Spielberg Spokesperson: Universal Japan HD DVD Announcement was "A Mistake"

Marvin Levy, spokesperson for Steven Spielberg, was kind enough to speak with us today regarding the recent surprise announcement from Universal Home Video Japan that Jaws, E.T., Jurassic Park and Back to the Future would be released on HD DVD. According to Mr. Levy, "There are no plans to release these titles on HD DVD. It was a mistake and someone inadvertently put those titles into a presentation" Mr. Levy also mentioned that Universal will be making a public statement regarding this mistake in the coming days. Blu-ray.com would like to thank Mr. Levy for again speaking with us regarding Mr. Speilberg's films and their future in the world of high definition media.
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Cyorg  » Oct 08, 2007
Oops. HAHAHA!!!

BStecke  » Oct 08, 2007
This is the second time Spielberg titles have been used without his permission to promote HD-DVD. Probably not the best way to try and make up for it, and have any hope of Spielberg's titles being seen on HD-DVD.

Robert Franklin  » Oct 08, 2007
Here we go again! Seems as though Uni is trying some serious desparation moves to sway the public. I could say more, but I will leave it at that.

Croweyes1121  » Oct 08, 2007
I love how quckly this "news" spread, even though we all suspected it was crap. Sad that HD DVD is so desperate now that they have to pin their feeble hopes on misinformation about what may or may not be coming to the format in Japan! LOL

CrippyBlunt  » Oct 08, 2007
I suggest you all go buy Close Encounters in BD when it comes out to show Spielberg our token of appreciation. I already pre-ordered mine ;o)

saljr  » Oct 08, 2007
This is coming from the horse mouth. (Pretty close) Why would he want to produce his films in HD-DVD its only 5% of the market in Japan. Steven Spielberg - Spirit of Truth Blu-Ray Knight

pscoop  » Oct 08, 2007
Thanks for clearing that up for us. I bet this announcement didn't go over well at the other side.

theknub  » Oct 08, 2007
see ces '07... same release?

bhampton  » Oct 08, 2007
I think that slide was showing what could have happened if only HD DVD survived the coming holiday season which everyone knows is just not possible. It was like a look what could have been if only we had a chance type slide.

Elandyll  » Oct 08, 2007
That kind of misinformation just gotta have some kind of backlash at one point

mattym  » Oct 08, 2007
lolololol

blu-rayfan101  » Oct 08, 2007
Wow. They are so desparate!

LembasBread  » Oct 08, 2007
Again? LOL... They should just release those movies on BD just to spite the HD DVD Group for "announcing" those titles for a second time.

Amel  » Oct 08, 2007
boom goes the dynamite!

hi-def-fanboy  » Oct 08, 2007
Knew it. HD DVD FUD at it's worst. Tst Tst.

The Big Blue  » Oct 08, 2007
"boom goes the dynamite!" LOL Def. a Brian Disaster moment.

Zod  » Oct 08, 2007
Looks like High Def Digest has some egg on their face. LOL

jcdDigix  » Oct 08, 2007
ah ah ah ah! That's all I can say.

mntwister  » Oct 08, 2007

Wow, this is the 2nd time now, he ain't happy I am sure, being used like that. This news made it all over the internet and was talk at every web site. Personally, I didn't believe it, Spielberg, I believe, would release in both formats, blu-ray only, or nothing. His comments have mirrored that-which is why it surprises me that he allowed Dreamworks to go with just the one format which is not his choice. This shows desparation on the hd-dvd side, don't they realize this?

bluflu  » Oct 08, 2007
Perhaps Toshiba and Microsoft can pay Spielberg $150 million to make him roll over.

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