Blu-ray News and Updates (original) (raw)
Australian label Imprint Films has informed us that it will add six additional titles to its Blu-ray catalog this August. They are: Never Say Goodbye (1956), Fear Strikes Out (1957), Screaming Mimi (1958), The Goddess (1958), A New Kind of Love (1963), and Heller in Pink Tights (1960).
Warner Archive has announced that it will release on 4K Blu-ray Jacques Tourneur's classic film noir Out of the Past (1947), starring Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, Kirk Douglas, Rhonda Fleming, and Richard Webb. The release is scheduled to arrive on the market on September 2.
Vertical Entertainment has provided an official domestic trailer for Randall Emmett's The Gentleman Thief (2026), starring John Travolta, Lukas Haas, Sam Asghari, DJ Khaled, and Quavo. The film will open in select theaters across the nation on July 31.
Radiance has announced its October batch of releases. They are: The Monster a.k.a. The Fiend (1977), Visitor Q (2001), Planet of the Vampires (1965), La marge a.k.a. The Margin (1976), Who Can Kill a Child? (1976), and Fantastique: The Dreams and Nightmares of French Cinema (1930-1996).
Paramount Home Media Distribution will release on Blu-ray Michael Tiddes' Scary Movie (2026), starring Anna Faris, Regina Hall, Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, and Dave Sheridan. The release is scheduled to arrive on the market on September 22.
Magnolia Home Entertainment has officially announced that it will release on Blu-ray Adam Rehmeier's neo-noir thriller Carolina Caroline (2026), starring Samara Weaving, Jon Gries, Kyle Gallner, Kyra Sedgwick, and Tommy G. Kendrick. The release will be available for purchase on August 25.
Visions Home Video has officially announced that it will release on 4K Blu-ray and Blu-ray Taika Waititi's Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016), starring Sam Neill, Rhys Darby, Taika Waititi, Julian Dennison, and Rima Te Wiata. The two releases are scheduled to arrive on the market on August 17.
Australian label Imprint Films has informed us that it will add four new titles to its Blu-ray catalog. They are: We Were Strangers (1949), The Men (1950), Ladies in Retirement (1941), and Home of the Brave (1949).
Kino Lorber have dated and detailed their upcoming Blu-ray release of Angelique: Complete Five Film Collection (1964-1968). The release is scheduled to arrive on the market on September 29.
Alliance Entertainment will release on Blu-ray Kyle Balda's comedy The Sheep Detectives (2026), starring Hugh Jackman, Molly Gordon, Nicholas Braun, and Nicholas Galitzine. The release is scheduled to arrive on the market on August 25.
For the week that ended on June 27th, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment's The Super Mario Galaxy Movie remained on top of the Blu-ray-only, overall packaged media and 4K UHD charts in its second week, while Disney and 20th Century Studios' Avatar: Fire and Ash rose up a spot to second place and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment's One Battle After Another rose back up to third place.
Bleeker Street is preparing a Blu-ray release of Adam Shankman's comedy Stop! That! Train! (2026), starring Joel McHale, RuPaul, and Sarah Michelle Gellar. The release is scheduled to arrive on the market on September 15.
Cinematographe is preparing a 4K Blu-ray release of Mark Christopher's 54 (1998), starring Ryan Phillippe, Salma Hayek, Neve Campbell, Mike Myers, and Sela Ward. The release is scheduled to arrive on the market later this Summer.
StudioCanal will issue 4K Blu-ray and Blu-ray releases of Edward Dmytryk's Bluebeard (1972), starring Richard Burton, Joey Heatherton, Raquel Welch, Virna Lisi, and Nathalie Delon. The two releases are scheduled to arrive on the market on September 28.
Kino Lorber have dated and detailed their upcoming Blu-ray release of Jorge Dorado's Mindscape a.k.a. Anna (2013), starring Mark Strong, Taissa Farmiga, Brian Cox, Noah Taylor, and Indira Varma. The release is expected to arrive on the market on September 15.
