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Author dvdmike Time 16-Jan-2014 2:52PM Post link E ver since James Cameron had adopted the use of the Super 35 format, he'd been framing for both widescreen and television safe, and there has been quite some discussion about how that sometimes compromises the compositions for one or the other more than if he just committed to framing specifically for one ratio. The pan-and-scan formatting often might improve a shot (e.g. the visibility of Jamie Lee Curtis' legs flailing as she hangs from the helicopter in a shot in True Lies , which adds an element of helplessness absent from the widescreen presentation). I would therefore be quite interested to see what this film looks like with a somewhat taller frame. The Digital Bits is reporting that not only is Cameron’s first Avatar film set to arrive on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray along with its sequel in 2023, but that “our sources continue to report that Disney is likely to release … [the] long-awaited remaster of The Abyss on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray early next year”.
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Does, then, Disney have the appetite for catalogue releases of older titles now, especially as it channels its home entertainment energies towards Disney+? Did it perhaps – and this is speculation – nix a release of The Abyss planned for 2019? No idea as of yet which of the cuts of the film are set to appear when the disc does finally arrive. We can argue over that a bit later though. For now, here’s the original report too over at The Digital Bits… Bill Hunt of The Digital Bits has been following this story even longer than us, and his sources on the matter are better placed than ours too. But with the new Avatar film expected on disc this side of Easter, The Abyss may finally be on the verge of being announced. And there it was, in colour. Remastering work on The Abyss was being undertaken, and here was the fresh evidence of it. That was over a year ago, and we’re going to go out on a limb and suggest that it’s not taken all that time to complete. The studio time had been booked, the colour grading at the very least is – on the technical side – complete. Originally, it was all on James Cameron, whose commitment to the Avatar movies now runs until at least 2025 (and they’re going to monopolise he’s working time). Now, it’s on Disney too. And that leaves the likelihood that the best physical releases we’re getting for The Abyss and True Lies for the foreseeable future remain the DVDs (or that digital VHS in the case of True Lies) – unless an enterprising third party label can grease the wheels.
Join the dark side… and get a free cookie! Author StarThoughts Time 17-Jan-2014 8:06AM (Edited) Post link The traditional hold-up to the release thus far, though, is James Cameron himself. That he has to personally approve the new transfers for both films, and the bottom line is that he simply hasn’t to our knowledge done that yet. In more recent times, he’s been focused heavily on his quartet of Avatar sequels, as well as his work on Terminator: Dark Fate and Alita: Battle Angel (and he was active on the promotional tour for the latter two). div>Fan-Edits & Preservations : Drsapirstein.blogspot.com
Author dvdmike Time 16-Jan-2014 12:59PM Post link But where’s the incentive for Disney to pursue Blu-rays and 4Ks of True Lies and The Abyss? Granted, it may want to keep James Cameron happy, and there may be thinking that so much work has been done it’d be daft not to finish the discs off. Still, it’s hard to rule out that when Cameron does finally sign off the new releases of the movies, they end up on digital formats only. It’s little secret that the market for physical releases has contracted, after all. Looks interesting .............. am I correct in guessing that you upscaled the Japan 720p to 1080p in the remastering?
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Appreciating that Paramount still owns part of the rights to Titanic, the 4K disc releases of True Lies, The Abyss and Avatar are entirely on Disney’s watch. Thus far, when it does 4K reissues, it tends to be around dates for sequels and remakes to and of existing movies (the animated film of Mulan, for instance, is getting a 4K release this year to tie in with the new live action movie). Thus, it’s entirely likely that Avatar will get a reissue when the first of the many sequels arrives (currently scheduled for the end of next year). Furthermore, previously The Abyss has appeared on Netflix, and True Lies has popped up in HD on Sky in the UK. But neither are likely to be the Cameron-approved versions. But again, follow the evidence and the timeline here. At the end of 2018, the transfers were ready for review, by his own words. Is it too much of a leap to suggest that he’s approved at least the one for The Abyss, given that the subsequent colour grading was allowed to go ahead? It’s not just the transfers, either. In 2017, The Digital Bits reported that“the work needed to compile new special features” had been done as well. That’s not actually the compiling of the features themselves, but more putting together what the shape of the eventual discs would be like.
