Continuing its industry leadership role and unwavering commitment
to the Blu-ray disc format, the only high-definition packaged media
format supported by the movie, music, gaming and computing industries,
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment announced its second wave of
upcoming Blu-ray Disc (BD) titles to be released in Europe and
Australia. This March, in time for the PLAYSTATION(R)3 launch, Fox
will release an exciting BD line up that includes X-MEN THE LAST
STAND, DAY AFTER TOMORROW, FROM HELL, FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX and
BD-Java titles BEHIND ENEMY LINES, LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN
and SPEED. This will be followed in April with NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM and
ERAGON (day and date releases), SENTINEL, ALIEN VS PREDATOR, MEN OF
HONOR, COURAGE UNDER FIRE, RISING SUN and PREDATOR. Through the
studio's partnership with MGM, ROCKY, SILENCE OF THE LAMBS and
TERMINATOR will also arrive on BD.
"We are looking forward to this pivotal year and the ultimate
establishment of Blu-ray as the high-definition packaged media
standard," noted Mike Dunn, Worldwide President, Twentieth Century Fox
Home Entertainment. "We remain extremely encouraged by the growth in
sales and player penetration in the US and are optimistic the
international market growth will follow a similar pattern. We are
fully committed to creating the most compelling products possible and
to the continued pioneering development of BD with our partners."
A recognized global industry leader, Twentieth Century Fox Home
Entertainment LLC (TCFHE) is the worldwide marketing, sales and
Distribution company for all Fox film and television programming on
VHS, DVD and Blu-ray Disc (BD) as well as acquisitions and original
productions. The company also releases all products around the globe
for MGM Home Entertainment. Each year TCFHE introduces hundreds of new
and newly enhanced products, which it services to retail outlets --
from mass merchants and warehouse clubs to specialty stores and
e-commerce -- throughout the world. Twentieth Century Fox Home
Entertainment LLC is a subsidiary of Twentieth Century Fox Film
Corporation, a News Corporation company.
