From Blu-ray.com

Our friend Bill Hunt has a few updates on upcoming 2009 Blu-ray releases from studios, as well as a couple new titles coming to fans soon. As previously rumored, Paramount will be bringing the first six Star Trek theatrical films to Blu-ray next year around the time of the next Star Trek film release, which is due to hit theaters in May.

Paramount is also planing to release 'Transformers: Extended Edition' timed with the theatrical release of the second Transformers film.

Disney is planning to release 'Pretty Woman' in February, followed by 'Sin City' sometime there after. There is also talk that 'Armageddon' will see release sometime during the Spring as well.

And finally, astute readers will have noticed that Warner Japan has announced their first four Batman films for Blu-ray release. Warner has yet to confirm a US release, but sources say that they'll be in the US sometime in the Spring.


*Paramount
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Transformers: Extended Edition

*Walt Disney
Pretty Woman (February)
Sin City
Armageddon

*Warner Brothers
Batman
Batman Returns
Batman and Robin
Batman Forever

Transformers double-dip already

Nothing wow's me on that list besides maybe the first two Batman's.

I'll take Sin City, if it has both cuts. Otherwise, meh.

any one if this short list of films will be cooming on blue ray ?

1 Once Upon A TIme IN aMERICA

2 ONCE upon a time in the west

3 LEON

4 The mission

5 the good the bad and the ugly

6 das boat

7 saving priavte ryan

8 schindlers list

well thats a short list of my fav films and many more that id would buy on blue ray and a lot more.what fav classics would u like you to see on blue ray maybe jurassic park ? .but i would like to see more european cinema as it seems slow at the moment in time.

ARMAGEDDON!!!!!!!!!!!

Seriously, I like that movie a lot!

It should be noted that Star Trek: The Motion Picture will apparently be the theatrical cut only, as the effects for the DC were done at 480p and they don't appear to want to redo them for Blu.

BTW, it's Blu-ray...

I'll take the Leones please... Leon may be the only one rumored to be coming anytime soon though (but I'll take that too lol)

Fixed.

... I can feel the double-dip sneaking up slowly... slowly...

Don't really need Sin City anymore unless there's a huge PQ upgrade, & I'm not sure about Batman & Robin, Star Trek V, or the Transformers double-dip, but I'm in for the rest, CHA-CHING!

Wait, you're actually considering buying Batman & Robin?

Yes, please!

If it's in a box set & Warner doesn't fuck up the packaging, yeah. It's not very good but it's still watchable IMO, & it should look great in HD.

Transformers: Extended Edition

ho hum, why is this not a surprise. milk that release Paramount!

I will buy all 4 Batman films. Schwarzenegger is hilarious as Mr. Freeze.

Wow. Some folks' criteria for buying a release blows me away (no offense intended). Here I am still HD DVD-only and this guy has worked his way down to "not very good but still watchable" titles. The mind boggles.

The extended stuff had better be more robot action and not more stupid crap with John Turturro's terrible character.

if Will Patton hadn't been in it, I don't think I would have enjoyed as much.

bring this on with lossless audio!!!

isn't the extended cut of Transformer just the IMAX cut anyway.

I didn't buy the Transformers Blu due to already owning the HD-DVD, but I'll contemplate buying the extended cut. Plus, I already own Sin City so I'm in no big hurry over that one.

But bring on Armageddon.

Do you own Transformers in HD DVD? Same thing, not very good but still watchable.

Batman and Robin RT Score = 12%
Transformers RT Score = 57%

Not even in the same league...

For reference Star Trek V is only hitting a 18%.

Ditto on the HD Transformers so I'd have to see what the extended cut offered before upgrading. If it's the pictures of Megan Fox taken through the hole in the wall of her trailer then I'm in.

Will definately get Armageddon. A great guilty pleasure. The audio is amazing on that one. Since no anamorphic copy is available it's a no-brainer.

Armageddon and Sin City in glorious high def and lossless audio. Thank you Disney!