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and many blockbusters. Some studios are expected to release movies for both
formats.
HD DVD Launch
The format launch in March 2006 was accompanied by gradual release of titles from:
Warner Home Video,
Paramount Pictures,
Universal Studios,
HBO Video,
New Line Entertainment, and recently the
following two
Europe’s Studio Canal and the Weinstein
Company (Miramax previous owners), and
Customflix.com (Amazon owned) for
independent and small filmmakers.
According to Access Hollywood, these
companies represent more than half of
produced movies. Upon launch, only a few
titles were released such as Twister, Lethal
Weapon, U-571, and Apollo13, by June
about 50 titles were planned to be
available, to total 200 titles by December’s
Holidays. The titles became available in a
mixture of HD-DVD discs and hybrid discs that contain also the DVD version of the
content, which were said to cost a few dollars more.
Blu-ray Launch
The launch in April 2006 was accompanied by the gradual release of about 100 titles
during 2006 from six studios as follows:
Paramount Pictures:
“Four Brothers,” “Sahara,” “Aeon Flux,” “Sky Captain & the World of Tomorrow,”
“The Italian Job,” “Tomb Raider,” “U2: Rattle and Hum,” “Sleepy Hollow,” “We Were
Soldiers,” “Manchurian Candidate,” “Mission Impossible,” “Mission Impossible 2,”
“Mission Impossible 3”;
Warner Home Video:
“Batman Begins,” “Charlie & The Chocolate Factory,” “Constantine,” “The Dukes of
Hazard,” “The Last Samurai,” “Lethal Weapon,” “The Matrix,” “Million Dollar Baby,”
“Oceans 12,” “Swordfish,” “Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines,” “Training Day,”
“Troy,” “Twister,” and “Unforgiven”
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment:
20 Titles, including: “Fantastic Four,” “The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen,”
“Behind Enemy Lines,” “Kiss of the Dragon” and “Ice Age”;
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment/MGM/Columbia Pictures:
“The Fifth Element,” “Bram Stoker’s Dracula,” “Desperado,” “For a Few Dollars
More,” “The Guns of Navarone,” “Hitch,” “House of Flying Daggers,” “A Knight’s
Tale,” “Kung Fu Hustle,” “The Last Waltz,” “Legends of the Fall,” “Resident Evil
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