MGM Preparing Rocky Collection on Blu-ray

Eric Doctorow, General Manager of MGM Worldwide, revealed in an interview for Home Media Magazine that the studio is currently preparing “the entire Rocky collection” for Blu-ray in time for the holidays. So far only the first and the last Rocky films ('Rocky' and 'Rocky Balboa') have been released on Blu-ray. Doctorow also mentioned that the studio will release other “cool releases,” such as a 40th anniversary edition of 'Hair,' and a 30th anniversary edition of 'Mad Max,' and “a couple of 'Stargate' surprises.” Hopefully all those releases will street on Blu-ray as well as DVD. The MGM exec also said he was “very confident” that Blu-ray would triumph, and he stated, “Blu-ray is a wonderful format and plays right into our culture's obsession with quality and all things high def.”
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Irrob  » May 18, 2009
Good news. All I ask is that MGM takes their time and do these classics justice.

Mr. Cinema  » May 18, 2009
Love the Rocky series. I hope the first one is a new disc with all the dvd extras included.

jtwise  » May 18, 2009
finally, I held of on getting Rocky to wait for a collection

wnicholas76  » May 18, 2009
Excellent! I'm eagerly awaying the Rocky collection! I'm glad I haven't bought Rocky or Rocky Balboa on Blu-ray yet! I'm definitely looking forward to the holidays!

dmarvin  » May 18, 2009

I waited on Rocky because it was bare bones. If they are total idiots, the one in this collection will be bare bones too. But I think they've learned their lesson and will be taking the high road this time. This is a collection I will probably eventually pick up but I do hope a deluxe edition of just the first film is made available separately someday. I will also take a Mad Max SE in a New York minute!

RIKANA  » May 18, 2009	Show comment Hide comment
Stargate is a deffenate! But why rocky...why not rocky horror? Sorry but I'll be passing on this. RI

EvolutionCherry  » May 18, 2009
"Blu-ray is a wonderful format and plays right into our culture's obsession with quality and all things high def." That MGM exec scored a TKO with that(no pun intended...well maybe some pun. lol).

Lucy Diamond  » May 18, 2009
"Dragooooooooooooooooooooooo" "Dragooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo" (Deep inhale) "Dragoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!" (falls over and dies of oxygen deprivation.)

TheManInBlu  » May 18, 2009
YAY!! I can't wait to get my Rocky set on Blu

Guydowood  » May 18, 2009

Hopefully MGM is going to due the Rocky series some justice with Stallone commentary's on each film as well as the rest of the main cast that's still with us. Plus Stallone once mentioned he wanted to release a Director's Cut of Rocky VI. Funny how the Rambo series got some great respect from Lionsgate, Rocky is an American Classic, so this series is due it's rightful place on Blu. Hopefully it will be worth the wait.

Frozenpinky  » May 18, 2009
will they be available seperately, or only as a 6-pack set, because I already have ROCKY and ROCKY BALBOA?

online365daysayear  » May 18, 2009
I think 1-5 will be in a box set and Rocky Balboa will be seperate. We will have to wait and see.

MCT  » May 18, 2009
Hell yeah! Rocky IV on Blu Ray, finally.

JRS03  » May 18, 2009
What they need to do is remaster the first Rocky!

doctorD  » May 18, 2009
Bring on Rocky 2 and 3...Clubber Lane is finally mine!!!

unclejay73  » May 18, 2009
Yeah, I'm all over this one! Glad I didn't buy any of the one's that were released.

Titanicfave  » May 18, 2009
Nice! Day 1 purchase on Rocky collection for me!

fettastic  » May 18, 2009
I hope they redo the first one. It doesn't look very good and it is ridiculous that it hit shelves the same day as a 2-disc DVD special edition, yet has no features!

TTC1984  » May 18, 2009
Yeah, here's hoping they redo the transfer on the first one, and include all the bonus features from earlier issues/box sets/etc. of the films. Still, i held off on buying the two available on Blu becuase I thought they'd do a box set - looks like I was right to do so.

fdm  » May 18, 2009
Like the Hair and Mad Max info. See what happens with the Rocky set.

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