It looks like Paramount has escaped from its exclusive HD DVD-only lock-in, with its first Blu-ray titles scheduled for launch in March.
Forum posters on Blu-ray and High Def Digest are citing Amazon UK listings for Trading Places, Coming To America and Anchorman as evidence. All three Paramount movies are set to be released exclusively on Blu-ray on Monday 10 March, says FormatWarCentral [via Gizmodo].
It's important to note however that these releases may also be a sign of local distribution deals done between US movie studios and their European partners. This has thrown up a few anomalies in the past with US-only Blu-ray titles appearing in Europe on HD DVD and vice-versa.
HD DVD Europe spokesman Olivier Van Wynendaele told us back in November that such deals were commonplace.
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clinic
January 22nd 2008
1. This news is old and really quite incorrect. The last sentence, "HD DVD Europe spokesman Olivier Van Wynendaele told us back in November that such deals were commonplace" is the only one that matters in this small article. Most everyone that owns an HD DVD player or Blu-ray player knows that you can get certain movies over seas if you really want them, especially with HD DVD that has no region code. So, this is no indication that Paramount is switching to blu-ray, rather it has been a sign of overseas distribution contracts that have been in place for years before the dawn of HD and BD.
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