Universal announce Blu Ray Titles.

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http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=1219

Universal Studios Home Entertainment has released their plans for shifting their high definition focus from the defunct HD DVD format to Blu-ray. Beginning in July, Universal plans to release all new home video releases on Blu-ray day-and-date with their DVD releases. The first title receiving such treatment will be the Neil Marshall film 'Doomsday'.

That title will be followed by a slew of upcoming films, including 'The Incredible Hulk', 'Wanted', 'Hellboy II: The Golden Army', 'Mamma Mia!', and 'The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor'. You will notice that these films have not yet been released theatrically, meaning dates for their home video release are still a ways off.

On the catalog front, the first three Universal titles will be 'The Mummy', 'The Mummy Returns', and 'The Scorpion King', all which have been given a release date of July 22nd. No specs have been announced for these titles, nor any indication if they would be direct ports from the HD DVD or receive new transfers.

Also on slate for 2008 will be 'American Gangster', 'Knocked Up', 'The 40 Year Old Virgin', 'Miami Vice', 'End of Days', 'U-571', and 'Land of the Dead'. More catalog releases are planned, but were not announced at this time.

Heros Season 1 and 2 coming in August.

http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=1220

Universal Studios Home Entertainment has announced they will release 'Heroes: Season One' and 'Heroes: Season Two' for Blu-ray on August 26th. The first season was released on DVD and HD DVD last August, and the second season will be released on Blu-ray day-and-date with the DVD release. No specs or extras have been announced at this time.

The 'Heroes: Season Two' release will be the first global release on Blu-ray for Universal, indicating that it will be available in all territories on August 26th. This also places the previous seasons in the hands of fans a few days before the proposed start of the third season of the popular television series.

No word on whether 'Heroes: Season One' will be a port of the previous HD DVD release, or if it will be optimized for Blu-ray. We'll post more details on all the upcoming Universal titles when they come available.

 

[professorhat]

[quote user="Bullseye"]On the catalog front, the first three Universal titles will be 'The Mummy', 'The Mummy Returns', and 'The Scorpion King', all which have been given a release date of July 22nd. [/quote]
Oh hurrah.

Still, looking forward to American Gangster, that's for sure!

 

[Andrew Everard]

[quote user="professorhat"]Oh hurrah.

[/quote]

Yup, the studios are really pushing in all the stops on this one...

 

[camdxr]

Don't suppose anyone here knows if the Lord of the Rings Trilogy is available in a Hi-def format, be that HD-DVD or BD?

Thanks

Camdxr

 

[Andrew Everard]

No, it's not.

 

[Andy Clough]

Thanks Bullseye, just posted a news story on the same subject!

 

[Anonymous]

I think it will be a year or so before we see LoTR or Star Wars on BD. I know Lucas mentioned this a while back.

 

[camdxr]

Damn shame that, got to be two of the best series of films to show off your AV system, cracking good watch too!

Camdxr

 

[Andrew Everard]

[quote user="camdxr"]cracking good watch too[/quote]

But I think the respective directors are a bit worried Blu-ray Disc might show up those cracks a bit too clearly