New PSP disks
Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2005 12:19 pm
From www.mickeynews.com:
Buena Vista Home Entertainment has set street dates for eight more movies tagged for Sony's PlayStation Portable, including a pair of June 21 releases set for simultaneous release on DVD and VHS--Hostage and Cursed.
The first day-and-date release will be National Treasure, which streets May 3 along with Reign of Fire and Hero.
King Arthur: Extended Unrated Director's Cut and Tron, previously released in conventional formats, also will bow on the PSP's small-disc UMD format on June 21.
Kill Bill: Vol. 2, Armageddon, Gone in 60 Seconds Unrated Director's Cut and From Dusk Till Dawn will bow in UMD on July 19.
Daniel Silverberg, new business development exec director at Buena Vista, said the studio's earliest PSP releases will tend toward unrated and director's cuts versions. But Silverberg believes the price for PSP hardware will drop from $249 to $199 by year's end, so movie titles thereafter will skew toward a younger user base including selected animated releases.
The Incredibles might hit PSP for Christmas, Silverberg said. The studio plans to include as many special features as possible on UMD releases, he added.
"People want it to be as DVD-like as possible," Silverberg said.
Of the 13 titles Buena Vista has announced so far, only Pirates of the Caribbean (streeted April 19), King Arthur and Armageddon offer no special features due to long running times.
Buena Vista will release about four PSP movies a month priced closely with DVDs of the same titles, and soon it will become the norm for UMD versions to be released simultaneously with Buena Vista's conventional DVDs, Silverberg said.
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Buena Vista Home Entertainment has set street dates for eight more movies tagged for Sony's PlayStation Portable, including a pair of June 21 releases set for simultaneous release on DVD and VHS--Hostage and Cursed.
The first day-and-date release will be National Treasure, which streets May 3 along with Reign of Fire and Hero.
King Arthur: Extended Unrated Director's Cut and Tron, previously released in conventional formats, also will bow on the PSP's small-disc UMD format on June 21.
Kill Bill: Vol. 2, Armageddon, Gone in 60 Seconds Unrated Director's Cut and From Dusk Till Dawn will bow in UMD on July 19.
Daniel Silverberg, new business development exec director at Buena Vista, said the studio's earliest PSP releases will tend toward unrated and director's cuts versions. But Silverberg believes the price for PSP hardware will drop from $249 to $199 by year's end, so movie titles thereafter will skew toward a younger user base including selected animated releases.
The Incredibles might hit PSP for Christmas, Silverberg said. The studio plans to include as many special features as possible on UMD releases, he added.
"People want it to be as DVD-like as possible," Silverberg said.
Of the 13 titles Buena Vista has announced so far, only Pirates of the Caribbean (streeted April 19), King Arthur and Armageddon offer no special features due to long running times.
Buena Vista will release about four PSP movies a month priced closely with DVDs of the same titles, and soon it will become the norm for UMD versions to be released simultaneously with Buena Vista's conventional DVDs, Silverberg said.
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