Unannounced Universal movies somewhat confirmed

[Jarnost]

I received my Ultimate Unrated Comedy Collection today and I found a flyer in both Knocked Up and The 40-Year-Old Virgin with cover shots of movies that are not even announced yet by Universal

For me the most important one would be Serenity.
I know the pictures are low quality but that´s what you get from using a cellphone. If anyone has a scanner and a copy of either Knocked Up of The 40-Year-Old Virgin, please make a proper image

In case you can´t make out the titles or the images are removed here is a list:
- Pitch Black
- I Now Pronounce You Chuck And Larry
- The Thing
- Knocked Up
- Heroes season 1
- U/571
- Doomsday
- The Mummy Returns
- Happy Gilmore (I´m not sure about this one I can only make out a guy with a golf club)
- Dawn Of The Dead
- Fearless
- The Scorpion King
- The Chronicles Of Riddick
- Billy Madison
- Land Of The Dead
- The Good Shepherd
- Casino
- Hulk (2003 version)
- Heroes season 2
- Serenity
- The Mummy
- The Kingdom
- American Gangster
- The 40-Year-Old Virgin
- Jarhead
- Miami Vice

Yes I know there are some titles that have either been released or are already announced.

[DigitalfreakNYC]

oooooooooooooooooooooooold news

[Darth Lavender]

Very old. I just watched Serenity the other day


I am just vaguely interested here, because Universal does have the opportunity to "pull another 'American Gangster'" with a couple of these titles.

"Pitch Black" could offer a significant upgrade over HDDVD if Universal actually includes the "Dark Fury" anime as a 1080p extra (got that on DVD, and it's pretty darn crucial. There's really no point owning both "Pitch Black" and "Chronicles of Riddick" without that little anime to go in between. Silly thing is, the HDDVD still includes a promo for the anime (ported from the DVD) but the anime itself is now virtually out of print.
The other room for improvement is seamless branching. For some reason Europe got the Theatrical Cut, America got the "Extended Cut" there's practically no difference between them (I read a detailed description) but it would still be nice to have access to both.
Ditto "Chronicles of Riddick" though the "Extended Cut" was released everywhere, and it's mostly better. The "Theatrical Cut" does have a little bit going for it (a few added scenes in the Extended Cut are pretty jarring, there's some redundancy, etc.)

The other release that I anticipate pulling an 'American Gangster' is "Fearless" with it's much anticipated Director's Cut (including some scenes with Michelle Yeoh)

[masob98]

I'll probably pick up chronicles of riddick once it comes out. Im sure the audio is gonna be intense with DTS-HDMA.

[Jarnost]

Originally Posted by Darth Lavender

Very old. I just watched Serenity the other day

What kind of version do you have, because from what I can tell there is no US version

[xtop]

Originally Posted by DigitalfreakNYC

oooooooooooooooooooooooold news

when were these titles announced? i don't remember hearing about pitch black

[GGX]

Originally Posted by xtop

when were these titles announced? i don't remember hearing about pitch black

Those inserts are in every single Universal Blu-ray released.

[xtop]

Originally Posted by GGX

Those inserts are in every single Universal Blu-ray released.

ah, good to know. can't say i've bought a universal blu yet.

[Mr. Cinema]

Is The Bourne Trilogy still coming out in November? It's October now with no announcement. *paging Geonosis*

[GGX]

Originally Posted by Mr. Cinema

Is The Bourne Trilogy still coming out in November? It's October now with no announcement. *paging Geonosis*

He has stated that a lot of stuffed planned for a Q4 release by Universal is getting pushed back into early 2009.

[Darth Lavender]

Originally Posted by Jarnost

What kind of version do you have, because from what I can tell there is no US version

It was briefly available in Germany (were I got it) and a few other places. But I think it's been discontinued now.

I can tell you it's a great release, though. Visually, it's very similar to "Transformers" (same type of background grain, some use of 'bleached' looking colors)
Audio is only 1.5 mbps, but I'm not yet at the point of being able to comment intelligently on any "Lossy" audio flaws that might be there.
(What do I look for, btw, in Lossy Audio? I know how to see "Edge Enhancement" and "DNR" and what not in video. But, with audio, I hear words like 'aliasing' and don't quite know what it's supposed to sound like. Can you give me some pointers on picking up the flaws in a Lossy encode?)

I think Universal did the German release, so if you're lucky you'll be getting the same transfer in America one day. Just keep your fingers crossed.


Like I said, it's discontinued now, but here's the link if you want to scout around "Marketplace" and maybe pick up a used copy.

http://tiny.cc/q2R96

(Great movie, isn't it?)

[Ranger-R]

Saw the insert and first thougths were that they took out an older HD-DVD insert and photoshopped them blu. For real, check it out.

plus I don't think they'll be new encodes just port overs.

[GGX]

Originally Posted by Ranger-R

Saw the insert and first thougths were that they took out an older HD-DVD insert and photoshopped them blu. For real, check it out.

plus I don't think they'll be new encodes just port overs.

The HD DVD insert Universal provided did not have these exact same movies on it.

[scweb13]

I only hope that Serenity, Pitch Black and Cronicles of Riddick will be on BD-50's

[Mr. Cinema]

Originally Posted by GGX

He has stated that a lot of stuffed planned for a Q4 release by Universal is getting pushed back into early 2009.

If I'm running Universal, I would want one of my most popular franchises to be out by Christmas. Right now, it looks like they only have Wanted and Momma Mia for December, so hopefully it shows up. I'm sure The Mummy will also be a December release.

[b_breeswine]

Originally Posted by Mr. Cinema

If I'm running Universal, I would want one of my most popular franchises to be out by Christmas. Right now, it looks like they only have Wanted and Momma Mia for December, so hopefully it shows up. I'm sure The Mummy will also be a December release.

The Mummy is already out

[Woody]

Originally Posted by GGX

He has stated that a lot of stuffed planned for a Q4 release by Universal is getting pushed back into early 2009.

Yeah, I agree.

That sucks hard though.

[TheForce8686]

Originally Posted by b_breeswine

The Mummy is already out

Im pretty sure he is talking about the Mummy 3.

[DJC]

Thanks for posting OP, I have been waiting to hear on Chuck and Larry and Happy Gilmore as I have fullscreen versions and was waiting for there release on blu.

[UPSandy]

looks like universal is dumping all their crap movies before they release the blockbusters