Sony Pictures reveals first quarter Blu-ray release schedule
by Richard Lawler 
posted Jan 8th 2007 at 10:34PM
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has revealed its first quarter Blu-ray lineup, and the studio is putting the new Bond front and center right away. A Blu-ray player was featured in the movie as a result of the close ties so we're not very surprised, but new Bond Daniel Craig is actually hitting Blu-ray twice in one day. The studio is releasing another film of his, the previously delayed Layer Cake, the same day. Both are on dual-layer 50GB discs and feature uncompressed soundtracks, which make up a large part of SPHE's early 2007 lineup, while Casino Royale is encoded in MPEG-4 AVC. Also of note is Resident Evil: Apocalypse, the second Blu-ray movie featuring Blu-Wizard technology to custom select special features that can then play during the movie. Hopefully this combination of high profile movie and 50GB disc works out better than on the universally panned transfer of Talladega Nights. Check the press release for complete special features details or after the break for a list of movies and release dates.Sony Pictures First Quarter Release Schedule:
- Gridiron Gang: January 16
- Resident Evil: Apocalypse: January 16
- Open Season: January 30
- Running with Scissors: February 6
- The Tailor of Panama: February 6
- Vertical Limit: February 20
- Stranger Than Fiction: February 27
- Casino Royale: March 13
- Layer Cake: March 13
Filed under: Blu-ray
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Matt B. @ Jan 9th 2007 1:02AM
must-own BD titles: now at two with the addition of Casino Royale (other one is Kung Fu Hustle)
must-own HD titles: 10+ (Dune, Bourne Supremacy [HD version is better than BD], Last Samurai [HD>BD], Fearless, Serenity, Enter The Dragon, Riddick... etc.)
Jeff N @ Jan 9th 2007 12:31AM
Only 9 Blu ray movies to be released in the next 3 months. Count me not impressed.
theburn16 @ Jan 9th 2007 1:29AM
we're talkin 9 from sony...not 9 in all u idiot. have you not seen all the other companies list of movies coming out?
Sy @ Jan 9th 2007 11:35AM
Here are the full list for the upcoming Blu-Ray releases. The Sony is only for the 1st quarter:
Blu-Ray Disc Association List of Some Forthcoming Titles (1/8/07):
Buena Vista
North America:
Cars, Chicken Little, Con Air,
Crimson Tide, Finding Neverland, G.I. Jane, King
Arthur Director's Cut, Open Range, Pirates of the
Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Pirates
of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, The Recruit,
Remember The Titans, The Rock
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Buena Vista
Europe:
Air Force One, Bruce Almighty, Cars,
Chicken Little, Con Air Crimson Tide, Dinosaur,
Eight Below, Enemy of the State, Finding
Neverland, Flightplan, Gone in Sixty Seconds, The
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, King Arthur
Director's Cut, Pearl Harbor, Pirates of the
Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Pirates of the
Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, The Rock,
Scary Movie 4, Sky High, The Wild
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Buena Vista Asia:
Air Force One, Cars, Chicken Little, Con Air,
Crimson Tide, Face/Off, King Arthur Director's
Cut, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest,
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black
Pearl, The Rock, Scary Movie 4, The Wild
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Lionsgate:
American Psycho, Basic Instinct, Belly, Cabin
Fever, Crank, Dirty Dancing, The Dead Zone (TV
series), Dune, Employee of the Month, House of
1000 Corpses, Monster's Ball, National Lampoon's
Van Wilder, Pi, Rambo First Blood, Requiem for a
Dream, Reservoir Dogs, Saw II, Saw III, Ultimate
Avengers, Ultimate Avengers 2, Waiting, Weeds,
Young Guns
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MGM:
A Bridge Too Far, A Fistful of Dollars, Battle of
Britain, Bull Durham, Dances with Wolves, Flyboys,
The Graduate, Hannibal, Hart's War, Hoosiers, Out
of Time, Platoon, Ronin, The Silence of the Lambs,
The Thomas Crown Affair, To Live & Die in L.A.,
The Usual Suspects, Walking Tall
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Paramount:
Babel, Face/Off, Flags Of Our Fathers, Payback: Straight Up
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Sony:
Big Fish, Casino Royale, Gridiron Gang, Layer Cake,
Open Season, Resident Evil: The Apocalypse,
Running with Scissors, Stranger Than Fiction, The
Tailor of Panama, Vertical Limit
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Fox:
Alien Vs Predator, Broken Arrow, Butch Cassidy and
the Sundance Kid, Cast Away, Chain Reaction,
Commando, Courage Under Fire, Dodgeball, Dude,
Where's My Car?, Edward Scissorhands, Entrapment,
The Fly (1986), From Hell, I, Robot, Ice Age,
Independence Day, Man on Fire, The Marine, Master
& Commander, Me, Myself & Irene, Men of Honor,
Phone Booth, Planet of the Apes (2001), Predator,
The Sentinel, The Siege, Tristan & Isolde,
Turistas
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Warner:
Alexander Revisited: The Unrated Final Cut,
Beerfest, Blood Diamond, Bullitt, The Departed,
The Dirty Dozen, Enter the Dragon, The Getaway
(1972), Goodfellas, Happy Feet, Harry Potter
franchise, The Matrix franchise, Oceans 11, Oceans
12, We Are Marshall, The Wicker Man