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Superman: The Movie receiving 4K release this November

September 25, 2018 by Gary Collinson

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment and DC Entertainment have announced that Richard Donner’s 1978 classic Superman: The Movie is set for a 4K Ultra HD release this November, celebrating the 40th anniversary of the movie and the 80th anniversary of the iconic Man of Steel.

Directed by Donner and starring Christopher Reeve as Clark Kent/Superman, Marlon Brando as Jor-El, Gene Hackman as Lex Luthor and Margot Kidder as Lois Lane, Superman was nominated for three Academy Awards and also received the Special Achievement Oscar for Visual Effects.

The 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray disc of Superman will feature Dolby Vision HDR, and a Dolby Atmos soundtrack remixed specifically for the home theater environment, as well as the following special features:

Superman Ultra HD Blu-ray contains the following previously released special feature:

  • Commentary by Pierre Spengler and Ilya Salkind

Superman Blu-ray contains the following previously released special features:

  • Commentary by Pierre Spengler and Ilya Salkind
  • The Making of Superman: The Movie 1978 TV Special
  • Superman and the Mole-Men
  • Cartoons
  • TV Spots and Trailers

Academy Award winners Marlon Brando and Gene Hackman head an all-star cast in the fantastic, action-packed film that made Christopher Reeve an international star playing the greatest superhero of all time.  From the doomed planet of Krypton, two parents launch a spaceship carrying their infant son to earth.  Here he grows up to become Clark Kent, mild-mannered reporter for the Metropolis Daily Planet.  But with powers and abilities far beyond those of ordinary men, he battles for truth and justice as Superman.

Superman: The Movie is set for a 4K Ultra HD release on November 6th.

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: DC, Superman, Superman: The Movie

About Gary Collinson

Gary Collinson is a film, TV and digital content producer and writer who is the Editor-in-Chief of the pop culture website Flickering Myth and producer of the gothic horror feature 'The Baby in the Basket' and suspense thriller 'Death Among the Pines'.

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