Upcoming Theatrical Movies (color coded)

[shamus]

All Major Theatrical movie releases from May through August in order of release dates. Info from Boxofficemojo.com

Lucky You (Warner Bros.)
Spider-Man 3 (Sony)
28 Weeks Later (Fox)
Delta Farce (Lionsgate)
The Ex (MGM/Weinstein)
Georgia Rule (Universal)
Shrek the Third (Paramount)
Bug (Lionsgate)
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (Buena Vista)
Gracie (Picturehouse)
Knocked Up (Universal)
Mr. Brooks (MGM)
Hostel 2 (Lionsgate)
Ocean's Thirteen (Warner Bros.)
Surf's Up (Sony)
DOA: Dead or Alive (Weinstein Company)
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (Fox)
Nancy Drew (Warner Bros.)
1408 (MGM/Weinstien)
Captivity (After Dark Films)
Evan Almighty (Universal)
September Dawn (Slowhand Cinema)
You Kill Me (IFC)
Live Free or Die Hard (Fox)
Ratatouille (Buena Vista)
Sicko (Lionsgate)
License to Wed (Warner Bros.)
Tranformers (Paramount)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Warner Bros.)
The Strangers (Rouge Pictures)
Hairspray (New Line)
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry (Universal)
I know Who Killed Me (Sony)
No Reservations (Warner Bros.)
The Simpsons (Fox)
Skinwalkers (After Dark Films)
Who's Your Caddy (MGM)
The Bourne Ultimatum (Universal)
Bratz (Lionsgate)
Charlie Bartlett (MGM)
Hot Rod (Paramount)
Underdog (Buena Vista)
Daddy Day Camp (Sony)
Rush Hour 3 (New Line)
Stardust (Paramount)
The Invasion (Warner Bros.)
Penelope (IFC)
Superbad (Sony)
Wedding Daze (MGM)
Good Luck Chuck (Lionsgate)
Illegal Tender (Universal)
The Last Legion (MGM/Weinstein)
Mr Bean's Holiday (Universal)
Balls of Fury (Rogue Pictures)
Death Sentence (Fox)
Halloween (MGM/Weinstien)


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*Im a little unsure of some of these, so please feel free to correct me.

[nhaase]

Of the red titles, I only want to see Evan Almighty and The Bourne Ultimatum. There doesn't look to be many more red movies worth the price of admission (there aren't too many red movies on there at all).

Looking at the blue movies, the Holiday releases will end HD-DVD: Spidey, POTC, Hostel 2 (another title prime for PS3 demographic), F4, Die Hard, Simpsons. Wow, those are movies I expect to do very well, and I don't like them all, so I'm not being biased.

[shamus]

Originally Posted by nhaase

Of the red titles, I only want to see Evan Almighty and The Bourne Ultimatum. There doesn't look to be many more red movies worth the price of admission (there aren't too many red movies on there at all).

Looking at the blue movies, the Holiday releases will end HD-DVD: Spidey, POTC, Hostel 2 (another title prime for PS3 demographic), F4, Die Hard, Simpsons. Wow, those are movies I expect to do very well, and I don't like them all, so I'm not being biased.

I agree Bourne is a huge loss to me. Knocked up may be a sleeper hit. Chuck and Larry will be a modest one and Evan Almighty could be the next Waterworld.... thats it.
Whats amazing is if you add nuetral and HD-DVD exclusive studios together... they still fall short of the huge exclusive BD studios.

Universal does have a nice catalog of "old" titles, but the're not bringing anything "new" to the table.

[Blu_Ray_UK2007]

It's getting really easy to be patient for Universal to make the jump.

I would purchase 2 titles they have coming out, maybe a third for the GF.
At least 5 Blu-Ray exclusives.. and 3 or 4 Unknowns.

