You remember how I said yesterday that I’d been interviewed for an article on
Trek Report about the potential for the classic
Star Trek films to be remastered and released in 4K Ultra HD? And I also said that I’d circle back to the subject, but that essentially there was no new news to report at this time?
So the short of what I indicated in the interview was that Paramount definitely wanted to remaster all of the classic
Trek films in 4K, and that they’ve clearly ramped up their catalog releases on BD and 4K during the pandemic, and are continuing to remaster their classic catalog films. It was simply a matter of cost, but it was my belief that they’d get around to it eventually. Just don’t hold your breath, right? I mean, how many times have we heard that they were talking about it, and then nothing ever happens? So, sound advice.
The Pianist: Shout Select (BD),
No Man’s Land (BD and DVD),
The Night (BD and DVD),
House of Wax: Collector’s Edition (BD), and
Ernest & Celestine (BD and DVD) on 7/13, followed by
A Stranger is Watching (BD),
Little Big League: Shout Select (BD),
Fire (BD and DVD), and
Eight Legged Freaks (BD) on 7/20, and
State and Main: Shout Select (BD),
The Dead Zone: Collector’s Edition (BD),
Chamber of Horrors (BD), and
Brotherhood of the Wolf: Collector’s Edition (BD) on 7/27. Extras on all of these are still TBA. You can see the cover art for
The Dead Zone at left, with more covers visible below the break. [Read on here.]