Posted Wed Jul 31, 2024 at 07:39 AM PDT by Matthew Hartman
With heat waves slapping us around and the sun baking us to death, we get to soak up some cool new 2160p discs. August has always been a sort of middling month, but 2024 is proving to be a fun run of new releases, classic hits, and snazzy rerelease packing upgrades.
Just a few years ago, August was the time of year when studios started to wind down their summer theatrical slates, pop out the titles that didn't do well theatrically on disc, and then distract us with some big favorites. The last couple of years have been pretty volatile for this marketplace and it's become something like the wild west - unpredictable! We're getting everything from underperforming new titles, big fan favorites, SteelBook repackages, and a full run of cult classics and foreign favorites.
The month starts off a little light on quantity but not quality. Aside from a SteelBook repackage from Paramount, the week is virtually owned by Shout Studios! Action, comedy, fantasy, there are some fan favorites here well worth the attention.
This second week of August picks up a lot of speed for a number of big releases. We get new hits (and semi-flops), single-title reissues, '80s action classics, and foreign favorites. Interesting to see hit discs are a number of Universal catalog titles from the last 10 years or so all getting 4K upgrades. Keep in mind for Furiosa, the 5-Film Mad Max franchise collection and a standalone Black and Chrome edition will be hitting in September. Here's what's coming:
Keeping with the trend, this third release frame for August picks up with some more SteelBook upgrades, television, a '90s classic comedy, thrillers, chillers, and more! While some of these releases feel disingenuous, it's nice to see some of these titles get the 2160p HDR treatment. There are a few Warner Bros SteelBooks that are also apparently getting reissued, but we haven't seen them crop up for sale anywhere so for now we're leaving Beetlejuice and Joker (Joker has been confirmed Walmart Exclusive and up for preorder) off the list. If we get true confirmation they're coming and or where they're up for sale, we'll update the guide zip quick.
August 27th - 4K UHD Releases
Not slowing down at all, this final week of August 2024 is packed! We have Apes in 4K. We have the Daughter of Shyamalan in 4K. Godard in 4K. Albert Brooks in 4K. Pre-slap Will Smith in 4K! What I personally love about this frame is there's a lot of everything for every kind of collector. Thrillers, comedies, horror films, action classics. More Jean Claude Van Damme in 4K!
And that about wraps it up. There are a couple of titles we're trying to pin down official release date news for, so this guide could get even bigger before all is said and done! Also keep in mind, release dates are relatively fluid, somethings change so if any titles get shuffled or (disc gods forbid) canceled outright, we'll update ASAP.
Thanks again for your pre-orders, they really do go a long way towards keeping out little show going.
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