Universal slowing down upcoming releases for HD - sign for exclusive Blu-ray?

[Moretonbay]

Okay-I know some people might think doing this was pointless- but I found the whole thing rather interesting while I was doing it. Universal has a 3 week timer left on their deal with HD - there has been an obvious downward trend in what they have been releasing on HD and what is coming up for release - Could this be a possible sign of an upcoming Exclusive Deal With Blu-Ray? One can only hope!


June - 18 Releases
July - 11 Releases
August - 8 Releases
September - 7 Releases
October - 6 Releases
November - 4 Releases
December - 2 Releases

December 11th
Bourne Ultimatum

December 4th
Battlestar Galactica

November 27th
Mr. Bean's Holiday

November 20th
Tremors

November 13th
Pride and Prejudice

November 6th
I now pronounce you Chuck and Larry

October 30th
Talk To Me

October 23rd
Carlito's Way
Inside Man
Carlito's Way: Rise To Power
Seed of Chucky

October 9th
Evan Almighty

September 25th
Patch Adams
Getaway
Evening
Knocked Up

September 18th
Elizabeth
Last Starfighter
For Love of the Game

August 28th
Dawn of the Dead
Notting Hill
Heroes Season 1
Hurricane

August 14th
Mercury Rising
What Dreams May Come
Erin Brockovich
Meet The Fockers

July 31st
Hot Fuzz
Sea Of Love
Shaun Of The Dead
Darkman

July 24th
Bourne Identity
Streets of Fire
Nutty Professor 2

July 10th
the War
wedding Date
Dante's Peak
billy Madison

June 26th
Being John Malkovich
Mallrats
Unleashed
Army of Darkness
Dead Silence
Big Lebowski
Meet Joe Black
American Me
Mystery Men
The Watcher
Bulletproof

June 12th
Sneakers
Monty Python Meaning of Life
Born on the 4th of Julyy
Daylight
Bruce Almighty
Liar Liar
Breach

[soniqstylz]

I'm not getting my hopes up, but I would love Blu copies of the Bourne movies.

[Blu Titan]

Of all the Universal movies mentioned above, The Bourne Ultimatum is the one I would like to own the most.

[Esox50]

Thanks for doing that legwork. It is interesting. However, Penton Man has said Universal is not going neutral for a while. I think given what happened yesterday, people really need to listen to Penton Man.

I do think Universal could go neutral around this time in 2008 at the earliest. I do think a lot depends on what Warner Bros. does early next year.

[Moretonbay]

Me too- for all the support they have given to HD there really hasn't been a lot of quality movies they have released.

[Mericalis]

It's fun to think about, it truly is, but I'm very skeptical about this idea as well. I'm about to make this comment, but please don't take my word or think anything about it. I just keep remembering P-Man's words about talks happening behind the scenes. But again, truly fun to think about.

[Moretonbay]

Do you think they are going to sign another deal with HD - it just doesn't seem logical given the 2-1 ratio that blu-ray constantly has over HD.

[TigerShark]

Originally Posted by Moretonbay

Do you think they are going to sign another deal with HD - it just doesn't seem logical given the 2-1 ratio that blu-ray constantly has over HD.

I hope not, however, you know money talks. BTW, how do you know their deal expires in 3 weeks?

[blackhawktraffic]

Woah woah woah Battlestar definitely numero uno for my choice if Universal went to Blu Ray That show is freaking amazing.

[mfinochio]

I hope they release blu, I want the Bourne trilogy and Serenity. Time will tell
Michael

[HK-48]

Yeah, how do we know when their contract is up?

[Mote]

I think it's slowing down because, honestly, Universal has no new releases to show for this year.

[DetroitSportsFan]

Exclusive would be nice, but I just want Universal to go neutral.

[Cyorg]

I doubt it. Possibly neutral, but there's no chance they'll go from one exclusive to another.

[kaliraver]

As long as their neutral its all good with me

[bluskiff]

story over at video business saying hddvd may destroy all hd movies on disc. I will say what I have been saying for a while these people with dual players/or both players must stop buying hddvd discs. You must stop all purchases of any hddvd/toshiba/bla bla bla you know the rest. hddvd must die soon or it will suck down bluray with it. hddvd is the easybake oven of hd players and does not include the light bulb. junk

[darkpoet25]

Given the fact that Paramount screwed them over with the whole Dreamworks issue who knows. I really don't see it happening though given Graffeo's and Korblau's support for the format. I just hope this doesn't start another rumor thread.

[Dagger]

At the very least there will be fewer hd-dvd exclusive releases from Universal!

[Slapper]

Originally Posted by blackhawktraffic

Woah woah woah Battlestar definitely numero uno for my choice if Universal went to Blu Ray That show is freaking amazing.

Yeah, that one stings more than all the rest combined. Awesome show!

[jon s]

don't get too excited... universal usually announces stuff in batches at the last minute... at the beginning of the year, they had nothing announced and all of a sudden... BAM!!! bunch of titles....