Looks like a music and imports theme today.
Expect a second Soundstage title to be available November 11th, in addition to the previously listed Tom Petty title.
Koch Vision has Soundstage: Sheryl Crow coming to Blu-ray on November 11th, 2008.
Retail is set at $24.99, pre-order at Amazon for only $17.95.
Entertainment in Video has an interesting selection of Blu-ray titles coming up in the UK.
While their Region Coding policy and quality to date has been somewhat mixed, it is interesting to see the new titles.
The recent Angelina Jolie action movie Wanted will be released by Universal Pictures UK on December 1st, 2008.
Hopefully we will see an official US announcement soon also.
Universal Pictures also has some TV coming - Ricky Gervias in Extras - The Christmas Specials - on November 3rd, 2008.
I see a few interesting releases in Germany from Kinowelt, HMH Hamburger Medien Haus and Ufa.
Fight Club and Dances With Wolves are coming from Kinowelt on December 5th, 2008.
Both could be very popular imports if Fox doesn’t get their act together.
The Hayden Christensen movie Awake will be released by Kinowelt on December 12th, 2008
Anna Karenina (1997), Little Fish and Heavy Petting (2007) are planned by HMH Hamburger Medien Haus for October 16th, 2008.
HMH Hamburger Medien Haus also has Poor Boy’s Game and Da Block Party 1 & 2 Doppelpack coming on November 13th, 2008
Expect Penelope (2006) from Ufa on November 10th, 2008.
Germans will have to wait until June 30th, 2009 for Wall-E!
I have neglected the German releases for a while now, so I will only touch on some of the more interesting releases in this post.
Die Goonies, Interview mit einem Vampir, Gremlins and Gigi are all coming from Warner Home Video on October 17th, 2008.
I expect that US releases will arrive in a similar time frame.
I see a wide range of new titles up for UK Blu-ray release.
ITV DVD is planning the Frank Darabont classic The Shawshank Redemption for release on November 10th, 2008. ITV also has The Ipcress File on the same day.
I see some interesting listings in France this week.
Highlander and Stargate : La porte des étoiles are coming to Blu-ray from Studio Canal on October 23rd, 2008. I am hoping for a decent version of Highlander, since the USA theatrical cut should be avoided if at all possible. There can be only one!
Over in the UK today I see a bunch of new titles from Universal Pictures UK, starting with 40 Year Old Virgin on September 22nd, 2008.
Universal has also listed Land Of The Dead and The Thing on October 6th, Casino on October 20th, Billy Madison, Happy Gilmore and I Now Pronounce You Chuck And Larry on November 10th, and Fearless, American Gangster, Miami Vice, The Mummy and The Scorpion King on November 24th, 2008
Looks like the UK is getting some new Blu-ray release announcements ahead of the US again.
