‘Snow White’ (Live Action) 4K Blu-Ray Details Revealed—Including ‘Radiant’ Steelbook Packaging

Following a controversy-marred cinematic run that saw it earn a way below expectations $200m at the global box office, Disney’s live action remake of Snow White has been scheduled to launch on 4K Blu-ray disc on June 24. And if the promising details of this 4K release are anything to go by, it would appear that Disney is hoping that its film will be able to find a more sympathetic – and bigger – audience on home video.

The first bit of good news about the upcoming Snow White 4K Blu-ray release is that the film will be available in Dolby Vision high dynamic range video and Dolby Atmos sound for people with TVs and sound systems capable of handling these premium picture and audio formats. For people who own TVs that don’t support Dolby Vision, such as all Samsung models, the Snow White 4K Blu-ray image will default to the HDR10 format, which doesn’t benefit from Dolby Vision’s extra scene by scene image data.

The image will be presented in a 2.39:1 aspect ratio, and will appear, as usual with Disney 4K Blu-ray releases, on a 66GB disc rather than the larger 100GB alternative. The film’s 1h 49m run time should be short enough, though, to ensure that the picture doesn’t have to be too heavily compressed to fit into the 66GB space.

As we’re increasingly finding with Disney disc releases, the 4K Blu-ray version of Snow White will be exclusively available (in the U.S., anyway) in a steelbook edition, featuring what Disney describes as exclusive “radiant” artwork.

Disney has also confirmed in its announcement of Snow White on 4K Blu-ray that the film will be accompanied by what looks set to be a decent mix of bonus features. Starting with a Sing Along With the Movie option which, as its name suggests, shows the lyrics of the film’s songs onscreen as they play so that you can test your vocal abilities against those of the film’s stars.

Disney has also rustled up a trio of deleted scenes to put on its Snow White disc releases. The only details provided on these, though, are their titles: Anguish and Opportunity, Danger In The Woods, and Hunt For Snow White.

Whatever your thoughts about the finished film, bringing Snow White’s originally animated world to life for this live-action remake was clearly a labour of love for the production team. So hopefully there will be plenty to interest film-making fans in the 4K Blu-ray package’s Fearless, Fair, Brave, And True: Making SNOW WHITE behind-the-scenes documentary, in which director Marc Webb and various cast and crew members attempted to honor the legacy of the original story through the characters, set design and more.

Another featurette, Merry Tunes, goes behind the songs with the filmmakers and the chief songwriting due of Benj Pasek and Justin Paul. Fairy Tale Fashion, meanwhile, features costume designer Sandy Powell joining the filmmakers and various cast members to talk us through how she breathed new life into the costumes for such iconic characters as Snow White and the Evil Queen.

Wrapping the Snow White 4K Blu-ray disc’s offerings up will be a (presumably cussing-free) Blooper reel.

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