Back in 2017, during the post-production of Justice League, director Zack Snyder left the film to deal with a family tragedy and director Joss Whedon (The Avengers, Avengers: Age of Ultron) stepped in to finish up the film. Instead of just finishing the post work, he went into a couple of months of reshooting scenes. The finally finished film was released theatrically in November of 2017.
Debate has raged in the “Super Hero” universe over what is Snyder’s and what is Whedon’s in the theatrical version of Justice League. Warner Bros. Home Entertainment will be putting that debate to rest on Sept. 7 with the three-SKU release of Zack Snyder’s Justice League, which clocks in at 242 minutes, versus the theatrical cut’s running time of 120 minutes.
There will be double-double-disc 4K Ultra HD (with Blu-ray) and Blu-ray (with DVD) Combo Packs as well as a stand-alone double-disc DVD edition.
There will be double-double-disc 4K Ultra HD (with Blu-ray) and Blu-ray (with DVD) Combo Packs as well as a stand-alone double-disc DVD edition.
The only bonus nugget at this time is the featurette titled “Road to Justice League,” but that could change as we move closer to the early September release date.
In other release news from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment this past week, on July 20 look for the Blu-ray debut director William Nigh’s 1948 film adaptation of pulp fiction writer Cornell Woolrich’s novel, I Wouldn’t be in Your Shoes, starring Don Castle (Roses are Red, Lighthouse), Elyse Knox (The Mummy's Tomb) and Regis Toomey (Guys and Dolls, The Big Sleep, Spellbound, etc.).
Told in flashback from Tom Quinn’s (Castle) death row cell, we learn that he has been convicted of murder based on his unique shoeprints being found at the scene of the crime.
While often dubbed a film noir, I Wouldn’t be in Your Shoes lack the femme fetale element as his wife is not a romantic double-dealer, but serves instead as the amateur detective who sets out to prove that her husband is innocent.
There are big questions to be answered. Who actually committed the crime and why … and will Ann (Knox) be able to solve the puzzle before the hammer falls on her husband!
Also making its Blu-ray debut on July 20 is director Phil Rosen’s 1946 post-World War II spy thriller, Step by Step, starring Anne Jeffreys (Dillinger, Zombies on Broadway … and as Tess Trueheart in Dick Tracy and Dick Tracy vs. Cueball) and Lawrence Tierney (San Quentin, The Greatest Show on Earth, Reservoir Dogs).
Evelyn Smith (Anne Jeffreys) lands a high-profile job with Senator Remmy (Harry Harvey), who likes to work at his Malibu estate. While there, Evelyn has a chance meeting with ex-Marine, Johnny Christopher (Lawrence Tierney) … this chance meeting will set things in motion.
It seems that her employer is in the middle of a Nazi war criminal hunt and spies are ready and willing to do whatever is necessary to retrieve the evidence that Remmy has and disappear. Murder is certainly an option.
Through a series of events, the two strangers, Evelyn and Johnny, find themselves involved in exactly that, murder. A manhunt is on … not just the Nazi spies trying to kill them, but the police believe that they are the murderers who must be brought to justice. Will Evelyn and Johnny die at the hands of the Nazis or will they be gunned down like mad dogs by the police … hang on, Step by Step is 62 minutes of non-stop thrills!
Rounding-out the new-to-Blu-ray film selections from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment in July are Errol Flynn starring in Objective Burma (July 13) and director Busby Berkeley’s 1949 musical comedy, Take Me Out to the Ball Game, starring Gene Kelly, Esther Williams and Frank Sinatra (July 20).
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