Despite his unquestioned status as one of the most important filmmakers alive and active, only one of Steven Spielberg's catalog films has find its way to Blu-ray so far. This may change later this year with the release of 'A.I. Artificial Intelligence' and 'Minority Report', with 'Jurassic Park' reportedly also being prepared.
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A.I.' will be released in
Germany and
Spain next July. Cover pictures and audio specs have been released: it will have a Dolby TrueHD track in English and Dolby Digital tracks for English and several other languages. No bonus features have been detailed. The studio responsible for this release is Warner, which holds the rights for '
A.I.' in several European countries.
In turn, retailers in Denmark have received information from the distributor of Fox content that 'Minority Report' is among the titles from the studio that will be released on Blu-ray this year.
Finally, Australian movie magazine Film Ink recently featured an interview with Steven Spielberg which centered mainly around 'Transformers 2' and 'Tintin'. However, he was also asked about Blu-ray releases of his films. Spielberg confirmed that 'A.I.' was next, and stated that he would like to do something "special" with 'Jurassic Park'. No specifics were given of when this movie would be released, or if would include its sequel 'The Lost World: Jurassic Park'.
Note that, except for the one title officially announced, all the information above is very fluid and subject to change. Also, as different studios handle these titles in different countries, they might not be released everywhere at the same time. However, it bodes well for all Spielberg fans.