Blu-ray titles looking impressive for 2007

[dobyblue]

In addition to the great titles that Warner and Paramount will be putting out on Blu-ray in 2007 catching up to their HD DVD releases and of course Harry Potter and The Matrix, the Blu-ray exclusive studios are building an impressive catalog of releases for 2007.
CES isn't over yet, so if Disney and Sony make more announcements I'll add them.
Here's what has been confirmed so far.

Disney/Buena Vista (USA):

Ladder 49 (2/13)
Reign of Fire (2/13)
The Prestige (2/20)
Chicken Little (3/20)
Finding Neverland (3/20)
King Arthur: Director's Cut (4/3)
G.I. Jane (4/3)
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (May)
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (May)
Con Air (6/8)
Crimson Tide (6/8)
The Rock (6/8)
Cars (Summer)
The Recruit (Summer)
Open Range (Summer)
Remember the Titans (Fall)

Fox (US)

Alien Vs Predator (1/23)
Men of Honor (1/23)
Courage Under Fire (1/23)
The Sentinel (2/13)
Entrapment (2/13)
Broken Arrow (2/13)
Phone Booth (2/13)
Planet of the Apes (2001) (2/13)
Chain Reaction (2/13)
The Marine (2/13)
Ice Age (3/13)
Dodgeball (3/13)
Commando (3/13)
From Hell (3/13)
The Fly (1986) (4/3)
Tristan & Isolde (4/3)
Me, Myself & Irene (4/3)
Dude, Where's My Car? (4/3)
Turistas (4/17)
Master & Commander (May)
Man on Fire (May)
Edward Scissorhands (May)
Predator (May)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (May)
The Siege (May)
Independence Day (June)
I, Robot (June)
Cast Away (June)
Prison Break Season 1 (TBA)
24 Season 1 (TBA)

MGM (US)

Flyboys (1/30)
Hart's War (1/30)
The Usual Suspects (2/13)
Dances with Wolves (3/13)
The Thomas Crown Affair (3/13)
Hoosiers (3/13)
The Silence of the Lambs (April)
Hannibal (April)
Platoon (May)
The Graduate (May)
Battle of Britain (May)
A Bridge Too Far (May)
Ronin (June)
To Live & Die in L.A. (June)
A Fistful of Dollars (June)
Out of Time (June)
Walking Tall (June)
Bull Durham (June)

Lionsgate (USA)

Crank (1/9)
Employee of the Month (1/16)
SAW II (1/23)
SAW III (1/23)
American Psycho (2/6)
First Blood (2/6)
Reservoir Dogs (2/6)
Young Guns (2/6)
Ultimate Avengers (TBA)
Ultimate Avengers 2 (TBA)
Weeds (TV series/Showtime) (TBA)
House of 1000 Corpes (TBA)
National Lampoon's Van Wilder (TBA)
Waiting (TBA)
The Dead Zone (TV series) (TBA)
Requiem for a Dream (TBA)
PI (TBA)
Cabin Fever (TBA)
Monster's Ball (TBA)
Dune (TBA)
Belly (TBA)
Dirty Dancing (TBA)
Basic Instinct (TBA)

Paramount (US)

Babel (2/20)
Flags of Our Fathers (TBA)
Payback (TBA)
Face/Off (TBA)

Sony (US)

Gridiron Gang (1/16)
Resident Evil: The Apocalypse (1/16)
Open Season (1/30)
Running With Scissors (2/6)
The Tailor of Panama (2/6)
Vertical Limit (2/20)
Stranger Than Fiction (2/27)
Casino Royale (3/13)
Layer Cake (3/13)
A Few Good Men (TBA)
Hostel (TBA)
Jerry McGuire (TBA)

Warner (US)

Goodfellas (1/16)
Beerfest (1/30)
The Wicker Man (1/30)
The Departed (2/13)
Alexander Revisited: The Unrated Final Cut (2/27)
Blood Diamond (TBA)
Bullitt (TBA)
The Dirty Dozen (TBA)
Enter the Dragon (TBA)
The Getaway (1972) (TBA)
Happy Feet (TBA)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (TBA)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (TBA)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (TBA)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (TBA)
The Matrix (TBA)
The Matrix Reloaded (TBA)
The Matrix Revolutions (TBA)
Oceans 11 (TBA)
Oceans 12 (TBA)
We Are Marshall (TBA)

See anything you like? I've bolded the ones I'm looking forward to.

