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One Step closer to SERENITY on Blu-Ray

POSTED BY: REGINAROADIE
UPDATED: Thursday, April 17, 2008 03:29
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Thursday, April 17, 2008 3:29 AM

REGINAROADIE


Hey All

This morning, I checked over at blu-ray.com, and saw a news story that I've been wanting to hear for the last four months since the end of the hi-def war. That Universal is FINALLY going Blu with actual titles. Here's the article itself.

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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.

I would like to personally thank Universal for this wonderful birthday gift. Paramount: you're on the clock.



Admittedly, of all those titles, the only one I'd be getting is Knocked Up, and maybe 40 Year Old Virgin. And of the catalogue titles they're releasing, it's understandable why the two Mummy movies and The Scorpion King would be up since the third movie will be out in August.

But just this announcement of actual titles and the "More catalog releases are planned, but were not announced at this time" makes me think that SERENITY might not be too far off. Maybe once Fox announces the release date for the FIREFLY Blu-Ray, 'Versal will announce SERENITY for the same day. That would make a cool Blu weekend. The series and the movie back to back in 1080p.

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