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‘Tropic Thunder’ Unrated Director’s Cut coming to Blu-ray

DreamWorks has announced today that the box-office comedy hit ‘Tropic Thunder’ will make its way onto Blu-ray on November 18 as an unrated director’s cut version, day-and-date with the DVD release.

The movie stars Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr. and Tom Cruise.

Tech specs: BD-50 dual-layer disc with 1080p video and Dolby TrueHD 5.1 Surround audio.

Extras include audio commentary with Ben Stiller, Jack Black, and Robert Downey Jr., behind-the-scenes featurettes, MTV Movie Awards clip, mock trailer and a DreamWorks Public Service Announcement.

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‘Iron Man’ is best selling Blu-ray debut ever

Iron Man is flying high as it sits comfortably atop the Blu-ray mountain, claiming the spot of “best first week sales” for a Blu-ray movie. During its first week in stores, about 20% of Iron Man’s total sales were on Blu-ray. By comparison, I Am Legend logged about 9%.

According to retailers, the success is due to comic book, special effects and videogame fans— who are early adopters of the format and own PlayStation 3 consoles, which can play Blu-ray Discs. While that may be partly true, I believe it has to do with something much simpler– the movie is good! Hey Hollywood, make good movies and people will flock to them!

Update: The numbers are in and they’re huge! 7.2 million DVDs and more than 500,000 Blu-ray Discs were sold in the first week.

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‘Zodiac: Director’s Cut’ sneaks its way onto Blu-ray in 2009

Paramount announced today that “Zodiac: Director’s Cut” will make its Blu-ray debut on January 27, 2009, one year after the HD DVD release.

Bonus features are identical to the HD DVD release, including: Commentary by Director David Fincher, Jake Gyllenhall, Robert Downey Jr., producer Brad Fischer, James Vanderbilt and James Ellroy and tons of featurettes such as “Zodiac Deciphered”, “The Visual Effects of Zodiac” and “His Name Was Arthur Leigh Allen.”

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‘Iron Man’ blasts its way onto Blu-ray

Paramount today announced that the blockbuster hit ‘Iron Man’ will be released on DVD and Blu-ray on September 30, as a two-disc special edition. The movie, starring Robert Downey Jr., was a huge hit at the box office, raking in a whopping $567MM worldwide.

The movie will be presented on a BD-50 dual-layer disc with 1080p video and Dolby TrueHD 5.1 Surround audio. Extras include two documentaries, deleted and extended scenes, featurettes, still galleries and much more. Exclusive to the Blu-ray release is BD-Live functionality.

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