Buena Vista's worldwide 2007 Blu-ray plans - Pirates and Cars included
Finally, there is some word about when Buena Vista's blockbuster hits Pirates of the Caribbean and Cars is coming to Blu-ray and we are please to tell you that it's not to far off. Every time the studio has announcements, we hold our breaths only to let out a sigh of disappointment when nether of the flicks are mentioned but come May of '07, Captain Jack will be on our HDTVs via both the Curse of the Black Pearl and Dead Man's Chest. Cars is [hopefully] coming later this year but the title isn't yet slotted into this released time table. There are more former hit titles coming from the studio such as, Chicken Little and Finding Neverland coming out on March 20; King Arthur Director's Cut and G.I. Jane on April 3; Con Air, Crimson Tide, and The Rock coming out on June 8, and The Recruit, Open range and the fore mentioned Cars slotted for sometime within the year. Hopefully, once the studio releases their first Pixar movie, Cars, on the format, we will see more coming.
Click on for the rest of the studios '07 worldwide releases. These plans include a huge European push with 21 schedule titles verses North Americans paltry 13 and Asia lackluster 12.
North America releases
- Chicken Little
- King Arthur Director's Cut
- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
- Cars
- Con Air
- Crimson Tide
- The Rock
- Finding Neverland
- G.I. Jane
- The Recruit
- Open Range
- Remember The Titans
European releases
- Eight Below
- Chicken Little
- Enemy of the State
- Flight Plan
- Gone in Sixty Seconds
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
- Pearl Harbor
- Scary Movie 4
- Sky High
- The Wild
- Dinosaur
- King Arthur Director's Cut
- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
- Bruce Almighty
- Con Air
- Crimson Tide
- The Rock
- Cars
- Air Force One
- Finding Neverland
Asian releases
- Chicken Little
- Face/Off
- King
- Arthur Director's Cut
- The Wild, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
- Scary Movie 4
- Cars
- Con Air
- Crimson Tide
- The Rock
- Air Force One
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Tyler @ Jan 8th 2007 1:33PM
With more and more news like this, I'm beginning to feel that it's the end for HD-DVD. I've been a staunch supporter of the HD-DVD format ever since it was released, and I currently own the HD-DVD drive for the Xbox 360. But...almost everyday I see more and more movies that I want to see coming out exclusively on Blu-ray and fewer and fewer for HD-DVD. While I thought that some more studios would switch sides or go both ways, it seems that the argument that Blu-ray has more exclusive studios which equals more exclusive content is coming into fruition. I won't mind if Blu-ray wins, I just want one format to win as fast as possible so I won't waste a bunch of money on an obsolete format.
Curse the format war.
EatingPie @ Jan 8th 2007 10:23PM
Tyler... The PS3 got lots of (unwarranted) bad press, but it's a very sweet piece of machine. Something to consider as a BD player. Oh, and I'm not just going fanboy on you here, I have an Xbox 360 and plan to get the HD-DVD add-on... Universal hasn't jumped sides yet, and they have some great content.
The real stupidity here is that the studios didn't go A-List titles out the gate. Disney's The Wild and NOT Cars? Sheesh. (Yes, I realize it was the only way they could sell The Wild, but still... Sheesh!)
-Pie
TJ @ Jan 9th 2007 9:59AM
This is great news for Blu-ray! Pirates is actually the main reason I got my PS3. Well, that, and I do like movies from Fox and Sony too...
HD DVD would be the best format, but it just doesn't have the support from studios, so to Blu-ray I go...
Kevin @ Jan 11th 2007 12:20AM
HD DVD "would be" the best? BD got off to a shaky start, but now is of equal and often better quality. The only thing they've going for them is the lack of region encoding.