Disney announces "The Rock" and "Con Air" for release on January 8th, 2008

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Talk about 2 "must have" titles!!

Following weeks of rumors, Disney has confirmed a January 2008 Blu-ray arrival for the long-delayed Michael Bay action spectacular 'The Rock.'

As we've previously reported, 'The Rock' was originally announced for a June 5 Blu-ray debut alongside 'Con Air' and 'Crimson Tide.' All three titles were subsequently delayed with no new date in sight.
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A full seven months later, Disney has finally rescheduled the Sean Connery/Nicolas Cage actioner for Blu-ray release on January 8, 2008.

No supplemental details yet, but the disc's tech specs shouldn't have any trouble delivering the typical Bay bombastic, boasting 1080p video and an uncompressed PCM 5.1 surround track (at 48kHz/24-bit).

Retail will list for $29.99.

Disney says we can expect a full press release with complete details for 'The Rock' shortly. As always, we'll keep you posted.

In the meantime, you'll find preliminary disc details for 'The Rock' linked from our Blu-ray Release Schedule, where it is indexed under its new date of January 8, 2008.

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Disney has apparently made a New Year's resolution to reschedule all of its previously-delayed Blu-ray action titles, issuing a January 8, 2008 release date for 'Con Air.'

As we reported earlier this morning, 'Con Air' was one of a trio of action titles (alongside 'The Rock' and 'Crimson Tide') that were originally scheduled for release this past June, only to be post 613]subsequently yanked[/post] from the studio's schedule with no new dates in the offing.
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Now, after weeks of rumors, the studio has confirmed that 'Con Air' will be among its first 2008 Blu-ray titles, hitting store shelves on January 8, the same date as 'The Rock.' (Note that the studio has yet to confirm a date for the third title in the trio, 'Crimson Tide,' but it's currently expected sometime in February).

A full press release with complete details for 'Con Air' is due shortly, but Disney did tell us that the disc will include the studio's usual 1080p video and an uncompressed PCM 5.1 Surround track (at 48kHz/24-bit).

There are no supplemental details available yet, but we'll certainly keep you posted.

Retail for the Blu-ray will list for $29.99.

As always, you'll find the latest disc details for 'Con Air' linked from our Blu-ray Release Schedule, where it is indexed under its new date of January 8, 2008.

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