[nhaase]

Originally Posted by shamus

I agree Bourne is a huge loss to me. Knocked up may be a sleeper hit. Chuck and Larry will be a modest one and Evan Almighty could be the next Waterworld.... thats it.
Whats amazing is if you add nuetral and HD-DVD exclusive studios together... they still fall short of the huge exclusive BD studios.

Universal does have a nice catalog of "old" titles, but the're not bringing anything "new" to the table.

Yea, I was thinking the same about the red titles, but I'm a HUGE Steve Carroll fan, so unless I see clips of the movie and it looks like crap, I'll probably go see it. Still, with it supposedly being the most expensive comedy ever (from what I've read), you know that they will be pushing the hell out of it both in the theaters and on DVD, to make back money.

The sheer numbers that you mention (in bold) just gives more evidence to BD's dominance. That, too, is just looking at it from a quantity perspective, not even the quality perspective, which is what I was looking at. This fall is going to be great! (Especially factoring in that WB better be putting Batman, Matrix, and V for Vendetta on BD).

[Shin-Ra]

I'm being 100% honest here, the three from that list I'd buy are:

Spider-Man 3 (Sony)
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (Buena Vista)
Live Free or Die Hard (Fox)

All on Blu-ray.

[shamus]

Im really lost at the MGM/Weinstein titles??? They might as well be Sony/Universal.... any Ideas?? I really want that Halloween!

[shamus]

Originally Posted by Shin-Ra

I'm being 100% honest here, the three from that list I'd buy are:

Spider-Man 3 (Sony)
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (Buena Vista)
Live Free or Die Hard (Fox)

All on Blu-ray.

I agree. Transformers possibly for reference material... maybe Ocean's 13 and 28 Weeks Later. I'll be picking up Bourne(on standard DVD) and Halloween if its BD(wont bother with the standard DVD).

Heres a little game...
Pick(in order), what you think will be the top 5 Box office hits(worldwide).
Heres mine....
1) Spiderman
2) Pirates
3) Transformers
4) Shrek
5) Die Hard

[Ascended_Saiyan]

There are so many I will buy on the BD side I don't want to list them all. I would only be interested in 3 from Universal.

Wouldn't be interesting if Time Warner balanced things out by letting New Line Cinema be slightly Blu-ray biased with it's releases (like Warner Bros. has been with HD DVD)?

[Maximus]

Originally Posted by shamus

Im really lost at the MGM/Weinstein titles??? They might as well be Sony/Universal.... any Ideas?? I really want that Halloween!

I am going to go with Weinstein, but by the point that these get released Weinstein will be releasing on Blu-ray.

Their problem is well documented, they can't get precious replicator time for BD, so they went to HD DVD. Look at Fox, they are having trouble getting time on Sony's replicators, so the situation will only be worse for Weinstein. By December the capacity issues should be sorted though as Sony are building more lines in the States and Europe to cope with the need for BD50s for movies and BD25s for an increasing number of games.

[Maximus]

Originally Posted by Ascended_Saiyan

There are so many I will buy on the BD side I don't want to list them all. I would only be interested in 3 from Universal.

Wouldn't be interesting if Time Warner balanced things out by letting New Line Cinema be slightly Blu-ray biased with it's releases (like Warner Bros. has been with HD DVD)?

I don't think WB is properly pro-HD DVD (I know this is a change from my previous thinking, it could be that I have had 5 cups of coffee), they are just pissed off with the BD camp for delaying the implementation of BD-Video 1.1 from June 30 to Oct 31. I think they have every right to be, but releasing the Matrix on a high profile date was not the best way to go about things, a much better solution would be to release the BDs without the IME like Blood Diamond or 300.

[Ascended_Saiyan]

Originally Posted by Maxpower1987

I don't think WB is properly pro-HD DVD (I know this is a change from my previous thinking, it could be that I have had 5 cups of coffee), they are just pissed off with the BD camp for delaying the implementation of BD-Video 1.1 from June 30 to Oct 31. I think they have every right to be, but releasing the Matrix on a high profile date was not the best way to go about things, a much better solution would be to release the BDs without the IME like Blood Diamond or 300.

