Buena Vista Worldwide Home Entertainment Unveils Unparalleled Blu-ray Disc(TM) Release Slate for North America, Europe and Asia

Cars, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Pirates of

the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Con Air, King Arthur Director's Cut,

Chicken Little, The Rock, Cinderella Man, Face/Off, Crimson Tide, Air Force

One, Finding Neverland, G.I. Jane, The Recruit, Open Range, Remember The

Titans and Scary Movie 4 Among the Exciting Titles to Be Released on

Blu-ray Disc

    BURBANK, Calif., Jan. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Buena Vista Worldwide Home
 Entertainment (BVWHE) today announced the company's most extensive Blu-ray
 Disc slate yet, with action-packed and family titles due for release
 throughout 2007 in North America, Europe and Asia. Showing its continued
 commitment to the next-generation, high-definition format, the company has
 selected a wide range of titles, many 50GB, to showcase the new Blu-ray
 Disc format, from blockbusters and Academy Award(R)-winning masterpieces,
 to popular animated movies for the entire family. In North America, BVWHE
 will release titles beginning March '07 to include Chicken Little, King
 Arthur Director's Cut, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black
 Pearl, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Cars, Con Air, Crimson
 Tide, The Rock, Finding Neverland, G.I. Jane, The Recruit, Open Range and
 Remember The Titans. In Europe, titles to be released beginning March '07
 will include Eight Below, Chicken Little, Enemy of the State, Flightplan,
 Gone in Sixty Seconds, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Pearl Harbor,
 Scary Movie 4, Sky High, The Wild, Dinosaur, King Arthur Director's Cut,
 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Pirates of the
 Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Bruce Almighty, Con Air, Crimson Tide, The
 Rock, Cars, Air Force One and Finding Neverland. In Asia, titles to be
 released beginning March '07 will include Chicken Little, Face/Off, King
 Arthur Director's Cut, The Wild, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the
 Black Pearl, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Scary Movie 4,
 Cars, Con Air, Crimson Tide, The Rock and Air Force One. See paragraphs
 below for complete date listings.
     Commenting on the announcement, BVWHE President Bob Chapek stated,
 "Blu-ray is quickly becoming the high-definition standard on the market
 today and we are very pleased to add this amazing slate of Blu-ray releases
 that will appeal to our core demographic. With the dual-layer, 50GB discs,
 the possibilities for exciting new interactive features and additional
 bonus content are endless."
     The company has already had tremendous success with the first
 generation of Blu-ray Disc titles such as Eight Below and Dinosaur, and is
 releasing most new titles on the new dual-layer Blu-ray Discs that features
 a massive storage capacity of 50GB, enabling the highest caliber encodes,
 expanded bonus material and exciting new interactive features.
     As part of its worldwide release strategy BVWHE will release Pirates of
 the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl and Pirates of the Caribbean:
 Dead Man's Chest in all territories May '07 and Con Air, Crimson Tide and
 The Rock in all territories beginning June '07. Cars will also see a
 worldwide rollout schedule in 2007.
     In North America, BVWHE will release Chicken Little and Finding
 Neverland on March 20; King Arthur Director's Cut and G.I. Jane on April 3;
 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl and Pirates of the
 Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest in May; Con Air, Crimson Tide and The Rock on
 June 8; and Cars, The Recruit and Open Range in Summer '07.
     Europe will see its first Blu-ray Disc titles from BVWHE beginning in
 March with the release of Eight Below, Chicken Little, Enemy of the State,
 Flightplan, Gone in Sixty Seconds, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy,
 Pearl Harbor, Scary Movie 4, Sky High, Finding Neverland and The Wild. Next
 up are Dinosaur and King Arthur Director's Cut in April; Pirates of the
 Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead
 Man's Chest in May; Bruce Almighty, Con Air, Crimson Tide and The Rock in
 June; and Cars, Air Force One and Reign of Fire in Summer '07.
     In Asia, BVWHE will release Face Off in March; Chicken Little and The
 Wild in April; Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl,
 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest and Scary Movie 4 in May; and
 Cars, Con Air, Crimson Tide, The Rock, King Arthur Director's Cut, Air
 Force One and Starship Troopers in Summer '07.
     Blu-ray Disc is the next-generation optical disc format for
 high-definition video and high-capacity software applications. A
 single-layer Blu-ray Disc will hold up to 25GB of data, and a double-layer
 Blu-ray Disc will hold up to 50GB of data. Blu-ray Disc is supported by the
 world's leading consumer electronics, personal computer and gaming
 companies, and, with seven of eight Hollywood studios releasing their
 high-definition content on Blu-ray Disc, Blu-ray will deliver the widest
 variety of high-definition, home entertainment content.
     About Buena Vista Worldwide Home Entertainment
     Buena Vista Worldwide Home Entertainment, a recognized leader in the
 home entertainment industry, is the marketing, sales and distribution
 company for Walt Disney, Touchstone, Hollywood Pictures, Miramax and Buena
 Vista DVD, Blu-ray Disc and electronic distribution product. Buena Vista
 Worldwide Home Entertainment is a division of Disney Enterprises, Inc.
 
 

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