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Intriguing? Does it include the original 1978 5.1 mix?

Original mix with the original sound effects. Most of them have been replaced with modern effects on the Atmos track. There's also directional dialogue on the original mix which was not replicated on the Atmos track.

If it makes you feel any better, it's already sold out.

No it's the new Atmos mix on iTunes but strangely with "As Time Goes By" under the logo.

And it gets stranger. The WB logo is silent on the new disc.

Here's a strange one. Superman II upgraded to UHD/Dolby Vision/Dolby Atmos the other day on iTunes. A few weeks ago the new transfer showed up in HD/5.1 only. That HD version opened with the "original" WB logo and was silent, as it should be. The UHD/Atmos version plays the modern "As Time Goes...

And it's the default audio track! You don't have to select anything.

It's only ever been on the first pressing of the 4K UHD. You have it. Crank it up and enjoy it!

The best feature of the Superman - The Movie 4K was the Dolby Digital 5.1 audio which was for the 6-track 70mm prints. But it seems that's been dropped from the new pressing.

It's been remixed but for the most part it appears to be the film take. They handle the edit where Superman says, "Hey, look at that" differently, but it was pretty clunky in 1987.

That doesn't make sense. Those sessions were abandoned precisely because things weren't working out. I can't see cash-strapped Cannon doing a pre-dub with unusable material. The last Munich recording date was May 18 and the first English session was May 23.

As someone who has worked on numerous soundtrack projects, and many with WB, that's not how things work. Music would all be kept together. And in the case of this title we know it was because the soundtrack album released in 2008 had access to all of the tapes.

On iTunes it appears Superman III and IV have updated to the new transfers. Both have WB shields closer to the original release and Superman IV has 5.1 audio, which it never had before.

This is a strange decision from Warner Home Video. I've recommended the UHD so many times because of the 5.1 audio. I guess I'll skip this set.

Looking at the press release and the details, it doesn't seem like the Blu-rays are new, only the 2011 discs. Has that been confirmed anywhere?

As mentioned, the current disc already has Dolby Vision so there's no change. For this to be a worthwhile visual upgrade, they'd have to fix the orange flash-frame on Christopher Reeve's credit in the opening titles and re-grade other sequences that are lacking on the current disc. Going to...

The packaging only lists the theatrical running time, so it seems likely.