Studiocanal has announced plans to bring visionary director Luc Besson’s classic action thriller Nikita to 4K for the film time. The studio has detailed a brand new 3-disc SteelBook edition which is slated to hit stores in the UK on September 23, 2024.
The studio is teaming with original producers Gaumont for a superb brand-new restoration, supervised by Luc Besson himself, of the must-see classic thriller about a vicious street punk turned sexy, sophisticated and lethally dangerous assassin. Starring Anne Parillaud (Innocent Blood), Jeanne Moreau (BAFTA-winner for Viva Maria!) and Jean Reno (star of Besson’s Leon), the beautifully designed collectable 4K SteelBook also includes a Blu-ray, as well as a whole disc of new bonus material and interviews.
Written and directed by Besson (The Fifth Element), and produced by Gaumont, the film was a smash hit that spawned an American remake, a TV series, not to mention numerous imitations, and turned Parillaud (who won the César Award for Best Actress) into an iconic cult action heroine.
With a mesmerising score by longtime Besson collaborator Éric Serra (The Big Blue), and stunningly shot by Thierry Arbogast (Cannes Technical Grand Prize winner for The Fifth Element), Nikita was described by Roger Ebert as a “smart, hard-edged, psycho-romantic thriller.” Packed with jaw-dropping set pieces and ferocious gunplay, it’s breathless, brilliant offbeat action cinema.
Rescued from death row by a top-secret agency, Nikita is slowly transformed from a cop-killing junkie into a cold-blooded bombshell with a licence to kill. But when she begins the deadliest mission of her career, only to fall for a man who knows nothing of her true identity, Nikita discovers that in the dark and ruthless world of espionage, the greatest casualty of all… is true love.
Special features on the new release include:
- At the heart of Nikita – Making Of
- Nikita Tour
- Interview with actress Anne Parillaud
- Interview with actor Tchéky Karyo
- Interview with actor Jean-Hugues Anglade
- Interview with assistant director Christophe Vassort
- Interview with restoration supervisor André Labbouz
Nikita is available to buy on 4K from 23rd September 2024, and available to pre-order HERE.
