The sort of announcement you'd expect to be made at CES (and not in the dead of August), Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment has issued a press release previewing four of its top Blu-ray titles for 2008.

Referenced in the release for the first time publicly are upcoming Blu-ray releases for 'Sleeping Beauty' (Disney's first classic animated title to hit next-gen disc), 'Finding Nemo,' 'National Treasure,' and 'The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe.'

Though exact street dates have not yet been announced, the studio has provided seasonal guidance for all four titles, and promises each will push the boundaries of what has been seen so far on the Blu-ray format.

First up in the Spring of 2008 will be the recent family hit 'The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe,' which is slated to among the first Disney titles to include Picture-in-Picture bonus content.

Next, in the Summer of '08, the studio plans to debut its first BD-Live Blu-ray Disc title, the action-adventure blockbuster 'National Treasure.'

The Fall will see the release of two highly anticipated animated titles -- Pixar's 'Finding Nemo,' and -- in what promises to be a milestone release -- 'Sleeping Beauty,' which will be the first Blu-ray title to bear the studio's "Platinum Series" banner.


http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/sh...ay_in_2008/870

Cool, I'll get Finding Nemo and Sleeping Beauty. Let's just hope they don't get delayed.

Sleeping Beauty is a must-have. I've seen it in 70mm and it looked gorgeous. I expect nothing less than perfection from the BD.

Any word on when BD Live is supposed to be a functional feature? I've read that the PS3 will be one of the first players to support it, but I still haven't heard a target date other than the "Summer 08" release date of Nemo and Narnia.

Looking forward to Narnia. Hopefully, there are no playback problems when watching it with the Sony BDPS300.

re: Narnia, wonder which cut it will be?

Nemo and Sleeping Beauty

Narnia.... well if you can't say anything nice.

don't say anything at all...

Great news. Always good to see some more big exclusives.

Good news. After the stellar release of both Pirates movies, not worried about the quality of these discs at all...

I have to wait a whole freakin' year for Nemo? Crikey, that's going to be painful.

Sleeping Beauty is going to be good...

Nice news. Wish they were coming out sooner, but again nice news.

Yeah, esp since it was rumored to come out in the Spring... I hope we get more than Nemo and Wall-E from Pixar next yr, but I'm not counting on it.

Hopefully we get Toy Story and The Incredibles early next year too.

Nah -- the announcment they're waiting to make at CES is that they're going format neutral . . .

According to the Sony insider who provided the info for Das Boot the first BD Live equipped titles will arrive immediately after January 1. I have one of the titles confirmed but you will have to wait for the official announcement. There is also good news coming about the PS3 which will excite quite a few of the gamers.

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Pro-B

Ultimate Toy Box should fit on two discs, right?

I suspect with Toy Story 3 coming summer of 09, we'll get 1 and 2 then, or as a trilogy boxset at the end of the yr.

Awesome news. Definitely going to pick up Sleeping Beauty since I never bought the SD release.

I'll get all of those. Just wish they were coming out sooner. Why tease us with something a year+ away?

Then you've watched The Chronicles of Narnia.

Yeah, that would be nice, but let's not set ourselves up for disappointment. They're not just going to open the floodgates. Remember how it was with DVD - these big titles are staggered out. I suspect the plan, at least for the first few years, is to release one catalog Pixar title each year along with the new title (if applicable). The Toy Story set in 2009 does sound plausible though.

Time to sell my sleeping beauty. It probably will pay off my blu ray early next year since the dvd is long oop.