Paramount Home Entertainment have finally unveiled their long-awaited first wave of catalog and recent hit titles that they'll begin releasing May 20th. "We will have a strong slate of titles for Blu-ray release throughout the year, worldwide, and are enthusiastic about expanding the format's offerings for a broad consumer audience while delivering an experience that goes beyond what viewers love about DVD," said Paramount Home Entertainment President Kelley Avery.
Included among this first wave of titles is the Academy Award-winning '
There Will Be Blood,' as well as '
Cloverfield', J.J. Abrams' unusual take on the "creature feature." The first Blu-ray title to be released day-and-date with the DVD release by Paramount will be '
The Spiderwick Chronicles', which will be released June 24th. Below you can find the complete list of Paramount and DreamWorks titles announced for Blu-ray so far:
May 20th:
Bee Movie
Face/Off
Next
June 3rd:
Cloverfield
There Will Be Blood
June 24th:
The Spiderwick Chronicles
We will of course keep you posted about any further developments relating to Paramount's and DreamWorks' upcoming Blu-ray release plans, so stay tuned.