Director James Cameron made a surprise appearance in Los Angeles genre festival ‘Beyond Fest’ for a Q&A about his film ‘The Abyss’ after a screening of the film’s seldom-seen two-hour and 51-minute Special Edition.

Unbeknown to the attendees (but later confirmed by festival programmers), the DCP presentation turned out to be the 4K transfer Cameron announced last year, physical and streaming versions of which he said were “out of his hands” but all work has long been completed, reports 'Variety'.