“I warned you. I begged you not to land on this planet.” But they want anyway! Arrow Video has revealed an official trailer for the 4K Limited Edition Blu-ray version of Forbidden Planet, the 1956 science fiction classic from filmmaker Fred M. Wilcox. Way before 2001 and Star Wars and Logan’s Run and The Black Hole and everything else in this genre, Forbidden Planet revolutionized sci-fi filmmaking. Starring Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen, Warren Stevens, and the iconic Robby the Robot. One of the all-time greats of sci-fi cinema, Forbidden Planet elevated the genre to a whole new level, transposing Shakespeare’s The Tempest into deepest space and breaking new ground with its iconic designs, elaborate sets, and pioneering electronic score. For the first time, FP is presented in its original Cinemascope aspect ratio of 2.55:1 with its theatrical “Perspecta” stereo soundtrack in an eye-popping brand new 4K restoration that is out of this world! A must own 4K BR for any & every movie lover. Hang out with Robby on Altair IV.
Here’s the new 4K trailer for Fred M. Wilcox’s sci-fi classic Forbidden Planet, direct from YouTube:
In the 23rd century, a United Planets starship is dispatched to the distant planet of Altair IV to determine the fate of an earlier expedition. Warned not to land, Commander John Adams (Leslie Nielsen) does so anyway and discovers Dr. Edward Morbius (Walter Pidgeon), his daughter Altaira (Anne Francis), and a robot named Robby; the only survivors of the former crew, all of whom perished at the hands of an unseen force that also destroyed their ship. Now that unseen force is moving again, but what is it? Where does it come from? And how is it connected to the long dead civilization that once inhabited Altair IV? Forbidden Planet is directed by American filmmaker Fred M. Wilcox, one his final films in his career before making I Passed for White (1960) – he passed away in 1964. The screenplay is written by Cyril Hume; from a story by Irving Block & Allen Adler. Produced by Nicholas Nayfack. This first opened in US theaters in March 1956. There was also another release in 2006 for its 50th anniversary. Arrow Video debuts Wilcox’s sci-fi classic Forbidden Planet as a Limited Edition 4K Blu-ray on September 28th, 2026. To buy visit the official site.
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