Sadly, we have some discouraging news to report today as well: It’s starting to appear as if Warner’s new Superman: 5-Film Collection is going to include Superman: The Movie without the rumored new video restoration, which was first reported to have been done by Jim Bowers of Caped Wonder. And while it appears that the new disc retains the previous (and ill-favored) Dolby Atmos mix, it’s looking like the 5.1 Dolby Digital mix presenting the original theatrical 6-track 70 mm audio (and which is much loved by fans) has been dropped—either by error or by choice—in favor of the same 2.0 original theatrical mix that was available previously on Blu-ray.

The reason we suspect this is the case, is that the Superman: The Movie 4K disc is already available by itself from Amazon. Multiple fans of the film have gotten their hands on it and confirmed that the re-issued disc includes these changes. And naturally, lots of people are cancelling their Superman 5-Film Collection box set pre-orders accordingly.

• Superman: The Movie now includes both the original 6-track audio and the original 2.0 audio in lossless DTS-HD MA (in addition to the Atmos mix)—the Christopher Reeve credit in the film also no longer has the weird video glitch.

• Superman II includes an improved Atmos mix that corrects the various “wow” and pitch issues on the previous 4K disc.

• Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut features a video fix to the geometry of the iconic final shot of the film, in which Superman smiles at the camera—the shot on the previous 4K disc was oddly squished horizontally.

• And Superman IV: The Quest for Peace includes an improved Atmos mix that corrects the inadvertent use of various alternate (and incorrect) musical performance cues.

NOTE: The Superman III disc in this set is unchanged from the previous 4K release.