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The Lowdown
Fans have waited decades for Spaced on Blu-ray, and it is finally coming. The catch is that Edgar Wright, who directed every episode, says nobody who made the show was asked. He found out about All3Media’s new set when it was announced and called the news “disheartening” (X; Bleeding Cool).
Key Takeaways
- All3Media plans to release Spaced: The Complete Series as a three-disc Blu-ray on Feb. 27, 2027 (Bleeding Cool; Physical Media News).
- The announcement says the set uses a new 4K master built with “traditional and proprietary tools” and “algorithmic corrections,” wording that made many fans worry about an AI upscale (Bleeding Cool; JoBlo).
- “Not authorized by anyone involved in making the show,” Wright wrote on X, adding that he had been pushing for a Spaced Blu-ray for years (X; Bleeding Cool).
- The discs are 1080p Blu-rays made from that upconverted master, not 4K UHD discs (Physical Media News).
Edgar Wright on X · November 1, 2026
The Story
Wright’s first reply came after a fan tagged him in a post about the release. “I literally know nothing about this,” he answered, before following up with a longer post (Bleeding Cool).
“I had been pushing to do a Blu-Ray of SPACED for years, so to find out that someone just went ahead without our involvement is…. a bummer,” he wrote. He ended by saying he was “finding out what happened as we speak” (X; Bleeding Cool; JoBlo).
Why fans are worried about the picture
Spaced ran on Channel 4 from 1999 to 2001 and was shot on standard-definition video, so any high-definition release means rebuilding the image (JoBlo). All3Media’s press copy describes a multi-step process of algorithmic corrections that a manual operator then refines frame by frame, promising “the most state-of-the-art upconversion possible” (Bleeding Cool; Physical Media News).
That phrasing set off alarms with fans wary of machine upscaling. JoBlo noted that with Wright now asking questions, the February date may not hold (JoBlo). All3Media had not publicly responded to Wright when this story was published.
The Background
Spaced was created by and starred Simon Pegg and Jessica Stevenson, now Jessica Hynes, with Nick Frost in the cast. Its 14 episodes over two seasons launched the partnership that went on to make Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz (JoBlo; Physical Media News). The series has had an extras-packed DVD release but had never come out on Blu-ray (JoBlo).
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Edgar Wright is an English filmmaker known for Spaced, Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World and Baby Driver.
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More Context
- Edgar Wright on X — Post by @edgarwright, November 1, 2026 ↗
- Bleeding Cool — Spaced Fans Have Blu-ray/AI Concerns; Creators Not Involved: Wright ↗
- JoBlo — Edgar Wright Slams New Spaced “Algorithmic” Blu-Ray Transfer ↗
- Physical Media News — Spaced: The Complete Series Blu-ray from All3Media ↗