During an interview to promote the
Avatar theatrical re-release, director James Cameron also mentioned that he had just done "a complete remaster of
Aliens" (included in the
Alien Anthology scheduled for Blu-ray release on October 26), working with the same colorist with whom he had worked on
Avatar. In what is sure to ignite some controversy, Cameron said he had completely removed all noise and grain from the extended version of the film.
The filmmaker said: "It's spectacular. We went in and completely de-noised it, de-grained it, up-rezzed, color-corrected every frame, and it looks amazing. It looks better that it looked in the theaters originally. Because it was shot on a high-speed negative that was a new negative that didn't pan out too well and got replaced the following year. So it's pretty grainy. We got rid of all the grain. It's sharper and clearer and more beautiful than it's ever looked. And we did that to the long version, to the 'director's cut' or the extended play."
