Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has revealed plans to release five films as part of its first
waves of Manufactured on Demand Blu-ray releases beginning on September 6th. Additional films will follow in the coming months and through next year.
The "Choice Collection" offers a diverse slate of titles, encompassing something for every
taste, with a curated flow continuing throughout this year and into next.
The collection kicks off with the long awaited Blu-ray debuts of fan favorites
The Karate Kid Part III (1989) and
The Next Karate Kid (1994). In October, the slate includes
Brian De Palma's edge-of-your-seat thriller
Body Double (1984),
Marie
Antoinette (2006), which is celebrating its 10th Anniversary, and the acclaimed music
documentary
The Devil and Daniel Johnston (2005). All features are presented in full
high definition with lossless audio.
Blu-ray MOD is an exciting expansion of the existing DVD MOD program, which has seen a
variety of the studio's fan favorites, cult classics and hidden gems come to market with a
seamless consumer experience, via retailers such as Amazon.
Update 9/6/16: Sony has confirmed that the films will be presented on BD-R media: "BD-R media is the format being used for our Blu-ray Manufacture-on-Demand product. While we're excited by this opportunity to bring a curated slate of titles to market, we also appreciate that playback functionality is of utmost importance and have ensured quality at every step of the process."