August is looking to be a huge month for new 4k Blu-ray releases. Although UHD BD still owns a tiny share of the overall number of discs (physical media) sold in the US, there’s a small segment of home theater enthusiasts (including you!) that lives for the high-quality format that brings new life to old movies and astonishes with new titles.
At the start of the month, you can pick up Batman: Hush and Pokémon: Detective Pikachu available for the first time on disc, and a Collector’s Edition of Don’t Look Now (1973) starring Julie Christie and Donald Sutherland. On August 13, Avengers: Endgame releases to physical media in what will likely be the biggest title of the year. On the same day, all three Iron Man films and two past Thor films have been upgraded to UHD BD. And, the Chinese film Shadow (2018) looks to be a must-have for fans of martial arts films.
Towards the end of the month, John Wick: Chapter 3 Parabellum, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Rocketman, and The Secret Life of Pets 2 all hit shelves on disc for the first time. And, Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now (1979) along with Rob Reiner’s Stand By Me (1986) have both been restored for Ultra HD Blu-ray editions.
New 4k Blu-ray Discs Arriving in August 2019
Aug. 6, 2019
- Pokémon: Detective Pikachu (2019)
- Pokémon: Detective Pikachu (2019) – Best Buy SteelBook
- Batman: Hush (2019)
- Batman: Hush (2019) – Best Buy Exclusive
Aug. 9, 2019
- Don’t Look Now (1973)
Aug. 13, 2019
- Avengers: Endgame (2019)
- Avengers: Endgame (2019) – Best Buy SteelBook
- Avengers: Endgame (2019) – Target Exclusive
- Avengers: 4-Movie Collection – Best Buy SteelBook
- Iron Man (2008)
- Iron Man (2008) – Best Buy SteelBook
- Iron Man 2 (2010)
- Iron Man 2 (2010) – Best Buy SteelBook
- Iron Man 3 (2013)
- Iron Man 3 (2013) – Best Buy SteelBook
- Shadow [Mandarin] (2018)
- Thor (2011)
- Thor (2011) – Best Buy SteelBook
- Thor: The Dark World (2013)
- Thor: The Dark World (2013) – Best Buy SteelBook
Aug. 20, 2019
- Brightburn (2019)
Aug. 23, 2019
- John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum
- John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum – Best Buy SteelBook
Aug. 27, 2019
- Apocalypse Now (1979)
- Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)
- Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) – Best Buy Exclusive
- It (2017) – Best Buy SteelBook (pushed to Sept. 16, 2019)
- Rocketman (2019)
- Rocketman (2019) – Best Buy SteelBook
- Stand By Me (1986)
- The Secret Life of Pets 2 (2019)
- The Secret Life of Pets 2 (2019) – Best Buy SteelBook
