Confirming earlier reports (see Blu-ray.com,
May 23), HollywoodinHidef.com has it from a "well-placed source" that a 3D Blu-ray release of
Avatar 3D will be released on December 1, but it will be exclusively available with the purchase of Panasonic 3D TVs and Blu-ray players. In turn, a 3D BD of Tim Burton's
Alice in Wonderland 3D will be bundled with Sony 3D hardware.
In February,
Avatar director James Cameron had said to the
Wall Street Journal that a 3D Blu-ray of the movie would come out in November (see Blu-ray.com,
February 18). That was promptly denied by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment with a note that said verbatim: "3D is in the conceptual stage and Avatar will not be out on 3D Blu-ray in November" (see Blu-ray.com,
February 19).
The exclusivity period hasn't been specified for either title, but is said to be "unusually long" for
Avatar.
The (2D)
Collector's Edition Blu-ray of
Avatar will be released in November.