David Fincher’s 2002 home invasion thriller Panic Room is finally getting a 4K UHD released on SteelBook, Blu-ray, and Digital on February 18 via Sony.
The film was restored in 4K and that process was supervised by the director with Dolby Vision/HDR and Dolby Atmos audio.
This is such a great movie! I loved the direction and the visual style. It is a very unique home invasion thriller and one of the best that’s ever been made. I’m looking forward to watching it in 4K!
Written by David Koepp (Jurassic Park, Mission: Impossible), the movie stars Jodie Foster, Forest Whitaker, Dwight Yoakam, Jared Leto, and Kristen Stewart.
In the film, “Trapped in their New York brownstone’s panic room, a hidden chamber built as a sanctuary in the event of break-ins, newly divorced Meg Altman (Jodie Foster) and her daughter, Sarah (Kristen Stewart), play a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with three intruders—Burnham (Forest Whitaker), Raoul (Dwight Yoakam) and Junior (Jared Leto)—during a brutal home invasion. But the room itself is the focal point because what the intruders really want is inside it.”
The release includes:
Disc 1 – 4K UHD:
4K restoration, supervised by director David Fincher
Dolby Vision/HDR presentation
Dolby Atmos audio track English 5.1
Disc 2 – Blu-ray:
4K restoration, supervised by director David Fincher
Audio commentary by David Fincher
Audio commentary by actors Jodie Foster, Forest Whitaker and Dwight Yoakam
Audio commentary by writer David Koepp and special guest
Disc 3 – Blu-ray:
Pre-Production
Six featurettes on the prep phase, from pre-visualization through testing
Interactive previsualization — Compare the pre-visualization, storyboards, dailies and final film in a multi-angle, multi-audio feature with optional commentary
Production
Shooting Panic Room – An hour-long documentary on the principal photography phase
Makeup effects featurette with Alec Gillis and Tom Woodruff Jr.
Sequence breakdowns – An interactive look at the creation of four separate scenes in the film
Post-production
Twenty-one documentaries and featurettes on the visual effects
On Sound Design with Ren Klyce
Digital Intermediate and other featurettes dealing with the post-production phase
A multi-angle look at the scoring session conducted by Howard Shore
2025 is poised to be a banner year for Fincher fans, as Se7en is coming to 4K UHD in January and a 4K restoration of Fight Club is also in the works.
