Warner Reveals Blu-ray Releases for 2008 and Beyond

During a press event held to celebrate the studio's 85th Anniversary yesterday, Warner Brothers revealed some of their planned upcoming Blu-ray releases. Included in the list is the highly anticipated Blu-ray release of 'Batman Begins', as well as a number of classic Warner titles, such as 'The Wizard of Oz', which will go into moratorium soon after release.

Here are some of the titles which were announced for Blu-ray release last night:

08Q1

• Bonnie and Clyde: Ultimate Collector's Edition

08Q2

• Dirty Harry: Ultimate Collector's Edition (Dirty Harry, Magnum Force, The Enforcer, Sudden Impact, Dead Pool, and Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows)

08Q3

• Batman Anthology
• Batman Begins
• The Dark Night

08Q4

• Otis: Uncut

2009

• Gone With the Wind
• North by Northwest
• The Wizard of Oz
• Woodstock

This is only a sampling of the titles coming to Blu-ray this year from the studio, and does not include all the theatrical titles coming to Blu-ray including 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Price' or other planned catalog titles. We'll keep this post updated when we get additional information.