Vinegar Syndrome is preparing a Blu-ray release of Frederic Goode's The Hand of Night (1968), starring William Sylvester, Diane Clare, and Edward Underdown. The release is scheduled to arrive on the market later this summer.
The British Film Institute has detailed its upcoming Blu-ray release of Stanley Kramer's On the Beach (1959), starring Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire, Anthony Perkins, and Guy Doleman. The release is scheduled to arrive on the market on July 27.
Blu-ray.com and Well Go USA are offering members a chance to win (1080) copies of Ip Man: Kung Fu Legend, featuring Dennis To reprising the role of the iconic martial arts master. Ip Man: Kung Fu Legend is available in standalone 1080 and 4K editions on July 14.
Vinegar Syndrome is preparing a 4K Blu-ray release of James Bryan's The Executioner, Part II (1984), starring Christopher Mitchum, Aldo Ray, Antoine John Mottet, Renee Harmon, and Dan Bradley. The release is scheduled to arrive on the market later this Summer.
For the week of July 6th, A24 will release The Drama on Blu-ray and 4K UHD. Other new releases include All You Need Is Kill from Shout Factory, Dead Man's Wire and Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror from Alliance Entertainment, Fuze from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment and The School Duel from Altered Innocence. Catalog titles include a Blu-ray for Doctor Who: Peter Davison Complete Season Three (1984) from BBC Studios, 4K UHD upgrade for The Elephant Man from the Criterion Collection and Dark Shadows (2012) from Shout, as well as a new 4K UHD edition of The Evil Dead from Sony.
Kino Lorber are preparing a 4K Blu-ray release of Norman Jewison's The Hurricane (1999), starring Denzel Washington, Vicellous Shannon, Deborah Kara Unger, Liev Schreiber, and John Hannah. The release is expected to arrive on the market later this year.
Shudder is preparing a 4K Blu-ray release of Natasha Kermani's Abraham's Boys: A Dracula Story (2025), starring Titus Welliver, Jocelin Donahue, Brady Hepner, Judah Mackey, and Aurora Perrineau. The release is scheduled to arrive on the market on August 25.
Kino Lorber are preparing a Blu-ray release of Edward Sloman's Murder by the Clock (1931), starring William 'Stage' Boyd, Lilyan Tashman, Irving Pichel, Regis Toomey, and Sally O'Neil. The release is expected to arrive on the market later this year.
Film Movement has provided a promotional trailer for the new 4K restoration of Kwak Jae-young's My Sassy Girl (2001), which is expected to be released on Blu-ray later this year.
Kino Lorber are preparing a Blu-ray release of Jeff Kanew's Eddie Macon's Run (1983), starring Kirk Douglas, John Schneider, Lee Purcell, Lisa Dunsheath, and Leah Ayres. The release is expected to arrive on the market later this year.
Hammer Films is preparing a 4K Blu-ray/Blu-ray combo pack release of Val Guest's The Abominable Snowman (1957), starring Forrest Tucker, Peter Cushing, Maureen Connell, Richard Wattis, and Robert Brown. The release is scheduled to arrive on the market on November 9.
1-2 Special is preparing a Blu-ray release of Christian Petzold's Mirrors No. 3 (2025), starring Paula Beer, Barbara Auer, Matthias Brandt, and Enno Trebs. The release is scheduled to arrive on the market on August 25.
Cult Epics has provided a promotional trailer for the new 4K restoration of Umberto Lenzi's Kriminal (1966), starring Glenn Saxson, Helga Lin�, Armando Calvo, Andrea Bosic, and Ivano Staccioli. The 4K restoration will be made available on 4K Blu-ray and Blu-ray on September 22.
British label Visions Home Video is preparing a 4K Blu-ray/Blu-ray combo pack release of Matt Johnson's Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie (2025). The release is scheduled to arrive on the market on September 21.
Canadian International Pictures (CIP) will release on Blu-ray Gerald Potterton's Tiki Tiki (1971), starring Barry Baldaro, Gay Claitman, Jean Shepherd, and Peter Cullen. The release is scheduled to arrive on the market on August 25.