That certainly doesn't count for last year's performance by Warner Bros.

[nhaase]

We need to remember that the movies listed in this thread, which will be out for the holidays, will be coupled with many Fox titles (dependant of course on BD+ being good to go) and WB's HD-DVD releases that they'll finally be putting on BD (Batman, etc.) Talk about domination, this holiday season is going to be utterly apocalyptic for HD-DVD. Batman is still a top 10 for HD-DVD, think about what it will be like on BD, along w/ the other titles this fall! Insanity.

[dialog_gvf]

Originally Posted by nhaase

and WB's HD-DVD releases that they'll finally be putting on BD (Batman, etc.)

I'm taking a "I believe it when I see it" attitude with that. If Warner waits until later this year they will be aiding Blu-ray in a massive onslaught of content. I doubt if they want to do that. I'm sure Warner can come up with some other excuse to continue delaying releases.

Warner is releasing new releases. But, many key catalog titles have so far been nearly 100% HD DVD exclusive. Even when there isn't IME (e.g. Casablanca and Forbidden Planet).

So, I wonder what is Warner's excuse for the non-IME titles that are MIA?

Gary

[nhaase]

Something tells me Warners will use the BD+ excuse now for non-IME titles, just to stretch things out. However, they did say they'll be releasing the Matrix later this year, so you can call them on that if they don't do it.

Hopefully by the fall enough writing will be on the wall (ie. BD+ is good to go and Fox is releasing their catalog, imagine if their previously announced titles were out now!). Yea, "believe it when you see it" is the best approach, but I say that if they don't announce Batman and V for the fall, we riot.

[Guinness7]

Originally Posted by nhaase

We need to remember that the movies listed in this thread, which will be out for the holidays, will be coupled with many Fox titles (dependant of course on BD+ being good to go) and WB's HD-DVD releases that they'll finally be putting on BD (Batman, etc.) Talk about domination, this holiday season is going to be utterly apocalyptic for HD-DVD. Batman is still a top 10 for HD-DVD, think about what it will be like on BD, along w/ the other titles this fall! Insanity.

Now that you say that just the movies listed above without the warner ones should make for a nice holiday season filled with lots of good movies to chose from to add to my collection.

[jubaiweaponx]

reference or not i`ll take transformers when it hits on BD the selection of hddvd movies is sad though some titles (Evan Almighty and The Bourne Ultimatum)would definitely make nice BD additions ,the fall doesn`t look stellar for hddvd

[dobyblue]

Weinstein seems to have stopped releasing titles.

Both Hannibal Rising and Arthur and the Incredibles have both been released on DVD now with not a word about an HD DVD release.

They have two titles slated for release for the rest of the year right now. Maybe they're waiting for BD+ also?

[shamus]

Originally Posted by dobyblue

Weinstein seems to have stopped releasing titles.

Both Hannibal Rising and Arthur and the Incredibles have both been released on DVD now with not a word about an HD DVD release.

They have two titles slated for release for the rest of the year right now. Maybe they're waiting for BD+ also?

BeatBoy started a little drama here about this....
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=849888

[WriteSimply]

Originally Posted by Maxpower1987

I don't think WB is properly pro-HD DVD (I know this is a change from my previous thinking, it could be that I have had 5 cups of coffee), they are just pissed off with the BD camp for delaying the implementation of BD-Video 1.1 from June 30 to Oct 31.

October 31st is the CUT-OFF deadline for new BD players. Past that date all new or newly announced BD players must be at least Profile 1.1. Old Profile 1.0 players can still be sold.

Technically, Warner can start working on Profile 1.1 titles right now. The problem is that all the hardware are still being built and tested. It's a nice problem to have though. Unlike HD-DVD, a) the test discs can be burned on BD-R/RE on either 25GB or 50GB media and; b) these discs have to be beta tested on upcoming PLAYERS from a variety of CE manufacturers.


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