Warner Bros has scanned the original 70mm film negatives of 2001: A Space Odyssey in 8K in order to produce the most “vivid” version of Stanley Kubrick’s epic yet.
The 8K format has 16 times the resolution of HD TV, the picture having a width of 8000 pixels.
NHK will show Audrey Hepburn’s My Fair Lady in 8K next year, and has plans to do the same with the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
The move came at the request of Japanese broadcaster NHK, which will show the new edition as the launch film for its new 8K television channel, which arrives on Saturday.