Are you excited? We're excited. The final HD-DVD exclusive movie studio has finally announced, after two days of silence, that it will be returning to releasing content on Blu-Ray. Paramount used to be format neutral until they were given a $150 mln pay off to become HD-DVD exclusive - a move that kept HD-DVD alive for an extra few months, until Warner Bros struck their fatal blow in early January.
While Universal quickly made the jump over to Blu-Ray after Toshiba's big announcement on Tuesday, Paramount remained quiet. Instead, they announced a further HD-DVD releases for the next couple of months. In a statement given to the Hollywood Reporter today, however, Paramount has said that they "are pleased that the industry is moving to a single high-definition format, as we believe it is in the best interest of the consumer. As we look to (begin) releasing our titles on Blu-ray, we will monitor consumer adoption and determine our release plans accordingly."
As such, no release dates or titles have been announced. We'll be sure to let you know as soon as either of the two new converts make their release data known. Hopefully, one of Paramount's next Blu-Ray releases will be the excellent Cloverfield.
Paramount has gone Blu
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