Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Looks To May 11 For The 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo Pack Debut Of Justice Society: World War II

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has tabbed May 11 as the debut date for director Jeff Wamester’s new animated super heroes feature film, Justice Society: World War II.

This will be a three-SKU selection of home entertainment packaged media products, including a 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo Pack plus a stand-alone Blu-ray edition.

Bonus goodies include the newly-minted animated short film titled Kamandi: The Last Boy on Earth!, a trio of featurettes — “Adventures in Storytelling: Justice Society: World War II,” “Look Back: Justice League vs. Teen Titans” and “Look Back: Wonder Woman: Bloodlines” — and two bonus episodes from the the DC Vault … Justice League: Legends, Part One and Justice League: Legends, Part Two.

In other release news this past week from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, Apr. 13 marks the Blu-ray debut of director Michael Curtiz’s 1932 horror tale, Doctor X, teaming Fay Wray with Lionel Atwill in this early Technicolor production.

Doctor X began a series of films for Fay Wray that all seemed to click and still stick with us today.   The films in succession were: Doctor X (August of 1932), The Most Dangerous Game (September of 1932), The Vampire Bat (January of 1933, again with Lionel Atwell), Mystery of the Wax Museum (February of 1933, also with Lionel Atwell) and culminating with the April of 1933 film classic, King Kong.   That is quite an impressive run of films in just a nine-month period.

This film was made using the original 2-strip Technicolor process (technology advanced) and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment is presenting this new 4K restoration, from the last surviving nitrate print, in both the original Technicolor presentation as well as the alternate black and white version.

Bonus features include two commentary options, the first is a vintage track featuring UCLA Film and Television Archive’s Scott MacQueen, and the second is a newly-prepared commentary option with author and film historian Alan K. Rode (“Michael Curtiz: A Life in Film,” “Charles McGraw: Biography of a Film Noir Tough Guy”). 

Additionally, there is the newly-prepared documentary titled Monsters and Mayhem: The Horror Films of Michael Curtiz, plus a before-and-after film restoration featurette.