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Count Your Blessings Because David Fincher's 'Se7en' Is Coming to 4K UHD & SteelBook January 7th 2025.

Posted Nov 19, 2024 at 10:05 AM PST by Matthew Hartman
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After an elaborate box set edition popped up for sale early last year (and was quickly canceled), David Fincher's terrifying serial killer thriller Se7en finally sees its 1080p sins absolved for a new 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray release from Warner Bros. Fincher did an exhaustive restoration of the film and it will see limited IMAX engagements in the U.S., Canada, and abroad starting January 3rd! 

At long last, a film we've long waited for to see a good and proper 4K upgrade is coming to disc. David Fincher's Se7en has been in the works for some time. After Zavvi and other European retailers offered up an elaborate swag-filled literal Box Set edition of the film for pre-order, it was unceremoniously canceled. Don't know if someone jumped the gun or what happened there, but that big box set is not happening now. However, the good news is that Fincher himself personally oversaw the restoration and HDR grading of the film (which is pretty normal for him). So while we miss out on that box set, we finally get the film in 4K HDR and packed with loads of extra features with a Stylish SteelBook offering as well. 

The press release we received from Warner Bros didn't indicate HDR grade or audio, but from the back art image of the SteelBook on Amazon, it looks to be HDR10 with DTS-HD MA 5.1 audio. 

Se7en - 30th Anniversary 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray

Se7en - 30th Anniversary 4K UHD SteelBook 

 

Here's all of the gory details: 

Se7en Digital release and Ultra HD Blu-ray disc contain the following previously released special features:

  • Commentaries –
    • The Stars: David Fincher, Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman
    • The Story: Richard Dyer, Andrew Kevin Walker, Richard Francis-Bruce, Michael De Luca, David Fincher
    • The Picture: Darius Khondji, Arthur Max, Richard Francis-Bruce, Richard Dyer, David Fincher
    • The Sound: Ren Klyce, Howard Shore, Richard Dyer, David Fincher
  • Deleted Scenes –
    • Car Ride in from Gluttony
    • My Future
    • Raid on Victor’s
    • Spare Some Change?
    • Tracy Wakes from Light Sleep
    • Pride
  • Alternate endings –
    • Animated storyboards of un-shot ending
    • Original “Test” ending
  • Still Photographs (featurettes) –
    • John Doe’s Photographs
    • Victor’s Decomposition
    • Police Crime Scene Photographs
    • Production Photographs
    • The Notebooks
  • Production Design (featurette)
  • Mastering for the Home Theater (featurette)
  • Exploration of the Opening Title Sequence: Early Storyboards (featurette)
  • Exploration of the Opening Title Sequence: Rough Version (featurette)
  • Exploration of the Opening Title Sequence: Final Edit (featurette)
  • Exploration of the Opening Title Sequence: Stereo Audio Commentary One – The Concept – Designer Kyle Cooper (featurette)
  • Exploration of the Opening Title Sequence: Stereo Audio Commentary Two – The Sound – Brant Biles & Robert Margouleff (featurette)
  • Theatrical EPK

Both editions are currently up for Pre-order, we'll keep our eyes out for any more retailer exclusives. Here's the full press release:


SE7EN

 

FROM ACCLAIMED DIRECTOR DAVID FINCHER,

THE PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 4K RESOLUTION WITH HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE (HDR)

 

AVAILABLE ON DIGITAL AND 4K UHD DISC ON JANUARY 7, 2025

 

EXPERIENCE THE FILM IN IMAX® FOR THE FIRST TIME,

STARTING JANUARY 3, 2025 FOR A LIMITED ENGAGEMENT

 

The film stars Academy Award Winners Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman

and Gwyneth Paltrow

 

 

Burbank, Calif., November 19, 2024 – Celebrating the 30th anniversary of the psychological thriller Se7en from New Line Cinema and acclaimed director David Fincher, the 1995 film will be available for purchase Digitally in 4K Ultra HD and on 4K UHD Blu-ray Disc on January 7, 2025.

