The worst-kept secret in Star Trek home media is finally official — the long-awaited Star Trek: The Next Generation feature films are finally warping into our sector in 4K UHD this April, following in the footsteps of the six Original Series films which arrived in 4K last year.
All four big-screen adventures of Captain Picard and crew — Star Trek: Generations, Star Trek: First Contact, Star Trek: Insurrection, and Star Trek: Nemesis — have finally gotten a much-needed remastering with Dolby Vision and HDR-10, revisiting the original film material to prepare a much nicer presentation than the 2009 Blu-ray edition of each film (each of which has issues with clarity and color timing).
Already streaming on HBO Max — and coinciding with the Next Gen reunion in Star Trek: Picard — the remastered Next Generation films will be available on 4K Blu-ray and standard Blu-ray discs on April 4, 2023, just in time for First Contact Day. Like the classic Trek films, the Next Gen movies will be released an 8-disc 4K Blu-ray + standard Blu-ray box set, along with individual two-disc 4K combo packs, as well as Blu-ray only editions. (The Blu-ray discs will have the remastered edition of each film in 1080p resolution.)
Here’s the cover art for both the box set and standalone releases, which will carry the same bonus material as the 2009 Blu-ray editions:
The background behind the theatrical poster art on each standalone release is the designed alien symbol representing each villains’ race; First Contact has the Borg ‘claw’ logo, Insurrection has the Son’a symbol, and Nemesis has the Romulan logo designed for that film.
Interestingly, the Generations artwork features an El-Aurian logo inspired by a fan design — which, as noted by one of the graphic designers involved in the project, was used since no on-screen symbol was ever used in the franchise.
Since the graphic is actually a vector illustration I created, based on the launch panel graphic from the film itself, it wasn't a direct use of the fanon work in question. No. Though we were inspired by the fanon work in question to use this as a symbol for the El-Alurians. pic.twitter.com/FX5ZLUM74o
— Mitchell Gore 🇺🇸 (@third_wave_dsgn) February 13, 2023
This spring will be a busy time for Star Trek home media, as along with this new set of Next Generation film releases, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 1 arrives on Blu-ray in March, Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 3 is expected on Blu-ray in April, and Strange New Worlds gets a special 4K disc release in May.
Watch for our reviews of all these releases in the months ahead!
You can preorder the remastered collection of Star Trek: The Next Generation films now ahead of its April release date — and you can lock in orders for the standalone releases of Star Trek: Generations (4K or Blu-ray), Star Trek: First Contact (4K or Blu-ray), Star Trek: Insurrection (4K or Blu-ray – preorder link pending), and Star Trek: Nemesis (4K or Blu-ray) today.