
- Fear the Walking Dead: The Complete Collection BD
- Orphan Black: Echoes
- Star Trek: The Motion Picture 4K Steelbook
- Chinatown 4K
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- The West Wing: The Complete Series BD
- The Walking Dead (1936)
- Sweethearts (1938)
- The Return of Doctor X (1939)
- The Beast with Five Fingers (1946)
- A Man Called Shenandoah
- For Your Consideration (2006)
- Godzilla Minus One 4K
- Toho
- ClassicFlix
- The Little Rascals: The Restored Silents Volume One
- Hussy BD
- Cross Creek
- Arabesque 4K
- Danger: Diabolik 4K
- Mario Bava
- Plenty (1985)
- The Classic Ghosts (1973)
- California (1947)
- Michael Mann
- The Keep (1983)
- Rhino Records
- Chicago IX
- Black Sabbath: Live Evil
- Dolby Atmos
- BD Audio
- Carly Simon: No Secrets
- Seal
- Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: Long After Dark
- Colin Cantwell new website
Planet of the Apes (1968) in 4K Digital, plus Convoy, A Bridge Too Far, Adv of Priscilla, MaXXXine, Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Little Rascals silents & SO much more!
We start as always today with several new disc reviews, including…
Sam Cohen’s take on Poul Bang and Sidney W. Pink’s Reptilicus (1961) in 4K Ultra HD from Vinegar Syndrome.
Dennis’ reviews of Clarence Brown’s Idiot’s Delight (1939) on Blu-ray from the Warner Archive Collection and Chad Ferrin’s Night Caller (2021) on Blu-ray from Vinegar Syndrome.
Stephen’s thoughts on Guy Ritchie’s The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015) in 4K Ultra HD from Arrow Video.
And last but definitely not least, Tim’s review of Arrow Video’s new UK-only release of Jonathan Demme’s The Silence of the Lambs (1991) in 4K Ultra HD, which corrects the color space issues that plagued the Kino Lorber Studio Classics 4K disc from 2021.
More reviews are forthcoming tomorrow, so be sure to watch for them!
Now then, the big news today is that Franklin J. Schaffner’s Planet of the Apes (1968) has just been upgraded to 4K on all your favorite Digital services, including Apple TV, Fandango at Home, Movies Anywhere, Kaleidescape and more! It actually has Dolby Vision HDR on Apple TV (and it may elsewhere as well). Naturally, we’ve asked about the possibility of a physical 4K release of this film. I suspect there are no current plans, but I also suspect that if the title does well on Digital, that could change. [Read on here...]
- Sam Peckinpah
- Convoy 4K
- Imprint Films
- Via Vision Entertainment
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Stephen Bjork
- Dennis Seuling
- Stuart Galbraith IV
- Blazing Saddles 4K
- Mel Brooks
- MGM
- The Terminator (1984) 4K
- James Cameron
- North by Northwest (1959) 4K
- Alfred Hitchcock
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- Support The Digital Bits via Patreon
- Back the Bits
- Warner Bros Discovery Home Entertainment
- Planet of the Apes (1968) in 4K
- A Bridge too Far 4K
- The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert 4K
- Sam Cohen
- Tim Salmons
- Reptilicus 4K review
- Vinegar Syndrome
- The Pace that Kills review
- The Cocaine Fiends review
- Idiot's Delight BD review
- Night Caller BD review
- Warner Archive Collection
- Kino Lorber
- Something Weird
- Arrow Video
- The Man from UNCLE 4K review
- The Silence of the Lambs 4K review
- 20th Century Studios
- Hollywood Pictures
- Touchstone Pictures
- MaXXXine 4K
- Lionsgate
- Decal Releasing
- Longlegs 4K
- Hussy
- Cross Creek
- The Proud and Profane
- The Court Martial of Billy Mitchell
- The Cabinet of Dr Caligari 4K
- Kino Classics
- Blue Underground
- The Million Eyes of Sumuru 4K
- Well Go USA
- Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In 4K
- You Gotta Believe 4K
- Ryuichi Sakamoto: Opus
- Janus Contemporaries
- ClassicFlix
- The Little Rascals: The Restored Silents Volume One
- Apple TV
- Ridley Scott
- Napoleon: The Director's Cut
Indicator’s November includes a Pryor & Wilder Blu-ray box in the UK, plus We Were Soldiers, SpongeBob, The Garfield Movie, a new Wizard of Oz 4K Steelbook & more
We’re starting today with a bunch of new and recent disc reviews here at The Bits, including...
