WTK

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/psycho-...?skuId=6416706

The same listing now shows this:

T-bone22

That Whiplash Best Buy cover is terrible.

Mike86

Pretty nice Steelbook. Tempted to get that. Might just go with the Hitchcock four film collection though.

asianxcore

I feel like the same 1-2 Graphic Designers are being used for every Best Buy Steelbook release nowadays.

T-bone22

I wonder if they are high school interns?

asianxcore

Definitely not my Graphic Design students, I'll tell you that!

Adam Tyner

A whole bunch of Paramount titles -- Collateral, War of the Worlds (1953), Coming to America, and Beverly Hills Cop -- are listed on dvd-store.it as being coming to Ultra HD Blu-ray courtesy of Universal. They also just posted a listing for John Carpenter's The Thing.

E Unit

So Beverly Hills Cop will be released on 4K disc? Or just not in the US? Hmm...

Adam Tyner

It's unclear (on both fronts). dvd-store.it has gotten early listings from Universal right before (Uni, AFAIK, still distributes Paramount's titles on home video overseas), such as with Psycho a couple months back. And they're listing a steelbook release for The Thing, and steelbooks are something that retailer is particularly known for. So my thought process is if that sounds legit, and that's listed alongside a whole bunch of other Universal-distributed releases, that adds credence to the whole shootin' match. But at the same time, there's no release date, no EAN code... I'm taking these listings with a grain of salt, but it is very promising.

Mike86

Kind of odd timing on War of the Worlds with the Criterion release dropping soon. Granted that’s a Blu-ray and not a 4K. I’d maybe consider Coming to America and The Thing. I have Scream Factory’s release of The Thing though so it would depend how much of an upgrade it is.

T-bone22

I'd love it if the BHC UHD is true.

Adam Tyner

It was a similar situation with The Elephant Man too.

Mike86

That’s true. Wasn’t that only released overseas though?

Adam Tyner

In markets where Studiocanal holds the rights, yeah. And reportedly Paramount isn’t licensing UHD rights to labels like Criterion and Shout Factory, so if there were to be a UHD release of The Elephant Man on these shores, it’d have to come from Paramount directly.

I’m not sure about this wave of listings. Universal distributes Paramount’s home video catalog outside of North America, but I don’t know if these are getting a worldwide release and Paramount will be issuing them in the U.S., or if they’ll only be hitting countries where Universal is distributing. Or if none of this will pan out and these are just faulty listings.

I’m hopeful, though!

TomOpus

The Thing is one of my favorite movies. No brainer for me.

EinCB

Adam Tyner

Best Buy lists two different editions of the complete Game of Thrones -- one in a bunch of steelbooks, the other in traditional packaging. Considering the playback issues I had with my S8 UHD steelbook, I'll be avoiding that this time around.

Why So Blu?

The cheapest that I'm able to get this is for about $38 - $40 and that's form Zavi, which I'm not going to do. Amazon UK says it doesn't ship to the USA and Base.com does not have it. Man, I guess this is what it has come down to with regards to importing titles now.

PerryD

Best Buy used to reliably put all HBO box sets on sale for 50% off around Christmas, would be nice if that happens again this year.

JoeySeven

Been announced for awhile now. Only $20 to pre-order and did not see a post with the photo.Now I see why... hope the disc looks better.

WTK

via GKIDS and Shout! Factory:


Weathering With You [Collector's Edition Ltd. Ed.]
Released: November 17, 2020

Bonus Features
- 4K UHD Presentation Of Feature Film
- CD Soundtrack
- 104-Page Book
- Feature-Length Documentary "The Making Of Weathering With You"
- Mini-Poster
- Decal Sticker
- Interview With Director Makoto Shinkai
- "Weather Front" Featurette
- Talk Show: Makoto Shinkai And Yumiko Udo
- Director Filmography Featurette
- Trailers & TV Spots

https://www.shoutfactory.com/product...roduct_id=7455

PhantomStranger

I imagine the price on that Weathering With You set will be exorbitant.

Adam Tyner

At least there are plenty of options to import, and the quality shouldn't be any different (at least with Anime Ltd. in the UK):

I'm very interested, but I don't see myself ponying up $60+ for the collector's edition of a movie I haven't actually watched, so hopefully it shakes out to a whole lot less at retail. It's not uncommon to see European labels issue movies in lavish UHD collector's editions and then follow with a more standard, less expensive release months down the road. Maybe that's what'll happen here too.

Adam Tyner

Coming from L'atelier d'images:

Why So Blu?

^ I've read that it will have forced subs.