Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment made it official this
past week that they will not be issuing any 4K Ultra HD titles during
2016. Disney remains a steadfast
holdout when it comes to providing titles for this newly-launched,
studio-support hi-def format.
The news arrived about the studio’s lack of support for 4K
Ultra HD in a sort of back-handed way with the press announcement that director
Derek Cianfrance’s film adaptation of the M. L. Stedman novel, The
Light Between Oceans, will be its kickoff DVD and Blu-ray product
offering for 2017 — and with that, 2016 comes to a close. The street will be Jan. 24.
They had wisely shuffled the street date for The
BFG in recent weeks (moving it to Nov. 29 to escape a Universal
Pictures Home Entertainment thumping by The Secret Life of Pets and Jason
Bourne on Dec. 6), but industry watchers were holding out some slim
hope that there might be a 4K Ultra HD commitment for Star Wars: Episode VII - The
Force Awakens timed to take advantage of the Dec. 16 theatrical launch
of Rogue
One: A Star Wars Story. That’s
not going to happen.
The ARR for The Light Between Oceans works out
to 137 days and multiplex ticket sales were a dismal $12.3 million.
As to bonus features, the DVD SKU is limited to a commentary
option featuring writer/director Derek Cianfrance (The Place Beyond the Pines, Blue
Valentine), who is joined by University of Colorado film professor Phil
Solomon.
The Blu-ray edition features the aforementioned commentary,
plus a pair of production featurettes — “Bringing The Light to Life” and
“Lighthouse Keeper.”
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