Blu-ray by Paramount in other countries?

[jenjen27]

I would like to know why Next is only in HD here in states but in Canada and UK its avail in Blu-Ray.. isnt that screwed up and thought Paramount was strictly HD at the moment?

Anyone have any information on this??

[Beta-guy]

Originally Posted by jenjen27

I would like to know why Next is only in HD here in states but in Canada and UK its avail in Blu-Ray.. isnt that screwed up and thought Paramount was strictly HD at the moment?

Anyone have any information on this??

It's distributed by

Paramount Pictures (USA)
Columbia Pictures (Argentina)
Initial Entertainment Group (international sales)

Acording to wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next_%28film%29

[jenjen27]

Originally Posted by Beta-guy

It's distributed by

Paramount Pictures (USA)
Columbia Pictures (Argentina)
Initial Entertainment Group (international sales)

Acording to wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next_%28film%29

Said on Amazon.ca that its paramount so that had me confused.

[TheTenth]

seems each country can issue whatever format they want (Germany released a different Phantom of the opera Blu-ray with better sound) so the Paramount/HD DVD deal may concern USA only (very often we've seen DVD being diffrent in content on different continents - X-men the last stand incredible bonuses for Europe and Australia for example)

[have@you]

Zodiac is pencilled in for a European release on Blu-ray.

[Merlins]

Movies can have different distributors in different countries.

Here is the company credits for Next on IMDB:

Production Companies

* Initial Entertainment Group (IEG) (as IEG Virtual Studios)
* Virtual Studios (as IEG Virtual Studios)
* Revolution Studios
* Saturn Films
* Broken Road Productions
* Eyetronics USA (uncredited)

Distributors

* Central Partnership (2007) (Russia) (all media)
* Entertainment Film Distributors (2007) (UK) (theatrical)
* FS Film Oy (2007) (Finland) (theatrical)
* Initial Entertainment Group (IEG) (2007) (non-USA) (all media) (sales)
* Paramount Pictures (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
* RCV Film Distribution (2007) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
* RCV Home Entertainment (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD)
* Revolution Studios (2006) (worldwide) (theatrical)
* SF Norge A/S (2007) (Norway) (theatrical)
* SF Video (2007) (Sweden) (DVD)
* Shaw Organisation (2007) (Singapore) (theatrical)
* Svensk Filmindustri (SF) (2007) (Sweden) (theatrical)
* United International Pictures (UIP) (2007) (Argentina) (theatrical)
* Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2007) (Germany) (theatrical)

When one say that one title is exclusive for HD-DVD or Blu-ray one usually means exclusive on that format in USA.

I have for example the Universal movies Lucky Number Slevin and The Jackal on Blu-ray. They are not released by Universal but Concorde in Germany and Concorde are a neutral distributor in Germany.

The funny thing is that it is Universal that distribute all Sony:s Blu-ray discs in Scandinavia and it is on Blu-ray they are distributed.

If you buy Casino Royale here in Scandinavia it will be distributed by Universal (guess they need some practice...)

[Konrad]

Originally Posted by Merlins

The funny thing is that it is Universal that distribute all Sony:s Blu-ray discs in Scandinavia and it is on Blu-ray they are distributed.

If you buy Casino Royale here in Scandinavia it will be distributed by Universal (guess they need some practice...)

...or go neutral soon!