by Jox on 28 Jul 2023, 18:38
That's very unlikely for most movies. Scanning the negatives would mean scanning all the unedited dailies (and if they're still accessible) and then redo every single edits, and mandatory color grading...
It's not impossible but it costs a lot of money and takes a very long time. Metropolitan recently did it with their 4K restoration of BROTHERHOOD OF THE WOLF, I think it took about a year and cost who knows how much...
Or did you mean taking a vintage 35mm print or interpositive and just scan it with no further work, laving all the dirts and imperfections produced by time and usage? The majority of people wouldn't buy the DVDs & Blu-rays (they already seldomly do) if that was the case.