 

Se7en will be available to purchase on Ultra HD Blu-ray Disc online and in-store at major retailers and available for purchase Digitally from Amazon Prime Video, AppleTV, Google Play, Fandango at Home and more.

 

Additionally, to celebrate the film’s 30th anniversary, the newly re-mastered version of Se7en will be offered theatrically worldwide with exclusive IMAX engagements in the U.S. and Canada beginning on January 3, and international theatrical engagements on select dates.  To purchase tickets, or for further information, please visit www.imax.com/seven.

 

Directed by three-time Academy Award nominee David Fincher (The Curious Case of Benjamin ButtonThe Social NetworkMank) from a screenplay by Andrew Kevin Walker, the film stars Academy Award winner Brad Pitt (Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood), Academy Award winner Morgan Freeman (Million Dollar Baby), Academy Award winner Gwyneth Paltrow (Shakespeare in Love), along with John C. McGinley (Platoon), Golden Globe nominee R. Lee Ermey (Full Metal Jacket), and Academy Award winner Kevin Spacey (The Usual SuspectsAmerican Beauty) as John Doe. The film is produced by Arnold Kopelson and Phyllis Carlyle. 

 

Se7en received an Academy Award nomination for Best Film Editing (Richard Francis-Bruce) at the 68th Academy Awards.  The film was also nominated for Best Original Screenplay (Andrew Kevin Walker) at the 49th British Academy Film Awards.

 

The 4K restoration of Se7en was completed at Warner Bros. Discovery’s Motion Picture Imaging (MPI) and was sourced from the original camera negative.  The restoration was overseen by director David Fincher.

 

About the Film

Two cops (Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman) track a brilliant and elusive killer who orchestrates a string of horrific murders, each kill targeting a practitioner of one of the Seven Deadly Sins. Gwyneth Paltrow also stars in this acclaimed thriller set in a dour, drizzly city sick with pain and blight. David Fincher (Fight ClubZodiacThe Curious Case of Benjamin Button) guides the action – physical, mental and spiritual – with a sure understanding of what terrifies us, right up to a stunning denouement that will rip the scar tissue off the most hardened soul.

 

Se7en Digital release and Ultra HD Blu-ray disc contain the following previously released special features:

  • Commentaries –
    • The Stars: David Fincher, Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman
    • The Story: Richard Dyer, Andrew Kevin Walker, Richard Francis-Bruce, Michael De Luca, David Fincher
    • The Picture: Darius Khondji, Arthur Max, Richard Francis-Bruce, Richard Dyer, David Fincher
    • The Sound: Ren Klyce, Howard Shore, Richard Dyer, David Fincher
  • Deleted Scenes –
    • Car Ride in from Gluttony
    • My Future
    • Raid on Victor’s
    • Spare Some Change?
    • Tracy Wakes from Light Sleep
    • Pride
  • Alternate endings –
    • Animated storyboards of un-shot ending
    • Original “Test” ending
  • Still Photographs (featurettes) –
    • John Doe’s Photographs
    • Victor’s Decomposition
    • Police Crime Scene Photographs
    • Production Photographs
    • The Notebooks
  • Production Design (featurette)
  • Mastering for the Home Theater (featurette)
  • Exploration of the Opening Title Sequence: Early Storyboards (featurette)
  • Exploration of the Opening Title Sequence: Rough Version (featurette)
  • Exploration of the Opening Title Sequence: Final Edit (featurette)
  • Exploration of the Opening Title Sequence: Stereo Audio Commentary One – The Concept – Designer Kyle Cooper (featurette)
  • Exploration of the Opening Title Sequence: Stereo Audio Commentary Two – The Sound – Brant Biles & Robert Margouleff (featurette)
  • Theatrical EPK

 

 

BASICS

 

Se7en

Ultra HD Blu-ray Languages: English, Spanish, Parisian French

Ultra HD Blu-ray Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish, Parisian French

Run Time: 127 minutes

Rating: R for grisly afterviews of horrific and bizarre killings, and for strong language

Digital Street Date: January 7, 2025

Physical Street Date: January 7, 2025