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HBO Streaming James Cameron’s ‘The Abyss’ in HD and Original Aspect Ratio!
One of the most highly demanded Blu-ray releases is that of James Cameron‘s deep-sea sci-fi thriller The Abyss, in which a civilian diving team is enlisted to search for a lost nuclear submarine and face danger while encountering an alien aquatic species (IMDb).
Cameron had expressed a desire to get remasters of both The Abyss and True Lies done by the end of 2018, and while this never happened, it’s possible they were completed over the past year.
Back in March, Skip Kimball, who recently worked with Cameron on Avatar and Alita: Battle Angel, teased work had begun on a 4K remaster of the sci-fi classic that stars Ed Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Michael Biehn, Leo Burmester, and Todd Graff.
Now, while we wait for an official release and/or announcement, HBO has one final present to end the decade – their service is now streaming Cameron’s The Abyss in HD and its original aspect ratio! According to producer Spence Nicholson, who first caught wind of the newly added content, this streaming file comes via the new 4K transfer, although it appears to only be presented in HD.
This is huge, huge, huge news for fans who have been clamoring for The Abyss on Blu-ray as its also the first time the film has been available in HD on a streaming service (that we’re aware of).
With Underwater hitting theaters next week, this is the perfect time to revisit this sci-fi masterpiece that won the 1990 Oscar for “Best Visual Effects” and was nominated for a handful more.
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’28 Years Later’ – Ralph Fiennes, Jodie Comer, and Aaron Taylor-Johnson Join Long Awaited Sequel
Danny Boyle and Alex Garland (Annihilation, Men), the director and writer behind 2002’s hit horror film 28 Days Later, are reteaming for the long-awaited sequel, 28 Years Later. THR reports that the sequel has cast Jodie Comer (Alone in the Dark, “Killing Eve”), Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Kraven the Hunter), and Ralph Fiennes (The Menu).
The plan is for Garland to write 28 Years Later and Boyle to direct, with Garland also planning on writing at least one more sequel to the franchise – director Nia DaCosta is currently in talks to helm the second installment.
No word on plot details as of this time, or who Comer, Taylor-Johnson, and Fiennes may play.
28 Days Later received a follow up in 2007 with 28 Weeks Later, which was executive produced by Boyle and Garland but directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo. Now, the pair hope to launch a new trilogy with 28 Years Later. The plan is for Garland to write all three entries, with Boyle helming the first installment.
Boyle and Garland will also produce alongside original producer Andrew Macdonald and Peter Rice, the former head of Fox Searchlight Pictures, the division of one-time studio Twentieth Century Fox that originally backed the British-made movie and its sequel.
The original film starred Cillian Murphy “as a man who wakes up from a coma after a bicycle accident to find England now a desolate, post-apocalyptic collapse, thanks to a virus that turned its victims into raging killers. The man then navigates the landscape, meeting a survivor played by Naomie Harris and a maniacal army major, played by Christopher Eccleston.”
Cillian Murphy (Oppenheimer) is on board as executive producer, though the actor isn’t set to appear in the film…yet.
Talks of a third installment in the franchise have been coming and going for the last several years now – at one point, it was going to be titled 28 Months Later – but it looks like this one is finally getting off the ground here in 2024 thanks to this casting news. Stay tuned for more updates soon!
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