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Avengers Blu-ray preorders listed, including massive 10-disc Marvel Cinematic Universe set
If you left the theater after watching Marvel / Disney / Joss Whedon's The Avengers ready to buy the Blu-ray disc as soon as it hit then get your credit cards ready. As Blu-ray.com notes, Amazon has listings for both a 2-disc Blu-ray edition and a 4-disc Blu-ray 3D version, but the one that's caught our eye is the just updated listing for Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase One - Avengers Assembled. A 10 disc set, it has every movie in this chapter of Marvel flicks -- Avengers, Captain America, Thor, Iron Man 1 & 2, The Incredible Hulk -- with 3D copies where applicable plus collectible packaging and a bonus "The Phase One Archives" disc. The only pic of the casing we have is the promo image shown above which hints at a replica of Nick Fury's Cosmic Cube suitcase from the movie, but more information is promised to be revealed July 15th. Until then you'll have to decide if $153 ($25~ per movie) is worth it for the set, or maybe take this time to finance it by selling off your existing copies on Craigslist. Your choice. [Thanks, Victor]
Blu-ray releases on October 21st 2008
The fourth quarter continues to hit on all cylinders for Blu-ray this week with yet another nice slate of titles. At the top of the list is two pretty good movies, Sweeney Todd and The Incredible Hulk. When Johnny Depp stars in a Tim Burton flick, it is almost always worth the cost of admission and at the same time, Edward Norton tries his hand at being the Hulk, and considering how bad the last Hulk movie was, and how Norton has never done a bad movie, it shouldn't disappoint. The remaining titles are just about all James Bond movies, as MGM releases all the classics on Blu, and in addition, Sony is double-dipping with Casino Royale. Looking ahead, there isn't that much to get excited about in the immediate future, but things do get rolling again in about a month when WALL-E hits in mid-November.Blu-ray Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (DreamWorks) The Incredible Hulk (Universal) Casino Royale: Collector's Edition (Sony) Die Another Day - James Bond (MGM) Dr. No - James Bond (MGM) For Your Eyes Only - James Bond (MGM) From Russia with Love - James Bond (MGM) Live and Let Die - James Bond (MGM) Thunderball - James Bond (MGM) James Bond Blu-ray Collection Six-Pack (MGM) James Bond Blu-ray Collection Three-Pack Vol 1 (MGM) James Bond Blu-ray Collection Three-Pack Vol 2 (MGM) Funny Games (101) Kiss of the Spider Woman: Collector's Edition (City Lights) The Strangers (Universal) The Woods Have Eyes (Echo Bridge) Diary of the Dead (Weinstein) The Breed (First Look) Halloween (Weinstein)
Sega picks up rights to Hulk, Captain America, Thor
A limited number of the Avengers assemble! It may lack the punch of the standard battle cry, but it seems to be the one on Sega's lips as they add The Hulk, Thor and Captain America to their character roster. What unites these three characters? Are there a handful of designers at Sega with a bold vision to bring these favorites to life on consoles ... or could it be that all three are the subject of forthcoming blockbuster films? Well, Reuters says that Sega's already got a team on The Hulk in anticipation of the June 2008 film starring Edward Norton, if that helps narrow it down. Sega is already creating an Iron Man game internally for consoles in conjunction with the Robert Downy Jr. flick due out next year and Reuters reports that the game is being made "using next-generation technology," so it should be an instant classic. We're anxious to see what Sega does with the heroes, but allow us to make one small suggestion: Wiimote + Thor's hammer = funtastic. That's all we're saying.
A trio of new HD DVDs from Universal including Miami Vice
Universal Studios just keeps on cranking out the HD DVDs. First up, Miami Vice is hitting the shelves on December 5 as a DVD/HD DVD combo disc embedded with Dolby Digital TrueHD 5.1 audio track. Then the following week The Hulk is finally seeing the light of day and Kevin Costner's Field of Dreams are going to be available on the format. Both of these discs are going to carry a price of $29.99 and the Miami Vice combo will hit at $39.99. At this rate, sooner or later Universal is going to run out of titles in their vast library -- well, maybe not, but they are sure releasing a bunch of HD DVDs lately.Read: Miami ViceRead: The Hulk and Field of Dreams
The Hulk HD DVD gets shelved
The Man Room is reporting that The Hulk not going to be coming out on November 14 as previously announced. We have no idea why Universal Studios has bumped the release but sometimes these studios do know more then we do. This just proves that delays aren't something that only the Blu-ray camp has to deal with. We will update our release calendar accordingly and keep you up-to-date when the title gets re-announced.
