Its probably needless to say, but Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight trilogy – made up of Batman Begins, The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises – are considered by many to be among the best comic book films made, some even going so far as to say that they transcended the comic book genre. Nolan is currently on the press tour for his latest film Dunkirk, and has revealed that he’s working on 4K remasters for all of his films, including his three Batman movies.
In an interview with BadTaste, Nolan was asked about the 4K remasters of his films and spoke about the benefits of 4K home video releases: “The wonderful thing about 4K technology is it gets closer to the resolution that we shot the films in. Photo-chemically finished films such as 35mm have at least 6K resolution, IMAX film upwards of 18K. So as home video formats keep evolving, 4K, particularly 4K with HDR, it allows us to give somebody at home an experience that’s much much closer to what it was like to see the original film prints as projected on film. I think its a very exciting prospect and it’s a long, complicated process that we’re doing right now, but I think the results I’m seeing are very pleasing and very spectacular.”
There’s no word on when Nolan’s films will arrive in 4K or which ones will be released first, but since he is personally working on the remasters hopefully we’ll hear some more information soon. In the meantime, his latest film Dunkirk will be released in theaters on July 21st.
Originally published July 11, 2017. Updated April 16, 2018.
