New Line Shifts to Blu-ray Exclusivity

Following Warner's lead, sister company New Line has confirmed that it will support Blu-ray Disc high def releases exclusively. New Line has previously delayed their day-and-date new releases on HD DVD due to the format's lack of region coding, effectively making titles such as Shoot 'em Up, Hairspray, and Rush Hour 3 exclusive to Blu-ray. Although a 2008 release slate for the studio has not been released, an announcement may be possible at this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
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akristler  » Jan 05, 2008
SWEET!!!! GO BLU!!!!!! The world is GOING BLU!!!

king911  » Jan 05, 2008
yeah babey, thats good news all day long....

JasonS  » Jan 05, 2008
haha. And the hits just keep on coming. Nothing like kicking HD DVD while they are down. Keep it up Blu! Now we just need the independant announcement from HBO.

The Guardian  » Jan 05, 2008
This was already obvious but confirmation is nice. Now we need a LotR announcement (extended edition only!)

Papi4baby  » Jan 05, 2008
Very Nice(Borat)

Iron Man  » Jan 05, 2008
YES.............. Come on Universal, it would be easy to do it know

Matt X  » Jan 05, 2008
BR issue of LOTR ext. ed., por favor.............................

darkblueme  » Jan 05, 2008
Blu-Ray exclusive LOTR (announced at CES) would be the absolute final nail in the coffin! Sweet Mama!!

Mote  » Jan 05, 2008
NEW LINE CINEMA!! Do I see a Lord Of The Rings announcement at CES??

Seretur  » Jan 05, 2008
Does this mean that the New Line HD DVD of 'Pan's Labyrinth' will now be a collectible one-of-a-kind museum piece? ...um, YES. This is very great. Now for superior encodes of LOTR, TGC and all the other crown jewels in NL's collection.

PLASMA-1080P-FULLHD  » Jan 05, 2008
Next will be HBO and Universal! News got better and better to start 2008!

kubrick  » Jan 05, 2008
What a great day for blu news, its gonna be the industry standard before we know it. Nice one to everyone who has been supporting......

cartman781  » Jan 05, 2008
It just keeps getting better

Moefiz  » Jan 05, 2008
Strike two....... Final Destination .......Please

Tizflizz  » Jan 05, 2008
this is just awesome and now HD-DVD has pulled out of CES. There press conference I meant.Now they can't "boast" about there accomplishments. Go Blu!!!!!!!!!!

Malosch78  » Jan 05, 2008
And another blow to (from now on) the forgotten format ;-)

blu-rayfan101  » Jan 05, 2008
So they are saying that they will not be bringing rush hour 3,hairspray and other titles to hd dvd?

Amel  » Jan 05, 2008
LMAO HDDVD going down

ezcobar411  » Jan 05, 2008
This is MARVELOUS

blacknation  » Jan 05, 2008
jaja LORD OF THE RINGS in blu yeah .....congratulations to WB NEWLine....and all the bluray fans

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