The Weinstein Company goes HD DVD

[zombie]

http://www.dvdfile.com/index.php?opt...=5274&Itemid=5

The Weinstein Company goes HD DVD

You’ll recall that Bob and Harvey Weinstein parted company with Miramax. They founded a new studio called The Weinstein Company. Now come reports that their new production company has declared for HD DVD. At Miramax, the Weinstein’s managed to produce some very fine films and they captured a disproportionate number of Academy Awards, so this is a significant development for the HD DVD camp.

In case you don’t know what the Weinstein’s have up their sleeves, here are some of the titles you may expect:

Awake (Jessica Alba, Hayden Christensen)
Breaking And Entering (Jude Law, Juliette Binoche, Robin Wright Penn)
Decameron (Hayden Christensen, Mischa Barton)
Derailed (Jennifer Aniston, Clive Owen)
Grind House (A Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez Vehicle)
Hoodwinked (CGI Animation, Glenn Close, Jim Belushi, Anne Hathaway)
Killshot (Diane Lane, Mickey Rourke, Thomas Jane, Rosario Dawson, Johnny Knoxville)
Last Legion (Colin Firth, Ben Kingsley)
Lucky Number Slevin (Bruce Willis, Josh Hartnett, Lucy Liu, Morgan Freeman, Ben Kingsley)
Mrs. Henderson Presents (Judi Dench, Bob Hoskins)
Passion Of The Clerks (Kevin Smith’s next effort)
Pulse (Kristen Bell, Christina Milian, Ian Somerhalder)
Scary Movie 4
School For Scoundrels (Billy Bob Thornton, Jon Heder)
Sin City 2
The Libertine (Johnny Depp, Samantha Morton)
The Matador (Pierce Brosnan)
Transamerica (Felicity Huffman)
Wolf Creek (Horror Film From Australia)
Young Hannibal (A Hannibal Lecter prequel)

Not too shabby. The format war just got hotter.

IMO this is small potatoes. Still when you're struggling to survive, every bit helps.

[Grubert]

DERAILED
Theatrical release date: 11 November 2005

THE LIBERTINE
Theatrical release date: 27 January 2006

TRANSAMERICA
Theatrical release date: 23 December 2005

MRS. HENDERSON PRESENTS
Theatrical release date: 25 December 2005

HOODWINKED
Theatrical release date: 13 January 2006

WOLF CREEK
Theatrical release date: 25 December 2005

THE MATADOR
Theatrical release date: 6 January, 2006

LUCKY NUMBER SLEVIN
Theatrical release date: 31 March 2006

BREAKING AND ENTERING
Theatrical release date: August 2006

DECAMERON
Theatrical release date: none

LAST LEGION
Theatrical release date: 2006

YOUNG HANNIBAL
Theatrical release date: 2006

SCARY MOVIE 4
Theatrical release date: 14 April 2006

SIN CITY 2
Theatrical release date: 2006

PULSE
Theatrical release date: 3 March 2006

PASSION OF THE CLERKS
Theatrical release date: August 2006

KILLSHOT
Theatrical release date: November 2006

AWAKE
Theatrical release date: 2006

SCHOOL FOR SCOUNDRELS
Theatrical release date: 14 July 2006

GRIND HOUSE
In pre-production. Theatrical release date: 22 September 2006

IMO, putting an unproduced movie in your 2006 HD DVD slate is as misleading as you can be.

[Alex Pallas]

that Grind House release is going to hit me the hardest
ps: Grubert you hotlinked Grind House wrong

[zombie]

Originally Posted by Grubert

IMO, putting an unproduced movie in your 2006 HD DVD slate is as misleading as you can be.

The author of that DVDFile article was simply mentioning which titles the Weinstein Company owns. It doesn't appear that any particular titles have been announced yet.

[Gorkab]

Very good movies indeed, this hurts a little in comparison to BD's catalog

[Grubert]

Originally Posted by n2blu

The author of that DVDFile article was simply mentioning which titles the Weinstein Company owns. It doesn't appear that any particular titles have been announced yet.

I'm not criticizing the author of the article, but rather the Weinstein Co., which threw all of their titles together in the press release.

Some more information on Video Business.

Neither TWC or Genius provided any specific titles or timing of the first movies to be released on HD DVD, but Drinkwater said it likely would not be in March when several other studios are releasing the first titles in concert with Toshiba's introduction of the first HD DVD player. The timing will likely be closer to summer, he said.

[zombie]

Originally Posted by Grubert

I'm not criticizing the author of the article, but rather the Weinstein Co., which threw all of their titles together in the press release.

I haven't seen a press release where they list their titles. Where do you see this?

[Grubert]

Originally Posted by n2blu

I haven't seen a press release where they list their titles. Where do you see this?

Straight from the horse's mouth: http://www.hddvdprg.com/press/pdf/060111E.pdf

[thunderhawk]

from hddvdprg.com, LoL

[zombie]

Originally Posted by Grubert

Straight from the horse's mouth: http://www.hddvdprg.com/press/pdf/060111E.pdf

Okay thanks. That explains why I haven't seen one. I avoid sites with the HDDVD name in their domain like the plague.