02-28-2008, 06:33 PM
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High Definition is the definition of life.
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Paramount Cancels Future HDDVD releases?
from hi-def digest
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Ending weeks of speculation, Paramount says 'Into the Wild' and 'Things We Lost in the Fire' will be its last two HD DVD releases.
Although the studio has yet to issue a formal statement, when asked to confirm retail reports that it had canceled the majority of its upcoming HD DVD slate, a Paramount rep told us that following the next week's HD DVD releases of 'Into the Wild' and 'Things We Lost in the Fire,' the studio will no longer issue any further titles on the format.
According to a just-published article in The Hollywood Reporter, the studio is expected to release its first new Blu-ray titles this summer.
Paramount (and its subsidiary DreamWorks) had nearly a half-dozen HD DVD titles scheduled for release through early Spring. Here is a complete list of the studio's previously-announced titles that have now been cancelled:
March 25: 'The Jack Ryan Collection,' 'The Kite Runner'
April 1: 'Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street'
April 15: 'There Will Be Blood '
Note that this confirmation from Paramount does not cover titles released by the independently-owned DreamWorks Animation. As we reported just yesterday, CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg says his company is still contractually committed to HD DVD, and is awaiting word from Toshiba on how to proceed. (The March 11 release of 'Bee Movie' is the only upcoming DreamWorks Animation title currently on the HD DVD schedule.)
As always, we'll keep you posted on further details of Paramount/DreamWorks transition to Blu-ray as they're announced.
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