20th Century Fox is planning to release the M. Night Shyamalan movie The Happening on October 7th, 2008.
The Blu-ray release will feature exclusive content including a scene specific picture-in-picture presentation.
Retail is set at $39.99, pre-order at Amazon for only $27.95.
Today is a busy day for new release information today, especially for live performance titles.
While Warner is planning the release of the Woodstock movie, Image Entertainment is also planning concert titles.
A pretty large pre-order update today.
The Warner Action titles due in September have been listed for pre-order at Amazon. Pricing is typical Warner catalog, so $19.95 at Amazon.
Expect Under Siege 2 - Dark Territory, Outbreak, Every Which Way But Loose, Eraser and The Gauntlet to ship September 2nd, 2008.
I see today that Amazon has a new Buy 2, Get 1 Free Blu-ray Sale.
This sale covers a number of studios’ releases including Paramount, Fox, Lions Gate, Starz, Image Entertainment, Funimation and even BCI Eclipse - 109 titles in total.
Perhaps a great opportunity to get some of those more obscure studio releases or Paramount releases at a decent discount.
Amazon has a new deal starting today, offering a $5 discount off the purchase of three Blu-ray Disc music titles.
There are eleven Sony and Image Entertainment music titles to choose from covering quite a range of genres, including artists like David Gilmour, Shakira, Celine Dion, AC/DC, Bruce Springsteen and John Mayer.
Perhaps an opportunity to add some music to your disc collection.
The Discovery Channel will be releasing When We Left Earth: Nasa Missions on Blu-ray Disc on September 30th, 2008. This popular series will be presented in a 4 disc box set. Retail is set at $69.98, pre-order at Amazon for only $51.99. For the impatient, the Discovery Store version should ship at the end of July.
We are certainly a bit shocked by the huge list of new titles listed at Amazon today, most of them from small distributors, and many are budget titles from Blu-ray Only.
First up though, Married Life has been freshly listed by Columbia/Tri-Star, scheduled for a September 2nd, 2008 release. This movie features Pierce Brosnan, Chris Cooper and Rachel McAdams. Retail is set at $38.96, pre-order at Amazon for only $26.95.
There were quite a number of interesting releases on Blu-ray Disc today.
The miniseries Broken Trail was released by Sony at the catalog title pricing, complete with Dolby TrueHD on a BD50 disc. Sony also released The Other Boleyn Girl, again on a BD50 with True HD audio. Lastly from Sony - The Professionals was released with a PCM soundtrack, this time on a BD25 disc.
Image Entertainment released Heart: Alive in Seattle with DTS-HD Master Audio.
Fox released Jumper with DTS Master Audio and a Bonus View Picture in Picture feature.
Warner released Natural Born Killers in the special book packaging on a BD50 Disc with Dolby TrueHD audio - sadly this one carries the premium price tag.
Warner also released The Bucket List - this one didn’t fare so well with only a BD25 disc and Dolby Digital audio - of course the premium pricing for a new release remains. This movie made almost $100M at the box office and stars Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman - you would think it deserves better than Dolby Digital audio. Warner needs to know that this level of support is not acceptable!
Magnolia released The Signal - not much info on this one other than it is coded for all regions.
Lions Gate released Witless Protection with 7.1 DTS-HD Master Audio on a BD50 disc - sounds like a winning presentation (Warner, pay attention) though perhaps this disc has limited appeal to anyone other than Larry the Cable Guy fans - with a 1.7 at IMDb and 0% at Rotten Tomatoes, it sounds a little dire.
Mantra has released Girls Gone Wild: Hottest Moments Ever, adding to their seemingly never ending supply for this series.
Lastly, Amazon has added a special Blu-ray 12-pack , perhaps to make it easier for that instant collection if you are just starting out. It seems like a pretty decent selection of titles, though it wouldn’t take many that you don’t want to make it a false economy…
Today Oliver Stone fans can rejoice - Lions Gate Home Entertainment has The Doors coming to Blu-ray on August 12th, 2008. Retail for the Jim Morrison biopic featuring Val Kilmer and Meg Ryan has been set at $29.99, bargain hunters will find it at Amazon for only $20.95. I am personally looking forward to this one!
In the horror genre, Shutter will be released by Fox Home Entertainment on July 15th, 2008. Retail will be $39.98, the Amazon price - only $27.95.
Lastly, Image Entertainment has The Secret coming to Blu-ray on August 12th, 2008. This film featuring David Duchovny and Lili Taylor was a French production though it is in English. The retail price is $35.98, you can pre-order it at Amazon for only $24.95.
Yet more titles added today. We are certainly seeing a nice slate of titles coming. If you check the upcoming titles, you can see that there are at least 8 titles every Tuesday in May.
Bargain hunters will also note that Short Circuit is at the nice price of $10.95 right now - 45% off the retail price.
Back to the new stuff. Roy Orbison: A Black and White Night has been freshly listed by Image Entertainment, scheduled for a July 8th, 2008 release. This title was previously HD DVD exclusive from Image Entertainment, so they are slowly but surely moving their music catalogue to Blu-ray. Retail will be $24.98, the Amazon price - only $16.95.
A second catch up title is The Moody Blues: Lovely to See You: Live which will also be released by Image Entertainment on July 8th. Retail will be $24.98, only $16.95 at Amazon.
PorchLight Home Entertainment has announced Animalia: Welcome to the Kingdom for Blu-ray on September 23th, 2008. Not sure exactly what this is but the retail price will be $29.98, pre-order at Amazon for $19.95.
