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Plenty of Animation and VFX Blu-ray Bound

There were a slew of Blu-ray announcements at CES, including Warner Home Video's that the animated HAPPY FEET from Animal Logic will be released this year along with the HARRY POTTER and THE MATRIX franchises. Also, WHV announced that SUPERMAN RETURNS was the #1 Blu-ray title in 2006.

Meanwhile, Sony Pictures Home Ent. announced that CASINO ROYALE will bow in Blu-ray on March 13, 2007. This marks the Blu-ray debut on a 50GB dual-layer disc encoded in MPEG-4 AVC.

"With software sales up 700% since the mid-November launch of PlayStation 3 and other Blu-ray hardware from manufacturers, the market is poised for maximum impact blockbusters like CASINO ROYALE," said David Bishop, president, Sony Pictures Home Ent. "We're proud to be the first to deliver Bond on Blu-ray with the best picture and sound quality available today. This is just the tip of the iceberg for Blu-ray in 2007."

Sony Pictures Animation's first full-length animated feature, OPEN SEASON, will mark the debut of the first MPEG-4 AVC encoded BD title from SPHE on Jan. 30.

In addition, Buena Vista Home Ent. announced several Blu-ray titles for North American distribution, including CARS (summer), CHICKEN LITTLE (3/20), PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST and PIRATES OF THE CARRIBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL.

Twentieth Century Fox will offer such Blu-ray titles as ICE AGE (3/13) and I, ROBOT, ALIEN VS PREDATOR (1/23), Tim Burton's PLANET OF THE APES (2/13) and MASTER AND COMMANDER.

Paramount Home Ent. will offer FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS and FACE/OFF.

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Bill Desowitz, former editor of VFXWorld, is currently the Crafts Editor of IndieWire.

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