Disney and Buena Vista Unveil Unparalleled Blu-ray Release Slate

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. 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. 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 2007 and Con Air, Crimson Tide and The Rock in all territories beginning June 2007. Cars will also see a worldwide rollout schedule in 2007. Other Disney / Buena Vista titles coming to North America in 2007 include Chicken Little, Finding Neverland, King Arthur: Director's Cut, G.I. Jane, Con Air, Crimson Tide, The Rock, The Recruit and Open Range.