James Cameron Hints We're Finally Getting 'THE ABYSS' Released In 4K!

James Cameron is up to his ears in media and interviews for his next film Avatar: The Way Of Water and for good reason, the man doesn’t make small films. Titanic, The Terminator, and our personal favorite, ALIENS, were all directed by Cameron and he knows how to tell a gripping story. Now it seems that one of his most beloved films by sci-fi fans will finally see a new updated release, of course we are talking about ‘THE ABYSS’.

Cameron recently offered some good news for cinephiles who are fans of the 1989 film, as he confirmed that, after years of rumors and extended waits, The Abyss is expected to finally get a 4K Ultra HD release in the coming months, finally showcasing the impressive achievements of the sci-fi spectacle after years of waiting.

Over on Twitter, journalist Arthur Cios reported that during an interview with Cameron about Avatar: The Way of Water, the topic of The Abyss on 4K came up, to which Cameron claimed "he had a new master and it would be out by March 2023 max."

The film focuses on the crew of a submarine that crashes unexpectedly, with the government sending in Navy SEALS to assist them, resulting in the discovery that aquatic life might not be the only thing they are encountering in the depths of the ocean.

The last time The Abyss was even released in a physical format was on DVD and it has never officially been released on Blu-Ray here in the states. The last time we even heard anything about a new remasterd copy of the film was from Cameron himself.

"We finished the transfer and I wanted to do it myself because Mikael [Salomon] did such a beautiful job with the cinematography on that film. It is truly, truly gorgeous cinematography," Cameron shared with Space.com in December of 2021. "That was before I started to assert myself in terms of lighting and asking the cinematographer to do certain things. I'd compose with the camera and choose the lenses, but I left the lighting to him. He did a remarkable job on that movie that I appreciate better now than I did even as we were making it."

He continued, "I'd also like to point out that he took one look at the first day's dailies of the underwater lighting and he went out and learned to scuba dive. He came in the following Monday morning, the worst diver in the world, but he reinvented underwater lighting. He went for indirect lighting and he got everybody doing things that were not just outside their comfort zone, they'd never even thought of it. Suddenly the underwater shots start to live up to the surface photography."

Stay tuned for more info about THE ABYSS on 4K soon.

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