Stephen’s look at Michael Mann’s Collateral (2004) in a new 4K Steelbook from Paramount, The Flash: The Original Series (1990) on Blu-ray from the Warner Archive Collection, and Bosco Lam and Kin-Nam Cho’s A Chinese Torture Chamber Story 1 & 2 (1994 & 1998) on Blu-ray from Vinegar Syndrome.
Tim’s thoughts on Park Chan-wook’s JSA: Joint Security Area (2000) in 4K Ultra HD from Umbrella Entertainment.
Dennis’ take on Philip Kaufman’s Twisted (2004) on Blu-ray from Paramount via Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
And finally, Stuart’s reviews of George King’s Tomorrow We Live (1943) and Barbet Schroeder’s Single White Female (1992) on Blu-ray from Powerhouse Films’ Indicator label.
Speaking of Indicator, they’ve just unveiled their November slate, which includes a UK-only box set called Pryor & Wilder that features Sidney Poitier’s Stir Crazy (1980), Arthur Hiller’s See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989), and Maurice Phillips’ Another You (1991) on Blu-ray. Look for that on 18 November. In the US, Indicator will release Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat’s Left Right and Centre (1959), Ken Loach’s Family Life (1971), and John Krish’s The Man Who Had Power Over Women (1970) all on Blu-ray on 11/19. [Read on here...]
- Paper Moon 4K
- CC40
- Funny Girl 4K
- The Shape of Water (4K)
- Scarface (1932) 4K
- Seven Samurai 4K
- Godzilla (1954) 4K
- Imprint Films
- Warner Bros Discovery Home Entertainment
- Indicator
- Criterion's November 2024 slate
- Tim Salmons
- Dennis Seuling
- Stuart Galbraith IV
- Stephen Bjork
- Back the Bits
- Support The Digital Bits via Patreon
- Bluray
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Collateral 4K Steelbook review
- The Flash: The Original Series BD review
- A Chinese Torture Chamber Story BD review
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Warner Archive Collection
- Vinegar Syndrome
- JSA: Joint Security Area 4K review
- Umbrella Entertainment
- Twisted BD review
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Tomorrow We Live BD review
- Single White Female BD review
- Powerhouse Films
- Pryor & Wilder BD box
- Stir Crazy
- See No Evil Hear No Evil
- Another You
- Family Life
- Left Right and Centre
- The Man Who Had Power Over Women
- We Were Soldiers 4K
- The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie 4K
- Planes Trains and Automobiles 4K
- Gladiator 4K
- Star Trek: Prodigy Season Two BD
- The Wizard of Oz: 85th Anniversary 4K Steelbook
- The Garfield Movie
- Film Masters
- Klaus Kinski
- Creature With the Blue Hand
- Web of the Spider
- Ballyhoo Motion Pictures
- Inside Out 4K
- Before Dawn
- Well Go USA
- Lakeshore Records
- Star Trek: Picard Season Three
- CC40 BD box set
BREAKING: Skydance “15% Cuts on Paramount Global US Workforce” Cut Deep in Some Studio Divisions Including Home Entertainment
All right, Bits readers, today is a tough one news-wise, and it has little to do with specific title release news or announcements.
We’ve learned from multiple sources now that the 15% US workforce cuts at Paramount Global—a restructuring that’s happening in advance of the company’s merger with Skydance Media to reduce annual costs by some $500 million—have landed very heavily on the Melrose lot. As reported widely last week, the layoffs amount to about 2,000 people, with most expected to be gone by the end of next month and the rest by year’s end.