[Fidesic]

Lookin' good. Casino Royale?

[Nighthawk]

Awesome list Doby! I'm looking forward to updating my sig.

[Feyd]

Confirmed where? Link?

[dobyblue]

Casino Royale's DVD and Blu-ray release date hasn't been officially announced yet so it's not in the list. I believe it's tentative for 03/13 though.

[dobyblue]

Originally Posted by Feyd

Confirmed where? Link?

Disney's press release
http://www.thedigitalbits.com/#mytwocents

In North America, BVHE's 2007 Blu-ray catalog releases will include Chicken Little (3/20), the King Arthur: Director's Cut and G.I. Jane (both 4/3), Con Air, Crimson Tide and The Rock (all 6/8), Disney and Pixar's Cars, The Recruit and Open Range (Summer), Remember the Titans (Fall), and Finding Neverland (TBA). BVHE has also just officially announced Ladder 49 and Reign of Fire for release in North America on 2/13, with The Prestige following on 2/20. We'll have more details on those three in a moment.

In Europe, they'll release Eight Below, Chicken Little, Enemy of the State, Flightplan, Gone in Sixty Seconds, The Guardian, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Pearl Harbor, Scary Movie 4, Sky High, Finding Neverland and The Wild (all in March), followed by Dinosaur and the King Arthur: Director's Cut (in April), Bruce Almighty, Con Air, Crimson Tide, The Rock and Cars (in June), and Air Force One, Reign of Fire and Wild Hogs (in Summer).

BVHE's Asia Blu-ray slate will include Face/Off (in March), Chicken Little and The Wild (in April), Scary Movie 4 (in May), The Guardian (in June), and Cars, Con Air, Crimson Tide, The Rock, the King Arthur: Director's Cut, Air Force One and Starship Troopers (Summer).

Additional catalog Blu-ray title announcements will follow in the weeks ahead. This is in addition to a number of new-release Blu-ray announcements that are expected to happen throughout 2007. Says BVWHE president Bob Chapek: "Blu-ray is the strongest high definition format on the market and we are very pleased to add this amazing slate of Blu-ray releases that will appeal to our core demographic. With the dual-layer, 50GB discs now becoming standard, the possibilities for exciting new interactive features and additional bonus content are endless."

Okay, back to those February Blu-ray titles from BVHE. Ladder 49 (2/13) will feature the original DVD extras, including The Making of Ladder 49 and Everyday Heroes featurettes, deleted scenes, audio commentary by director Jay Russell and Robbie Robertson's Shine Your Light music video, along with a Blu-ray exclusive Movie Showcase. Reign of Fire (also 2/13) will include the Breathing Life into the Terror: The Making of the Dragons and Below the Line: If You Can't Stand the Heat featurettes, a conversation with director Rob Bowman, the original theatrical trailer and a Blu-ray exclusive Movie Showcase. The Prestige (2/20) will be a 50GB release including The Director's Notebook: The Cinematic Sleight of Hand of Christopher Nolan documentary, The Art of the Prestige production gallery (featuring costumes, scenery and set design images), and another Blu-ray exclusive Movie Showcase.

While we're talking high-def, Sony has just re-announced their delayed Layer Cake Blu-ray Disc for 3/13.

Fox and MGM's press release
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/a.../08/c3814.html

Fox is one of the first studios to release titles with advanced BD-Java
interactivity as well titles on dual-layer 50 GB Blu-ray Discs. MGM will
release its first 50 GB dual-layer Blu-ray disc later in January with the
debut of Flyboys. Fox has plans to release eight additional 50 GB BD in the
first half of 2007 beginning with The Fly (1986) in April.

The studio's upcoming North American slate features a wide range of
titles that will benefit from the incredible audio and video elements of the
Blu-ray format. All of Fox's BD releases are aimed at the core early adopter
and include:

<<
January 23 Alien Vs Predator, Men of Honor, Courage Under Fire
February 13 The Sentinel, Entrapment, Broken Arrow, Phone Booth,
Planet of the Apes (2001), Chain Reaction, The Marine
March 13 Ice Age, Dodgeball, Commando, From Hell
April 3 The Fly (1986), Tristan & Isolde, Me, Myself & Irene,
Dude, Where's My Car?
April 17 Turistas
May '07 Master & Commander, Man on Fire, Edward Scissorhands,
Predator, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,
The Siege
June '07 Independence Day, I, Robot, Cast Away
>>

