The
Consumer Electronics Show (CES) starts tomorrow and most movie studios are there
expected to announce their first HD titles to be released in the Blu-ray Disc
format and/or HD DVD format. 20th Century Fox and Paramount have sent out
their press releases today and at videobusiness.com we can also find information
about Sony/MGM's and Lions Gate's plans:
Fox
plans to release its first wave of 20 Blu-ray Disc titles at the
same time as the first hardware is available where five of the
movies will be Fantastic Four, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen,
Behind Enemy Lines, Kiss of the Dragon and Ice Age.
Sony/MGM
also plans to release 20 titles when the first hardware shows up
including The Fifth Element, XXX and Robocop and from this summer
Sony/MGM will have every new theatrical release available on DVD and
Blu-ray Disc at the same time.
Lions
Gate is ready to release ten titles including Terminator
2 and Saw
in the Blu-ray Disc format as early as March or
April.
Paramount,
which neutral in the format war, plans to release ten titles in both the
Blu-ray Disc format and the HD DVD format including The Italian Job,
Tomb Raider and U2: Rattle and Hum.
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If
you want to read more you can find the press release from Fox here, the
press releases from Paramount here and here and finally videobusiness.com's article here.
Source: videobusiness
