Paramount cancels HDDVD titles

[coconutz]

From formatwarcentral
"Paramount is telling retailers that the HD DVD titles The Jack Ryan Collection, Sweeney Todd and The Kite Runner have been canceled.
Word is expected on Bee Movie and There Will be Blood soon."

Universal should do the same.

[willxcore]

Should.. but instead announce another combo format release that will probably have lackluster features in compared to the SD DVD. Whatever I'm not really excited about Atonement anyway so it's a rent no matter what.

[gijoela]

Originally Posted by coconutz

From formatwarcentral
"Paramount is telling retailers that the HD DVD titles The Jack Ryan Collection, Sweeney Todd and The Kite Runner have been canceled.
Word is expected on Bee Movie and There Will be Blood soon."

Universal should do the same.

Oh this looks and sounds like reliable information!

How bout you post the whole stupid quote...Wait, here it is..

http://formatwarcentral.com/

"We read in the forums that Paramount is telling retailers that the HD DVD titles The Jack Ryan Collection, Sweeney Todd and The Kite Runner have been canceled.

Word is expected on Bee Movie and There Will be Blood soon.
I guess those who managed to acquire The Jack Ryan Collection before it was recalled have somewhat of a collectors item!"

Whoa, that's one reputable website, itself becomes irrelevant now that the war is over and now has to succumb to getting information from forum posts. LOL

[Kappy]

Originally Posted by coconutz

From formatwarcentral
"Paramount is telling retailers that the HD DVD titles The Jack Ryan Collection, Sweeney Todd and The Kite Runner have been canceled.
Word is expected on Bee Movie and There Will be Blood soon."

Universal should do the same.

Let's include the whole quote (with a link supplied, shall we...)
http://formatwarcentral.com/index.ph...hd-dvd-titles/

We read in the forums that Paramount is telling retailers that the HD DVD titles The Jack Ryan Collection, Sweeney Todd and The Kite Runner have been canceled.

What a great source, are they reading these smackdown forums for their sources now. Can we wait until an official Paramount statement from a reliable source comes.

[rmoody]

When this is an official announcement on the front page, fine. Until then, it's useless FUD.

[Inglix the Mad]

Ouch. That sucks for HD-DVD people that were hoping to get those... Still doesn't say how long until the BR versions of them either...

[Inglix the Mad]

Originally Posted by rmoody

When this is an official announcement on the front page, fine. Until then, it's useless FUD.

I'm a BR supporter and will QFT this post. Of course if it's proven true, then my previous statement applies.

[coconutz]

Originally Posted by rmoody

When this is an official announcement on the front page, fine. Until then, it's useless FUD.

It is on their front page. That's why I posted it. Don't worry though, you red fanbois will be able to upconvert them. You know, it's just as good.

[crazzeto]

Originally Posted by coconutz

It is on their front page. That's why I posted it. Don't worry though, you red fanbois will be able to upconvert them. You know, it's just as good.

Link? I've clicked around quite abit (including press releases) and haven't seen this information.

[gijoela]

Originally Posted by coconutz

From formatwarcentral
"Paramount is telling retailers that the HD DVD titles The Jack Ryan Collection, Sweeney Todd and The Kite Runner have been canceled.
Word is expected on Bee Movie and There Will be Blood soon."

Universal should do the same.

Funny, but as of now, one of the biggest retailers AMAZON is still taking pre-orders...

I would imagine that Paramount might release through it's announcements then quit. They have not made any new announcements to speak of except There Will Be Blood which in fact has been pulled from Amazon.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AS...S/higdefdig-20

[Gr00v3r]

How about with the cancellation announcements we get Blu-ray announcements to go along with it?

[film11]

I've received an e-mail about TWBB from Best Buy. Not the same as something official from Paramount, but I assume BB has been kept informed.

Pre-Order Update
February 27, 2008


There's been a change to the release date for your pre-ordered item.

The new release date is 04/15/2008. Your order details are listed below.

Get more information on this order by checking your order status.

There Will Be Blood-Widescreen Dubbed Subtitle AC3-HD-DVD
Status: Pre-order release date is 04/15/2008.

[whoelse]

Well i wouldn't bet at all surprised if it does happen.

[MovieMinded]

Retailers have been told that all HD-DVD titles from Jack Ryan on have been canceled. There is no doubt about this, it is official and comes straight from Paramount.

[film11]

Originally Posted by MovieMinded

Retailers have been told that all HD-DVD titles from Jack Ryan on have been canceled. There is no doubt about this, it is official and comes straight from Paramount.

Guess they didn't tell Best Buy?