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New Line Cinema abandons HD-DVD

Posted on January 6th, 2008 at 00:40 EDT

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

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posted 12:44am EST - January 6th, 2008
1

The Lord of the Rings!!!!!! That's what i want the most on blu-ray!

posted 12:50am EST - January 6th, 2008
2

I hope those are the Extended versions and they will come in a boxset.

posted 12:52am EST - January 6th, 2008
3

same here Kamahl...i want Gears of war too.

posted 1:06am EST - January 6th, 2008
4
score another one for bluray also cool Lord of The Rings nice
posted 1:15am EST - January 6th, 2008
5

King > Jedi

posted 2:14am EST - January 6th, 2008
6

Lord of the Rings! Awesome :)

posted 2:14am EST - January 6th, 2008
7
There's a gears of war movie? Interesting...
posted 2:27am EST - January 6th, 2008
8

YEEEAAAAAAAAA I love the LORD OF THE RINGS

posted 3:08am EST - January 6th, 2008
9

Man, the ship is sinking even faster now isn't it?

posted 3:36am EST - January 6th, 2008
10

Lets see how much more persuasion Blu-Ray has under its sleeve.

posted 3:56am EST - January 6th, 2008
11

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

posted 4:03am EST - January 6th, 2008
12
OMG!!!!! I was wanted to watch Austin Powers in HD. Btw I was being SARCASTIC!
posted 4:20am EST - January 6th, 2008
13

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...

posted 4:51am EST - January 6th, 2008
14

So, Gears of War is coming to the PS3. lol

posted 5:04am EST - January 6th, 2008
15

i want golden compass!!! and this is good news by da way!!!

posted 5:40am EST - January 6th, 2008
16
Good good good good good !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
posted 7:03am EST - January 6th, 2008
17

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

posted 7:25am EST - January 6th, 2008
18

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...

posted 7:45am EST - January 6th, 2008
19

Austin Powers on Blu ray!!!!   Yeaaaa Baby!!!!

posted 7:53am EST - January 6th, 2008
20

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

 

posted 8:45am EST - January 6th, 2008
21

HA... HA... HA... HA... HA!!! NOW Gears of War fans (360 fans) will have to watch it on a ps3 supporting format!!! LOL!!!

posted 9:16am EST - January 6th, 2008
22

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$

posted 9:58am EST - January 6th, 2008
23

i think they cancelled the movie because its production cost were to high

posted 10:05am EST - January 6th, 2008
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LOTR on Bluray is beast

posted 11:16am EST - January 6th, 2008
25

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

posted 11:31am EST - January 6th, 2008
26
Wow another rusty nail goes into HD DVDs coffin.
posted 11:38am EST - January 6th, 2008
27

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.

posted 11:50am EST - January 6th, 2008
28
Drat!!! Looks like 'Viper-G1' beat me to the Rusty Nail in the Coffin comment LOL :) .....can't wait for Lord of the Rings on blu-ray though! coooool! - extended versions of course ;)
posted 11:57am EST - January 6th, 2008
29

Blu-Ray HAS WON!!  LET'S FACE IT!!!!

posted 11:58am EST - January 6th, 2008
30
Hd-dvd is dead...
posted 12:05pm EST - January 6th, 2008
31

the lord of the rings trilogy is a must for me.

posted 12:16pm EST - January 6th, 2008
32

Lords of the Rings is finally going to come to Blu-Ray thank goodness!!!!!!!!!!!!

posted 12:30pm EST - January 6th, 2008
33

nice now we get the matrix and the lord of the rings on bluray

posted 12:38pm EST - January 6th, 2008
34

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...

posted 12:57pm EST - January 6th, 2008
35

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!

posted 12:58pm EST - January 6th, 2008
36

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

posted 1:20pm EST - January 6th, 2008
37

R.I.P hd-dvd

posted 1:30pm EST - January 6th, 2008
38

has the gears of war  movie already been made or not? havn't heard if it being played in cinemas or even being previewed!

posted 1:41pm EST - January 6th, 2008
39

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.

posted 2:06pm EST - January 6th, 2008
40

screw star wars ill take LOTR any day

posted 2:50pm EST - January 6th, 2008
41

Gears of War (movie).

LOL. So the GeOW movie is Blu-Ray exclusive? That's funny as f**k.

posted 3:23pm EST - January 6th, 2008
42

@ 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

posted 4:23pm EST - January 6th, 2008
43

ooooohh YEAH BABY!! AUSTIN POWERS in BLU-RAY!

posted 5:30pm EST - January 6th, 2008
44

@TruBlu2

The Cleaner made a very valid point & it made alot of sense.

Actually it stood out from all the mindless fanboy cheers & applause.

posted 5:32pm EST - January 6th, 2008
45

the war is over all that is left is the death of hd-dvd

 

posted 8:49pm EST - January 6th, 2008
46

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???

posted 12:16pm EST - January 7th, 2008
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@MAULxx and The Cleaners, your a F@@gg

posted 7:36pm EST - January 7th, 2008
48

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.

posted 3:14am EST - January 8th, 2008
49

About damn time The Lord of the Rings came to Blu-ray!!!

posted 5:46am EST - January 8th, 2008
50

Wow I will get Austin Powers on Blu-Ray for sure!!!

posted 11:00am EST - January 17th, 2008
51

I need Lord of the Rings Trilogy.

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