Universal going Blu-Ray this summer
Universal Studios has said that it will start releasing it’s movies on Blu-Ray this summer. They plan to release around 40 titles in the second half of this year.
Among them are the studio’s five big feature films of the summer, including “The Incredible Hulk,” with Edward Norton, William Hurt and Liv Tyler; “Wanted,” an action thriller starring James McAvoy and Angelina Jolie; “Hellboy II: The Golden Army”; “Mamma Mia,” the adaptation of the musical starring Meryl Streep; and the sequel “The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor,” with Brendan Fraser and Jet Li.
Universal officially will enter the Blu-ray market July 22 with a trio of films from its “Mummy” action-adventure franchise: “The Mummy” and “The Mummy Returns,” both starring Fraser, and the spinoff “The Scorpion King,” with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.
Also planned for domestic Blu-ray before the year is up are the catalog titles “American Gangster,” “Knocked Up,” “The 40-Year-Old Virgin,” “Miami Vice,” “End of Days,” “U-571″ and “Land of the Dead,” among others.
HD-DVD’s biggest backer ever since the format war had started. Since other big companies switch over to Blu-Ray, many had said that Universal would follow suit.
Source: reuters.
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