Additionally, a stellar line-up of BD releases for North America are
coming from MGM and include:

<<
January 30 Flyboys, Hart's War
February 13 The Usual Suspects
March 13 Dances with Wolves, The Thomas Crown Affair, Hoosiers
April '07 The Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal
May '07 Platoon, The Graduate, Battle of Britain,
A Bridge Too Far
June '07 Ronin, To Live & Die in L.A., A Fistful of Dollars,
Out of Time, Walking Tall, Bull Durham
>>

Fox and MGM entered the Blu-ray in November 2006 to coincide with the
launch of Sony's PlayStation 3. Currently available titles from Fox include
X-Men: The Last Stand, Behind Enemy Lines, The Omen, Kiss of the Dragon,
Speed,The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, The Transporter, Kingdom of
Heaven, Fantastic Four, Ice Age: The Meltdown, Flight of the Phoenix, Rising
Sun, The Devil Wears Prada and Transporter 2 . Currently available MGM is
Windtalkers, Bulletproof Monk and Rocky.

[Aodh]

Originally Posted by dobyblue

Disney's press release
http://www.thedigitalbits.com/#mytwocents
Fox and MGM's press release
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/a.../08/c3814.html

I don't see Pirates there. Where else are you getting the information from?

[Feyd]

So where did you get Pirates from? It's nowhere on that list.

[dobyblue]

Sorry my bad, here's the actual press release from Disney.
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/st...4501557&EDATE=

BURBANK, Calif., Jan. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Buena Vista Worldwide Home
Entertainment (BVWHE) today announced the company's most extensive Blu-ray
Disc slate yet, with action-packed and family titles due for release
throughout 2007 in North America, Europe and Asia. Showing its continued
commitment to the next-generation, high-definition format, the company has
selected a wide range of titles, many 50GB, to showcase the new Blu-ray
Disc format, from blockbusters and Academy Award(R)-winning masterpieces,
to popular animated movies for the entire family. In North America, BVWHE
will release titles beginning March '07 to include 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 and
Remember The Titans. In Europe, titles to be released beginning March '07
will include Eight Below, Chicken Little, Enemy of the State, Flightplan,
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 and Finding Neverland. In Asia, titles to be
released beginning March '07 will include 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 and Air Force One. See paragraphs
below for complete date listings.
Commenting on the announcement, BVWHE President Bob Chapek stated,
"Blu-ray is quickly becoming the high-definition standard on the market
today and we are very pleased to add this amazing slate of Blu-ray releases
that will appeal to our core demographic. With the dual-layer, 50GB discs,
the possibilities for exciting new interactive features and additional
bonus content are endless."
The company has already had tremendous success with the first
generation of Blu-ray Disc titles such as Eight Below and Dinosaur, and is
releasing most new titles on the new dual-layer Blu-ray Discs that features
a massive storage capacity of 50GB, enabling the highest caliber encodes,
expanded bonus material and exciting new interactive features.
As part of its worldwide release strategy BVWHE will release Pirates of
the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl and Pirates of the Caribbean:
Dead Man's Chest in all territories May '07 and Con Air, Crimson Tide and
The Rock in all territories beginning June '07. Cars will also see a
worldwide rollout schedule in 2007.
In North America, BVWHE will release Chicken Little and Finding
Neverland on March 20; King Arthur Director's Cut and G.I. Jane on April 3;
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl and Pirates of the
Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest in May; Con Air, Crimson Tide and The Rock on
June 8; and Cars, The Recruit and Open Range in Summer '07.

[jackinbox]

Nice list!!! Thanks, Doby!!!

I wasn't expecting these must- haves!!:

Master & Commander
I, Robot
Platoon


I will pick up at least half of the ones you listed.

[Wotan]

Awesome list with lots of must haves! No wonder FOX's predictions!!!

[dobyblue]

Yea no doubt, MGM's releases are looking great.

I'm glad Fox is distributing them.

[double l]

Hoosiers in March, love that movie
Where's Casino , thats the big one.

[jackinbox]

Wow, I just looked at the list again and can't get over how many good titles are on there. The only thing missing is the Bond films from Fox/MGM.

That's OK though. There's more than enough to spend my money on.

[Aodh]

Originally Posted by double l

Hoosiers in March, love that movie
Where's Casino , thats the big one.

Casino was released by Universal, HD DVD only.