Current co-CEOs George Cheeks, Brian Robbins, and Chris McCarthy have described the layoffs thusly in a memo to the workforce: “As we continue to advance our plan, we announced on our earnings call last week that we will be reducing our US-based workforce by approximately 15%, focusing on redundant functions and streamlining corporate teams.”
The expectation was that every division would be impacted. As reported last week, Paramount Television Studios has been shuttered completely. What’s not been reported widely yet is the impact on overall studio operations.
The Digital Bits sources indicate that nearly every department has been affected—in a few cases severely—from marketing, legal, and accounting, to production, post-production, finance, mastering, vault and library services, and unfortunately also Paramount Home Entertainment. The cuts are reportedly not so deep as to result in a complete loss of institutional knowledge, but they’re more than deep enough to result in major workflow disruptions. [Read on here...]
- Imprint Films
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Back the Bits
- Support The Digital Bits via Patreon
- Bluray
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Shout! Studios
- Vinegar Syndrome
- Skydance
- Paramount Global US job cuts
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Paramount Television Studios shut down
- Paramount job cuts impact Home Entertainment deeply
Criterion’s November includes Godzilla, Seven Samurai, Scarface, Funny Girl, Shape of Water & Paper Moon in 4K, plus Friday Night Lights (2004) & more!
We’ve got a good bit of ground to cover here at The Bits today, so let’s start as always with new disc reviews...
Now available here are Stephen’s take on Francis Ford Coppola’s The Conversation (1974) in 4K Ultra HD from StudioCanal, David Allen’s The Primevals (2023) as released on Blu-ray by Umbrella Entertainment, and the Blu-ray Audio version of Jonathan Demme and Talking Heads’ Stop Making Sense (1984) live album, which includes Dolby Atmos.
Stuart’s look at the Philo Vance Collection on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics—which includes The Canary Murder Case (1929), The Greene Murder Case (1929), and The Benson Murder Case (1930)—as well as George King’s The Shop at Sly Corner (1947) and the Columbia Film Noir #6: The Whistler box set—which includes The Whistler (1944), The Mark of the Whistler (1944), The Power of the Whistler (1945), Voice of the Whistler (1945), Mysterious Intruder (1946), The Secret of the Whistler (1946), The Thirteenth Hour (1947), and The Return of the Whistler (1948)—both on Blu-ray from Indicator.
Dennis’ thoughts on Basil Dearden’s The Man Who Haunted Himself (1970) on Blu-ray from Imprint and Welcome Back, Kotter: The Complete Series (1975-1979) on DVD from Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment.
And finally, Tim has taken a look at Arch Oboler’s Bwana Devil (1952) on Blu-ray 3D from Kino Lorber Studio Classics with the help of the 3-D Film Archive.
More reviews are forthcoming, so stay tuned!
Now then, before we get to the big release news today, I wanted to alert you all to the fact that we’ve just posted a big update to our Cover Art section here at The Bits, aka the Release Dates & Artwork section (thanks to our own Russell Hammond)! It now features TONS of new Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD cover art, all with Amazon.com pre-order links. You can browse and sort the titles by street date and format, and of course The Bits is an Amazon Affiliate, so anytime you click through one of our Amazon links and order literally anything from them, you’re helping to support our work and we really do appreciate it. It makes a real difference for us. [Read on here...]
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- Support The Digital Bits via Patreon
- Back the Bits
- Stephen Bjork
- Russell Hammond
- Stuart Galbraith IV
- Dennis Seuling
- Tim Salmons
- The Conversation 4K review
- StudioCanal
- Francis Ford Coppola
- Akira Kurosawa
- Criterion's November 2024 slate
- The Primevals BD review
- Umbrella Entertainment
- Talking Heads: Stop Making Sense BD Audio review
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Philo Vance Collection BD review
- The Shop at Sly Corner BD review
- Indicator
- Columbia Film Noir 6: The Whistler BD review
- The Man Who Haunted Himself BD review
- Welcome Back Kotter: The Complete Series DVD review
- Warner Bros Discovery Home Entertainment
- Imprint Films
- Bwana Devil BD 3D review
- 3D Film Archive
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