Blu-ray Release Line-up for 2009

2008 saw a lot of traction and gains by the Blu-ray format, not least of which included the death of HD-DVD, the first million selling disc (The Dark Knight), amongst quite a few other killer titles. But 2009 has been billed as the year of Blu-ray by many industry pundits and we are certainly looking forward to many great releases.

I've taken the liberty of rounding up the rumored release lists of titles for the year. I will stress that these are not confirmed and are in certain degrees of production. It is also possible some may be delayed. Additionally, this does not profess to be a list of every Blu-ray to be released this year, but a selection of the major ones. And there are of course many others that I don't know about. That said, let's take a look and start saving accordingly!




Catalogue

X-Men, X-Men 2, X-Men 3: Special Edition, Goldfinger, GoldenEye, The Spy Who Loved Me, Licence To Kill, Diamonds Are Forever, Moonraker, The World Is Not Enough, The Silence of the Lambs, The Passion of the Christ, Alien Quadrilogy.

New Release

X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Australia, Quantum of Solace, Max Payne, Babylon A.D., The Day The Earth Stood Still, Valkyrie, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian, Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder, Taken.




Catalogue

The Goonies, Gremlins, Casablanca, The Wizard of Oz, Ben-Hur, The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, Return of the King, King Kong (1933), Gone With the Wind, Death Proof, Planet Terror, Austin Powers Collection, 300: Special Edition, Rush Hour, Rush Hour 2.

New Release

Watchmen, Rocknrolla, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, Terminator: Salvation, The Clone Wars: Season One, Body of Lies, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Season One, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Season Two.




Catalogue

The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Ultimatum, King Kong (2005), Cliffhanger, Serenity, StarGate, The Fast and the Furious, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Terminator 2: Special Edition, Battlestar Galactica: Season One.

New Release

The Incredible Hulk, Death Race, Fast and Furious, Burn After Reading, Frost/Nixon,




Catalogue

Godzilla (1998), Groundhog Day, Ghostbusters, The Pink Panther (2006), The Da Vinci Code, Dr. Strangelove, Lawrence of Arabia, Bridge on the River Kwai, Ghandi, Saw, Saw III, Saw III

New Release

The Pink Panther 2, Angels and Demons, Saw V, Street Figther: The Legend of Chun-Li.




Catalogue

Pinocchio, Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, A Bugs Life, Monsters Inc., Pretty Woman, Sin City, Finding Nemo, Lost: Season One, Lost: Season Two.

New Release

High School Musical 3, Bolt, Escape to Witch Mountain




Catalogue

Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan, Star Trek III: The Seach For Spock, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, Saturday Night Fever, Flashdance, Apocalypse Now, Transformers: Extended Version, Anchorman, Stardust,

New Release

Star Trek, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Monsters V.S. Aliens, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Madagascar 2: Escape to Africa.


A lot can change in a year and by the end of it I fully expect Blu-ray to have come of age. And with titles like these, there will be no surprise!