Soon after the announcement of Warner Bros. supporting Blu-ray exclusively, subsidiary studio New Line Cinema stated it will follow suit and join Warner Bros. in leaving HD-DVD.
Now even though both these studios are moving to Blu-ray only, New Line Cinema and Warner Bros. are still under contract to release titles on HD-DVD until May 2008.
For those of you with stand-alone Blu-ray players or PlayStation 3's, you can now look forward to the following releases:
- Lord of the Rings Trilogy
- Golden Compass
- Gears of War (Movie)
- Austin Powers
More on Blu-ray and its rising domination of the HD movie market soon.
Source: DVD Town

The Lord of the Rings!!!!!! That's what i want the most on blu-ray!
I hope those are the Extended versions and they will come in a boxset.
same here Kamahl...i want Gears of war too.
King > Jedi
Lord of the Rings! Awesome :)
YEEEAAAAAAAAA I love the LORD OF THE RINGS
Man, the ship is sinking even faster now isn't it?
Lets see how much more persuasion Blu-Ray has under its sleeve.
Can't wait....Blu-ray has Rings all around it! Now when is the Star Wars Sixology coming out??? Also want the "Matrix" set! XD
Lets see what revenue "HD" has over the next 12 months. If by 2009 the revenue is still less than 5% of film & music media sales - both formats will have lost.
The point here is that consumers did not choose which format they wanted - they didnt give up on one or the other - the studios are trying to force the decision. Why? Because sales of Bluray and HD DVD continue to be miniscule. Not one company made a profit on HD last year ... Lost cause really... Macphisto is quite right... who needs to see Austin Powers in HD ? The price must be the same if not lower than DVD to kick start any meaningful sales volumes...
So, Gears of War is coming to the PS3. lol
i want golden compass!!! and this is good news by da way!!!
A movie based on an Xbox game and it comes to Bluray.....Man that´s realy funny...
At least it made the right decision...the game should do the same...=D
well... looks like i need to stop buying HD-DVD's for my 360 drive... oh well... As a 360 fanboy, Congrats to Blu-Ray...
Austin Powers on Blu ray!!!! Yeaaaa Baby!!!!
YEAH!
I not so much into Lord of the Rings... Good movie(s), but it doesn't say so much to me. Although I will definatly buy this trilogy on Blu-ray! Especially when they are exclusive for Blu-ray. :D
And the Gears of War movie exclusive on Blu-ray? Which is Xbox 360 exclusive? The irony, THE IRONY! xD
Here's the key movie's New Line Cinema has made:
Austin Powers
Blade
Friday the 13th
Rush Hour
Lord of the Rings - OUCH huh ;D
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
HA... HA... HA... HA... HA!!! NOW Gears of War fans (360 fans) will have to watch it on a ps3 supporting format!!! LOL!!!
wow.....i also heard there is going to be a halo movie.....what company is going to do that one.....ill LOL soo much if it comes to blu-ray...poor poor M$
i think they cancelled the movie because its production cost were to high
LOTR on Bluray is beast
psn id: gingo... this was inevitable after Warners move but it will be good to see the Lord of the Rings in high definition and it will also be funny to see the Gears of War film on blu ray especially since its a xbox exclusive
now its only the stuped universal studios that is suporting HD-DVD.GET DOWN TO YOUR KNEES AND BE SORRY>PRAY FOR YOUR SINS UNIVERSAL.
Blu-Ray HAS WON!! LET'S FACE IT!!!!
the lord of the rings trilogy is a must for me.
Lords of the Rings is finally going to come to Blu-Ray thank goodness!!!!!!!!!!!!
nice now we get the matrix and the lord of the rings on bluray
Gears of War movie on BR!! That is funny!!
I wonder when the contract that Paramount has with Toshiba will expire... The day it ends , it's the day HD DVD will die...
I still had doubt even after Warner left that something could happen with HD-DVD to make a comeback but after this....it's not happening. VIVA SONY!
LOL GEARS OF WAR ON BLUE RAY LOL but dont forget it is still not an exlusive because it will proabbaly still come out on dvd so they 360 fans can still watch it on their 360 lol
R.I.P hd-dvd
has the gears of war movie already been made or not? havn't heard if it being played in cinemas or even being previewed!
The Lord of the Rings was/is epic. I wouldn't be surprised if this eventually winds up in my house on Blu ray. Not before Advent Children Complete though XD.
screw star wars ill take LOTR any day
Gears of War (movie).
LOL. So the GeOW movie is Blu-Ray exclusive? That's funny as f**k.
@ the cleaner...you re continuing to make. no sense with your posts. Your drivel is consistently off based and pointless and your theories are incorrect.
BLU-RAY has WON and was WINNING the whole time. You are a sad guy trying to argue with kids.
Think Blu
ooooohh YEAH BABY!! AUSTIN POWERS in BLU-RAY!
@TruBlu2
The Cleaner made a very valid point & it made alot of sense.
Actually it stood out from all the mindless fanboy cheers & applause.
the war is over all that is left is the death of hd-dvd
Wonder if they can fit all three LotR films onto one Blu-Ray...THAT would be worth buying (extended custs obviously)...anyone for a 14 hour LotR movie???
@MAULxx and The Cleaners, your a F@@gg
No TheCleaner did not make any sense. It is only two years since both formats were officially released. Making a comparison like this is similar to making a comparison from VHS sals to DVD's in the year 1998.
It's idiotic to think that penetration peaks that quickly. Even with no compitition 2 years after its release VHS still had a huge stranglehold on the market. No one made idiotic comments about choice then.
Blu ray has consistantly been out selling hd dvd for almost a year straight in the US. With ratios like 3:1, 4:1, 9:1 in US, europe and japan respectively, it is obvious that consumers have spoken.
About damn time The Lord of the Rings came to Blu-ray!!!
Wow I will get Austin Powers on Blu-Ray for sure!!!
I need Lord of the Rings Trilogy.