"A" List films coming to HD-DVD 4th Q

Ron-P

http://hddvd.highdefdigest.com/news/

'Harry Potter,' 'Batman Begins' to Lead Warner's 4Q HD DVD Charge
Wed Jul 12, 2006 at 03:31 PM ET
Tags: Disc Announcements, Warner (all tags)
Viewing the first few months of HD DVD availability as a "preliminary" launch window, Warner Home Video will finally begin to roll out its A-list titles this fourth quarter, reports Video Business.

Speaking to the trade publication at this week's Video Software Dealers Association (VSDA) convention in Las Vegas, Warner senior VP of marketing management Steve Nickerson told VB that the studio will release such tentpole titles as 'Batman Begins' and 'Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire' on HD DVD in time for the holiday buying season.

The studio had indicated earlier this year at January's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) that 'Potter' and 'Batman' might have been among the studios initial slate of HD DVD launch titles, and they have remained some of the most eagerly-awaited HD DVD releases among early adopters.

"We have said that the period between March and September is a preliminary [launch]," Nickerson said. "It's really about the fourth quarter. Despite anybody's concerns of [whether] we are doing the right thing, we are doing what we think is the right way" to effectively rollout HD DVD.

Other A-list catalog titles Warner plans to release on HD DVD by the end of the year include the 'Matrix' trilogy, 'The Shawshank Redemption,' 'Twister' and through subsidiary New Line Home Entertainment, all three Oscar-winning 'Lord of the Rings' films.

While I am not a Potty fan, I may pickup Batman Begins but, The Lord of the Rings on HD-DVD...F'ya! Things are only looking better and better.

mmcgehee

I'll buy a player this christmas just for LOTR.

millerman 3732

any word on if the LOTR trilogy will be the extended versions or not

Ron-P

No word yet. I've got my fingers crossed that it'll be the EEs.

lomic

My money is on theatrical version release, then EE release a year on $$